1898 City of Wellington by-election

1898 Wellington by-election
Turnout	77.26%
Member before election; Robert Stout; Independent	Elected Member ; John Duthie; Independent

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.

Results[]

1896 election[]

1896 New Zealand general election^[1]^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal–Labour	John Hutcheson	6,410	48.68
	Independent	Robert Stout	6,305	47.88
	Liberal	George Fisher	5,858	44.49
	Conservative	Arthur 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[]

1898 City of Wellington by-election^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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]

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.

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[1] "A Mistake in the Wellington Vote". The Evening Post. 10 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[2] "Page 1 Advertisements Column 3". The Evening Post. 28 November 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[1896_affiliation-3] "List of Candidates". Hawera & Normanby Star. XXXIII (3411). 2 December 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2014.

[4] "The Wellington Election". Clutha Leader. 28 July 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198963-5] McRobie 1989, p. 63.

[1898_by-election-6] "Wellington Election". The New Zealand Herald. XXXV (10697). 10 March 1898. p. 5. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

[7] "The Wellington By-Election". Ashburton Guardian. XIX (4439). 8 March 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

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