Akaroa by-elections, 1874

Last updated March 06, 2019

Following the resignation of Robert Heaton Rhodes from his Akaroa seat in the New Zealand parliament, William Montgomery contested the 20 April 1874 by-election against Walter Pilliet. The results were 168 and 76 votes, respectively, i.e., a margin of 92 for Montgomery. He thus entered parliament during the 5th term.^[1]

Robert Heaton Rhodes was a New Zealand politician, who represented the Akaroa electorate from 1871 to 1874, when he resigned. He was elected unopposed in 1871.

Akaroa was a New Zealand electorate. It was located in on Banks Peninsula, in Canterbury, and named after the town of the same name. One of the original 24 electorates, it existed from 1853 to 1893.

William John Alexander Montgomery was a New Zealand politician from Little River on Banks Peninsula, and a merchant. Born in London, he lived in a number of places and pursued a number of occupations before settling in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Akaroa by-election, April 1874 ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Montgomery	168	68.85
	Independent	Walter Pilliet	76	31.15
Turnout			244
Majority			92	37.70

In July 1874, a select committee declared Montgomery's election to be "null and void", as he had a contract for the supply of railway sleepers with the general government in breach of election rules. The select committee accepted that the breach was inadvertent.^[2] Montgomery stood for re-election in the second by-election, on 10 August 1874^[3] and was returned unopposed.^[4]

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References

1 2 "General Assembly". The Star (1912). 21 April 1874. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
↑ "House of Representatives". The Star (1998). 31 July 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
↑ "MR MONTGOMEEY AT AKAROA". The Star (2005). 8 August 1874. Retrieved 9 April 2010.
↑ "LATEST TELEGRAMS". The Star (2006). 10 August 1874. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

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[April_1874_Akaroa_detailed_results-1] 1 2 "General Assembly". The Star (1912). 21 April 1874. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

[1874_select_committee_ruling-2] "House of Representatives". The Star (1998). 31 July 1874. p. 2. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

[Aug_1874_addressing_electorate-3] "MR MONTGOMEEY AT AKAROA". The Star (2005). 8 August 1874. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

[Akaroa_Aug_1874_results-4] "LATEST TELEGRAMS". The Star (2006). 10 August 1874. Retrieved 9 April 2010.

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