1909 Thames by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 1909 Thames by-election New Zealand 2010 presidential no 1908 New Zealand general election 1908 general 1911 New Zealand general election 1911 general 1909 02 04 y 4,017 120x150px Edmund Taylor New Zealand Liberal Party 120x150px William Henry Lucas New Zealand Liberal Party Member James McGowan Edmund Taylor New Zealand Liberal Party New Zealand Liberal Party The Thames by-election of 1909 was a by-election held during the 17th New Zealand Parliament. Background The by-election was caused after the resignation of Liberal Party MP James McGowan, who had been appointed to the Legislative Council. McGowan announced his resignation by advertisement in the Thames Star on 7 January 1909, and in the same edition, the Mayor of Thames, Archibald Burns, announced his candidacy.Page 3 Advertisements Column 2 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=THS19090107.2.40.2 23 March 2016 Thames Star XLV 10608 7 January 1909 3 In the end, five candidates contested the election, but Burns was not among them. William Henry Lucas, a unionist, was the official representative of the liberal government.The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Auckland Provincial District 1902 https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc03Cycl-t1-body1-d3-d18-d7.html#name-420649-mention The Cyclopedia of New Zealand Cyclopedia Company Limited 23 March 2016 Christchurch Thames Edmund Taylor and Thomas William Rhodes were also Liberal Party member. Frederick Henry Haselden was the official candidate of the conservative opposition, but Ernest Deeble also stood for opposition interests.Thames Electoral District http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=THS19090122.2.42.3 23 March 2016 Thames Star XLV 10621 22 January 1909 3The Other Candidates http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=THS19090119.2.17.4 23 March 2016 Thames Star XLV 10618 19 January 1909 2 Results The following table gives the election results: The Second Ballot Act 1908 was in force and had previously been used for the 1908. This was the first by-election where it applied, and the act stipulated that the leading candidate had to obtain an absolute majority of the votes, or else the two highest polling candidates would face each other in a second election. At the 28 January election, Taylor was the highest-polling candidate, but received only 34% of the vote, hence a second election between him and Lucas was required. That election was held on 4 February 1909, and was won by Taylor. A week after the election, William Massey announced that the opposition will from now on be known as the Reform Party.The Reform Party http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19090212.2.97 23 March 2016 The Evening Post LXVVII 36 12 February 1909 8 Taylor served until the end of the parliamentary term and was narrowly beaten by Rhodes at the next general election in 1911.AtoJs 1911 election 1912 Mansfield F. W. The General Election, 1911 http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1909-II.2.5.2.12 National Library 25 April 2015 1912 2 Taylor contested the electorate again in 1914 but Rhodes remained successful.The General Election, 1914 http://atojs.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/atojs?a=d&d=AJHR1915-I.2.3.2.36 National Library 1 August 2013 6 1915 References Thames 1909 Category:1909 elections in New Zealand