1928 New Zealand General Election
Ward's comeback13 (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
| Share of the House of Representatives | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.