1889 Oamaru by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1889 Oamaru by-election New Zealand 1889 presidential no 1887 New Zealand general election 1887 general 1890 New Zealand general election 1890 general 1889 09 30 y 964 115px Thomas William Hislop Independent politician 549 56.95% 100px David Dunn New Zealand Liberal Party 415 43.05% MP Thomas William Hislop Thomas William Hislop Independent politician Independent politician The 1889 Oamaru by-election was a by-election held on 30 September 1889 in the Oamaru electorate during the 10th New Zealand Parliament. Background The by-election was triggered by the resignation of the incumbent MP Thomas William Hislop. The resignation was caused by the Ward-Hislop affair where Hislop was reproached by a Legislative Council committee for his manner of correspondence with a District Judge Ward. The report judged that he was using his Ministerial position to aid the business affairs of his personal friends.Bassett Judith Sir Harry Atkinson 1969 A.H. & A.W. Reed Wellington 873703 151 He had also resigned his ministerial portfolios.The Ward-Hislop Affair https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AG18890904.2.10 7 February 2011 Ashburton Guardian VII 2217 4 September 1889 2 Campaign Hislop stood again to regain his position as an MP. He was opposed by David Dunn.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18890924.2.30 Oamaru Election Star 24 September 1889 Dunn, the Liberal Party candidate, claimed to be "...one having no political experience at all."https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18890924.2.21 The Oamaru Nomination Evening Star 24 September 1889 8020 2 This was despite the fact that he had been elected Mayor of Oamaru in 1888.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18881129.2.20 Mayoral Elections Timaru Herald 29 November 1888 XLVII 4402 3 Hislop's majority was reduced from 136 to 134 after two votes were removed.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18891028.2.26? Oamaru Election New Zealand Herald 4 October 1889 One person was charged with voting twice (personation).https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18891028.2.26? Charge of Personation Auckland Star 28 October 1889 Results The following table gives the election result: References Oamaru 1889 Category:1889 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Otago Category:September 1889 in Oceania