• Source: 1923 Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives election

The 1923 election of the Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives occurred on 7 February 1923, following the 1922 general election result. The election saw the incumbent speaker Sir Frederic Lang lose his parliamentary seat. It resulted in the election of Independent MP Charles Statham as Speaker.




Nominated candidates


Two candidates were nominated:

James McCombs, MP for Lyttelton – Labour Party
Charles Statham, MP for Dunedin Central – Independent
John Luke, the MP for Wellington North, declined nomination for the role of speaker.




Election


The election was conducted by means of a conventional parliamentary motion. The Clerk of the House of Representatives conducted a vote on the question of the election of the Speaker.
The following table gives the election results:

How each MP voted:




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