1905 New Zealand General Election
6 (general) & 20 December (Māori) 1905 · The Liberal era · 80 seats, 41 for a majority
The 1905 New Zealand general election was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 20 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 16th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 412,702 voters turned out, with 396,657 (83.25% of the electoral roll) voting in the European electorates.
Prime Minister before
Richard Seddon
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
Richard Seddon
Liberal
Largest force
Liberal
58 of 80 seats
Turnout
83.3%
The result
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Richard Seddon | 58 | +16 | 219,144 | 53.1% | +1.3 | |
| Conservative | William Massey | 16 | -5 | 122,572 | 29.7% | +9.1 | |
| New Liberal | George Laurenson | 2 | -2 | 15,721 | 3.8% | +3.8 |
4 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.