1928 New Zealand General Election

Ward's comeback

13 (Māori) & 14 November (general) 1928 · Reform and the three-party years · 80 seats, 41 for a majority

The 1928 election was held on Tuesday, 13 November in the Māori electorates, and on Wednesday, 14 November in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 23rd session of Parliament. A total of 844,633 electors were registered on the European roll, of which 743,691 (88.05%) turned out to vote.

Prime Minister before

Gordon Coates

Reform

Prime Minister after

Joseph Ward

United

Largest force

Reform

28 of 80 seats

Turnout

88.0%

The result

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Reform

Gordon Coates · 34.8% of votes · -27 seats

seats

United

Sir Joseph Ward · 29.8% of votes · +16 seats

seats

Labour

Harry Holland · 26.2% of votes · +7 seats

seats

Country Party

Harold Rushworth · 1.6% of votes · +1 seats

seats


Reform	Gordon Coates	28	-27	263,382	34.8%	-10.0
United	Sir Joseph Ward	27	+16	225,042	29.8%	+7.3
Labour	Harry Holland	19	+7	198,092	26.2%	+3.5
Country Party	Harold Rushworth	1	+1	11,990	1.6%	+1.2

5 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.