title: Electoral history of Keith Holyoake
text: # Electoral history of Keith Holyoake
  
  This is a summary of the electoral history of Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1957, 1960–72), Leader of the National Party (1957–72), and Member of Parliament for Motueka (1932–38) then Pahiatua (1943–77).
  
  ## Parliamentary elections
  
  ### 1931 election
  
  1931 general election: Motueka :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | George Black | 4,180 | 53.30 | -0.75 |
  | | Reform | Keith Holyoake | 3,663 | 46.70 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 517 | 6.59 | -1.50 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 37 | 0.47 | -0.21 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,880 | 88.51 | -1.71 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,903 | | |
  
  ### 1932 by-election
  
  1932 Motueka by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Reform | Keith Holyoake | 3,887 | 49.04 | +2.34 |
  | | Labour | Paddy Webb | 3,210 | 40.50 | |
  | | Liberal–Labour | Roderick McKenzie | 829 | 10.46 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 677 | 8.54 | +1.95 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 7,926 | 89.03 | +0.52 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,903 | | |
  | | Reform gain from Independent | Reform gain from Independent | Swing | | |
  
  ### 1935 election
  
  1935 general election: Motueka :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Reform | Keith Holyoake | 5,115 | 51.40 | +2.36 |
  | | Labour | Rubert York | 4,835 | 48.59 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 86 | 0.86 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 280 | 2.81 | -5.73 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,950 | 91.94 | +2.91 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,822 | | |
  
  ### 1938 election
  
  1938 general election: Motueka :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Labour | Jerry Skinner | 5,142 | 54.16 | |
  | | National | Keith Holyoake | 4,272 | 44.99 | -6.41 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 80 | 0.84 | -0.02 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 870 | 9.16 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,494 | 94.00 | +2.06 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,099 | | |
  
  ### 1943 election
  
  1943 general election: Pahiatua :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Keith Holyoake | 5,705 | 57.93 |
  | | Labour | George Anders Hansen | 3,880 | 39.39 |
  | | Democratic Labour | Edward Ellis | 190 | 1.92 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 73 | 0.74 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,825 | 18.53 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 9,848 | 95.62 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,299 | |
  
  ### 1946 election
  
  1946 general election: Pahiatua :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Keith Holyoake | 8,422 | 64.06 | +6.13 |
  | | Labour | Otto Ernest Niederer | 4,725 | 35.94 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,697 | 28.12 | +9.59 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,147 | 94.08 | +1.54 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,973 | | |
  
  ### 1949 election
  
  1949 general election: Pahiatua :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Keith Holyoake | 8,663 | 67.57 | +3.51 |
  | | Labour | G P O'Leary | 4,156 | 32.43 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,507 | 35.15 | -7.03 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,819 | 92.26 | -1.82 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,894 | | |
  
  ### 1951 election
  
  1951 general election: Pahiatua :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Keith Holyoake | 8,490 | 60.89 | -6.68 |
  | | Labour | Owen Jones | 3,892 | 27.91 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,598 | 32.97 | -2.18 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,382 | 88.81 | -3.45 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,942 | | |
  
  ### 1954 election
  
  1954 general election: Pahiatua :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Keith Holyoake | 7,293 | 61.81 | +0.92 |
  | | Labour | Ronald Bell | 3,774 | 31.98 | |
  | | Social Credit | M M Whimp | 731 | 6.19 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,519 | 29.82 | -3.15 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,798 | 90.73 | +1.92 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,003 | | |
  
  ### 1957 election
  
  1957 general election: Pahiatua :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Keith Holyoake | 8,075 | 62.03 | +0.22 |
  | | Labour | William Erle Rose | 4,055 | 31.15 | |
  | | Social Credit | R M Gunn | 887 | 6.81 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,020 | 30.88 | +1.06 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,017 | 92.57 | 1.84 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,061 | | |
  
  ### 1960 election
  
  1960 general election: Pahiatua :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Keith Holyoake | 8,111 | 64.44 | +2.41 |
  | | Labour | Kingsley McKane | 3,177 | 25.24 | |
  | | Social Credit | Percival John Dempsey | 1,298 | 10.31 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,934 | 39.20 | +8.32 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,586 | 90.18 | -2.39 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,955 | | |
  
  ### 1963 election
  
  1963 general election: Pahiatua :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Keith Holyoake | 9,039 | 65.70 | +1.26 |
  | | Labour | Ernie Hemmingsen | 3,306 | 24.03 | |
  | | Social Credit | Oliver Marks | 1,411 | 10.25 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,733 | 41.67 | +2.47 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,756 | 88.92 | -1.26 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 15,469 | | |
  
  ### 1966 election
  
  1966 general election: Pahiatua :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Keith Holyoake | 7,914 | 61.75 | -3.95 |
  | | Labour | F M O'Brien | 2,623 | 20.46 | |
  | | Social Credit | J H Morrow | 2,207 | 17.22 | |
  | | Independent | R E Cheer | 71 | 0.55 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 5,291 | 41.28 | -0.39 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 12,815 | 85.89 | -3.03 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,919 | | |
  
  ### 1969 election
  
  1969 general election: Pahiatua :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Keith Holyoake | 9,010 | 62.26 | +0.51 |
  | | Labour | Trevor de Cleene | 4,090 | 28.26 | |
  | | Social Credit | Douglas Conway | 1,131 | 7.81 | |
  | | Country Party | C K R Farnsworth | 240 | 1.65 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,920 | 33.99 | -7.29 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,471 | 86.75 | +0.86 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,681 | | |
  
  ### 1972 election
  
  1972 general election: Pahiatua :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Keith Holyoake | 8,825 | 60.11 | -2.15 |
  | | Labour | L J Cairns | 4,466 | 30.42 | |
  | | Social Credit | J H Morrow | 1,022 | 6.96 | |
  | | Liberal Reform | R E Cheer | 253 | 1.72 | |
  | | New Democratic | J W Duffy | 115 | 0.78 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,359 | 29.69 | -4.30 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 14,681 | 86.00 | +0.75 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 17,069 | | |
  
  ### 1975 election
  
  1975 general election: Pahiatua :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National | Keith Holyoake | 10,423 | 64.19 | +4.08 |
  | | Labour | Paul Thornicroft | 3,654 | 22.50 | |
  | | Social Credit | Graeme Hislop | 1,585 | 9.76 | |
  | | Values | Peter McHugh | 574 | 3.53 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,769 | 41.69 | +12.00 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 16,236 | 84.61 | -1.39 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,188 | | |
  