1886 Western Maori by-election
The 1886 Western Maori by-election was a by-election held in the Western Maori electorate during the 9th New Zealand Parliament, on 23 December 1886. The by-election was caused by the death of the incumbent, Te Puke Te Ao, and was won by Hoani Taipua.
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Background
Te Ao had won the Western Maori electorate in the 1884 election; it had been the first time that he had stood in a general election.[1] Te Ao died in October 1886.[2] This triggered the by-election, which was held on 23 December 1886.[3]
The election
The nomination meeting was held on 2 December 1868 at the court house in Wanganui, with George Thomas Wilkinson[4] presiding as the returning officer.[5] The candidates were nominated in the following order: Hoani Taipua, Ngawaka Taurua, Henare Kaihau of Waiuku, Wiremu Te Wheoro, and Sydney Taiwhanga.[6] The show of hands was strongly in favour of Hoani Taipua, and Te Wheoro demanded a poll, for which 23 December was set.[6]
The by-election was a decisive win for Hoani Taipua, who gained an absolute majority of the votes, and had a 33% lead over the second-placed candidate, Wiremu Te Wheoro.[7] Te Wheoro had previously represented the electorate, from 1879 until his defeat in the 1884 election.[8] Taipua went on to represent the electorate until his retirement at the 1893 election.[9]
Election results
1884 election
The 1884 general election was contested by eight candidates in the Western Maori electorate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Te Puke Te Ao | 356 | 25.21 | ||
Independent | Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui | 284 | 20.11 | ||
Independent | Wiremu Te Wheoro | 155 | 10.98 | ||
Independent | Wetere Te Rerenga | 141 | 9.99 | ||
Independent | Henare Kaihau | 137 | 9.70 | ||
Independent | Mita Karaka | 136 | 9.63 | -0.35 | |
Independent | Hāmiora Mangakāhia | 125 | 8.85 | -6.72 | |
Independent | Sydney Taiwhanga | 78 | 5.52 | ||
Majority | 72 | 5.10 | -48.53 | ||
Turnout | 1,412 |
1886 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Hoani Taipua | 1,258 | 56.67 | ||
Independent | Wiremu Te Wheoro | 519 | 23.38 | +12.40 | |
Independent | Henare Kaihau | 225 | 10.14 | +0.43 | |
Independent | Sydney Taiwhanga | 148 | 6.67 | +1.14 | |
Independent | Ngawaka Taurua | 70 | 3.15 | ||
Majority | 739 | 33.29 | +28.19 | ||
Turnout | 2,220 |
Notes
- Wilson 1985, p. 180.
- Scholefield 1940a, p. 17.
- Wilson 1985, p. 238.
- Scholefield 1940b, pp. 509f.
- "Election Notice". Wanganui Chronicle. XXIX (11413). 1 December 1886. p. 4. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- "The Western Maori Electoral District". Wanganui Herald. XX (6087). 2 December 1886. p. 3. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- "Wanganui Herald". Wanganui Herald. XXI (6117). 11 January 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- Wilson 1985, p. 245.
- Wilson 1985, p. 239.
- "The Western Maori Election". Waikato Times. XXIII (1885). 5 August 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- "The Western Maori Election". The Evening Post. XXXII (191). 30 December 1886. p. 2. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
References
- Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L (PDF). I. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- Scholefield, Guy, ed. (1940). A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda (PDF). II. Wellington: Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 6 October 2013.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.