Template:1918 Palmerston by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Reform Party (New Zealand)|Template:Reform Party (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]] | Jimmy Nash | 2,229 | 41.56 | |
| style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[New Zealand Labour Party|Template:New Zealand Labour Party/meta/shortname]] | Alexander Galbraith | 1,914 | 35.68 | |
| style="background-color: Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[New Zealand Liberal Party|Template:New Zealand Liberal Party/meta/shortname]] | Ernest Hugh Crabb[2] | 1,119 | 20.86 | |
| Independent Reform | A. Buchanan | 101 | 1.88 | ||
| Majority | 315 | 5.87 | |||
| Turnout | 5,363 | ||||
- ↑ "By-election Results". The New Zealand Herald. LV (17038). 20 December 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 24 August 2015.
- ↑ Hughes, Beryl. "Helen Priscilla Crabb". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved August 10, 2016.