The 1919 general election was held on Tuesday, 16 December in the Māori electorates and on Wednesday, 17 December in the general electorates, respectively.

[2] 683,420 voters were enrolled and the official turnout at the election was 80.5%.

William Massey of the Reform Party had been the leader of the coalition, with Joseph Ward of the Liberal Party as the deputy.

[5] Ward left the coalition because it had become deeply unpopular with the population.

[6][7] The table below shows the results of the 1919 general election: Key There were a number of changes during the term of the 20th Parliament.