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historic Wellington votes

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1890

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http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18901206.2.16 THE GENERAL ELECTION.

Evening Post, Volume XL, Issue 136, 6 December 1890, Page 2

New Zealand general election, 1890
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Fisher 2,828
Independent John Duthie 2,779
Liberal Kennedy Macdonald 2,482
Independent Francis Bell 2,299
Liberal E G Jellicoe 1,921
Liberal Francis Fraser 1,755
Liberal W McLean 1,060
Liberal R Winter 716
Majority 183
Total votes {{{votes}}}
Registered electors 8,786

1893

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nominations http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18931118.2.18

General election, 1893 results http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=PBH18931201.2.12

New Zealand general election, 1893
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Stout 6,218 46.73
Independent Francis Bell 5,773 43.39
Independent John Duthie 4,840 36.37
Liberal Kennedy Macdonald 3,863 29.03
Liberal Francis Fraser 3,729 28.02
Independent Harry Vogel 3,606 27.10
Liberal W McLean 3,438 25.84
Liberal George Fisher 2,385 17.92
Independent Thomas Dwan 1,157 8.70
Independent William Travers 1,093 8.21
Majority 9771
Informal votes 147
Total votes {{{votes}}}
Turnout 13,306 2 80.66
Registered electors 16,497

1893 was the first election in which women could vote (the electoral act giving women the vote was passed ten weeks prior to the election)[1]. Electoral returns quantified female enrolment and turnout, and showed women's turnout was higher than men's while women's enrolment was lower.

Participation by gender %
Female Turnout 6,146 84.42
Enrolled females 7,280 44.13
Male Turnout 7,160 77.68
Enrolled males 9,217 55.87

1 Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Duthie - 4,840) and highest losing poll (Mcdonald - 3,863)

2 Turnout is total number of voters - as voters had three votes each total votes cast was higher (36,102 valid, and 147 invalid votes)

1896

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General election, 1896 results:[2]

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 Francis 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)

by-elections

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1898 by-election[2], 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 R C Kirk 6,254 46.20
Majority 1,029 7.60
Turnout 13,537 77.26
Registered electors 17,522[3]


1899 by-election[2], 25 July 1899 caused by resignation of John Hutcheson over the Marine Scandal

City of Wellington by-election, 1899
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Hutcheson 6,945
Independent E G Jellicoe 4,971
Majority 1974
Turnout 11,916




  1. ^ Electoral Act, 1893
  2. ^ a b c "The Wellington Election". Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1319. 28 July 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  3. ^ "The Wellington By-Election". Ashburton Guardian, Volume XIX, Issue 4439. 8 March 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2011.

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