Electoral history of Robert Stout
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List of elections featuring Robert Stout as a candidate
This is a summary of the electoral history of Sir Robert Stout, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1884–1887).
1875 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robert Stout | 232 | 52.37 | ||
| Independent | William Larnach | 211 | 47.63 | ||
| Majority | 11 | 4.74 | |||
| Turnout | 443 | ||||
1875 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | James Macandrew | 891 | 71.22 | ||
| Independent | Robert Stout | 865 | 69.14 | ||
| Independent | William Larnach | 843 | 67.38 | ||
| Independent | William Reynolds | 476 | 38.04 | ||
| Independent | James Macassey | 409 | 32.69 | ||
| Independent | Henry Fish | 238 | 19.02 | ||
| Independent | James Grant | 29 | 2.31 | ||
| Turnout | 1,251 | ||||
1884 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Robert Stout | 755 | 59.45 | ||
| Independent | Matthew Green | 515 | 40.55 | ||
| Majority | 240 | 18.89 | |||
| Turnout | 1,270 | 70.63 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,798 | ||||
1887 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | James Allen | 889 | 50.82 | ||
| Independent | Sir Robert Stout | 860 | 49.18 | −10.27 | |
| Majority | 29 | 1.65 | |||
| Turnout | 1,749 | 78.32 | +7.69 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,233 | ||||
1893 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Robert Stout | 1,899 | 70.67 | ||
| Liberal | Patrick O'Regan | 788 | 29.33 | ||
| Majority | 611 | 41.36 | |||
| Turnout | 2,687 | ||||
1893 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Robert Stout | 6,218 | 46.73 | ||
| Conservative | Francis Bell | 5,773 | 43.39 | ||
| Conservative | John Duthie | 4,840 | 36.37 | ||
| Liberal | Kennedy Macdonald | 3,863 | 29.03 | ||
| Liberal | Francis Fraser | 3,729 | 28.02 | ||
| Independent | Harry Vogel | 3,606 | 27.10 | ||
| Liberal | William McLean | 3,438 | 25.84 | ||
| Liberal | George Fisher | 2,385 | 17.92 | ||
| Independent | Thomas Dwan | 1,157 | 8.70 | ||
| Independent | William Travers | 1,093 | 8.21 | ||
| Majority | 977 | ||||
| Informal votes | 147 | ||||
| Total votes | 36,249 | ||||
| Turnout | 13,306 | 80.66 | |||
| Registered electors | 16,497 | ||||
1896 election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal–Labour | John Hutcheson | 6,410 | 48.68 | ||
| Independent | Robert Stout | 6,305 | 47.88 | ||
| Liberal | George Fisher | 5,858 | 44.49 | ||
| Conservative | Arthur Atkinson | 5,830 | 44.27 | ||
| Liberal | Charles Wilson | 5,569 | 42.29 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Agnew Stuart Menteath | 5,559 | 42.22 | ||
| Liberal | Francis Fraser | 1,811 | 13.75 | ||
| Independent | Justinian John Kivern Powell | 185 | 1.40 | ||
| Liberal | Arthur Warburton | 91 | 0.69 | ||
| Majority | 28 | 0.21 | |||
| Total votes | 37,618 | ||||
| Turnout | 13,168[11] | 68.21 | |||
| Registered electors | 19,304[12] | ||||
References
- ↑ "Caversham Election". The Evening Post. Vol. XII, no. 45. 21 August 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ↑ "Dunedin Election". North Otago Times. 21 December 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
- ↑ "The Late Mr James Macassey". Otago Daily Times. No. 5695. 21 May 1880. p. 7. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
- ↑ Cooper, G. S. (1884). The General Election, 1884. National Library. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- ↑ "The General Election, 1887". National Library. 1887. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ↑ "The Inangahua Election". The Star. No. 4666. 9 June 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
- ↑ "Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1894 Session I, H-19". 1893 New Zealand general election. 1894. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
- ↑ "A Mistake in the Wellington Vote". The Evening Post. 10 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ↑ "Page 1 Advertisements Column 3". The Evening Post. 28 November 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ↑ "List of Candidates". Hawera & Normanby Star. Vol. XXXIII, no. 3411. 2 December 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
- ↑ "The Wellington Election". Clutha Leader. 28 July 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
- ↑ McRobie 1989, p. 63.
Bibliography
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
