1920 Bruce by-election

New Zealand by-election articles about related by-elections Bruce by-election (disambiguation)Bruce by-election March 2017 March 2017 1920 Bruce by-election New Zealand 1920 presidential no 1919 New Zealand general election 1919 general 1922 New Zealand general election 1922 general Bruce 14 April 1920 4,734 (63.92%) 150x150px John Edie New Zealand Liberal Party 2,421 51.14 100px James Begg Reform Party (New Zealand) 2,297 48.52 MP James Allen Reform Party (New Zealand) John Edie New Zealand Liberal Party The Bruce by-election of 1920 was a by-election held on 14 April 1920 during the 20th New Zealand Parliament in the rural lower South Island electorate of the Bruce. Background The contest was triggered due to the resignation from Parliament of James Allen, who took up the position of New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.McGibbon Ian 3a12 Allen, James 21 April 2016 The Liberal Party's chosen candidate was John Edie. He had contested the Bruce electorate in the 1919 election against James Allen and was beaten by the mere margin of 126 votes (only 2.15%).The New Zealand Official Year-Book 1920 Government Printer http://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1920/NZOYB_1920.html#idsect1_1_40386 2 August 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140901182637/http://www3.stats.govt.nz/New_Zealand_Official_Yearbooks/1920/NZOYB_1920.html#idsect1_1_40386 1 September 2014 dmy-all Results The following table gives the election results: Aftermath The Bruce electorate was abolished for the 1922 general election. Edie won the Clutha electorate, holding it until 1925.Wilson 1985 194, 242 Notes References Wilson James Oakley New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 Bruce 1920 Category:1920 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Otago Category:April 1920 in Oceania