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The New Zealand general election of 1911 was held December 7 and December 14 to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 18th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 590,042 (83.5%) voters turned out to vote.
The Maori vote was held on December 19.
The Second Ballot Act 1908 provided for second or runoff ballots between the top two candidates where the top candidate did not get an absolute majority. The second ballot was held seven days after the first ballot except in ten large rural seats, where fourteen days was allowed. At the 1911 election, all 30 second ballots were held seven days later. The Second Ballot Act did not apply to the Maori seats, and was used only in 1908 and 1911, as it was repealed in 1913.
1911 was the year the first triennial national referendum on prohibition of alcohol. Referendums subsequently held alongside each general election (except 1931 and 1951) until their abolition in 1989.
Results
Summary of Changes
- A boundary redistribution resulted in the abolition of four seats:
- Geraldine, held by Thomas Buxton
- Manawatu, held by Edward Newman
- Taieri, held by Thomas MacKenzie
- Tuapeka, held by Robert Scott
- At the same time, four new seats came into being:
- Otago Central
- Raglan
- Temuka
- Waimarino
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