1893 Wanganui by-election

1893 Wanganui by-election

9 June 1893 (1893-06-09)

Candidate Archibald Willis Gilbert Carson Party Liberal Conservative Popular vote 1,031 622 Percentage 62.37 37.62

Member before election John Ballance Liberal Elected Member Archibald Willis Liberal

The 1893 Wanganui by-election was a by-election held on 9 June 1893 during the 11th New Zealand Parliament in the central North Island electorate of Wanganui.^[1]

The election was held due to the death of sitting Member, Prime Minister John Ballance. The contest for his former seat was won by his longtime friend and business partner Archibald Willis, who received support from the constituents by keeping the "Ballance tradition" alive.^[2]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

1893 Wanganui by-election^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Archibald Willis	1,031	62.37
	Conservative	Gilbert Carson	622	37.62
Majority			409	24.74
Turnout			1,653

Notes

1. "The Wanganui election". The Wanganui Herald. Vol. XXVII, no. 8190. 15 May 189. p. 3. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
2. McIvor 1989, p. 241.
3. "Wanganui Election". Woodville Examiner. Vol. VIII, no. 2054. 12 June 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 1 April 2016.

References

• McIvor, Timothy (1989). The Rainmaker: A biography of John Ballance journalist and politician 1839–1893. Auckland: Heinemann Reed. ISBN 0-7900-0024-5.