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1893 Wanganui by-election

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1893 Wanganui by-election

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Candidate Archibald Willis Gilbert Carson
Party Liberal Conservative
Popular vote 1,031 622
Percentage 62.37 37.62

Member before election

John Ballance
Liberal

Elected Member

Archibald Willis
Liberal

The 1893 Wanganui by-election was a by-election held on 9 June 1893 during the 11th New Zealand Parliament in the central North Island electorate of Wanganui.[1]

The election was held due to the death of sitting Member, Prime Minister John Ballance. The contest for his former seat was won by his longtime friend and business partner Archibald Willis, who received support from the constituents by keeping the "Ballance tradition" alive.[2]

Results

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The following table gives the election results:

1893 Wanganui by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Archibald Willis 1,031 62.37
Conservative Gilbert Carson 622 37.62
Majority 409 24.74
Turnout 1,653

Notes

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  1. ^ "The Wanganui election". The Wanganui Herald. Vol. XXVII, no. 8190. 15 May 189. p. 3. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  2. ^ McIvor 1989, p. 241.
  3. ^ "Wanganui Election". Woodville Examiner. Vol. VIII, no. 2054. 12 June 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 1 April 2016.

References

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  • McIvor, Timothy (1989). The Rainmaker: A biography of John Ballance journalist and politician 1839–1893. Auckland: Heinemann Reed. ISBN 0-7900-0024-5.