Caversham by-election, 1901

Caversham by-election, 1901

19 December 1901 (1901-12-19)

Turnout 4,553   Candidate Thomas Sidey William Earnshaw Patrick Hally Party Liberal Liberal-Labour Labour Popular vote 1,620 1,515 1,120 Percentage 35.58 33.27 24.59

Member before election Arthur Morrison Liberal Elected Member Thomas Sidey Liberal

The Caversham by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of Caversham, an urban seat in Dunedin at the south-east of the South Island.

Background

The by-election was held on 19 December 1901, and was precipitated by the death of sitting MP, Arthur Morrison. The seat was won by fellow Liberal Thomas Sidey.

There was a large crowd at the declaration of the results, the crowd was rather rowdy and many rotten eggs were thrown at runner-up William Earnshaw.^[1]

Results

References

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