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Electoral history of Harry Holland

This is a summary of the electoral history of Harry Holland, Leader of the Opposition, (1926–28; 1931–33) Leader of the Labour Party (1919–33) and Member of parliament for Grey (1918–19) and Buller (1919–33).

Harry Holland in 1922.

Parliamentary elections

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New South Wales

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1901 election

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1901 New South Wales state election: Sydney-Lang[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Power 576 43.24
Liberal Reform Evan Jones 447 33.55
Progressive Joseph Chuck 259 19.44
Socialist Harry Holland 34 2.55
Informal votes 16 1.20
Majority 129 9.68
Turnout 1,332

1907 election

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1907 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Norton 1,666 34.63
Labor William Daley 1,146 23.82
Socialist Harry Holland 746 15.50
Liberal Reform George Whatmore 650 13.51
Independent Evan Jones 435 9.04
Independent Sydney Green 6 0.12
Majority 520 10.81
Turnout 4,810 66.89
Registered electors 8,038

Australia

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1901 election

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1901 Australian federal election: Senate, New South Wales[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade James Walker 79,800 43.9 +43.9
Free Trade Edward Millen 75,010 41.2 +41.2
Free Trade Albert Gould 74,253 40.8 +40.8
Protectionist Richard O'Connor 72,858 40.1 +40.1
Free Trade John Neild 70,563 38.8 +38.8
Free Trade Edward Pulsford 70,468 38.7 +38.7
Free Trade John Gray 69,499 38.2 +38.2
Ind. Protectionist John Norton 66,463 36.5 +36.5
Protectionist Sir William Manning 48,110 26.4 +26.4
Protectionist John Kidd 44,661 24.6 +24.6
Protectionist Kenneth Mackay 41,596 22.9 +22.9
Ind. Protectionist Richard Meagher 32,903 18.1 +18.1
Protectionist George Waddell 32,729 18.0 +18.0
Protectionist Mark Hammond 32,252 17.7 +17.7
Labour Samuel Smith 31,185 17.1 +17.1
Labour Donald Macdonell 30,416 16.7 +16.7
Ind. Protectionist Eden George 20,136 11.1 +11.1
Ind. Free Trade Edward Terry 18,764 10.3 +10.3
Ind. Free Trade Harry Lassetter 17,741 9.8 +9.8
Ind. Protectionist Harrie Wood 14,736 8.1 +8.1
Independent Denis O'Sullivan 12,928 7.1 +7.1
Ind. Free Trade George Cox 11,263 6.2 +6.2
Ind. Free Trade Francis Cotton 9,170 5.0 +5.0
Independent John Cook 7,422 4.1 +4.1
Ind. Free Trade Charles Royle 7,216 4.0 +4.0
Ind. Free Trade Francis Abigail 7,164 3.9 +3.9
Ind. Free Trade John Griffin 6,502 3.6 +3.6
Socialist John Neill 5,952 3.3 +3.3
Ind. Protectionist William Read 5,836 3.2 +3.2
Socialist Andrew Thomson 5,823 3.2 +3.2
Ind. Free Trade Sam Rosa 5,560 3.1 +3.1
Ind. Protectionist Richard Colonna-Close 5,147 2.8 +2.8
Socialist Harry Holland 4,771 2.6 +2.6
Socialist James Moroney 4,257 2.3 +2.3
Ind. Free Trade Lindsay Thompson 4,005 2.2 +2.2
Ind. Protectionist Patrick Lynch 3,876 2.1 +2.1
Ind. Protectionist Walter Quinn 3,700 2.0 +2.0
Independent Thomas Edwards 3,580 2.0 +2.0
Socialist Thomas Melling 3,495 1.9 +1.9
Ind. Protectionist David Fealy 3,411 1.9 +1.9
Ind. Protectionist William Richardson 3,289 1.8 +1.8
Socialist James Morrish 3,109 1.7 +1.7
Independent Francis Brown 2,998 1.6 +1.6
Independent John Blake 2,906 1.6 +1.6
Ind. Free Trade William Shipway 2,776 1.5 +1.5
Independent William Flynn 2,736 1.5 +1.5
Ind. Free Trade Andrew Armstrong 2,348 1.3 +1.3
Ind. Free Trade James Moriarty 2,366 1.3 +1.3
Independent William Gocher 2,172 1.2 +1.2
Independent David Gash 1,473 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 1,091,394
181,899 valid ballots 		82.5
Informal votes 38,674 17.5
Turnout 220,573 100.0
Party total votes
Free Trade 439,593 40.3 +40.3
Protectionist 272,206 24.9 +24.9
Ind. Protectionist 153,688 14.1 +14.1
Ind. Free Trade 94,870 8.7 +8.7
Labour 61,601 5.6 +5.6
Independent 36,215 3.3 +3.3
Socialist 27,347 2.5 +2.5

1910 election

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1910 Australian federal election: West Sydney
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Billy Hughes 13,000 69.8 +14.3
Liberal Stanley Cole 4,986 26.8 −17.7
Socialist Harry Holland 628 3.4
Informal votes 341 1.8
Majority 8,014 42.27
Turnout 18,955 60.7

New Zealand

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1914 election

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1914 general election: Wellington North[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform Alexander Herdman 4,550 55.23
Liberal William Turnbull 1,895 23.00
Social Democrat Harry Holland 1,688 20.49
Majority 2,655 32.23
Informal votes 104 1.26
Turnout 8,237 82.90
Registered electors 9,936

1918 Wellington North by-election

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1918 Wellington North by-election[4][5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Reform John Luke 2,986 41.89
Labour Harry Holland 2,566 35.99 +15.50
Liberal Alfred Brandon 816 11.44
Independent Liberal Angus James Neville Polson 720 10.10
Majority 420 5.89
Informal votes 40 0.56 −0.70
Turnout 7,128
Reform hold Swing

1918 Grey by-election

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1918 Grey by-election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Holland 2,865 50.90
Reform Thomas Coates 2,717 48.27
Informal votes 46 0.81
Majority 148 2.62
Turnout 5,628

1919 election

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1919 general election: Buller[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Holland 3,545 57.70
Liberal Denis Quinlan O'Brien 2,542 41.38
Informal votes 56 0.91 −0.45
Majority 1,003 16.32
Turnout 6,143 93.11 +11.81
Registered electors 6,597

1922 election

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1922 general election: Buller[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Holland 4,413 59.80 +2.10
Reform John Menzies 2,872 38.91
Informal votes 94 1.27 +0.36
Majority 1,541 20.88 +4.56
Turnout 7,379 91.80 −1.31
Registered electors 8,038

1925 election

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1925 general election: Buller[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Holland 4,704 59.21 −0.59
Reform C S Bielby 3,172 39.92
Informal votes 68 0.85 −0.45
Majority 1,532 19.28 −1.60
Turnout 7,944 93.92 +2.12
Registered electors 8,458

1928 election

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1928 general election: Buller[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Holland 5,988 70.33 +11.12
Reform Dugald Macdonald Robertson 2,371 27.85
Informal votes 154 1.80 +0.95
Majority 3,617 42.48 +23.20
Turnout 8,513 90.84 −3.08
Registered electors 9,371

1931 election

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1931 general election: Buller[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Harry Holland 6,136 71.01 +0.78
Reform John Menzies[12] 2,505 28.99
Informal votes 151 1.72
Majority 3,631 42.02 −0.46
Turnout 8,792 89.02 −1.82
Registered electors 9,876

Leadership elections

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1919 leadership election

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Name Votes Percentage
Harry Holland 3 50.0%
James McCombs 3 50.0%

1920 leadership election

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Name Votes Percentage
Harry Holland 5 62.5%
James McCombs 3 37.5%

1921 leadership election

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Name Votes Percentage
Harry Holland 5 71.42%
James McCombs 2 28.57%

1922 leadership election

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Name Votes Percentage
Harry Holland 6 66.66%
James McCombs 3 33.33%

1923 leadership election

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Name Votes Percentage
Harry Holland 14 82.35%
Dan Sullivan 3 17.65%

Notes

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  1. ^ "N.S.W. Elections". The Burrangong Argus. 6 July 1901. p. 2.
  2. ^ Carr, Adam. "1901 Senate New South Wales". Psephos.
  3. ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Wellington North". Colonist. Vol. LX, no. 14665. 20 March 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Wellington North electorate". Free Lance. Vol. XVII, no. 919. 22 February 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  6. ^ "The Grey Election - Official Recount". Greymouth Evening Star. 7 June 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
  7. ^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  8. ^ The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
  9. ^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  10. ^ Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  11. ^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  12. ^ "Buller Electorate". The Evening Post. Vol. CXII, no. 127. 25 November 1931. p. 10. Retrieved 8 November 2014.

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