City of Wellington by-election, 1899

General election, 1896 results: City of Wellington^[1]

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	F H 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)

1899 by-election^[1], 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

See also

City of Wellington by-election, 1898

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "The Wellington Election". Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1319. 28 July 1899. p. 5. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=CL18990728.2.16. Retrieved 26 August 2011.