1902 New Zealand general election
The New Zealand general election of 1902 was held on Tuesday, 25 November, in the general electorates, and on Monday, 22 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 15th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 415,789 (76.7%) voters turned out to vote.[2]
The Rev Frank Isitt was nominated as the Prohibitionist candidate for ten separate electorates, and came second in eight. Another candidate, David Whyte, was nominated for two. Both men stood to ensure that a local liquor licensing poll was held in each electorate for which they were nominated.
1902 electoral redistribution
The Representation Act 1900 had increased the membership of the House of Representatives from general electorates 70 to 76, and this was implemented through the 1902 electoral redistribution. In 1902, changes to the country quota affected the three-member electorates in the four main centres. The tolerance between electorates was increased to ±1,250 so that the Representation Commissions (since 1896, there had been separate commissions for the North and South Islands) could take greater account of communities of interest. These changes proved very disruptive to existing boundaries. Six electorates were established for the first time: Courtenay, Newtown, Grey Lynn , Hurunui, Oroua, and Kaipara. Two electorates that previously existed were re-established: Mount Ida and Hutt.
This boundary redistribution resulted in the abolition of three electorates:
Results
Frank Isitt, a Methodist minister, stood in ten seats as a Prohibition candidate, and came second in eight.
Party totals
The following table gives party strengths and vote distribution according to Wilson (1985), who records Maori representatives as Independents prior to the 1905 election.
|
Election results |
Party |
Candidates |
Total votes |
Percentage |
Seats won |
Change |
|
Liberal |
105 |
215,378 |
51.8 |
47 |
-2 |
|
Conservative |
53 |
85,652 |
20.6 |
19 |
±0 |
|
Independent |
54 |
115,173 |
27.7 |
14 |
+8 |
Votes summary
Popular Vote |
|
|
|
Liberal |
|
51.8% |
Conservative |
|
20.6% |
Independents |
|
27.7% |
|
Parliament seats |
|
|
|
Liberal |
|
58.75% |
Conservative |
|
23.75% |
Independents |
|
17.50% |
|
Electorate results
The following are the results of the 1902 general election:
Key
Liberal Conservative Independent Liberal Liberal–Labour Independent
Electorate results for the 1902 New Zealand general election
[6]
[7]
Electorate |
Incumbent |
Winner |
Majority |
Runner up |
General electorates |
Ashburton |
|
John McLachlan |
439 |
|
John Studholme |
Auckland, City of |
|
William Joseph Napier |
|
Alfred Kidd |
934 |
|
William Richardson |
|
Joseph Witheford |
1,515 |
|
William Joseph Napier |
|
George Fowlds |
|
Frederick Baume |
2,282 |
|
Arthur Rosser |
Avon |
|
William Tanner |
58 |
|
John Russell Brunt |
Awarua |
|
Joseph Ward |
1,882 |
|
David Whyte |
Bay of Islands |
|
Robert Houston |
410 |
|
A G C Glass |
Bay of Plenty |
|
William Herries |
626 |
|
D Lundon |
Bruce |
|
James Allen |
1,113 |
|
J A Scott |
Buller |
|
James Colvin |
2,601 |
|
Frank Isitt |
Caversham |
|
Thomas Sidey |
444 |
|
William Earnshaw |
Chalmers |
New electorate |
|
Edmund Allen |
612 |
|
John White |
Christchurch, City of |
|
George John Smith |
|
Tommy Taylor |
899 |
|
William Whitehouse Collins |
|
Harry Ell |
901 |
|
George John Smith |
|
William Whitehouse Collins |
|
Thomas Davey |
2,233 |
|
Arthur Hughes Turnbull |
Clutha |
|
James William Thomson |
640 |
|
Daniel Stewart |
Courtenay |
New electorate |
|
Charles Lewis |
350 |
|
John Rennie |
Dunedin, City of |
|
Alfred Richard Barclay |
|
Harry Bedford |
1,321 |
|
Alfred Richard Barclay |
|
John A. Millar |
3,775 |
|
R Chisholm |
|
James Arnold |
Eden |
|
John Bollard |
1,628 |
|
P E Cheal |
Egmont |
|
Walter Symes |
|
William Thomas Jennings |
15 |
|
Charles Leech[8] |
Ellesmere |
|
Heaton Rhodes |
501 |
|
C R Thornton |
Franklin |
|
William Massey |
1,176 |
|
Alfred Richard Harris |
Geraldine |
|
Frederick Flatman |
972 |
|
William Maslin |
Grey |
|
Arthur Guinness |
2,145 |
|
Frank Isitt |
Grey Lynn |
New electorate |
|
George Fowlds |
118 |
|
T T Masefield |
Hawera |
|
Felix McGuire |
|
Charles E. Major |
21 |
|
Felix McGuire |
Hawke's Bay |
|
William Russell |
1,443 |
|
Frank Isitt |
Hurunui |
New electorate |
|
Andrew Rutherford |
697 |
|
Henry Fear Reece |
Hutt |
New electorate |
|
Thomas Wilford |
441 |
|
Frederick Pirani |
Invercargill |
|
Josiah Hanan |
1,508 |
|
David Whyte |
Kaiapoi |
|
David Buddo |
1,256 |
|
Alfred Daniel Hassall |
Kaipara |
New electorate |
|
Alfred Harding |
359 |
|
John Stallworthy |
Lyttelton |
|
George Laurenson |
2,172 |
|
William Rollitt |
Manawatu |
|
John Stevens |
|
Job Vile |
176 |
|
John Stevens |
Manukau |
|
Sir Maurice O'Rorke |
|
Matthew Kirkbride |
227 |
|
Sir Maurice O'Rorke |
Marsden |
|
Robert Thompson |
|
Francis Mander |
58 |
|
Robert Thompson |
Masterton |
|
Alexander Hogg |
948 |
|
J C Cooper |
Mataura |
|
Robert McNab |
438 |
|
J W Raymond |
Motueka |
|
Roderick McKenzie |
1,838 |
|
Frank Isitt |
Mount Ida |
New electorate |
|
Alexander Herdman |
131 |
|
John Ewing |
Napier |
|
Alfred Fraser |
1,490 |
|
Richard Joseph Eames[9] |
Nelson |
|
John Graham |
14 |
|
Harry Atmore |
Newtown |
New electorate |
|
William Henry Peter Barber |
28 |
|
Thomas Hislop |
Oamaru |
|
Thomas Young Duncan |
880 |
|
John Marshall Brown[10] |
Ohinemuri |
|
Jackson Palmer |
|
Edward George Britton Moss |
186 |
|
Jackson Palmer |
Oroua |
New electorate |
|
Frank Lethbridge |
613 |
|
Arthur Henry Tompkins |
Otaki |
|
William Hughes Field |
1,510 |
|
Frank Isitt |
Pahiatua |
|
John O'Meara |
337 |
|
Samuel Bolton |
Palmerston |
|
Frederick Pirani |
|
William Thomas Wood |
384 |
|
T R Hodder |
Parnell |
|
Frank Lawry |
124 |
|
John Shera |
Patea |
|
Frederick Haselden |
|
Walter Symes |
451 |
|
Frederick Haselden |
Rangitikei |
|
Frank Lethbridge |
|
Arthur Remington |
247 |
|
W J Birch |
Riccarton |
|
George Warren Russell |
|
George Witty |
285 |
|
George Warren Russell |
Selwyn |
|
Charles Hardy |
543 |
|
Joseph Ivess |
Taieri |
|
Walter Carncross |
|
Donald Reid |
354 |
|
J J Ramsay |
Taranaki |
|
Edward Smith |
314 |
|
Henry Okey |
Thames |
|
James McGowan |
885 |
|
William Henry Lucas |
Timaru |
|
William Hall-Jones |
1,651 |
|
F H Smith |
Tuapeka |
|
James Bennet |
66 |
|
Robert Gilkison |
Waipawa |
|
Charles Hall |
1,568 |
|
James Taylor |
Waikato |
|
Frederic Lang |
225 |
|
Henry Greenslade |
Waikouaiti |
|
Edmund Allen |
|
Thomas Mackenzie |
1,846 |
|
Frank Isitt |
Wairarapa |
|
J. T. Marryat Hornsby |
|
Walter Clarke Buchanan |
66 |
|
J. T. Marryat Hornsby |
Wairau |
|
Charles H. Mills |
411 |
|
John Duncan |
Waitaki |
|
William Steward |
592 |
|
John Campbell |
Waitemata |
|
Richard Monk |
|
Ewen Alison |
714 |
|
Alexander John Hatfield[11] |
Waiapu |
|
James Carroll |
1,670 |
|
Frank Isitt |
Wakatipu |
|
William Fraser |
449 |
|
Robert Beatson Ross |
Wallace |
|
Michael Gilfedder |
|
John Thomson |
793 |
|
Michael Gilfedder |
Wanganui |
|
Archibald Willis |
1,438 |
|
J W Baker |
Wellington, City of |
|
John Hutcheson |
|
John Aitken |
380 |
|
Patrick O'Regan |
|
Arthur Atkinson |
|
John Duthie |
591 |
|
Arthur Atkinson |
|
George Fisher |
1,921 |
|
John Findlay |
Westland |
|
Richard Seddon |
2,696 |
|
Frank Isitt |
Māori electorates |
Eastern Maori |
|
Wi Pere |
614 |
|
Pirimi Mataiawhea |
Northern Maori |
|
Hone Heke |
1,546 |
|
Hāmiora Mangakāhia |
Southern Maori |
|
Tame Parata |
80 |
|
Hone Taare Tikao |
Western Maori |
|
Henare Kaihau |
2,370 |
|
Ngarangi Katitia |