1916 Pahiatua by-election

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1916 Pahiatua by-election
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Turnout3,197
  George Harold Smith.jpg Robert Beatson Ross.jpg
Candidate Harold Smith Robert Ross
Party Reform Liberal
Popular vote1,5211,438
Percentage47.5744.97
member before election

James Escott
Reform

Elected member

Harold Smith
Reform

The Pahiatua by-election of 1916 was a by-election held in the Pahiatua electorate during the 19th New Zealand Parliament, on 17 August 1916. It was caused by the death of incumbent MP James Escott of the Reform Party on 28 July, [1] and was won by Harold Smith with a majority of 420. [2]

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Results

The following table gives the election results:

1916 Pahiatua by-election [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Reform Harold Smith 1,521 47.57
Liberal Robert Ross 1,43844.97
Labour George McFarlane2387.44
Majority832.59
Turnout 3,19751.23
Registered electors 6,241 [5]
Reform hold Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 195.
  2. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 235.
  3. ↑ "Pahiatua by-election". Bay of Plenty Times. 18 August 1916. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pahiatua by-election". Sun. 7 August 1916. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  5. ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 75.

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