1898 City of Wellington by-election
New Zealand by-election
1898 Wellington by-election Turnout 77.26%
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 .
Results
1896 election
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)
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1898 by-election
See also
1899 City of Wellington by-election
Notes
References
McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand . Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8 .
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