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Electoral history of Richard Seddon

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This is a summary of the electoral history of Richard Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1893–1906).

Parliamentary elections

1876 election

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1876 general election: Hokitika[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edmund Barff 648 30.71
Independent Charles Button 586 27.77
Independent Robert Reid 527 24.98
Independent Richard Seddon 343 16.26
Independent Conrad Hoos 6 0.28
Majority 59[nb 1]
Registered electors 1,547[2][nb 2]
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1879 election

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1879 general election: Hokitika[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Reid 917 33.09 +8.11
Independent Richard Seddon 800 28.87 +12.61
Independent Peter Dungan[4] 561 20.25
Independent Edmund Barff 403 14.54 −16.17
Independent Hamilton Cuming[4] 90 3.25
Majority 239[nb 1] 8.63
Turnout 2,771
Registered electors 1,823[2][nb 2]
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1881 election

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1881 general election, Kumara[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Seddon 700 52.88
Independent Edwin Blake 624 47.12
Majority 76 5.74
Turnout 1,324 58.40
Registered electors 2,267
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1884 election

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1884 general election, Kumara[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Seddon 667 57.31 +4.33
Independent Edwin Blake 497 42.69 −4.43
Majority 170 14.60 +8.86
Turnout 1,164 62.61 +4.21
Registered electors 1,859
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1887 election

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1887 general election, Kumara[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Seddon Unopposed
Registered electors 1,816
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1890 election

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1890 general election: Westland[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon 1,098 59.10
Conservative Joseph Grimmond 760 40.90
Majority 338 18.19
Turnout 1,858 73.06
Registered electors 2,543
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1893 election

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1893 general election: Westland[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon Unopposed
Registered electors 4,186
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1896 election

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1896 general election: Westland[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon 2,707 76.66
Conservative Joseph Grimmond 824 23.34
Majority 1,883 53.33
Turnout 3,531
Registered electors 4,508
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1899 election

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1899 general election: Westland[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon Unopposed
Registered electors 4,427
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1902 election

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1902 general election: Westland[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon 2,983 92.63
Independent Frank Isitt 237 7.36
Majority 2,746 85.27
Turnout 3,220 69.87
Registered electors 4,608
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1905 election

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1905 general election: Westland[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Seddon 3,420 92.05 −0.58
Independent Harry Cowin 240 6.46
Informal votes 55 1.48
Majority 3,180 85.59 +0.32
Turnout 3,715 81.07 +11.20
Registered electors 4,582
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Notes

  1. [1]
    As two members were elected, majority is the difference between the second and third candidate.
  2. [2]
    Electors had two votes each.

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