1898 Tuapeka by-election

1898 Tuapeka by-election
2 November 1898
Turnout2,802 (77.83%)
 
Candidate Charles Rawlins John Ramsay
Party Conservative Independent Liberal
Popular vote 1,118 844
Percentage 39.90 30.12
MP before election

William Larnach
Liberal

 Elected MP

Charles Rawlins
Conservative

The 1898 Tuapeka by-election was a by-election held on 2 November 1898 during the 13th New Zealand Parliament in the rural lower South Island electorate of Tuapeka.

The by-election was held to replace William Larnach after his death by suicide in Parliament during the 13th Parliament.

Campaign

The winner was Charles Rawlins, described as opposed to the Liberal Government and with only Henry Symes as a government candidate or supporter with "ministerial inclinations" and Charles Rawlins as "opposition".[1]

James Sim a farmer of Tapanui had been prepared to stand in the Liberal interest until his health broke down (or from lack of impression that he made and support?).[2][3][4][5][6]

Results

The following table gives the election result:

1898 Tuapeka by-election[7][8][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Rawlins 1,118 39.90
Independent Liberal John Johnson Ramsay[11] 844 30.12
Independent Liberal Robert Gilkison[12] 504 17.98
Liberal Henry Symes 296 10.56
Liberal James Sim 14 0.49
Informal votes 26 0.92
Majority 274 9.77
Turnout 2,802 77.83

Outcome

Liberal papers such as the The Wanganui Herald opined that the seat was lost by the Liberal government not because the Conservative vote had increased so much as the Liberal Party in the area had become disorganised and split into three different factions. It warned that the Liberal Party should take warning by the Tuapeka result and organise its supporters better, otherwise it could lose seats in other electorates at the next general election where two or more Liberals oppose a single Conservative candidate.[13]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Tuapeka Election". The Timaru Herald. Vol. LXII, no. 2854. 3 November 1898. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Weatherstones". Otago Witness. 20 October 1898.
  3. ↑ "Tuapeka Seat". Lyttelton Times. 27 October 1898.
  4. ↑ "Untitled". Manawatu Herald. 27 October 1898.
  5. ↑ "Telegraphic". New Zealand Mail. 27 October 1898.
  6. ↑ "Mataura Ensign". 20 October 1898.
  7. ↑ "Tuapeka Election". The Star. No. 6326. 3 November 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  8. ↑ "Tuapeka Election". The Timaru Herald. Vol. LXII, no. 2854. 3 November 1898. p. 3. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  9. ↑ "Election Candidates". The Northern Advocate. 5 November 1898. p. 4. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
  10. ↑ "Electoral District of Tuapeka". Tuapeka Times. Vol. XXX, no. 4599. 5 November 1898. p. 2.
  11. ↑ "Tokomairiro, October 25, 1898". The Bruce Herald. Vol. XXIX, no. 3006. 25 October 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  12. ↑ "The Tuapeka Election". The Cromwell Argus. Vol. XXX, no. 1537. 25 October 1898. p. 5. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  13. ↑ "The Tuapeka Election". The Wanganui Herald. No. 9585. 4 November 1898. p. 2.
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