1898 City of Wellington by-election
The City of Wellington by-election 1898 was held on 9 March 1898 to decide the next member of parliament for the City of Wellington electorate. The contest was caused by resignation of Robert Stout and was won by former mayor of Wellington John Duthie.
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Results
1896 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Liberal–Labour | John Hutcheson | 6,410 | 48.68 | ||
Independent | Robert Stout | 6,305 | 47.88 | ||
Liberal | George Fisher | 5,858 | 44.49 | ||
Conservative | Arthur Richmond Atkinson | 5,830 | 44.27 | ||
Liberal | Charles Wilson | 5,569 | 42.29 | ||
Conservative | Andrew Agnew Stuart Menteath | 5,559 | 42.22 | ||
Liberal | Francis Fraser | 1,811 | 13.75 | ||
Independent | Justinian John Kivern Powell | 185 | 1.40 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Warburton | 91 | 0.69 | ||
Majority | 28 1 | 0.21 | |||
Total votes | 37,618 | ||||
Turnout | 13,168[4]2 | 68.21 | |||
Registered electors | 19,304[5] |
1 Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Fisher: 5,858) and highest losing poll (Atkinson: 5,830)
2 Turnout is total number of voters - as voters had three votes each total votes cast was higher (37,618) )
1898 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Conservative | John Duthie | 7,283 | 53.80 | ||
Liberal | Richard Clement Kirk | 6,254 | 46.20 | ||
Majority | 1,029 | 7.60 | |||
Turnout | 13,537 | 77.26 | |||
Registered electors | 17,522[7] |
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See also
Notes
- "A Mistake in the Wellington Vote". The Evening Post. 10 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- "Page 1 Advertisements Column 3". The Evening Post. 28 November 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- "List of Candidates". Hawera & Normanby Star. XXXIII (3411). 2 December 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- "The Wellington Election". Clutha Leader. 28 July 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- McRobie 1989, p. 63.
- "Wellington Election". The New Zealand Herald. XXXV (10697). 10 March 1898. p. 5. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- "The Wellington By-Election". Ashburton Guardian. XIX (4439). 8 March 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
References
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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