Electoral history of Richard Seddon

This is a summary of the electoral history of Richard Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1893–1906).

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Richard Seddon

Prime Minister of New Zealand

General elections

Parliamentary elections

1876 election
1876 general election: Hokitika[1]
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
1879 general election: Hokitika[3]
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 1] 8.63
Turnout 2,771
Registered electors 1,823[2][nb 2]

1881 election
1881 general election, Kumara[5]
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
1884 general election, Kumara[6]
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
1887 general election, Kumara[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Seddon Unopposed
Registered electors 1,816

1890 election
1890 general election: Westland[8]
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
1893 general election: Westland[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon Unopposed
Registered electors 4,186

1896 election
1896 general election: Westland[10]
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
1899 general election: Westland[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon Unopposed
Registered electors 4,427

1902 election
1902 general election: Westland[12]
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
1905 general election: Westland[13]
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
  1. As two members were elected, majority is the difference between the second and third candidate.
  2. Electors had two votes each.

References
  1. "Declaration of the Poll". West Coast Times (3219). 19 January 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  2. McRobie 1989, p. 44.
  3. "Hokitika District Election". West Coast Times (3260). 11 September 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  4. "West Coast Times". West Coast Times (3234). 12 August 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
  5. Cooper, G. S. (1882). Votes Recorded for Each Candidate. Government Printer. Retrieved 24 October 2015.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  6. Cooper, G. S. (1884). The General Election, 1884. National Library. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  7. "The General Election, 1887". National Library. 1887. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  8. "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  9. The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. p. 1. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  10. "Electoral District of Westland". West Coast Times (10438). 17 December 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  11. "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 1. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
  12. "The General Election, 1902". National Library. 1903. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
  13. The General Election, 1905. National Library. 1906. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

Bibliography
  • 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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