Electoral history of George Grey
This is a summary of the electoral history of Sir George Grey, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1877–1879). He represented six electorates during his political career.
Parliamentary elections
1875 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors |
1876 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Greya | Unopposed | |||
Independent | Patrick Dignan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors |
a Grey resigned from the Auckland West seat after he was elected in the Thames electorate[3]. A petition against his election for Thames had been filed on the following day, on the grounds that he had already been elected in Auckland West (see New Zealand general election, 1875–76). This was unresolved for several months, and Grey telegrammed in June that he chose to represent Auckland West. However when the committee reported on 8 July that his election for Thames was valid but that he had to chose which electorate to represent, he telegrammed that he chose to represent Thames. A by-election (Auckland West by-election, 1876) was held to replace Grey in Auckland West.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | 984 | 67.53 | ||
Independent | William Rowe | 862 | 59.16 | ||
Independent | Sir Julius Vogel | 685 | 47.01 | ||
Independent | C F Mitchell | 330 | 22.64 | ||
Independent | C O'Neil | 26 | 1.78 | ||
Independent | C Cornes | 20 | 1.37 | ||
Independent | S Stephenson | 7 | 0.48 | ||
Majority | 177 | 12.14 | |||
Turnout | 1,457 |
1879 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Independent | John Sheehan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Greyb | 1,315 | 70.58 | ||
Independent | Samuel Paull Andrews | 1,250 | 67.09 | ||
Independent | Edward Cephas John Stevens | 1,250 | 67.09 | ||
Independent | Edward Richardson | 1,227 | 65.86 | ||
Independent | Treadwell | 548 | 29.41 | ||
Majority | 22 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,863 |
b Grey was unseated on petition in Christchurch, as he had already been elected in the Thames electorate[3]. The committee decision (decided on the chairman's casting vote after a split three-three committee vote; see New Zealand general election, 1879) was the opposite to the decision on the 1876 petition.
1881 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | 349 | 52.57 | ||
Independent | J M Clark | 315 | 47.43 | ||
Majority | 34 | 5.12 | |||
Turnout | 664 | 71.78 | |||
Registered electors | 925 |
1884 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,331 |
1887 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,782 |
1891 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,088 |
1893 election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Sir George Grey | 6,379 | 62.57 | ||
Conservative | William Crowther | 4,584 | 44.96 | ||
Conservative | Charles Button | 4,214 | 41.34 | ||
Conservative | Thomas Tudehope[13] | 4,146 | 40.67 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Thompson | 3,950 | 38.75 | -20.23 | |
Liberal | William Joseph Napier | 3,531 | 34.64 | -7.18 | |
Independent Liberal | Edward Withy[13] | 2,393 | 23.47 | ||
Liberal | John Shera | 793 | 7.78 | -55.85 | |
Liberal | Samuel Vaile[13] | 502 | 4.92 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Fernandez | 92 | 0.90 | ||
Majority | 68 | 0.67 | |||
Turnout | 10,195 | 60.73 | +14.30 | ||
Registered electors | 16,788 |
Notes
- ↑ "By Electric Telegraph". IX (1267). Westport Times. 30 March 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ↑ "Auckland". XXIII (1159). North Otago Times. 23 December 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 11 April 2010.
- 1 2 Wilson 1985, p. 201.
- ↑ "Declaration of the Poll at Thames". XIII (4419). The New Zealand Herald. 12 January 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ↑ "Thames Election". VIII (777). Bay of Plenty Times. 4 September 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ↑ "Christchurch Election" (3563). Star. 11 September 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
- ↑ Cooper, G. S. (1882). Votes Recorded for Each Candidate. Government Printer. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ↑ Cooper, G. S. (1884). The General Election, 1884. National Library. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1887". National Library. 1887. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ↑ "NEW ZEALAND". XXVII (79). Marlborough Express. 6 April 1891. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
- ↑ The General Election, 1893. Government Printer. 1894. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ↑ "The General Election". Otago Daily Times. 28 November 1893. p. 6. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 "Electorate City of Auckland". Auckland Star. XXIV (274). 18 November 1893. p. 8. Retrieved 28 November 2013.