1904 Pahiatua by-election

← 1902 general

28 July 1904 (1904-07-28)

1905 general →

Turnout

3,369


Candidate	Bill Hawkins	Lindsay Buick	Samuel Bolton
Party	Independent Liberal	Liberal	Independent
Popular vote	1,418	1,323	476
Percentage	42.08	39.26	14.12

Member before election

John O'Meara
Liberal

Elected Member

Bill Hawkins
Independent Liberal

The Pahiatua by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of Pahiatua, a rural seat at the south-east of the North Island.

The by-election was held on 28 July 1904, and was precipitated by the death of sitting Liberal member of parliament John O'Meara. The election was won by Bill Hawkins who stood as an independent Liberal. Former Wairau MP Lindsay Buick was selected by the government as the official Liberal candidate.^[1]

Result

The following table gives the election results:

1904 Pahiatua by-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Liberal	Bill Hawkins	1,418	42.08
	Liberal	Lindsay Buick	1,323	39.26
	Independent	Samuel Bolton	476	14.12
	Liberal	David Crewe	138	4.09
	Independent	Donald Munro	14	0.41
Majority			95	2.81
Turnout			3,369

Notes

^ Traue, James Edward. "Buick, Thomas Lindsay". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
^ "Complete Returns". The Marlborough Express. Vol. XXXVII, no. 174. 29 July 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 1 March 2016.

v t e « (1853–1890) « By-elections in New Zealand in the Liberal Party era (1891–1911) » (1912–1938) »
11th Parliament	Northern Maori, 1891 Egmont, 1891 Newton, 1891 Te Aroha, 1891 Waikato, 1891 City of Christchurch, 1891 City of Wellington, 1892 Bruce, 1892 Rangitikei, 1892 Inangahua, 1893 Wanganui, 1893 Thames, 1893 City of Auckland, 1893
12th Parliament	Waitemata, 1894 Tuapeka, 1894 City of Auckland, 1895 City of Christchurch, 1896
13th Parliament	Wellington Suburbs, 1897 Awarua, 1897 City of Dunedin, 1897 City of Wellington, 1898 Mataura, 1898 Tuapeka, 1898 City of Wellington, 1899
14th Parliament	Otaki, 1900 City of Auckland, 1900 Waihemo, 1900 Northern Maori, 1901 City of Christchurch, 1901 Patea, Jul 1901 Patea, Nov 1901 Caversham, 1901
15th Parliament	Pahiatua, 1904 City of Wellington, 1905
16th Parliament	Westland, 1906 Manukau, 1906 Taranaki, 1907 Tuapeka, 1908
17th Parliament	Thames, 1909 Northern Maori, 1909 Rangitikei, 1909 Auckland East, 1910 Christchurch North, 1911

This New Zealand election-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This page was last edited on 17 April 2024, at 00:18

1904 Pahiatua by-election

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Result

Notes