1884 Selwyn by-election

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1884 Selwyn by-election
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  1883 by-election 15 February 1884 (1884-02-15) 1884 general  
Turnout795
  Edward Wakefield, 1885.jpg John McLachlan, ca 1900.jpg
Candidate Edward Wakefield John McLachlan
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote479316
Percentage60.25%39.75%

MP before election

Edward Lee
Independent

Elected MP

Edward Wakefield
Independent

The Selwyn by-election of 1884 was a by-election held on 15 February 1884 during the 8th New Zealand Parliament in the rural Canterbury electorate of Selwyn.

Contents

The by-election was caused by the death, on 18 December 1883, of the previous member of parliament Edward Lee, who had won the previous by-election in April 1883. [1]

The by-election was contested by John McLachlan and Edward Wakefield, the latter winning the show of hands at the nomination meeting. [2] The election was won by Wakefield, with 479 votes to 316. [3] [4]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

1884 Selwyn by-election [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Edward Wakefield 479 60.25
Independent John McLachlan 31639.75
Majority16320.50
Turnout 795+177

McLachland won the polling booth at Leeston by one vote, but Wakefield won the other booths at Brookside, Southbridge and Dunsandel. [3] At the 1884 general election on 22 July, Wakefield was returned unopposed in Selwyn. [5]

Notes

  1. Wilson 1985, p. 212.
  2. "Selwyn Election". The Press . Vol. XL, no. 5739. 9 February 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 "Selwyn Election". The Press . Vol. XL, no. 5755. 28 February 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  4. Wilson 1985, p. 242.
  5. "The General Election, 1884". National Library. 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

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