1886 Western Maori by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 April 2022 thumb|Polling places for the 1886 Western Maori by-election The 1886 Western Maori by-election was a by-election held in the Western Maori electorate during the 9th New Zealand Parliament, on 23 December 1886. The by-election was caused by the death of the incumbent, Te Puke Te Ao, and was won by Hoani Taipua. Background Te Ao had won the Western Maori electorate in the 1884; it had been the first time that he had stood in a general election.Wilson 1985 180 Te Ao died in October 1886.Scholefield 1940a 17 This triggered the by-election, which was held on 23 December 1886.Wilson 1985 238 The election The nomination meeting was held on 2 December 1868 at the court house in Wanganui, with George Thomas WilkinsonScholefield 1940b 509f presiding as the returning officer.Election Notice https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WC18861201.2.24.3 16 March 2014 Wanganui Chronicle 1 December 1886 XXIX 11413 4 The candidates were nominated in the following order: Hoani Taipua, Ngawaka Taurua, Henare Kaihau of Waiuku, Wiremu Te Wheoro, and Sydney Taiwhanga.The Western Maori Electoral District https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WH18861202.2.20 16 March 2014 Wanganui Herald 2 December 1886 XX 6087 3 The show of hands was strongly in favour of Hoani Taipua, and Te Wheoro demanded a poll, for which 23 December was set. The by-election was a decisive win for Hoani Taipua, who gained an absolute majority of the votes, and had a 33% lead over the second-placed candidate, Wiremu Te Wheoro. Te Wheoro had previously represented the electorate, from 1879 until his defeat in the 1884.Wilson 1985 245 Taipua went on to represent the electorate until his retirement at the 1893.Wilson 1985 239 Election results 1884 election Western Maori#1884 election The 1884 general election was contested by eight candidates in the Western Maori electorate. 1886 by-election 1886 Western Maori by-electionWanganui Herald https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WH18870111.2.8 16 March 2014 Wanganui Herald 11 January 1887 XXI 6117 2The Western Maori Election https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP18861230.2.14 16 March 2014 The Evening Post 30 December 1886 XXXII 191 2 Independent politician Hoani Taipua 1,258 56.67 Independent politician Wiremu Te Wheoro 519 23.38 +12.40 Independent politician Henare Kaihau 225 10.14 +0.43 Independent politician Sydney Taiwhanga 148 6.67 +1.14 Independent politician Ngawaka Taurua 70 3.15 739 33.29 +28.19 2,220 Notes References Scholefield 1940a 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 21 September 2013 Scholefield 1940b Scholefield Guy Guy Scholefield A Dictionary of New Zealand Biography : M–Addenda II 1940 Department of Internal Affairs Wellington https://nzhistory.govt.nz/sites/default/files/documents/dnzb-1940/scholefield-dnzb-v2.pdf 6 October 2013 Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 Western Maori 1886 Category:1886 elections in New Zealand Category:Māori electorates