The Pahiatua by-election of 1916 was a by-election held in the Pahiatua electorate during the 19th New Zealand Parliament, on 17 August 1916. It was caused by the death of incumbent MP James Escott of the Reform Party on 28 July,[1] and was won by Harold Smith with a majority of 420.[2]
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| Turnout | 3,197 | |||||||||||||||
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Results
editThe following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Reform | Harold Smith | 1,521 | 47.57 | ||
| Liberal | Robert Ross | 1,438 | 44.97 | ||
| Labour | George McFarlane | 238 | 7.44 | ||
| Majority | 83 | 2.59 | |||
| Turnout | 3,197 | 51.23 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,241[5] | ||||
| Reform hold | Swing | ||||
Notes
edit- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 195.
- ^ Wilson 1985, p. 235.
- ^ "Pahiatua by-election". Bay of Plenty Times. 18 August 1916. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "Pahiatua by-election". Sun. 7 August 1916. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ McRobie 1989, p. 75.
References
edit- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
- Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
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