The 1919 New Zealand general election was held on Tuesday, 16 December in the Māori electorates and on Wednesday, 17 December in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 20th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 560,673 (80.5%) voters turned out to vote.
Image: Joseph Ward c. 1906
Image: Harry Holland (1922)
The results of the 1919 general election displayed outside The Press Building in Christchurch
Rosetta Baume
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Rosetta Lulah Baume was an American-born New Zealand teacher, feminist and community leader. She sat on a number of educational boards and in 1919 was one of the first three female candidates for Parliament in New Zealand.
