1874 Waitemata by-elections

Two New Zealand by-elections April 2024 July 2019 The 1874 Waitemata by-elections were two by-elections held on 28 July and 8 September 1874 in the Waitemata electorate during the 5th New Zealand Parliament. The first (28 July) by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Thomas Henderson on 24 April 1874. The first by-election was won by Gustav von der Heyde. William Lee Rees had been nominated but subsequently decided not to stand.Waitemata Election https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18740717.2.29 18 January 2019 Daily Southern Cross XXX 5273 17 July 1874 5 This by-election was challenged by petition, as von der Heyde had not yet been naturalised. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18740908.2.2.2 Waitemata Election The New Zealand Herald 8 September 1874 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18740821.2.12.2 Waitemata Election Auckland Star 23 August 1874 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18740821.2.12.4 Waitemata Election Auckland Star 21 August 1874 However the second (8 September) by-election confirmed von der Heyde as the MP. Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First ed. published 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 242 In both by-elections he was challenged by John Sangster Macfarlane, who subsequently won the seat in the 1876 general election. Macfarlane favoured abolition of the provinces, and said that the Provincial government was against him. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18740716.2.10 Waitemata Election Auckland Star 16 July 1874 Results The following tables gives the election results: The poll totals for 8 September exclude 18 double votes for von der Heyde, 20 double votes for Macfarlane and 6 informal votes.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18740916.2.19?query=Election&start_date=07-09-1874&end_date=16-09-1874&snippet=true&title=NZH,AS Waitemata Election Auckland Star 16 September 1874 References Waitemata 1874 Category:1874 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Auckland Region