Electoral history of Richard Seddon

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Richard Seddon

Prime Minister of New Zealand

General elections

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Richard Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1893–1906).

Parliamentary elections

1876 election

1876 general election: Hokitika[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edmund Barff 648 30.71
Independent Charles Button 586 27.77
Independent Robert Reid 527 24.98
Independent Richard Seddon 343 16.26
Independent Conrad Hoos 6 0.28
Majority 59[nb 1]
Registered electors 1,547[2][nb 2]

1879 election

1879 general election: Hokitika[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Reid 917 33.09 +8.11
Independent Richard Seddon 800 28.87 +12.61
Independent Peter Dungan[4] 561 20.25
Independent Edmund Barff 403 14.54 −16.17
Independent Hamilton Cuming[4] 90 3.25
Majority 239[nb 1] 8.63
Turnout 2,771
Registered electors 1,823[2][nb 2]

1881 election

1881 general election, Kumara[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Seddon 700 52.88
Independent Edwin Blake 624 47.12
Majority 76 5.74
Turnout 1,324 58.40
Registered electors 2,267

1884 election

1884 general election, Kumara[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Seddon 667 57.31 +4.33
Independent Edwin Blake 497 42.69 −4.43
Majority 170 14.60 +8.86
Turnout 1,164 62.61 +4.21
Registered electors 1,859

1887 election

1887 general election, Kumara[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Seddon Unopposed
Registered electors 1,816

1890 election

1890 general election: Westland[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon 1,098 59.10
Conservative Joseph Grimmond 760 40.90
Majority 338 18.19
Turnout 1,858 73.06
Registered electors 2,543

1893 election

1893 general election: Westland[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon Unopposed
Registered electors 4,186

1896 election

1896 general election: Westland[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon 2,707 76.66
Conservative Joseph Grimmond 824 23.34
Majority 1,883 53.33
Turnout 3,531
Registered electors 4,508

1899 election

1899 general election: Westland[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon Unopposed
Registered electors 4,427

1902 election

1902 general election: Westland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon 2,983 92.63
Independent Frank Isitt 237 7.36
Majority 2,746 85.27
Turnout 3,220 69.87
Registered electors 4,608

1905 election

1905 general election: Westland[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon 3,420 92.05 −0.58
Independent Harry Cowin 240 6.46
Informal votes 55 1.48
Majority 3,180 85.59 +0.32
Turnout 3,715 81.07 +11.20
Registered electors 4,582

Notes

  1. ^ a b As two members were elected, majority is the difference between the second and third candidate.
  2. ^ a b Electors had two votes each.

References

  1. ^ "Declaration of the Poll". West Coast Times. No. 3219. 19 January 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b McRobie 1989, p. 44.
  3. ^ "Hokitika District Election". West Coast Times. No. 3260. 11 September 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  4. ^ a b "West Coast Times". West Coast Times. No. 3234. 12 August 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  5. ^ Cooper, G. S. (1882). Votes Recorded for Each Candidate. Government Printer. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  6. ^ Cooper, G. S. (1884). The General Election, 1884. National Library. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  7. ^ "The General Election, 1887". National Library. 1887. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  8. ^ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  9. ^ The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  10. ^ "Electoral District of Westland". West Coast Times. No. 10438. 17 December 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  11. ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  12. ^ "The General Election, 1902". National Library. 1903. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  13. ^ The General Election, 1905. National Library. 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

Bibliography

  • McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.