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).

Parliamentary elections

New South Wales

1901 election

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

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

1901 election

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

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

1914 election

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1919 leadership election

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

1920 leadership election

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

1921 leadership election

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

1922 leadership election

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

1923 leadership election

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

Notes

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

References

O'Farrell, P.J. (1964). Harry Holland: Militant Socialist. Canberra, Australia: Australian National University Press.

[1] "N.S.W. Elections". The Burrangong Argus. 6 July 1901. p. 2.

[2] Carr, Adam. "1901 Senate New South Wales". Psephos.

[General_Election,_1914-3] Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[1918_by-election_result-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.

[1918_by-election-6] "The Grey Election - Official Recount". Greymouth Evening Star. 7 June 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 14 August 2018.

[Year-Book_1920-7] Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

[1922_election-8] The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. 1923. p. 2. Retrieved 28 August 2016.

[1925_election-9] The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

[1928_election-10] Skinner, W. A. G. (1929). The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. Retrieved 4 December 2013.

[1931_election-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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