1862 Bruce by-election

New Zealand by-election articles about related by-elections Bruce by-election (disambiguation)Bruce by-election April 2024 November 2015 1862 Bruce by-election New Zealand 1862 presidential no 1860–1861 New Zealand general election 1861 general election April 1865 Bruce by-election April 1865 by-election Bruce 1862 7 31 y 128 Edward Bowes Cargill.jpg 120 Edward Cargill Independent politician 74 57.81% William Baldwin Independent politician 54 42.19% MP Charles Kettle Edward Cargill Independent politician Independent politician The Bruce by-election 1862 was a by-election held in the multi-member Bruce electorate during the 3rd New Zealand Parliament, on 31 July 1862. The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP Charles Kettle on 5 June, and was won by Edward Cargill. Background The Bruce electorate was formed in the 1860 electoral redistribution. It covered the rural area surrounding Dunedin that had previously been part of the Dunedin Country electorate. The Bruce electorate was a two-member constituency.McRobie 1989 31–35 Charles Kettle and Thomas Gillies were the initial representatives.Local Intelligence https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW18610216.2.17 14 July 2010 Otago Witness 16 February 1861 481 5 Papers Past Kettle died on 5 June 1862, and this caused the by-election.Patterson Brad 1K11 Kettle, Charles Henry 11 July 2010 The Otago gold rush had started in May 1861 and the wider area experienced a significant increase in population, including the Bruce electorate.McRobie 1989 34Walrond Carl Gold and gold mining – Otago http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/gold-and-gold-mining/page-3 Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 17 November 2015 13 July 2012 The lists of registered electors in several electorate, including Bruce, were revised during July 1862.Page 6 Advertisements Column 1 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT18620613.2.26.1 17 November 2015 Otago Daily Times 180 13 June 1862 6 Papers Past The Miners' Representation Act, 1860 allowed miners to also vote under certain conditions, and they were not registered in lists; there were approximate 3,000 of them eligible in the Bruce electorate. It is thus not possible to say how many electors were qualified to vote in the by-election.McRobie 1989 34 Towards the end of June, it became known that William Baldwin, the gold fields commissioner at Waitahuna, would be a candidate in the by-election.Tokomairiro http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW18620628.2.15 17 November 2015 Otago Witness 552 28 June 1862 3 Papers PastUntitled http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT18620626.2.13 17 November 2015 Otago Daily Times 181 26 June 1862 4 Papers Past John Gillies, the father of Thomas Gillies, acted as the returning officer for the by-election, and he set the nomination meeting for Monday, 28 July at 12 noon.Election Notice http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW18620719.2.23.2 17 November 2015 Otago Witness 555 19 July 1862 4 Papers Past At that meeting, F. C. Fulton (a brother of James FultonEntwisle Rosemary 1f19 Fulton, Catherine Henrietta Elliot 29 July 2012) proposed and Otago Provincial Councillor Andrew Todd seconded Baldwin. The second candidate, Edward Cargill, was proposed by William Reynolds and seconded by Johnny Jones, a former business partner of Cargill.The Election for Bruce Country http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW18620802.2.23 16 November 2015 Otago Witness 557 2 August 1862 8 Papers Past The third person to be proposed was John Cargill, the brother of Edward Cargill, but this came as a surprise to the former who stated that he was not available for election. The two candidates then addressed the electors, and the obvious policy difference between them was that Baldwin was a proponent of separation of the South Island from the North Island, whilst Cargill supported one New Zealand. Julius Vogel, himself a strong proponent of the separation question, then put some hard questions to Cargill.Sinclair Keith Dalziel Raewyn 1v4 Vogel, Julius 27 April 2020 Keith Sinclair Raewyn Dalziel The meeting finished with a show of hands in favour of Cargill (42 to 8 hands), and Baldwin demanded a poll. Results Polling booths were in Dunedin at the court house, and at the school houses in East Taieri and Tokomairiro (since renamed to Milton), and Warepa (a locality near Balclutha). The election was held on Thursday, 31 July, between 9 am and 4 pm. By Saturday, 2 August, the Dunedin newspapers had not received the results from the Warepa booth, but Cargill was leading by 20 votes.The Otago Witness http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=OW18620802.2.11 17 November 2015 557 2 August 1862 4 Papers PastUntitled http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT18620802.2.11 17 November 2015 Otago Daily Times 203 2 August 1862 4 Papers Past The Warepa results were received later that morning, and the returning officer declared the official results that day. There were just two votes at Warepa, with one for each candidate, hence the majority did not change and Cargill was declared elected.Untitled http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT18620804.2.9 17 November 2015 Otago Daily Times 204 4 August 1862 4 Papers Past Cargill represented the Bruce electorate until 1865, when he resigned.Wilson 1985 188 He was succeeded by James Macandrew in the July 1865 by-election.Wilson 1985 213 Baldwin was elected in the 1863 supplementary election in the Gold Fields electorate.Wilson 1985 181 Notes References Electoral Atlas of New Zealand McRobie Alan 1989 GP Books Wellington 0-477-01384-8 Scholefield Guy Guy Scholefield A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : A–L I 1940 Department of Internal Affairs Wellington https://nzhistory.govt.nz/sites/default/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v1.pdf 7 November 2015 Guy Scholefield Scholefield Guy New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 3rd First published in 1913 1950 Govt. Printer Wellington Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 Bruce 1862 Category:1862 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Otago