1900 City of Auckland by-election

City of Auckland by-election, 1900
Turnout	11,000
Member before election; William Crowther; Independent	Elected Member ; Joseph Witheford; Liberal

The City of Auckland by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of City of Auckland, an urban seat in the Auckland region, in the upper North Island.

Background

The by-election was held on 27 April 1900, and was precipitated by the death of sitting MP, William Crowther.^[1] The seat was won by Liberal candidate Joseph Witheford who defeated four other candidates, including Prime Minister Richard Seddon's personally endorsed candidate James Job Holland and ex-Mayor of Auckland.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

City of Auckland by-election, 1900^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Joseph Witheford	4,927	44.79
	Conservative	Richard Hobbs	2,823	25.66	−10.39
	Liberal	James Job Holland	2,236	20.32	−15.80
	Conservative	William Richardson	991	9.00
	Labour	Leonard William Snellar Small	23	0.20
Majority			2,104	19.12
Turnout			11,000

References

^ Scholefield 1950, p. 102.
^ "Auckland By-Election". Manawatu Standard. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 6683. 28 April 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
^ "The Auckland Election". Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. XXVII, no. 8820. 28 April 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

Notes

Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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[FOOTNOTEScholefield1950102-1] Scholefield 1950, p. 102.

[Auckland_By-Election-2] "Auckland By-Election". Manawatu Standard. Vol. XXXVIII, no. 6683. 28 April 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

[The_Auckland_Election-3] "The Auckland Election". Poverty Bay Herald. Vol. XXVII, no. 8820. 28 April 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 22 August 2016.

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