Zierikzee (electoral district)

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Zieikzee was an electoral district of the House of Representatives in the Netherlands from 1848 to 1918.

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The district of Zierikzee in 1888 Kiesdistrict Zierikzee (1888).jpg
The district of Zierikzee in 1888

The electoral district of Zierikzee was created in 1848 for the first direct election of the House of Representatives. It comprised the islands of Schouwen-Duiveland, Tholen and Sint Philipsland, all part of the province of Zeeland. Zierikzee was retained as a single member district in 1850, although much of Tholen was transferred to the district of Goes, while the island of Goeree-Overflakkee, part of the province of South Holland, was transferred from Brielle to Zierikzee. In 1864, the remainder of Tholen and Sint Philipsland were also transferred to Goes. In 1888, the eastern portion of Goeree-Overflakkee was transferred back to Brielle. The district was predominantly agricultural. [1] [2] [3]

Over the course of its existence, the district's population increased from 18,870 in 1848 to 46,029 in 1909. A significant majority majority of the population was Reformed, though this proportion gradually dropped from 90.6% in 1848 to 77.8% in 1909. The proportion of the population identified as Gereformeerd was 1.4% in 1848, but grew rapidly in the 1880s, to 10.2% in 1888, and subsequently grew further to 12.1% in 1909. The proportion of Catholics in the district ranged from 4.4% to 8.4%. The share of "Others" peaked in 1909 at 5.7% of the population. [4]

The district of Zierikzee was abolished upon the introduction of party-list proportional representation in 1918.

Members

Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk.jpg
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk

Throughout its existence, Zierikzee was mostly represented by liberal deputies. Longest-serving among these was Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk, who was first elected in 1863, and continued to represent Zierikzee in the House of Representatives until his death in 1901. The subsequent by-election was won by the Anti-Revolutionary candidate Jozef Jan Pompe van Meerdervoort, but in 1905 the district was won back by the Liberal Rudolf Patijn, who continued to represent the district until its abolition in 1918.

ElectionMemberPartyRef
1848 Gerrit Adriaan Fokker Ind [5]
1850 Sebastiaan Hendrik Anemaet Ind [6]
1852
1853 Jean François Schuurbeque Boeije Ind [7]
1854 Sebastiaan Hendrik Anemaet Ind [8]
1858
1862
1863 Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Ind [9]
Jun 1866
Oct 1866
1868
1869
1873
1877
1881
1884
1886
1887
1888 Lib
1891
1894
1897
1901 Jozef Jan Pompe van Meerdervoort AR [10]
1901
1905 Rudolf Patijn Lib [11]
1909
1913
1917

Election results

Elections in the 1840s

1848 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Gerrit Adriaan Fokker Independent 40163.65
Willem Kroef Independent 14623.17
J.H.L. Vader Independent 213.33
W.D. de Jonge Independent 101.59
Others528.25
Total630100.00
Valid votes63099.37
Invalid/blank votes40.63
Total votes634100.00
Registered voters/turnout77082.34
Independent gain
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut

Elections in the 1850s

1850 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Sebastiaan Hendrik Anemaet Independent 48056.14
Gerrit Adriaan Fokker Independent 18221.29
Willem Kroef Independent 11713.68
Anthony van Weel Independent 232.69
Abraham Egter Independent 141.64
Others394.56
Total855100.00
Valid votes85598.96
Invalid/blank votes91.04
Total votes864100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,26468.35
Independent gain
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1852 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Sebastiaan Hendrik Anemaet Independent 37858.79
Gerrit Adriaan Fokker Independent 12018.66
Aeneas Mackay Independent 436.69
Willem Kroef Independent 314.82
A.W. van Kerkwijk Independent 182.80
Others538.24
Total643100.00
Valid votes64398.77
Invalid/blank votes81.23
Total votes651100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,29650.23
Independent hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1853 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Jean François Schuurbeque Boeije Independent 34635.4951656.21
Sebastiaan Hendrik Anemaet Independent 30531.2840243.79
Aeneas Mackay Independent 20521.03
Gerrit Adriaan Fokker Independent 646.56
Others555.64
Total975100.00918100.00
Valid votes97599.6991898.60
Invalid/blank votes30.31131.40
Total votes978100.00931100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,25378.051,25374.30
Independent gain
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut (1, 2)
1854 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Sebastiaan Hendrik Anemaet Independent 48757.50
Jean François Schuurbeque Boeije Independent 33239.20
Others283.31
Total847100.00
Valid votes84795.60
Invalid/blank votes394.40
Total votes886100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,25370.71
Independent gain
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1858 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Sebastiaan Hendrik Anemaet Independent 66881.66
Jean François Schuurbeque Boeije Independent 11313.81
Others374.52
Total818100.00
Valid votes81896.01
Invalid/blank votes343.99
Total votes852100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,32564.30
Independent hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut

Elections in the 1860s

1862 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Sebastiaan Hendrik Anemaet Independent 53062.21
Jean François Schuurbeque Boeije Independent 22626.53
Gerrit Adriaan Fokker Independent 404.69
Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer Independent 283.29
C. Goekoop Independent 161.88
Others121.41
Total852100.00
Valid votes85294.67
Invalid/blank votes485.33
Total votes900100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,39364.61
Independent hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1963 Zierikzee by-election
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Independent 34130.3461254.30
Jean François Schuurbeque Boeije Independent 31327.8551545.70
C. Goekoop Independent 11910.59
W.F. del Campo Independent 11710.41
J.E. van den Broek Independent 746.58
Otto van Wassenaer van Catwijck Independent 746.58
D. van Weel Independent 575.07
Others292.58
Total1,124100.001,127100.00
Valid votes1,12497.911,12798.77
Invalid/blank votes242.09141.23
Total votes1,148100.001,141100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,39382.411,39381.91
Independent gain
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut (1, 2)
June 1866 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Independent 75483.41
Jean François Schuurbeque Boeije Independent 10711.84
Pieter Philip van Bosse Independent 232.54
Others202.21
Total904100.00
Valid votes90497.10
Invalid/blank votes272.90
Total votes931100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,28872.28
Independent hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
October 1866 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Independent 72572.21
Jean François Schuurbeque Boeije Independent 17817.73
J.L. Bernhardi Independent 302.99
A. de Vlieger Independent 262.59
Others454.48
Total1,004100.00
Valid votes1,00497.76
Invalid/blank votes232.24
Total votes1,027100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,28879.74
Independent hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1868 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Independent 70571.87
Jean François Schuurbeque Boeije Independent 22222.63
J.E. van den Broek Independent 161.63
Others383.87
Total981100.00
Valid votes98198.79
Invalid/blank votes121.21
Total votes993100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,29776.56
Independent hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1869 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Independent 78882.34
D. van Weel Independent 10210.66
Alex Schimmelpenninck van der Oye Independent 394.08
Others282.93
Total957100.00
Valid votes95797.85
Invalid/blank votes212.15
Total votes978100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,34072.99
Independent hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut

Elections in the 1870s

1873 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Independent 73873.80
Johan Louis de Jonge Independent 23423.40
Jacob van Tets van Goudriaan Independent 222.20
Others60.60
Total1,000100.00
Valid votes1,00099.11
Invalid/blank votes90.89
Total votes1,009100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,42270.96
Independent hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1877 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Independent 81188.25
A. de Vlieger Independent 10010.88
Others80.87
Total919100.00
Valid votes91999.24
Invalid/blank votes70.76
Total votes926100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,42764.89
Independent hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut

Elections in the 1880s

1881 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Independent 71168.90
H. Schonejongen Jz. AR 17516.96
H. Schonejongen Jacobsz. Independent 12412.02
Others222.13
Total1,032100.00
Valid votes1,03299.23
Invalid/blank votes80.77
Total votes1,040100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,46870.84
Independent hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1884 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Independent 78465.66
Alexander de Savornin Lohman AR 40634.00
Others40.34
Total1,194100.00
Valid votes1,19498.92
Invalid/blank votes131.08
Total votes1,207100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,46582.39
Independent hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1886 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Independent 86464.09
Alexander de Savornin Lohman AR 48135.68
Others30.22
Total1,348100.00
Valid votes1,34899.19
Invalid/blank votes110.81
Total votes1,359100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,55787.28
Independent hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1887 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Independent 83082.83
Alexander de Savornin Lohman AR 16716.67
Others50.50
Total1,002100.00
Valid votes1,00298.43
Invalid/blank votes161.57
Total votes1,018100.00
Registered voters/turnout1,51767.11
Independent hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1888 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Lib 1,79756.96
Dammes P. D. Fabius AR 1,35142.82
Others70.22
Total3,155100.00
Valid votes3,15599.56
Invalid/blank votes140.44
Total votes3,169100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,45791.67
Liberal hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut

Elections in the 1890s

1891 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Lib 1,85264.94
Dammes P. D. Fabius AR 99034.71
Others100.35
Total2,852100.00
Valid votes2,85299.13
Invalid/blank votes250.87
Total votes2,877100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,44383.56
Liberal hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1894 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Lib 1,65767.22
Theo Heemskerk AR 63025.56
Johan George Gleichman Lib 1686.82
Others100.41
Total2,465100.00
Valid votes2,46598.96
Invalid/blank votes261.04
Total votes2,491100.00
Registered voters/turnout3,37973.72
Liberal hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1897 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jacob Johan van Kerkwijk Lib 3,40463.66
Theo Heemskerk AR 1,94336.34
Total5,347100.00
Valid votes5,34799.26
Invalid/blank votes400.74
Total votes5,387100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,31585.30
Liberal hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut

Elections in the 1900s

1901 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jozef Jan Pompe van Meerdervoort AR 2,71352.43
J.A. de Bruijne Lib 2,46247.57
Total5,175100.00
Valid votes5,17599.44
Invalid/blank votes290.56
Total votes5,204100.00
Registered voters/turnout5,91987.92
Anti-Revolutionary gain
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1901 Zierikzee by-election
CandidatePartyVotes%
Jozef Jan Pompe van Meerdervoort AR
Total
Registered voters/turnout5,919–
Anti-Revolutionary hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1905 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Rudolf Patijn Lib 3,33949.343,70952.92
Jozef Jan Pompe van Meerdervoort AR 3,19547.213,30047.08
Willem Vliegen SDAP 2343.46
Total6,768100.007,009100.00
Valid votes6,76898.997,00999.49
Invalid/blank votes691.01360.51
Total votes6,837100.007,045100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,41292.247,41295.05
Liberal gain
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut (1, 2)
1909 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Rudolf Patijn Lib 3,94451.73
H.C. Vegtel AR 3,40244.62
Floor Wibaut SDAP 2783.65
Total7,624100.00
Valid votes7,62499.18
Invalid/blank votes630.82
Total votes7,687100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,28492.79
Liberal hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut

Elections in the 1910s

1913 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Rudolf Patijn Lib 4,36153.65
H.C. Hogerzeil AR 3,24439.91
H.A. Koomans SDAP 5246.45
Total8,129100.00
Valid votes8,12999.04
Invalid/blank votes790.96
Total votes8,208100.00
Registered voters/turnout8,97491.46
Liberal hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut
1917 general election: Zierikzee
CandidatePartyVotes%
Rudolf Patijn Lib
Total
Registered voters/turnout9,399–
Liberal hold
Source: Kiesraad, Huygens Instituut

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