Whanganui (New Zealand electorate)

Whanganui (known as Wanganui until 1996) is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was first established in 1860 for the 3rd Parliament and has existed continuously since then.

Whanganui
Single-member constituency for the New Zealand House of Representatives
Location of Whanganui within Manawatū-Whanganui and Taranaki
Region	Manawatū-Whanganui and Taranaki
Major settlements	Hāwera, Whanganui
Current constituency
Created	1860
Current MP	Carl Bates
Party	National

It is held by Carl Bates of the National Party, who won it in the 2023 general election.

Establishment

In the 1860 electoral redistribution, the House of Representatives increased the number of representatives by 12, reflecting the immense population growth since the original electorates were established in 1853. The redistribution created 15 additional electorates with between one and three members, and the Wanganui and Rangitikei electorate was split into two separate electorates: the Rangitikei electorate and the Wanganui electorate, with one member each.^[1]

Population centres

The current electorate is based on the urban area of Whanganui, the town of Hāwera, and smaller centres Kaponga, Eltham, Normanby, Manaia, Patea and Waverley; broadly speaking, the Whanganui and South Taranaki local government districts.

History

Henry Shafto Harrison was the first representative. His 7 February 1861 election was declared invalid. He stood again in the 1861 by-election and was elected again. He then served the electorate until the end of the term in 1866.^[2][3]

Harrison, John Bryce and John Garner contested the 1866 election. The nomination meeting was held on Friday, 2 March 1866. Harrison, Bryce and Garner received 51, 102 and 7 votes, respectively, at the election on the following day. Bryce was thus declared elected.^[4] Bryce resigned in 1867.^[5]

The resulting 6 May 1867 by-election was won by Harrison, and he served until the dissolution of Parliament on 30 December 1870.^[2]

Bryce was again elected in the 30 January 1871 election. This time, he served three parliamentary terms until the dissolution in November 1881.^[5]

Wanganui became a two-member electorate for the 12 January 1876 election. Apart from Bryce, Julius Vogel was elected, who was later to become Premier. Vogel resigned on 9 September 1876. ^[6]

The resulting 2 October 1876 by-election was won by William Fox, resulting in his second period of representation of a Whanganui-centred electorate. He served until the end of the term on 15 August 1879.^[7]

Bryce and John Ballance won the 1879 election. They both served until the end of the term, with Parliament being dissolved on 8 November 1881. ^[8]

For the 1881 election, the electorate reverted to being represented by a single member. The election, held on 9 December, was won by William Hogg Watt. He served until the end of the term, with Parliament being dissolved on 27 June 1884.^[9]

The 1884 election was once again won by John Ballance. This time, he would serve in three successive Parliaments. He died in office on 27 April 1893 during the 11th Parliament. ^[8] Ballance formed the Liberal Party after the 1890 election and became its leader, and thus introduced party politics to New Zealand. The Liberal Government of New Zealand would last for 21 years and is the longest serving government in New Zealand's history.

Ballance's death triggered the 1893 by-election, which was held on 13 June and won by Archibald Willis, who was re-elected at the 1893 election a few months later.^[10]

Gilbert Carson was successful in the 1896 election. He served one term.^[11] He was succeeded by Willis in the 1899 election, who served two more terms for the electorate.^[10]

James Thomas Hogan won the 1905 election. He served two terms^[12] and was defeated in the 1911 election by Bill Veitch.

Veitch had a long career in the electorate, serving until 1935, when he defeated. He was initially an Independent, but joined the Liberal Party in 1925, and changed to the United Party in 1928.

Joe Cotterill won the electorate in the 1935 election for the Labour Party. He also had a long career, retiring in 1960 from the Wanganui seat.

He was succeeded by his party colleague George Spooner in the 1960 election, who served three terms and was defeated in 1969 election by Bill Tolhurst from the National Party.

Tolhurst served one term and at the 1972 election, the electorate returned to Labour. Russell Marshall served six terms and retired in 1990.

In the 1990 election, Cam Campion secured the seat for National. He retired in 1993 and died two years after that.

The seat returned to Labour again, with Jill Pettis winning the 1993 election. She was the first woman to represent Wanganui. She served four terms, until her defeat in the 2005 election by Chester Borrows of the National Party.^[13] Pettis served an additional term as a List MP until 2008. Borrows announced in 2016 that he would not seek reelection at the 2017 general election^[14] and the seat was won by Harete Hipango, retaining it for the National Party. She however, was defeated after one term by Labour's Steph Lewis.

Several members (Fox, Vogel and Ballance) became Premier. Terry Heffernan stood in the electorate five times for four parties, from 1981 to 1993.

Members of Parliament

Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at a general election.

Key

  Independent   Liberal   Conservative   Liberal–Labour

  Independent Labour   United Labour   United   Labour   National

single-member electorate

Election	Winner
1861 election		Henry Harrison
1861 by-election
1866 election		John Bryce
1867 by-election		Henry Harrison (2nd time)
1871 election		John Bryce (2nd time)

multi-member electorate

Election	Winners
1876 election		John Bryce		Julius Vogel
1876 by-election				William Fox
1879 election				John Ballance

single-member electorate

Election	Winner
1881 election		William Watt
1884 election		John Ballance (2nd time)
1887 election
1890 election
1893 by-election		Archibald Willis
1893 election
1896 election		Gilbert Carson
1899 election		Archibald Willis (2nd time)
1902 election
1905 election		James Thomas Hogan
1908 election
1911 election		Bill Veitch
1914 election
1919 election
1922 election
1925 election
1928 election
1931 election
1935 election		Joe Cotterill
1938 election
1943 election
1946 election
1949 election
1951 election
1954 election
1957 election
1960 election		George Spooner
1963 election
1966 election
1969 election		Bill Tolhurst
1972 election		Russell Marshall
1975 election
1978 election
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election
1990 election		Cam Campion
1993 election		Jill Pettis
1996 election
1999 election
2002 election
2005 election		Chester Borrows
2008 election
2011 election
2014 election
2017 election		Harete Hipango
2020 election		Steph Lewis
2023 election		Carl Bates

List MPs

Members of Parliament elected from party lists in elections where that person also unsuccessfully contested the electorate. Unless otherwise stated, all MPs terms began and ended at general elections.

Election	Winner
1996 election		Peter Gresham
2005 election		Jill Pettis
2021		Harete Hipango[a]

Election results

2023 election

2023 general election: Whanganui[15]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Carl Bates		18,484	47.10	+12.73	14,567	36.80	+10.59
	Labour	N Steph Lewis		12,972	33.05	–21.72	11,002	27.79	–23.60
	NZ First	William Arnold		3,139	7.99	—	4,494	11.35	+8.04
	Green	Marion Sanson		2,049	5.22	+1.59	2,980	7.52	+2.67
	ACT	Craig Dredge		1,683	4.28	—	3,749	9.47	+1.58
	Animal Justice	Sandra Kyle		402	1.02	—	99	0.25	—
	Te Pāti Māori						602	1.52	+0.98
	NZ Loyal						544	1.37	—
	Opportunities						463	1.16	+0.22
	NewZeal						315	0.79	+0.33
	Legalise Cannabis						214	0.54	+0.06
	New Conservatives						105	0.26	–1.41
	Freedoms NZ						88	0.22	—
	DemocracyNZ						77	0.19	—
	Women's Rights						30	0.07	—
	Leighton Baker Party						20	0.05	—
	New Nation						17	0.04	—
Informal votes				511			210
Total valid votes				39,240			39,576
	National gain from Labour		Majority	5,512	14.04	–5.92

2020 election

2020 general election: Whanganui[16]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	Labour	Steph Lewis		22,299	54.32	+13.98	21,228	51.39	+14.95
	National	N Harete Hipango		14,108	34.37	-10.54	10,828	26.21	-18.52
	Green	Alan Clay		1,491	3.63	-1.91	2,004	4.85	+0.15
	New Conservative	Johnathan Marshall		784	1.91	—	690	1.67	+1.42
	Advance NZ	Charlotte Weber		773	1.88	—	531	1.28	—
	Independent	Hillary Kieft		367	0.89	—
	Social Credit	Heather Marion Smith		188	0.46	—	63	0.46	+0.41
	ACT						3,260	7.89	+7.45
	NZ First						1,368	3.31	-6.71
	Opportunities						390	0.94	-0.75
	Māori Party						222	0.54	+0.11
	Legalise Cannabis						198	0.48	+0.07
	ONE						189	0.46	—
	Outdoors						43	0.10	+0.03
	Sustainable NZ						24	0.06	—
	Vision NZ						10	0.02	—
	TEA						5	0.01	—
	Heartland						2	0.00	—
Informal votes				1,035			253
Total valid votes				41,045			41,308
	Labour gain from National		Majority	8,191	19.96	+24.53

2017 election

2017 general election: Whanganui[17]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Harete Hipango		16,751	44.91	−8.24	16,874	44.73	−2.4
	Labour	Steph Lewis		15,045	40.34	+0.03	13,748	36.44	+10.99
	NZ First	Reg Skipworth		2,580	6.92	—	3,783	10.02	−1.9
	Green	Nicola Patrick		2,067	5.54	—	1,775	4.70	−2.49
	ACT	Alan Davidson		294	0.79	+0.07	168	0.44	−0.03
	Opportunities						639	1.69	—
	Māori Party						162	0.43	−0.15
	Legalise Cannabis						154	0.41	−0.13
	Conservative						94	0.25	−4.75
	Ban 1080						56	0.15	−0.01
	Outdoors						25	0.07	—
	People's Party						23	0.06	—
	United Future						23	0.06	−0.15
	Democrats						20	0.05	−0.11
	Mana						12	0.03	−0.7[b]
	Internet						7	0.02	−0.71[c]
Informal votes				560			161
Total valid votes				37,297			37,724
	National hold		Majority	1,706	4.57	−8.27

2014 election

2014 general election: Whanganui[18]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Chester Borrows		18,649	53.15	-0.54	16,687	47.13	-0.43
	Labour	Hamish McDouall		14,144	40.31	+2.80	9,012	25.45	-1.96
	Conservative	Kim MacIntyre		872	2.49	+2.49	1,771	5.00	+1.77
	Māori Party	Nancy Tuaine		610	1.74	+1.74	205	0.58	+0.13
	ACT	Alan Daniel Davidson		252	0.72	+0.29	167	0.47	-0.61
	Democrats	Heather Marion Smith		208	0.59	+0.20	57	0.16	+0.01
	NZ First						4,221	11.92	+2.39
	Green						2,546	7.19	-1.77
	Internet Mana						259	0.73	+0.49
	Legalise Cannabis						190	0.54	-0.01
	United Future						75	0.21	-0.24
	Ban 1080						56	0.16	+0.16
	Civilian						22	0.06	+0.06
	Focus						14	0.04	+0.04
	Independent Coalition						13	0.04	+0.04
Informal votes				350			112
Total valid votes				35,085			35,407
	National hold		Majority	4,505	12.84	-3.34

2011 election

2011 general election: Whanganui[19]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Chester Borrows		16,743	53.69	-2.61	15,151	47.56	+1.25
	Labour	Hamish McDouall		11,697	37.51	-0.10	8,733	27.41	-8.10
	Green	John Milnes		1,444	4.63	+0.19	2,855	8.96	+3.68
	NZ First	Ian Brougham		1,043	3.34	+3.34	3,035	9.53	+4.39
	ACT	Alan Daniel Davidson		135	0.43	-0.56	345	1.08	-1.99
	Democrats	Heather Marion Smith		121	0.39	-0.28	47	0.15	-0.07
	Conservative						1,030	3.23	-+3.23
	Māori Party						225	0.71	-0.29
	Legalise Cannabis						176	0.55	+0.21
	United Future						143	0.45	-0.20
	Mana						75	0.24	+0.24
	Libertarianz						22	0.07	+0.02
	Alliance						21	0.07	-0.02
Informal votes				616			235
Total valid votes				31,183			31,858
	National hold		Majority	5,046	16.18	-2.51

Electorate (as at 11 November 2011): 43,350^[20]

2008 election

2008 general election: Whanganui[21]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Y Chester Borrows		19,072	56.30		15,869	46.30
	Labour	Hamish McDouall		12,739	37.61		12,170	35.51
	Green	John Milnes		1,503	4.44		1,809	5.28
	ACT	Alan Davidson		336	0.99		1,052	3.07
	Democrats	Heather Marion Smith		225	0.66		73	0.21
	NZ First						1,761	5.14
	Māori Party						342	1.00
	Progressive						253	0.74
	Bill and Ben						249	0.73
	United Future						224	0.65
	Kiwi						186	0.54
	Legalise Cannabis						116	0.34
	Family Party						91	0.27
	Alliance						28	0.08
	Libertarianz						18	0.05
	Workers Party						16	0.05
	Pacific						10	0.03
	RONZ						3	0.01
	RAM						2	0.01
Informal votes				304			162
Total valid votes				33,875			34,272
	National hold		Majority	6,333

2005 election

2005 general election: Whanganui[22]
Notes:		Blue background denotes the winner of the electorate vote. Pink background denotes a candidate elected from their party list. Yellow background denotes an electorate win by a list member, or other incumbent. A Y or N denotes status of any incumbent, win or lose respectively.
Party		Candidate		Votes	%	±%	Party votes	%	±%
	National	Chester Borrows		15,846	49.28	+9.70	13,417	41.13
	Labour	N Jill Pettis		13,444	41.81	-4.56	13,045	39.99
	Green	John Milnes		1,171	3.64		1,466	4.49
	United Future	David Ball		502	1.56		885	2.71
	Māori Party	Aaron Makutu		429	1.33		265	0.841
	Progressive	Debbie Lucas		371	1.15		448	1.37
	One NZ	Ian Brougham		214	0.67		52	0.16
	Democrats	Malcolm Murchie		175	0.54		68	0.21
	NZ First						2,185	6.70
	ACT						296	0.91
	Destiny						282	0.86
	Legalise Cannabis						68	0.21
	Christian Heritage						62	0.19
	Alliance						31	0.10
	99 MP						18	0.06
	Libertarianz						16	0.05
	Family Rights						7	0.02
	RONZ						7	0.02
	Direct Democracy						6	0.02
Informal votes				376			144
	National gain from Labour		Majority	2,402	7.47	+14.26

1999 election

Refer to Candidates in the New Zealand general election 1999 by electorate#Whanganui for a list of candidates.

1993 election

1993 general election: Wanganui^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jill Pettis	7,399	36.62	+5.58
	National	Gael Donoghue	4,028	19.93
	NZ First	Terry Heffernan	3,621	17.92	−11.36
	Independent	Cam Campion	2,525	12.49	−20.55
	Alliance	Fred Frederiske	2,253	11.15
	Christian Heritage	J Rush	378	1.87
Majority			3,371	16.68
Turnout			20,204	85.56	−1.17
Registered electors			23,612

1990 election

1990 general election: Wanganui^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Cam Campion	6,751	33.04
	Labour	Jill Pettis	6,342	31.04
	Democrats	Terry Heffernan	5,983	29.28	−5.58
	Green	Terry Sarten	762	3.72
	NewLabour	M Blakely	446	2.18
	Social Credit	G Butler	123	0.60
	Independent	C Fackney	22	0.10
Majority			409	2.00
Turnout			20,429	86.73	−4.59
Registered electors			23,554

1987 election

1987 general election: Wanganui^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russell Marshall	7,548	36.05	−10.67
	Democrats	Terry Heffernan	7,300	34.86	+5.76
	National	Allan Anderson	6,089	29.08
Majority			248	1.18	−15.13
Turnout			20,937	91.32	−1.48
Registered electors			22,925

1984 election

1984 general election: Wanganui^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russell Marshall	10,391	46.72	+6.28
	Social Credit	Terry Heffernan	6,473	29.10	−3.47
	National	Sue Westwood	4,579	20.58
	NZ Party	Ian David Harrex	751	3.37
	Independent	T L Sullivan	47	0.21
Majority			3,918	17.61	+9.75
Turnout			22,241	92.80	+2.53
Registered electors			23,965

1981 election

1981 general election: Wanganui^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russell Marshall	8,572	40.44	−6.33
	Social Credit	Terry Heffernan	6,904	32.57
	National	Jennifer Tolhurst	5,719	26.98
Majority			1,668	7.86	−7.09
Turnout			21,195	90.27	+15.50
Registered electors			23,477

1978 election

1978 general election: Wanganui^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russell Marshall	9,703	46.77	+0.15
	National	John Rowan	6,601	31.82	−8.57
	Social Credit	Oliver Marks	3,956	19.07	+9.38
	Values	Ross Holmes	449	2.16
	Independent	T L Sullivan	34	0.16	+0.08
Majority			3,102	14.95	+8.73
Turnout			20,743	74.77	−13.27
Registered electors			27,741

1975 election

1975 general election: Wanganui^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russell Marshall	9,313	46.62	−7.75
	National	John Rowan	8,069	40.39
	Social Credit	Oliver Marks	1,937	9.69
	Values	Roger Angus	541	2.70
	Christian Democratic	Tom Fouhy	100	0.50
	Independent	T L Sullivan	16	0.08	−0.19
Majority			1,244	6.22	−9.45
Turnout			19,976	88.04	−4.04
Registered electors			22,689

1972 election

1972 general election: Wanganui^[25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Russell Marshall	9,987	54.37
	National	Bill Tolhurst	7,108	38.70	−9.34
	Social Credit	J S Humphreys	1,168	6.35	−2.73
	New Democratic	R A Dowdie	53	0.28
	Independent	T L Sullivan	50	0.27	+0.09
Majority			2,879	15.67
Turnout			18,366	92.08	+0.72
Registered electors			19,944

1969 election

1969 general election: Wanganui^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Bill Tolhurst	8,233	48.04
	Labour	George Spooner	7,274	42.44	+0.59
	Social Credit	J S Humphreys	1,557	9.08
	Independent	D M Lewis	40	0.23
	Independent	T L Sullivan	32	0.18
Majority			959	5.59
Turnout			17,136	91.36	+1.34
Registered electors			18,755

1966 election

1966 general election: Wanganui^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Spooner	6,499	41.85	−4.42
	National	John Grace	5,591	36.01	−1.56
	Social Credit	Percival John Dempsey	3,206	20.64	+4.50
	Christian Democratic	D G Tumery	233	1.50
Majority			908	5.84	−2.86
Turnout			15,529	90.02	−3.01
Registered electors			17,249

1963 election

1963 general election: Wanganui^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Spooner	7,430	46.27	+6.11
	National	John Grace	6,033	37.57
	Social Credit	Percival John Dempsey	2,593	16.14
Majority			1,397	8.70	+7.65
Turnout			16,056	93.03	+0.51
Registered electors			17,258

1960 election

1960 general election: Wanganui^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Spooner	6,071	40.16
	National	E J Crotty	5,911	39.10
	Social Credit	Roly Marks	3,132	20.72	−1.71
Majority			160	1.05
Turnout			15,114	92.52	−2.12
Registered electors			16,335

1957 election

1957 general election: Wanganui^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Cotterill	6,550	43.49	+5.05
	National	Alice Kathleen Maclean	5,131	34.07
	Social Credit	Roly Marks	3,378	22.43	−2.96
Majority			1,419	9.42	+7.13
Turnout			15,059	94.64	+3.29
Registered electors			15,911

1954 election

1954 general election: Wanganui^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Cotterill	5,115	38.44	−12.41
	National	Jack Rumbold	4,810	36.15
	Social Credit	Roly Marks	3,378	25.39
Majority			305	2.29	+0.59
Turnout			13,303	91.35	+2.43
Registered electors			14,562

1951 election

1951 general election: Wanganui^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Cotterill	6,779	50.85	−2.89
	National	Ernest Victor O'Keefe	6,553	49.15	+2.89
Majority			226	1.70	−5.76
Turnout			13,332	88.92	−2.93
Registered electors			14,993

1949 election

1949 general election: Wanganui^[27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Cotterill	7,336	53.74	−3.31
	National	Ernest Victor O'Keefe	6,317	46.26
Majority			1,019	7.46	−6.62
Turnout			13,653	91.85	−0.84
Registered electors			14,863

1946 election

1946 general election: Wanganui^[28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Cotterill	7,833	57.05	+8.00
	National	Eric Merewether	5,899	42.95
Majority			1,934	14.08	+3.78
Turnout			13,732	92.69	−4.00
Registered electors			14,814

1943 election

1943 general election: Wanganui^[29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Cotterill	6,691	49.05	−15.34
	National	Eric James Kirk	4,254	31.18
	Real Democracy	Roly Marks	1,722	12.62
	Democratic Labour	Sydney Duffy	832	6.09
Informal votes			142	1.04	+0.58
Majority			2,437	17.86	+11.38
Turnout			13,641	96.69	+1.95
Registered electors			14,107

1938 election

1938 general election: Wanganui^[30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Cotterill	8,630	64.39	+18.09
	National	Henry Charles Veitch	4,710	35.14	+3.70
Informal votes			62	0.46	−0.20
Majority			3,920	29.24	+14.38
Turnout			13,402	94.74
Registered electors			14,145

1935 election

1935 general election: Wanganui^[31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joe Cotterill	4,887	46.66
	Democrat	Bill Veitch	3,318	31.68	−21.39
	Reform	Norman Rhind Bain	1,754	16.74
	Independent Liberal	James Thomas Hogan	524	5.00
Informal votes			61	0.58	+0.06
Majority			1,569	14.98
Turnout			10,473	91.59	+8.41
Registered electors			11,434

1931 election

1931 general election: Wanganui^[32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Bill Veitch	5,096	53.07	+5.52
	Labour	Bill Rogers	4,506	46.93	+19.79
Majority			590	6.14	−14.26
Informal votes			50	0.52	−0.05
Turnout			9,652	83.18	−4.55
Registered electors			11,604

1928 election

1928 general election: Wanganui^[33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Bill Veitch	4,979	47.55	+4.28
	Labour	Bill Rogers	2,842	27.14	+4.80
	Reform	N. G. Lewis	2,650	25.31
Majority			2,137	20.41	+11.52
Informal votes			60	0.57	−0.11
Turnout			10,531	87.73	−4.09
Registered electors			12,004

1925 election

1925 general election: Wanganui^[34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Veitch	4,339	43.27	−8.12
	Reform	John Coull[35]	3,448	34.39
	Labour	Bill Rogers	2,240	22.34
Majority			891	8.89	−2.96
Informal votes			69	0.68	−0.06
Turnout			10,096	91.82	+0.83
Registered electors			10,996

1922 election

1922 general election: Wanganui^[36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Bill Veitch	4,648	51.39	−0.77
	Reform	John Coull	3,576	39.54
	Labour	James Ross	752	8.31
Informal votes			67	0.74	−0.18
Majority			1,072	11.85	−8.61
Turnout			9,043	90.99	+11.88
Registered electors			9,938

1919 election

1919 general election: Wanganui^[37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Bill Veitch	4,340	52.16	+9.98
	Reform	William J. Cuttle	2,637	31.69
	Labour	Lew McIlvride	1,266	15.21
Informal votes			77	0.92	−0.03
Majority			1,703	20.46	+9.67
Turnout			8,320	79.21	−5.27
Registered electors			10,503

1914 election

1914 general election: Wanganui^[38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Labour	Bill Veitch	3,330	42.18	−15.81
	Independent	Frederick Pirani	2,478	31.39
	Liberal–Labour	James Thomas Hogan	2,086	26.42	−15.27
Informal votes			75	0.95	+0.64
Majority			852	10.79	−5.50
Turnout			7,894	84.48	+4.49
Registered electors			9,344

1911 election

1911 general election: Wanganui, first ballot^[39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Bill Veitch	2,295	31.01
	Liberal–Labour	James Thomas Hogan	2,220	30.00	−15.85
	Reform	George Hutchison	1,690	22.84	−5.53
	Independent	Charles Mackay	1,117	15.09	−10.69
Informal votes			51	0.68
Turnout			7,399	83.40	+5.34
Second ballot result
	Independent Labour	Bill Veitch	4,115	57.99	+26.98
	Liberal–Labour	James Thomas Hogan	2,959	41.69	+11.69
Informal votes			22	0.31	−0.37
Majority			1,156	16.29
Turnout			7,096	79.99	−3.41
Registered electors			8,871

1908 election

1908 general election: Wanganui, first ballot^[40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal–Labour	James Thomas Hogan	3,041	45.85
	Conservative	George Hutchison	1,882	28.37
	Independent	Charles Mackay	1,710	25.78
Majority			1,159	17.47
Turnout			6,633	78.06
Registered electors			8,497
Second ballot result
	Liberal–Labour	James Thomas Hogan	3,602	54.30	+8.46
	Conservative	George Hutchison	2,860	43.12	14.74
Majority			742	11.19	−6.29
Turnout			6,462	76.05	−2.01
Registered electors			8,497

1899 election

1899 general election: Wanganui^[41][42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archibald Willis	2,878	55.83
	Conservative	Gilbert Carson	2,169	42.08
	Independent Liberal	John Michael Murphy	108	2.10
Majority			709	13.75
Turnout			5,155	80.53
Registered electors			6,401

1893 by-election

1893 Wanganui by-election^[43]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archibald Willis	1,031	62.37
	Conservative	Gilbert Carson	622	37.62
Majority			409	24.74
Turnout			1,653

1890 election

1890 general election: Wanganui^[44]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Ballance	808	50.85	−15.95
	Conservative	Gilbert Carson	781	49.15	+15.95
Majority			27	1.69	−31.9
Turnout			1,589	75.20	−4.19
Registered electors			2,113

1887 election

1887 general election: Wanganui^[45]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Ballance	865	66.80
	Independent	Gilbert Carson	430	33.20
Majority			435	33.59
Turnout			1,295	79.39
Registered electors			1,631

1884 election

1884 general election: Wanganui^[46]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Ballance	541	60.11	+10.36
	Independent	George Hutchison	205	22.77
	Independent	William Hogg Watt	154	17.11	−33.14
Majority			336	37.33	2.69
Turnout			900	66.86
Registered electors			1,346

1881 election

1881 general election: Wanganui^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Hogg Watt	397	50.25
	Independent	John Ballance	393	49.75	−18.28
Majority			4	0.50
Turnout			790	64.17	+4.44
Registered electors			1,231

1879 election

1879 general election: Wanganui^[48]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Bryce	560	69.65
	Independent	John Ballance	547	68.03
	Independent	Sir William Fox	501	62.31
Majority			46	5.72
Turnout			804	59.73
Registered electors			1,346

1876 by-election

1876 Wanganui by-election^[49]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Fox	256	60.81
	Independent	John Morgan	165	39.19
Turnout			421
Majority			91	21.62

1867 by-election

1867 Wanganui by-election^[50]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Shafto Harrison	143	57.66
	Independent	William Hutchison	105	42.34
Turnout			248
Majority			38	15.32

Notes

1. Hipango entered Parliament on 11 June 2021, following the resignation of Nick Smith.
2. 2017 Mana Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with the Internet Party in the 2014 election
3. 2017 Internet Party swing is relative to the votes for Internet-Mana in 2014; it shared a party list with Mana Party in the 2014 election