1891 Canterbury colonial election re-count

By-election in New South Wales, Australia April 2021 April 2021 In September 1891 the Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1891 Canterbury election. There were 4 seats available. Joseph Carruthers (Free Trade) had been comfortably re-elected at the head of the poll with 7,231 votes, 19.8%. The following 4 candidates were separated by 105 votes, with John Wheeler (Free Trade) defeating James Eve (Independent Free Trade) for the final seat with a margin of 5 votes. The next best candidate, John Grant (Labour NSW) was a further 487 behind, with 3,857 votes, 10.6%.1891 Canterbury 11 April 2020 The committee declared that John Wheeler (Free Trade) had not been elected the member for Canterbury, however no by-election was conducted. Instead the committee declared that James Eve (Independent Free Trade) based on its own count of the result.Francis Suttor Francis Bathurst Suttor New South Wales Legislative Assembly https://api.parliament.nsw.gov.au/api/hansard/search/daily/searchablepdf/HANSARD-290296563-10635 pdf Elections and Qualifications Committee 1393 1891-09-02 2020-09-19 Dates Date Event 17 June  1891 1891 Canterbury election 24 June 1891 Petition lodged by James Eve.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article224306010 Canterbury petition New South Wales Government Gazette 414 1 July 1891 19 September 2020 4977 Trove 14 July 1891 John Wheeler sworn in as member for Canterbury 16 July 1891 Elections and Qualifications Committee appointed. 29 July 1864 Petition referred to the Elections and Qualifications Committee. 2 September 1891 Elections and Qualifications Committee declared that James Eve had been elected. Result <includeonly></includeonly>1891 Canterbury election re-countWednesday 2 September free trade Joseph Carruthers (re-elected 1) N/A Labour NSW Thomas Bavister (elected 2) 4,453 12.19 +0.01 Labour NSW Cornelius Danahey (elected 3) 4,363 11.99 +0.03 independent free trade James Eve (elected 4) 4,349 11.92 +0.02 free trade John Wheeler (defeated) 4,344 11.90 -0.02 36,491 99.30 -0.02 258calc Calculated on the assumption that the total number of votes did not change. 0.70 +0.02 10,279 54.96 Change Change is compared to the previously declared count for the election.  |- | independent free trade |  | colspan="2" | independent free trade gain 1 from free trade The Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1891 Canterbury election and declared that John Wheeler (Free Trade) had not been elected the member for Canterbury. No by-election was conducted, instead the committee declared that James Eve (Independent Free Trade) had been elected. See also Electoral results for the district of Canterbury List of New South Wales state by-elections Notes References expanded Category:1891 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1890s in New South Wales