Wellington by-election, 1898

Wellington by-election, 1898

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

Robert Stout
Independent

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.

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) )

City of Wellington by-election, 1899

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