1891 Canterbury colonial election re-count

In September 1891 the Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1891 Canterbury election. There were 4 seats available. Joseph Carruthers (Free Trade) had been comfortably re-elected at the head of the poll with 7,231 votes, 19.8%. The following 4 candidates were separated by 105 votes, with John Wheeler (Free Trade) defeating James Eve (Ind. Free Trade) for the final seat with a margin of 5 votes. The next best candidate, John Grant (Labour) was a further 487 behind, with 3,857 votes, 10.6%.[1]

The committee declared that John Wheeler (Free Trade) had not been elected the member for Canterbury, however no by-election was conducted. Instead instead the committee declared that James Eve (Ind. Free Trade) based on its own count of the result.[1][2]

Dates
DateEvent
17 June  1891 1891 Canterbury election
24 June 1891 Petition lodged by James Eve.[3]
14 July 1891 John Wheeler sworn in as member for Canterbury
16 July 1891 Elections and Qualifications Committee appointed.[2]
29 July 1864 Petition referred to the Elections and Qualifications Committee.[2]
2 September 1891 Elections and Qualifications Committee declared that James Eve had been elected.[2]

Result
1891 Canterbury election re-count
Wednesday 2 September [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Joseph Carruthers (re-elected 1) N/A
Labour Thomas Bavister (elected 2) 4,453 12.19 +0.01
Labour Cornelius Danahey (elected 3) 4,363 11.99 +0.03
Ind. Free Trade James Eve (elected 4) 4,349 11.92 +0.02
Free Trade John Wheeler (defeated) 4,344 11.90 -0.02
Total formal votes 36,491 99.30 -0.02
Informal votes 258[lower-alpha 1] 0.70 +0.02
Turnout 10,279 54.96 [lower-alpha 2] 
  Free Trade hold 1
  Labour gain 2 from Free Trade
  Ind. Free Trade gain 1 from Free Trade

See also

Notes
  1. Calculated on the assumption that the total number of votes did not change.
  2. Change is compared to the previously declared count for the election.

References
  1. Green, Antony. "1891 Canterbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. Francis Suttor (2 September 1891). "Elections and Qualifications Committee" (pdf). Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). New South Wales: Legislative Assembly. p. 1393. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. "Canterbury petition". New South Wales Government Gazette (414). 1 July 1891. p. 4977. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via Trove.
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