Talk:1946 New Zealand general election

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The outcome of the election was probably affected by the abolition of the country quota the previous year.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}} This had required rural electorates to be smaller than urban electorates, thus increasing the importance of the rural vote. Since National was more popular than Labour in rural areas, the change may have cost National the election.

This may well be true. It's certainly what the opposition was insinuating in late 1945 when the Electoral Amendment Bill was being discussed. But it should really be referenced as it's quite a big claim to make. The expert on the matter is (was) Robert Chapman; anybody got access to one of his books? Schwede 66 00:02, 26 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]