Electoral history of Thomas Wilford
Appearance
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This is a summary of the electoral history of Sir Thomas Wilford, Mayor of Wellington (1910–11), Leader of the Liberal Party (1920–25) and Member of Parliament for Wellington Suburbs (1896–97, 1899-1902), then Hutt (1902–29).
Parliamentary elections
[edit]1893 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Alfred Newman | 1,839 | 51.74 | ||
Liberal | Thomas Wilford | 1,715 | 48.25 | ||
Majority | 124 | 3.48 | |||
Turnout | 3,554 | 78.21 | |||
Registered electors | 4,544 |
1896 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Wilford | 2,194 | 53.05 | +4.80 | |
Conservative | Thomas William Hislop | 1,942 | 46.95 | ||
Majority | 252 | 6.09 | |||
Turnout | 4,136 |
1899 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Wilford | 2,298 | 50.39 | ||
Conservative | Alfred Newman | 1,762 | 38.64 | ||
Independent Liberal | Richard Clement Kirk | 491 | 10.77 | ||
Independent | Richard Giles Knight | 9 | 0.20 | ||
Majority | 536 | 11.75 | |||
Turnout | 4,560 | 74.44 | |||
Registered electors | 6,126 |
1902 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Wilford | 2,115 | 54.52 | ||
Independent Liberal | Frederick Pirani | 1,674 | 43.15 | ||
Independent | Joseph Collier | 90 | 2.32 | ||
Majority | 441 | 11.36 | |||
Turnout | 3,879 | 76.59 | |||
Registered electors | 5,064 |
1905 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Wilford | 3,452 | 57.49 | +2.97 | |
New Liberal | George Yerex[7] | 1,540 | 25.64 | ||
Independent | George London | 957 | 15.93 | ||
Informal votes | 55 | 0.91 | |||
Majority | 1,912 | 31.84 | +20.48 | ||
Turnout | 6,004 | 82.42 | +5.83 | ||
Registered electors | 7,284 |
1908 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Wilford | 3,764 | 61.60 | +7.08 | |
Conservative | Richard Shortt | 2,226 | 36.43 | ||
Informal votes | 120 | 1.96 | +1.05 | ||
Majority | 1,538 | 25.17 | +6.67 | ||
Turnout | 6,110 | 78.45 | −3.97 | ||
Registered electors | 7,788 |
1911 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Wilford | 3,471 | 50.33 | −11.27 | |
Labour | Michael Reardon | 1,540 | 22.33 | ||
Independent | John McEwan | 911 | 13.21 | ||
Reform | Richard Shortt | 881 | 12.77 | −23.66 | |
Informal votes | 93 | 1.34 | −0.52 | ||
Majority | 1,931 | 28.00 | +2.83 | ||
Turnout | 6,896 | 83.60 | +5.15 | ||
Registered electors | 8,248 |
1914 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Wilford | 3,977 | 56.72 | −6.39 | |
United Labour | Albert Samuel | 3,034 | 43.27 | ||
Informal votes | 143 | 2.03 | +0.69 | ||
Majority | 943 | 13.45 | −14.55 | ||
Turnout | 7,011 | 83.03 | +0.57 | ||
Registered electors | 8,443 |
1919 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Wilford | 3,422 | 41.59 | −15.13 | |
Labour | David Pritchard | 2,417 | 29.38 | ||
Reform | Percy Rishworth | 2,319 | 28.19 | ||
Informal votes | 68 | 0.82 | −1.21 | ||
Majority | 1,005 | 12.21 | −1.24 | ||
Turnout | 8,226 | 82.44 | −0.59 | ||
Registered electors | 9,983 |
1922 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Wilford | 3,707 | 41.15 | −0.44 | |
Labour | David Pritchard | 2,905 | 32.25 | +2.87 | |
Reform | Henry Bennett | 2,317 | 25.72 | ||
Informal votes | 78 | 0.86 | +0.04 | ||
Majority | 802 | 8.90 | −3.31 | ||
Turnout | 9,007 | 91.21 | +8.77 | ||
Registered electors | 9,874 |
1925 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Thomas Wilford | 6,080 | 58.13 | +16.98 | |
Labour | Walter Nash | 4,286 | 40.98 | ||
Informal votes | 92 | 0.87 | +0.01 | ||
Majority | 1,794 | 17.15 | +8.25 | ||
Turnout | 10,458 | 91.04 | −0.17 | ||
Registered electors | 11,487 |
1928 election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United | Thomas Wilford | 7,283 | 54.92 | −3.21 | |
Labour | Walter Nash | 5,978 | 45.08 | +4.10 | |
Informal votes | 288 | 2.13 | +1.26 | ||
Majority | 1,305 | 9.84 | −7.31 | ||
Turnout | 13,549 | 90.95 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 14,898 |
Local elections
[edit]Wellington City mayoral election, 1901
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Aitken | 5,801 | 67.98 | ||
Independent | Thomas Wilford | 2,732 | 32.02 | ||
Majority | 3,069 | 35.96 | |||
Turnout | 8,533 |
Wellington City mayoral election, 1907
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas William Hislop | 5,658 | 65.63 | +34.14 | |
Independent | Thomas Wilford | 2,962 | 34.36 | ||
Majority | 2,696 | 31.27 | +23.97 | ||
Turnout | 8,620 |
Wellington City mayoral election, 1909
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Alfred Newman | 4,523 | 33.72 | ||
Independent | Thomas Wilford | 4,240 | 31.61 | −2.75 | |
Independent | Francis Fisher | 3,208 | 23.92 | ||
Ind. Labour League | John Rigg | 824 | 6.14 | ||
Independent | Frederick Bolton | 616 | 4.59 | ||
Majority | 283 | 2.11 | |||
Turnout | 13,411 |
Wellington City mayoral election, 1910
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Wilford | 6,248 | 54.26 | +22.75 | |
Independent | Charles John Crawford | 5,267 | 45.74 | ||
Majority | 981 | 8.51 | |||
Turnout | 11,515 |
Wellington City mayoral election, 1911
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Citizens League | Thomas Wilford | unopposed |
References
[edit]- ^ "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
- ^ "The General Election". Auckland Star. Vol. XXVII, no. 305. 23 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
- ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ "Page 6 Advertisements Column 3". The Evening Post. Vol. LVIII, no. 136. 6 December 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
- ^ The General Election, 1902. National Library. 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
- ^ The General Election, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
- ^ "The New Liberal Party in Wellington". Otago Daily Times. 17 October 1905. p. 5. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
- ^ "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ^ "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
- ^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
- ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 83f.
- ^ Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
- ^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
- ^ "Wellington City Council". The Free Lance. Vol. I, no. 43. 27 April 1901. p. 11. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
- ^ "Mayoral Elections". Thames Star. Vol. XLIV, no. 10525. 25 April 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ "Mayoral Elections". Evening Post. Vol. LXXVII, no. 100. 29 April 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ^ "Mayoral Elections". Evening Post. Vol. LXXIX, no. 99. 28 April 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
Bibliography
[edit]- Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.