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Electoral history of Thomas Wilford

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).

Thomas Wilford in the 1910s.

Parliamentary elections

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1893 election

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1893 general election: Suburbs of Wellington[1]
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

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1896 general election: Suburbs of Wellington[2]
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

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1899 general election: Suburbs of Wellington[3][4]
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

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1902 general election: Hutt[5]
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

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1905 general election: Hutt[6]
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

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1908 general election: Hutt, First ballot[8]
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

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1911 general election: Hutt, First ballot[9]
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

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1914 general election: Hutt[10]
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

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1919 general election: Hutt[11]
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

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1922 general election: Hutt[12][13][14]
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

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1925 general election: Hutt[15]
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

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1928 general election: Hutt[16]
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

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Wellington City mayoral election, 1901

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Wellington mayoral election, 1901[17]
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

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Wellington mayoral election, 1907[18]
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

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Wellington mayoral election, 1909[19]
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

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Wellington City mayoral election, 1910[20]
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

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Wellington mayoral election, 1911
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Citizens League Thomas Wilford unopposed

References

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  1. ^ "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
  2. ^ "The General Election". Auckland Star. Vol. XXVII, no. 305. 23 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
  3. ^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Page 6 Advertisements Column 3". The Evening Post. Vol. LVIII, no. 136. 6 December 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  5. ^ The General Election, 1902. National Library. 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  6. ^ The General Election, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
  7. ^ "The New Liberal Party in Wellington". Otago Daily Times. 17 October 1905. p. 5. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  8. ^ "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  9. ^ "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  10. ^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
  11. ^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
  12. ^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  13. ^ McRobie 1989, pp. 83f.
  14. ^ Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
  15. ^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  16. ^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  17. ^ "Wellington City Council". The Free Lance. Vol. I, no. 43. 27 April 1901. p. 11. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  18. ^ "Mayoral Elections". Thames Star. Vol. XLIV, no. 10525. 25 April 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  19. ^ "Mayoral Elections". Evening Post. Vol. LXXVII, no. 100. 29 April 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  20. ^ "Mayoral Elections". Evening Post. Vol. LXXIX, no. 99. 28 April 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

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