1898 Tuapeka by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1898 Tuapeka by-election New Zealand 1898 presidential no 1896 New Zealand general election 1896 general 1899 New Zealand general election 1899 general Tuapeka 2 November 1898 2,802 (77.83%) 100x120px Charles Rawlins Conservative (New Zealand) 1,118 39.90 100x120px John Ramsay Independent Liberal 844 30.12 MP William Larnach Charles Rawlins New Zealand Liberal Party Conservative (New Zealand) The 1898 Tuapeka by-election was a by-election held on 2 November 1898 during the 13th New Zealand Parliament in the rural lower South Island electorate of Tuapeka. The by-election was held to replace William Larnach after his death by suicide in Parliament during the 13th Parliament. Campaign The winner was Charles Rawlins, described as opposed to the Liberal Government and with only Henry Symes as a government candidate or supporter with "ministerial inclinations" and Charles Rawlins as "opposition". https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18981103.2.24 Tuapeka Election The Timaru Herald 3 November 1898 LXII 2854 23 December 2018 James Sim a farmer of Tapanui had been prepared to stand in the Liberal interest until his health broke down (or from lack of impression that he made and support?). https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18981020.2.118.8?query=Sim&start_date=20-10-1898&end_date=20-10-1898&snippet=true Weatherstones Otago Witness 20 October 1898 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18981027.2.32?query=Sim&start_date=27-10-1898&end_date=27-10-1898&snippet=true Tuapeka Seat Lyttelton Times 27 October 1898 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MH18981027.2.11?query=Sim&page=2&start_date=27-10-1898&end_date=27-10-1898&snippet=true Untitled Manawatu Herald 27 October 1898 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZMAIL18981027.2.44?query=Sim&page=2&start_date=27-10-1898&end_date=27-10-1898&snippet=true Telegraphic New Zealand Mail 27 October 1898 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ME18981020.2.5?query=Sim&page=3&start_date=20-10-1898&end_date=20-10-1898&snippet=true Mataura Ensign 20 October 1898 Results The following table gives the election result: Outcome Liberal papers such as the The Wanganui Herald opined that the seat was lost by the Liberal government not because the Conservative vote had increased so much as the Liberal Party in the area had become disorganised and split into three different factions. It warned that the Liberal Party should take warning by the Tuapeka result and organise its supporters better, otherwise it could lose seats in other electorates at the next general election where two or more Liberals oppose a single Conservative candidate.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WH18981104.2.6 The Tuapeka Election The Wanganui Herald 4 November 1898 9585 2 Notes Tuapeka 1898 Category:1898 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Otago Category:November 1898 in Oceania