1892 City of Wellington by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1892 City of Wellington by-election New Zealand 1892 presidential 1890 New Zealand general election 1890 general 1893 New Zealand general election 1893 general 1892 01 15 y 75.50% 95px William McLean New Zealand Liberal Party 3,388 51.08% 100px Francis Bell Conservative (New Zealand) 3,245 48.92% MP Kennedy Macdonald William McLean New Zealand Liberal Party New Zealand Liberal Party The City of Wellington by-election of 1892 was a by-election held on 15 January 1892 during the 11th New Zealand Parliament in the urban seat of the City of Wellington. Background The election was triggered due to the resignation of sitting Member Kennedy Macdonald amidst a bankruptcy claim.Wilson 1985 215 The contest was won by William McLean of the Liberal Party. McLean narrowly beat the conservative Francis Bell by 3,388 votes to 3,245. The election was marred by a scandal over double voting. Over twenty cases of people casting votes more than once were discovered in a subsequent investigation.http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WDT18920119.2.8 Wairarapa Daily Times Dual Voting 2 XIII 4016 19 January 1892 1 April 2016 In his congratulatory speech to McLean, Prime Minister John Ballance also made reference to the scandal, alleging that the Tory Party had brought in outsiders to vote who had long ceased to be residents in the electorate.http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS18920122.2.37 Auckland Star Speech by the Premier 4 XXIII 18 22 January 1892 1 April 2016 Results The following table gives the election results: McLean held the seat until the 1893 general election, when he was defeated.Wilson 1985 217 Bell won a seat in Parliament for the Wellington electorate in 1893 and would go on to become Prime Minister more than three decades later.Gardner William James 2b16 Bell, Francis Henry Dillon 29 September 2012 Macdonald was cleared of his bankruptcy charges but was not re-elected in 1893. He was later appointed to the Legislative Council in 1903.Alington Margaret 2m4/1 Macdonald, Thomas Kennedy 17 November 2012 Margaret Alington Notes References Wilson James Oakley New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 Wellington 1892 Category:1892 elections in New Zealand Category:January 1892 in Oceania Category:Politics of the Wellington Region Category:1890s in Wellington