The Bruce by-election of 1920 was a by-election held on 14 April 1920 during the 20th New Zealand Parliament in the rural lower South Island electorate of the Bruce.
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| Turnout | 4,734 (63.92%) | |||||||||||||||
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Background
editThe contest was triggered due to the resignation from Parliament of James Allen, who took up the position of New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.[1] The Liberal Party's chosen candidate was John Edie. He had contested the Bruce electorate in the 1919 election against James Allen and was beaten by the mere margin of 126 votes (only 2.15%).[2]
Results
editThe following table gives the election results:
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | John Edie | 2,421 | 51.14 | +2.22 | |
| Reform | James Begg | 2,297 | 48.52 | ||
| Informal votes | 16 | 0.33 | −0.87 | ||
| Majority | 124 | 2.61 | |||
| Turnout | 4,734 | 63.92 | −16.28 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,406 | ||||
Aftermath
editThe Bruce electorate was abolished for the 1922 general election. Edie won the Clutha electorate, holding it until 1925.[4]
Notes
edit- ^ McGibbon, Ian. "Allen, James". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
- ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1920. Archived from the original on 1 September 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- ^ "The Bruce Election". The Southland Times. No. 18805. 26 April 1920. p. 6. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ Wilson 1985, pp. 194, 242.
References
edit- 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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