View source for 1925 Franklin by-election

{{short description|New Zealand by-election}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
The '''Franklin by-election of 1925''' was a [[by-election]] during the [[21st New Zealand Parliament]]. [[Franklin (New Zealand electorate)|The seat]] became vacant due to the death of the sitting Member, [[William Massey]].{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=126}} It was held on 17 June 1925.{{sfn|Scholefield|1950|p=124}} Two candidates contested the seat:<ref>{{cite web|title=Reform Defeats Labour|url= http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19250618.2.127.1 |work=[[The Evening Post (New Zealand)|The Evening Post]], Volume CIX, Issue 141|page=9|date=18 June 1925|access-date=21 August 2011}}</ref>

'''Previous general election result'''
{{Election box begin | title=[[1922 New Zealand general election|1922 general election]]: Franklin<ref name="Year-Book 1924">{{cite book |title=The New Zealand Official Year-Book |year=1924 |publisher=Government Printer |url=http://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1924/NZOYB_1924.html#idsect1_1_19979 |access-date=24 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121065001/http://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1924/NZOYB_1924.html#idsect1_1_19979 |archive-date=21 January 2015 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>{{sfn|Hislop|1923|pp=1–6}}
}}
 {{Election box winning candidate with party link|
   |party      = Reform Party (New Zealand)
   |candidate  = [[William Massey]]
   |votes      = 5,276
   |percentage = 66.70
   |change     = -1.72
 }}
 {{Election box candidate with party link|
   |party      = New Zealand Liberal Party
   |candidate  = Joseph Rea
   |votes      = 2,526
   |percentage = 31.94
   |change     = +12.92
 }}
 {{Election box informal|
   |votes      = 108
   |percentage = 1.36
   |change     = +0.82
 }}
 {{Election box majority|
   |votes      = 2,750
   |percentage = 34.76
   |change     = -14.66
 }}
 {{Election box turnout|
   |votes      = 7,910
   |percentage = 88.73
   |change     = -3.40
 }}
 {{Election box Registered electors
   |reg. electors = 8,914
 }}
{{Election box end}}

'''By-election result'''
{{Franklin by-election, 1925}}

==Notes==
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==References==
*{{cite book |first1=J. |last1=Hislop |title=The General Election, 1922 |year=1923 |publisher=Government Printer |url= https://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1923-I-II.2.2.5.36 |access-date=25 December 2015}}
*{{Cite book |last= Scholefield |first= Guy |title= New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 |author-link=Guy Scholefield |edition=3rd |orig-year= First ed. published 1913 |year= 1950 |publisher=Govt. Printer |location= Wellington}}

{{1912–1938 New Zealand by-elections}}

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[[Category:By-elections in New Zealand|Franklin 1925]]
[[Category:1925 elections in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Politics of the Auckland Region]]


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