1858 Hutt by-election

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The 1858 Hutt by-election was a New Zealand by-election held in the multi-member electorate of Hutt during the 2nd New Zealand Parliament on 31 July 1858, following the resignation of Dillon Bell and Samuel Revans on 22 March. [1] [2] [3] The election was won by Alfred Renall and William Fitzherbert, who had resigned from the multi-member electorate City of Wellington in order to contest this by-election. That resignation forced a by-election to happen. [4] Two other candidates unsuccessfully contested the electorate, George Hart and Peter Cheyne. [4]

Results

1858 Hutt by-election [4] [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Fitzherbert 229 30.29 -
Independent Alfred Renall 228 30.16 -
Independent George Hart 15320.24-
Independent Peter Cheyne14619.31-
Majority75 [lower-alpha 1] 9.92-
Total votes756 - -

Table footnotes:

  1. Majority is the difference between lowest winning poll (Renall: 228) and highest losing poll (Hart: 153)

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References

  1. "List of New Zealand by-elections". Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  2. Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 95.
  3. Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 134.
  4. 1 2 3 "Country Districts Election". The Wellington Independent. Vol. X, no. 1310. 4 August 1858. p. 3. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
  5. "Memorial of Merchants, Tradesmen, and Others". Lyttelton Times . Vol. VI, no. 427. 6 December 1856. p. 3. Retrieved 18 December 2016.