This is a summary of the electoral history of Sir Robert Stout, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1884–1887).
Parliamentary elections
1875 by-election
1875 Caversham by-election[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| Independent | Robert Stout | 232 | 52.37 | |
| Independent | William Larnach | 211 | 47.63 | |
Majority | 11 | 4.74 | |
Turnout | 443 | | |
1875 election
1875 general election: Dunedin[2][3] 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
1887 election
1893 by-election
1893 election
1893 New Zealand general election: Wellington[7] 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
1896 New Zealand general election: Wellington[8][9][10] 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 | | |
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.
Bibliography
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.