1884 Selwyn by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1884 Selwyn by-election New Zealand 1884 presidential no 1883 Selwyn by-election 1883 by-election 1884 New Zealand general election 1884 general Selwyn (New Zealand electorate) 1884 2 15 y 795 120x120px Edward Wakefield Independent politician 479 60.25% 120x120px John McLachlan Independent politician 316 39.75% MP Edward Lee Edward Wakefield Independent politician Independent politician The Selwyn by-election of 1884 was a by-election held on 15 February 1884 during the 8th New Zealand Parliament in the rural Canterbury electorate of Selwyn. The by-election was caused by the death, on 18 December 1883, of the previous member of parliament Edward Lee, who had won the previous by-election in April 1883.Wilson 1985 212 The by-election was contested by John McLachlan and Edward Wakefield, the latter winning the show of hands at the nomination meeting.Selwyn Election http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=CHP18840209.2.19 5 May 2012 The Press XL 5739 9 February 1884 3 The election was won by Wakefield, with 479 votes to 316.Wilson 1985 242 Results The following table gives the election results: McLachland won the polling booth at Leeston by one vote, but Wakefield won the other booths at Brookside, Southbridge and Dunsandel. At the 1884 general election on 22 July, Wakefield was returned unopposed in Selwyn.The General Election, 1884 http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&cl=search&d=AJHR1884-II.2.2.3.5 National Library 17 March 2012 2 1884 Notes References Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840–1984 4 First ed. published 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 Selwyn 1884 Category:1884 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of the Canterbury Region