Electoral history of George Forbes

This is a summary of the electoral history of George Forbes, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1930–35) and Member of Parliament for Hurunui (1908–43).

Parliamentary elections

General election, 1902: Hurunui^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Andrew Rutherford	1,577	44.24
	Conservative	Henry Fear Reece	880	24.69
	Liberal	Richard Meredith	834	23.40
	Liberal	George Forbes	205	5.75
	Independent Liberal	George Pulley	68	1.90
Majority			697	19.55
Turnout			3,564	85.69
Registered electors			4,519

General election, 1908: Hurunui, Second ballot^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Forbes	2,150	57.88	+9.66
	Conservative	Obed Cloither	1,553	41.81	+10.02
Informal votes			11	0.29	0.54
Majority			597	16.07
Turnout			3,714	64.99	−9.61

General election, 1908: Hurunui, First ballot^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	George Forbes	2,056	48.22
	Conservative	Obed Cloither	1,357	31.83
	Ind. Labour League	G D Greenwood	509	11.93
	Independent Liberal	George Pulley	309	7.24
Informal votes			32	0.75
Turnout			4,263	74.60
Registered electors			5,714

General election, 1911: Hurunui, First ballot^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Forbes	2,940	58.89	+1.01
	Reform	David Macfarlane	2,001	40.08
Informal votes			51	1.02	+0.52
Majority			939	18.81	+2.74
Turnout			4,992	79.16	+14.17
Registered electors			6,306

General election, 1914: Hurunui^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Forbes	3,233	64.91	+6.02
	Reform	William Banks	1,747	35.08
Informal votes			46	0.92	−0.10
Majority			1,486	29.83	+11.02
Turnout			4,980	82.79	+3.63
Registered electors			6,015

General election, 1919: Hurunui^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Forbes	3,008	52.11	−12.80
	Reform	J G Armstrong	2,341	40.55
	Independent	G G Gardner	373	6.46
Informal votes			50	0.86	−0.16
Majority			667	11.55	−18.28
Turnout			5,772	80.76	−2.03
Registered electors			7,147

General election, 1922: Hurunui^[6]^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Forbes	3,963	58.09	+5.98
	Reform	S Andrew	2,765	40.53
Informal votes			94	1.37	+0.51
Majority			1,198	17.56	+6.01
Turnout			6,822	85.42	+4.66
Registered electors			7,986

General election, 1925: Hurunui^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Forbes	3,989	55.14	−2.95
	Reform	J G Armstrong	3,178	43.93
Informal votes			67	0.92	−0.45
Majority			811	11.21	−5.35
Turnout			7,234	90.65	+5.23
Registered electors			7,980

General election, 1928: Hurunui^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	George Forbes	5,344	56.05	+0.91
	Reform	L R C Macfarlane	3,505	36.76
	Labour	F Turley	576	6.04
Informal votes			108	1.13	+0.21
Majority			1,839	19.29	+8.08
Turnout			9,533	90.09	−0.56
Registered electors			10,581

General election, 1931: Hurunui^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	George Forbes	6,151	73.67	+17.62
	Labour	R J Logan^[12]	2,198	26.33
Informal votes			67	0.80	−0.33
Majority			3,953	47.35	+28.06
Turnout			8,416	79.83	−10.26
Registered electors			10,543

General election, 1935: Hurunui^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	George Forbes	4,897	49.20	−24.47
	Labour	Donald Cyrus Davies	3,694	37.11
	Independent	Oliver Duff	1,362	13.68
Informal votes			67	0.67	−0.13
Majority			1,203	12.08	−35.27
Turnout			9,953	90.43	+10.60
Registered electors			11,006

General election, 1938: Hurunui^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	George Forbes	5,679	52.23	+3.03
	Labour	Harold Denton	5,144	47.31
Informal votes			49	0.45	−0.22
Majority			535	4.92	−7.16
Turnout			10,872	94.71	+4.28
Registered electors			11,479

^ The General Election, 1902. National Library. 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
^ ^a ^b "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
^ "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 83f.
^ Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 3. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
^ "In Canterbury". Auckland Star. Vol. LXII, no. 281. 27 November 1931. p. 8. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1936. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.

Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.