City of Wellington by-election, 1898

General election, 1896 results: City of Wellington^[1]

New Zealand General election, 1896
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Hutcheson	6,411	48.69
	Liberal	Robert Stout	6,306	47.89
	Liberal	George Fisher	5,859	44.49
	Independent	Arthur Atkinson	5,831	44.28
	Independent	C Wilson	5,570	42.30
	Independent	A A S Menteath	5,560	42.22
	Independent	F H Fraser	1,811	13.75
	Independent	J J K Powell	185	1.40
	Independent	A Warburton	91	0.69
Majority			28 ¹	0.21
Turnout			13,168 ²	69.77
Registered electors			18,874

¹ Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Fisher, 5859) and highest losing poll (Atkinson, 5831)

² Turnout is total number of voters - as voters had three votes each total votes cast was higher (37,624)

1898 by-election,^[1] 9 March 1898 - caused by resignation of Robert Stout

City of Wellington by-election, 1898
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	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^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "The Wellington Election". Clutha Leader XXVI (1319). 28 July 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
↑ "The Wellington By-Election". Ashburton Guardian XIX (4439). 8 March 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

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