Electoral history of Adam Hamilton

This is a summary of the electoral history of Adam Hamilton, Leader of the National Party (1936–40), and Member of Parliament for Wallace (1919–22, 1925-1946).

Parliamentary elections

1919 general election: Wallace^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Adam Hamilton	2,843	49.86
	Liberal	John Thomson	2,800	49.11	−9.37
Informal votes			58	1.01	−0.01
Majority			43	0.75
Turnout			5,701	82.73	−0.59
Registered electors			6,891

1922 general election: Wallace^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Thomson	3,646	51.13	+2.02
	Reform	Adam Hamilton	3,441	48.26	−1.60
Informal votes			43	0.60	−0.41
Majority			205	2.87
Turnout			7,130	88.10	+5.37
Registered electors			8,093

1925 general election: Wallace^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Adam Hamilton	4,001	53.45	+5.19
	Labour	James Morris MacKenzie	2,673	35.71
	Liberal	George Shepherd Edie	432	5.77
	Independent Liberal	Peter Gilfedder	277	3.70
Informal votes			102	1.36	+0.76
Majority			1,328	17.74	+14.87
Turnout			7,485	93.12	+5.02
Registered electors			8,038

1928 general election: Wallace^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Adam Hamilton	4,360	48.79	−4.66
	United	Walter Taylor	4,340	48.56
	Independent Liberal	George Pulley	139	1.55
Informal votes			97	1.08	−0.28
Majority			20	0.22	−17.52
Turnout			8,936	91.69	+1.43
Registered electors			9,745

1931 general election: Wallace^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Adam Hamilton	5,408	67.82	+19.03
	Independent	Peter Gilfedder	2,566	32.18
Informal votes			72	0.89	−0.19
Majority			2,842	35.64	+35.42
Turnout			8,046	82.31	−9.38
Registered electors			9,775

1935 general election: Wallace^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Adam Hamilton	4,674	50.66	−17.16
	Labour	Lawrence Edmond	2,640	28.61
	Democrat	William Hinchey	1,821	19.73
	Independent Labour	Thomas Rewcastle	91	0.98
Informal votes			54	0.58	−0.31
Majority			2,034	22.04	−13.60
Turnout			9,226	91.37	+9.06
Registered electors			10,097

1938 general election: Wallace^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Adam Hamilton	5,353	54.00	+3.34
	Labour	John James Lynch	4,509	45.49
Informal votes			50	0.50	−0.08
Majority			844	8.51	−13.53
Turnout			9,912	92.70	+1.33
Registered electors			10,692

1943 general election: Wallace^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Adam Hamilton	4,738	55.03	+1.03
	Labour	John James Lynch	3,131	36.36	−9.13
	Independent	Patrick J. McMullan	675	7.84
Informal votes			65	0.75	+0.25
Majority			1,607	18.66	+10.15
Turnout			8,609	91.74	−0.96
Registered electors			9,384

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Adam Hamilton	13	52.00%
	Charles Wilkinson	12	48.00%

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	Sidney Holland	13	61.90%
	Adam Hamilton	8	38.10%

^ 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.
^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ The General Election, 1931. Government Printer. 1932. p. 5. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
^ "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wallace". Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle. Vol. XXVII, no. 1349. 15 December 1931. p. 2. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
^ The General Election, 1935. Government Printer. 1936. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
^ "Local & General". Western Star. 12 November 1935. p. 2. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
^ "The General Election, 1938". National Library. 1939. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
^ "The General Election, 1943". National Library. 1944. p. 11. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
^ "Declaration of Result of Poll for the Electoral District of Wallace". Lake Wakatip Mail. No. 4637. 7 October 1943. p. 5. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

Gustafson, Barry (1986). The First 50 Years : A History of the New Zealand National Party. Auckland: Reed Methuen. ISBN 0-474-00177-6.