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1875 Caversham by-election
Turnout	443
Member before election; William Tolmie; Independent	Elected Member ; Robert Stout; Independent

The 1875 Caversham by-election was a by-election held on 20 August 1875 during the 5th New Zealand Parliament in the Caversham electorate in the south-east of the South Island.

The by-election was held because of the death of sitting member of parliament William Tolmie.^[1]

The election saw Robert Stout narrowly win the seat by just twenty-one votes over his sole opponent, William Larnach. Both were new to the political arena with neither having stood for Parliament before.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

1875 Caversham by-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Stout	232	52.37
	Independent	William Larnach	211	47.63
Majority			11	4.74
Turnout			443

The results by polling booth were as follows:^[2]

Polling booth	Stout	Larnach
Anderson's Bay	35	58
Caversham	116	104
Green Island	47	24
North Harbour	11	1
Portobello	23	34
Total:	232	211

Notes

^ Wilson 1985, pp. 241.
^ ^a ^b "Caversham Election". The Evening Post. Vol. XII, no. 45. 21 August 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

References

Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.