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1884 Selwyn by-election

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1884 Selwyn by-election

← 1883 by-election 15 February 1884 (1884-02-15) 1884 general ⊟
Turnout795
 
Candidate Edward Wakefield John McLachlan
Party Independent Independent
Popular vote 479 316
Percentage 60.25% 39.75%

MP before election

Edward Lee
Independent

Elected MP

Edward Wakefield
Independent

The Selwyn by-election of 1884 was a by-election held on 15 February 1884 during the 8th New Zealand Parliament in the rural Canterbury electorate of Selwyn.

The by-election was caused by the death, on 18 December 1883, of the previous member of parliament Edward Lee, who had won the previous by-election in April 1883.[1]

The by-election was contested by John McLachlan and Edward Wakefield, the latter winning the show of hands at the nomination meeting.[2] The election was won by Wakefield, with 479 votes to 316.[3][4]

Results

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The following table gives the election results:

1884 Selwyn by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edward Wakefield 479 60.25
Independent John McLachlan 316 39.75
Majority 163 20.50
Turnout 795 177

McLachland won the polling booth at Leeston by one vote, but Wakefield won the other booths at Brookside, Southbridge and Dunsandel.[3] At the 1884 general election on 22 July, Wakefield was returned unopposed in Selwyn.[5]

Notes

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  1. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 212.
  2. ^ "Selwyn Election". The Press. Vol. XL, no. 5739. 9 February 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Selwyn Election". The Press. Vol. XL, no. 5755. 28 February 1884. p. 3. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  4. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 242.
  5. ^ "The General Election, 1884". National Library. 1884. p. 2. Retrieved 17 March 2012.

References

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  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 (4 ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.