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This is a summary of the electoral history of Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1940–49), Leader of the Labour Party (1940–50) and Member of Parliament for Wellington Central (1918–46) then Brooklyn (1946–50).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 2,668 | 56.54 | ||
Independent Labour | Joe Mack | 1,044 | 22.12 | ||
Liberal | William Hildreth | 784 | 16.61 | ||
Independent | Harry Atmore | 185 | 3.92 | ||
Independent | Lindsay John Frederick Garmston | 29 | 0.61 | ||
Independent | William Cyril Tanner | 9 | 0.19 | ||
Majority | 1,624 | 34.41 | |||
Turnout | 4,719 | 51.43 | -33.04 | ||
Registered electors | 9,176 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 4,486 | 57.33 | +0.79 | |
Liberal | Frederick Pirani | 3,430 | 42.67 | ||
Majority | 1,146 | 14.64 | -19.77 | ||
Turnout | 7,826 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 5,827 | 64.73 | +7.40 | |
Independent | William Bennett | 1,625 | 18.05 | ||
Liberal–Labour | Archibald Sievwright | 1,550 | 17.21 | ||
Majority | 4,202 | 46.67 | +32.03 | ||
Informal votes | 102 | 1.13 | |||
Turnout | 9,002 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 5,459 | 64.02 | -0.71 | |
Reform | Dunbar Sloane | 3,069 | 35.98 | ||
Majority | 2,390 | 28.02 | -18.65 | ||
Turnout | 8,528 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 7,353 | 60.81 | -3.21 | |
Reform | Dunbar Sloane | 3,895 | 32.21 | -3.77 | |
Independent Labour | Margaret Young | 843 | 6.97 | ||
Majority | 3,458 | 28.60 | +0.58 | ||
Informal votes | 145 | 1.19 | |||
Turnout | 12,236 | 83.61 | |||
Registered electors | 14,635 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 6,308 | 57.26 | -3.55 | |
United | Robert Darroch | 3,837 | 34.83 | ||
Independent | Edward William Nicolaus | 688 | 6.25 | ||
Communist | Richard Francis Griffin | 183 | 1.66 | ||
Majority | 2,471 | 22.43 | -6.17 | ||
Informal votes | 91 | 0.82 | -0.37 | ||
Turnout | 11,107 | 74.82 | -8.79 | ||
Registered electors | 14,845 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 7,673 | 69.43 | 12.17 | |
United/Reform | Will Mason | 3,380 | 30.57 | ||
Majority | 4,293 | 38.84 | +16.41 | ||
Turnout | 11,053 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 9,376 | 62.86 | -6.19 | |
National | Will Appleton | 5,539 | 37.14 | ||
Majority | 3,837 | 25.73 | -12.37 | ||
Informal votes | 89 | 0.59 | |||
Turnout | 15,004 | 86.74 | +5.05 | ||
Registered electors | 17,297 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 6,822 | 46.12 | -16.74 | |
National | Will Appleton | 5,616 | 37.97 | +0.83 | |
Independent | Colin Scrimgeour | 2,253 | 15.23 | ||
Independent | Julius Hyde | 100 | 0.68 | ||
Majority | 1,206 | 8.15 | -17.57 | ||
Informal votes | 223 | 1.49 | +0.89 | ||
Turnout | 15,014 | 80.59 | +6.15 | ||
Registered electors | 18,629 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 8,216 | 65.75 | ||
National | Stewart Hardy | 4,281 | 34.45 | ||
Majority | 3,935 | 31.48 | |||
Turnout | 12,497 | 87.09 | |||
Registered electors | 14,349 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 7,176 | 63.91 | -1.84 | |
National | Berta Burns | 4,220 | 37.58 | ||
Communist | Connie Birchfield | 241 | 2.14 | ||
Majority | 2,956 | 26.32 | -5.16 | ||
Turnout | 11,228 | 85.73 | -1.36 | ||
Registered electors | 13,096 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Civic League | Robert Wright | 10,876 | 42.30 | -23.30 | |
Labour | Peter Fraser | 10,603 | 41.24 | ||
Independent | Len McKenzie | 4,228 | 16.44 | ||
Majority | 273 | 1.06 | -29.60 | ||
Turnout | 25,707 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 11,607 | 48.64 | ||
Citizens' | Robert Wright | 11,288 | 47.31 | ||
Independent | John Castle | 517 | 2.16 | ||
Communist | Richard Webb | 311 | 1.30 | -13.81 | |
Informal votes | 136 | 0.57 | |||
Majority | 319 | 1.33 | |||
Turnout | 23,859 | 42.94 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 13,068 | 57.79 | ||
Labour | Charles Chapman | 12,661 | 55.99 | +6.03 | |
Citizens' | Charles Norwood | 11,199 | 49.53 | -6.21 | |
Labour | Bob Semple | 11,028 | 48.77 | ||
Citizens' | William Bennett | 10,702 | 47.33 | ||
Citizens' | Francis Arthur Mcindoe | 9,799 | 43.33 | ||
Citizens' | Robert Nimmo | 8,069 | 35.68 | ||
Labour | Michael Walsh | 7,992 | 35.34 | +7.67 | |
Independent | Robert Darroch | 4,204 | 18.59 | ||
Informal votes | 1,180 | 5.21 | +0.01 | ||
Turnout | 22,610 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 25,428 | 66.30 | +8.51 | |
Labour | Charles Chapman | 21,627 | 56.39 | +0.40 | |
Labour | Robert McKeen | 21,380 | 55.75 | ||
Labour | Bob Semple | 21,142 | 55.13 | ||
Citizens' | Charles Norwood | 17,920 | 46.72 | -2.81 | |
Citizens' | Will Appleton | 16,663 | 43.45 | ||
Citizens' | Robert Nimmo | 14,651 | 38.20 | -2.52 | |
Citizens' | Hubert Nathan | 13,815 | 36.02 | ||
Informal votes | 770 | 2.00 | -3.21 | ||
Turnout | 38,349 |
Labour Party deputy-leadership election 1933 | |||
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Candidate | Votes | % | |
Peter Fraser | 24 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | 24 | — |
Labour Party leadership election 1940 | |||
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Candidate | Votes | % | |
Peter Fraser | 33 | 68.7 | |
Gervan McMillan | 12 | 25.0 | |
Clyde Carr | 3 | 6.2 | |
Majority | 21 | 34.4 | |
Turnout | 48 | — |
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This is a summary of the electoral history of Peter Fraser, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1940–49), Leader of the Labour Party (1940–50) and Member of Parliament for Wellington Central (1918–46) then Brooklyn (1946–50).
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 2,668 | 56.54 | ||
Independent Labour | Joe Mack | 1,044 | 22.12 | ||
Liberal | William Hildreth | 784 | 16.61 | ||
Independent | Harry Atmore | 185 | 3.92 | ||
Independent | Lindsay John Frederick Garmston | 29 | 0.61 | ||
Independent | William Cyril Tanner | 9 | 0.19 | ||
Majority | 1,624 | 34.41 | |||
Turnout | 4,719 | 51.43 | -33.04 | ||
Registered electors | 9,176 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 4,486 | 57.33 | +0.79 | |
Liberal | Frederick Pirani | 3,430 | 42.67 | ||
Majority | 1,146 | 14.64 | -19.77 | ||
Turnout | 7,826 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 5,827 | 64.73 | +7.40 | |
Independent | William Bennett | 1,625 | 18.05 | ||
Liberal–Labour | Archibald Sievwright | 1,550 | 17.21 | ||
Majority | 4,202 | 46.67 | +32.03 | ||
Informal votes | 102 | 1.13 | |||
Turnout | 9,002 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 5,459 | 64.02 | -0.71 | |
Reform | Dunbar Sloane | 3,069 | 35.98 | ||
Majority | 2,390 | 28.02 | -18.65 | ||
Turnout | 8,528 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 7,353 | 60.81 | -3.21 | |
Reform | Dunbar Sloane | 3,895 | 32.21 | -3.77 | |
Independent Labour | Margaret Young | 843 | 6.97 | ||
Majority | 3,458 | 28.60 | +0.58 | ||
Informal votes | 145 | 1.19 | |||
Turnout | 12,236 | 83.61 | |||
Registered electors | 14,635 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 6,308 | 57.26 | -3.55 | |
United | Robert Darroch | 3,837 | 34.83 | ||
Independent | Edward William Nicolaus | 688 | 6.25 | ||
Communist | Richard Francis Griffin | 183 | 1.66 | ||
Majority | 2,471 | 22.43 | -6.17 | ||
Informal votes | 91 | 0.82 | -0.37 | ||
Turnout | 11,107 | 74.82 | -8.79 | ||
Registered electors | 14,845 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 7,673 | 69.43 | 12.17 | |
United/Reform | Will Mason | 3,380 | 30.57 | ||
Majority | 4,293 | 38.84 | +16.41 | ||
Turnout | 11,053 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 9,376 | 62.86 | -6.19 | |
National | Will Appleton | 5,539 | 37.14 | ||
Majority | 3,837 | 25.73 | -12.37 | ||
Informal votes | 89 | 0.59 | |||
Turnout | 15,004 | 86.74 | +5.05 | ||
Registered electors | 17,297 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 6,822 | 46.12 | -16.74 | |
National | Will Appleton | 5,616 | 37.97 | +0.83 | |
Independent | Colin Scrimgeour | 2,253 | 15.23 | ||
Independent | Julius Hyde | 100 | 0.68 | ||
Majority | 1,206 | 8.15 | -17.57 | ||
Informal votes | 223 | 1.49 | +0.89 | ||
Turnout | 15,014 | 80.59 | +6.15 | ||
Registered electors | 18,629 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 8,216 | 65.75 | ||
National | Stewart Hardy | 4,281 | 34.45 | ||
Majority | 3,935 | 31.48 | |||
Turnout | 12,497 | 87.09 | |||
Registered electors | 14,349 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 7,176 | 63.91 | -1.84 | |
National | Berta Burns | 4,220 | 37.58 | ||
Communist | Connie Birchfield | 241 | 2.14 | ||
Majority | 2,956 | 26.32 | -5.16 | ||
Turnout | 11,228 | 85.73 | -1.36 | ||
Registered electors | 13,096 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Civic League | Robert Wright | 10,876 | 42.30 | -23.30 | |
Labour | Peter Fraser | 10,603 | 41.24 | ||
Independent | Len McKenzie | 4,228 | 16.44 | ||
Majority | 273 | 1.06 | -29.60 | ||
Turnout | 25,707 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 11,607 | 48.64 | ||
Citizens' | Robert Wright | 11,288 | 47.31 | ||
Independent | John Castle | 517 | 2.16 | ||
Communist | Richard Webb | 311 | 1.30 | -13.81 | |
Informal votes | 136 | 0.57 | |||
Majority | 319 | 1.33 | |||
Turnout | 23,859 | 42.94 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 13,068 | 57.79 | ||
Labour | Charles Chapman | 12,661 | 55.99 | +6.03 | |
Citizens' | Charles Norwood | 11,199 | 49.53 | -6.21 | |
Labour | Bob Semple | 11,028 | 48.77 | ||
Citizens' | William Bennett | 10,702 | 47.33 | ||
Citizens' | Francis Arthur Mcindoe | 9,799 | 43.33 | ||
Citizens' | Robert Nimmo | 8,069 | 35.68 | ||
Labour | Michael Walsh | 7,992 | 35.34 | +7.67 | |
Independent | Robert Darroch | 4,204 | 18.59 | ||
Informal votes | 1,180 | 5.21 | +0.01 | ||
Turnout | 22,610 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Peter Fraser | 25,428 | 66.30 | +8.51 | |
Labour | Charles Chapman | 21,627 | 56.39 | +0.40 | |
Labour | Robert McKeen | 21,380 | 55.75 | ||
Labour | Bob Semple | 21,142 | 55.13 | ||
Citizens' | Charles Norwood | 17,920 | 46.72 | -2.81 | |
Citizens' | Will Appleton | 16,663 | 43.45 | ||
Citizens' | Robert Nimmo | 14,651 | 38.20 | -2.52 | |
Citizens' | Hubert Nathan | 13,815 | 36.02 | ||
Informal votes | 770 | 2.00 | -3.21 | ||
Turnout | 38,349 |
Labour Party deputy-leadership election 1933 | |||
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Candidate | Votes | % | |
Peter Fraser | 24 | 100.0 | |
Turnout | 24 | — |
Labour Party leadership election 1940 | |||
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Candidate | Votes | % | |
Peter Fraser | 33 | 68.7 | |
Gervan McMillan | 12 | 25.0 | |
Clyde Carr | 3 | 6.2 | |
Majority | 21 | 34.4 | |
Turnout | 48 | — |