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City of Wellington by-election, 1899

Wellington by-election, 1899
New Zealand
← 1896 general 25 July 1899 1899 general →
Turnout 77.26%
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Candidate John Hutcheson Edwin G. Jellicoe
Party Liberal-Labour Independent
Popular vote 6,945 4,971
Percentage 58.28 41.72

Member before election

John Hutcheson
Liberal-Labour

Elected Member

John Hutcheson
Liberal-Labour


John Hutcheson
Liberal-Labour

John Hutcheson
Liberal-Labour

The 25 July 1899 City of Wellington by-election was caused by the resignation of incumbent MP John Hutcheson over the Marine Scandal. Hutcheson, along with MP Frederick Pirani had accused Premier Richard Seddon and Minister of Marine William Hall-Jones amongst others, of using influence to obtain Mariners certificates for unqualified candidates in contravention of the recent Shipping and Seamen's Act. When the Marine Commission report declared that the charges were unfounded Hutcheson resigned in order to exonerate himself by means of a by-election win.

General election, 1896 results: City of Wellington

1 Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Fisher, 5859) and highest losing poll (Atkinson, 5831)

2 Turnout is total number of voters - as voters had three votes each total votes cast was higher (37,624)

The following table gives the election results:

City of Wellington by-election, 1898


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