# 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:
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Charles Statham | 61 | 78.20 |
| | Labour | James McCombs | 17 | 21.79 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 44 | 56.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 78 | — |
How each MP voted:
| Party | Name | Speaker Vote |
| Reform | George James Anderson | Statham |
| Labour | Tim Armstrong | McCombs |
| Independent | Harry Atmore | Statham |
| Labour | Fred Bartram | McCombs |
| Independent | Allen Bell | Statham |
| Reform | John Bitchener | Statham |
| Reform | Richard Bollard | Statham |
| Liberal | David Buddo | Statham |
| Reform | Thomas Burnett | Statham |
| Reform | Gordon Coates | Statham |
| Liberal | James Randall Corrigan | Statham |
| Liberal | Philip De La Perrelle | Statham |
| Reform | James Dickson | Statham |
| Reform | James Samuel Dickson | Statham |
| Reform | William Downie Stewart Jr | Statham |
| Liberal | John Edie | Statham |
| Reform | Billy Glenn | Statham |
| Reform | William Hughes Field | Statham |
| Liberal | George Forbes | Statham |
| Labour | Peter Fraser | McCombs |
| Reform | William Girling | Statham |
| Reform | David Guthrie | Statham |
| Liberal | Josiah Hanan | Statham |
| Reform | Alexander Harris | Statham |
| Reform | Oswald Hawken | Statham |
| Reform | Taurekareka Henare | Statham |
| Reform | William Herries | Statham |
| Reform | Frank Hockly | Statham |
| Labour | Harry Holland | McCombs |
| Liberal | James Horn | Statham |
| Labour | Ted Howard | McCombs |
| Reform | Richard Hudson | Statham |
| Reform | George Hunter | Statham |
| Liberal | Leonard Isitt | Statham |
| Labour | Bill Jordan | McCombs |
| Labour | Frank Langstone | McCombs |
| Labour | John A. Lee | McCombs |
| Reform | Joseph Linklater | Statham |
| Reform | John Luke | Statham |
| Liberal | Frederick Lye | Statham |
| Reform | Douglas Lysnar | Statham |
| Liberal | John Andrew MacPherson | Statham |
| Reform | William Massey | Statham |
| Liberal | Robert Masters | Statham |
| Labour | Lew McIlvride | McCombs |
| Liberal | Gilbert McKay | Statham |
| Labour | Robert McKeen | McCombs |
| Reform | Alex McLeod | Statham |
| Labour | Alec Monteith | McCombs |
| Labour | Jim Munro | McCombs |
| Independent Liberal | Alfred Murdoch | Statham |
| Reform | William Nosworthy | Statham |
| Reform | Jimmy Nash | Statham |
| Liberal | Āpirana Ngata | Statham |
| Labour | James O'Brien | McCombs |
| Reform | James Parr | Statham |
| Labour | Bill Parry | McCombs |
| Independent Liberal | Hugh Poland | McCombs |
| Reform | Māui Pōmare | Statham |
| Reform | Vivian Potter | Statham |
| Liberal | Alfred Ransom | Statham |
| Reform | Heaton Rhodes | Statham |
| Reform | Thomas William Rhodes | Statham |
| Reform | Frank Rolleston | Statham |
| Reform | John Rolleston | Statham |
| Labour | Michael Joseph Savage | McCombs |
| Liberal | Thomas Sidey | Statham |
| Liberal | Sydney George Smith | Statham |
| Labour | Dan Sullivan | McCombs |
| Independent | George Sykes | Statham |
| Liberal | John Charles Thomson | Statham |
| Reform | Henare Uru | Statham |
| Liberal | Bill Veitch | Statham |
| Liberal | Thomas Wilford | Statham |
| Reform | Kenneth Williams | Statham |
| Independent Liberal | George Witty | Statham |
| Reform | Robert Wright | Statham |
| Reform | Alexander Young | Statham |