Taranaki by-election, 1907

The Taranaki by-election of 1907 was a by-election for the electorate of Taranaki held on 14 May 1907 during the 16th New Zealand Parliament. It was triggered by the death of Edward Smith. It resulted in the defeat of the Liberal Government candidate because of Malone a popular local "Independent Liberal" candidate splitting the government support vote; Malone was later notable during the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I, when he was killed.

Because of the vote-splitting, the defeat of the Government candidate did not necessarily mean support for Opposition objection to the Land Bill then before Parliament. Okey was nominally an independent candidate as the opposition in Parliament had not yet became the Reform Party, which he later joined.

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