Electoral history of George Grey
This is a summary of the electoral history of Sir George Grey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1877-1879).
Parliamentary elections
1875 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
1876 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Greya | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Patrick Dignan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
a Grey resigned from the Auckland West seat after he was elected in the Thames electorate[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | 984 | 67.53 | ||
Independent | William Rowe | 862 | 59.16 | ||
Independent | Sir Julius Vogel | 685 | 47.01 | ||
Independent | C F Mitchell | 330 | 22.64 | ||
Independent | C O'Neil | 26 | 1.78 | ||
Independent | C Cornes | 20 | 1.37 | ||
Independent | S Stephenson | 7 | 0.48 | ||
Majority | 177 | 12.14 | |||
Turnout | 1,457 | ||||
1879 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Independent | John Sheehan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Greyb | 1,315 | 70.58 | ||
Independent | Samuel Paull Andrews | 1,250 | 67.09 | ||
Independent | Edward Cephas John Stevens | 1,250 | 67.09 | ||
Independent | Edward Richardson | 1,227 | 65.86 | ||
Independent | Treadwell | 548 | 29.41 | ||
Majority | 22 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,863 | ||||
b Grey was unseated on petition in Christchurch, as he had already been elected in the Thames electorate[3]
1881 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | 349 | 52.57 | ||
Independent | J M Clark | 315 | 47.43 | ||
Majority | 34 | 5.12 | |||
Turnout | 664 | 71.78 | |||
Registered electors | 925 | ||||
1884 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,331 | ||||
1887 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,782 | ||||
1891 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | |||||
1893 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | 6,379 | 62.57 | ||
Conservative | William Crowther | 4,584 | 44.96 | ||
Conservative | Charles Button | 4,214 | 41.34 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Tudehope[13] | 4,146 | 40.67 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Thompson | 3,950 | 38.75 | -20.23 | |
Liberal | William Joseph Napier | 3,531 | 34.64 | -7.18 | |
Independent Liberal | Edward Withy[13] | 2,393 | 23.47 | ||
Liberal | John Shera | 793 | 7.78 | -55.85 | |
Liberal | Samuel Vaile[13] | 502 | 4.92 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Fernandez | 92 | 0.90 | ||
Majority | 68 | 0.67 | |||
Turnout | 10,195 | 60.73 | +14.30 | ||
Registered electors | 16,788 | ||||
Notes
- ↑ "By Electric Telegraph". IX (1267). Westport Times. 30 March 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ↑ "Auckland". XXIII (1159). North Otago Times. 23 December 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- 1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 201.
- ↑ "Declaration of the Poll at Thames". XIII (4419). New Zealand Herald. 12 January 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ↑ "Thames Election". VIII (777). Bay of Plenty Times. 4 September 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ↑ "Christchurch Election" (3563). Star. 11 September 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ↑ Cooper, G. S. (1882). Votes Recorded for Each Candidate. Government Printer. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ Cooper, G. S. (1884). The General Election, 1884. National Library. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1887". National Library. 1887. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ↑ "NEW ZEALAND". XXVII (79). Marlborough Express. 6 April 1891. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ↑ The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ↑ "The General Election". Otago Daily Times. 28 November 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Electorate City of Auckland". Auckland Star. XXIV (274). 18 November 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
References
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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