Electoral history of Richard Seddon
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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
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
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 3] | 8.63 | |||
Turnout | 2,771 | ||||
Registered electors | 1,823[2][nb 4] |
1881 election
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
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Richard Seddon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,816 |
1890 election
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Seddon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,186 |
1896 election
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Seddon | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,427 |
1902 election
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
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
- ^ "Declaration of the Poll". West Coast Times. No. 3219. 19 January 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
- ^ a b McRobie 1989, p. 44.
- ^ "Hokitika District Election". West Coast Times. No. 3260. 11 September 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ a b "West Coast Times". West Coast Times. No. 3234. 12 August 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ Cooper, G. S. (1882). Votes Recorded for Each Candidate. Government Printer. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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- ^ "The General Election, 1887". National Library. 1887. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "Electoral District of Westland". West Coast Times. No. 10438. 17 December 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
- ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "The General Election, 1902". National Library. 1903. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ The General Election, 1905. National Library. 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
References
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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