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The Thames by-election of 1909 was a by-election held during the 17th New Zealand Parliament.
The by-election was caused after the resignation of Liberal Party MP James McGowan, who had been appointed to the Legislative Council. McGowan announced his resignation by advertisement in the Thames Star on 7 January 1909, and in the same edition, the Mayor of Thames, Archibald Burns, announced his candidacy. [1]
In the end, five candidates contested the election, but Burns was not among them. William Henry Lucas, a unionist, was the official representative of the liberal government. [2] [3] Edmund Taylor and Thomas William Rhodes were also Liberal Party member. [2] Frederick Henry Haselden was the official candidate of the conservative opposition, but Ernest Deeble also stood for opposition interests. [2] [4] [5]
The following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Edmund Taylor | 1,305 | 34.44 | ||
| Liberal | William Henry Lucas | 853 | 22.51 | ||
| Conservative | Ernest Deeble | 573 | 15.12 | ||
| Liberal | Thomas William Rhodes | 565 | 14.91 | ||
| Conservative | Frederick Henry Haselden | 493 | 13.01 | ||
| Turnout | 3,789 | ||||
The Second Ballot Act 1908 was in force and had previously been used for the 1908 election. This was the first by-election where it applied, and the act stipulated that the leading candidate had to obtain an absolute majority of the votes, or else the two highest polling candidates would face each other in a second election. At the 28 January election, Taylor was the highest-polling candidate, but received only 34% of the vote, hence a second election between him and Lucas was required. [2] That election was held on 4 February 1909, and was won by Taylor. [6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Edmund Taylor | 2,241 | 55.79 | ||
| Liberal | William Henry Lucas | 1,776 | 44.21 | ||
| Turnout | 4,017 | ||||
A week after the election, William Massey announced that the opposition will from now on be known as the Reform Party. [8] Taylor served until the end of the parliamentary term and was narrowly beaten by Rhodes at the next general election in 1911. [9] Taylor contested the electorate again in 1914 but Rhodes remained successful. [10]
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