City of Wellington by-election, 1905

City of Wellington by-election, 1905

6 April 1905

Turnout 11,154   Candidate Francis Fisher Charles Izard John Hutcheson Party Independent Liberal Liberal Liberal-Labour Popular vote 4,692 3,441 3,021

Member before election George Fisher Liberal Elected Member Francis Fisher Independent Liberal

The City of Wellington by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of City of Wellington, a multi-member urban seat at the bottom of the North Island.

The by-election was held on 6 April 1905, and was precipitated by the death of sitting Liberal MP George Fisher.

The by-election was won by Fisher's son Francis Fisher who stood as an Independent Liberal. Fisher beat Charles Izard and John Hutcheson.^[1] Izard would be successful in the Wellington North electorate in the 1905 election later in the year, and Hutcheson had previously represented the electorate.^[2]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

City of Wellington by-election, 1905^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent Liberal	Francis Fisher	4,692	42.06
	Liberal	Charles Izard	3,441	30.84
	Liberal-Labour	John Hutcheson	3,021	27.08
Majority			1,251	11.21
Turnout			11,154
	Independent Liberal gain from Liberal		Swing

Fisher would represent the electorate until his defeat at the 1914 election.^[3]

References

1. "The Wellington Election". North Otago Times. 7 April 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
2. Wilson 1985, p. 207.
3. Wilson 1985, p. 196.

Sources

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