1898 City of Wellington by-election

1898 Wellington by-election

9 March 1898
Turnout	77.26%
Candidate John Duthie Richard Kirk Party Conservative (New Zealand) Liberal Popular vote 7,283 6,254 Percentage 53.80 46.20
Member before election Robert Stout Independent Elected Member John Duthie Independent

The City of Wellington by-election 1898 was held on 9 March 1898 to decide the next member of parliament for the City of Wellington electorate. The contest was caused by resignation of Robert Stout and was won by former mayor of Wellington John Duthie.

Results

1896 election

1896 New Zealand general election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
style="background-color: Template:Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)|Template:Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]	John Hutcheson	6,410	48.68
	Independent	Robert Stout	6,305	47.88
	Liberal	George Fisher	5,858	44.49
style="background-color: Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Conservative (New Zealand)|Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]	Arthur Atkinson	5,830	44.27
	Liberal	Charles Wilson	5,569	42.29
style="background-color: Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/color; width: 5px;" |	[[Conservative (New Zealand)|Template:Conservative (New Zealand)/meta/shortname]]	Andrew Agnew Stuart Menteath	5,559	42.22
	Liberal	Francis Fraser	1,811	13.75
	Independent	Justinian John Kivern Powell	185	1.40
	Liberal	Arthur Warburton	91	0.69
Majority			28 1	0.21
Total votes			{{{total votes}}}
Turnout			13,1682	68.21
Registered electors			19,304

¹ Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Fisher: 5,858) and highest losing poll (Atkinson: 5,830)

² Turnout is total number of voters - as voters had three votes each total votes cast was higher (37,618) )

1898 by-election

City of Wellington by-election, 1898

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Duthie	7,283	53.80
	Liberal	Richard Clement Kirk	6,254	46.20
Majority			1,029	7.60
Turnout			13,537	77.26
Registered electors			17,522

See also

• 1899 City of Wellington by-election