1908 New Zealand General Election
17 November to 2 December 1908 · The Liberal era · 80 seats, 41 for a majority
The 1908 New Zealand general election was held on Tuesday, 17 and 24 November and 1 December in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 2 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 17th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 537,003 (79.8%) voters turned out to vote.
Prime Minister before
Joseph Ward
Liberal
Prime Minister (continued)
Joseph Ward
Liberal
Largest force
Liberal
50 of 80 seats
Turnout
79.8%
The result
Liberal
Joseph Ward · 58.7% of votes · -8 seats
50
seats
Conservative
William Massey · 27.8% of votes · +10 seats
26
seats
Ind. Labour League
David McLaren · 3.1% of votes · +1 seats
1
seats
3 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.