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

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Liberal

Richard Seddon · 53.1% of votes · +16 seats

seats

Conservative

William Massey · 29.7% of votes · -5 seats

seats

New Liberal

George Laurenson · 3.8% of votes · -2 seats

seats


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.