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).

Parliamentary elections edit

1893 election edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Wellington City mayoral election, 1901 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Wellington mayoral election, 1911
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.

[1893_election-1] "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 19 November 2013.

[AS_23_Dec_Wel-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.

[1902_election-5] The General Election, 1902. National Library. 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

[1905_election-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.

[1908_election-8] "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.

[1911_election-9] "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[General_Election,_1914-10] Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[Year-Book_1920-11] Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

[Year-Book_1924-12] The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198983f-13] McRobie 1989, pp. 83f.

[FOOTNOTEHislop19231–6-14] Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.

[15] The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

[1928_election-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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