1891 Canterbury colonial election re-count

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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]

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

Dates

DateEvent
17 June  18911891 Canterbury election
24 June 1891Petition lodged by James Eve. [3]
14 July 1891John Wheeler sworn in as member for Canterbury
16 July 1891Elections and Qualifications Committee appointed. [2]
29 July 1864Petition referred to the Elections and Qualifications Committee. [2]
2 September 1891Elections and Qualifications Committee declared that James Eve had been elected. [2]

Result

1891 Canterbury election re-count
Wednesday 2 September [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Joseph Carruthers (re-elected 1)N/A
Labour Thomas Bavister (elected 2)4,45312.19+0.01
Labour Cornelius Danahey (elected 3)4,36311.99+0.03
Ind. Free Trade James Eve (elected 4)4,34911.92+0.02
Free Trade John Wheeler (defeated)4,34411.90-0.02
Total formal votes36,49199.30-0.02
Informal votes258 [lower-alpha 1] 0.70+0.02
Turnout 10,27954.96 [lower-alpha 2]  
  Ind. Free Trade gain 1 from Free Trade

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Green, Antony. "1891 Canterbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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.