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House of Representatives</a> <br /> 38 seats were needed for a majority</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Turnout</th><td class="infobox-data">77.6%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr class="sr-only"> <th style="text-align:left;">  </th> <th style="text-align:center">First party </th> <th style="text-align:center">Second party </th></tr> <tr> <td>  </td> <td class="notheme" style="text-align:center;border-bottom: 6px solid #FFDF00;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Seddon,_1906.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Richard_Seddon%2C_1906.jpg/150px-Richard_Seddon%2C_1906.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6b/Richard_Seddon%2C_1906.jpg/225px-Richard_Seddon%2C_1906.jpg 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Westland_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Westland (New Zealand electorate)">Westland</a> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Hawkes_Bay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hawkes Bay (New Zealand electorate)">Hawkes Bay</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Last election </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">39 seats, 54.8% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">26 seats, 34.0% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seats won </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>49</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">19 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Seat change </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 10 </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 7 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Popular vote </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>204,331</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">141,758 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Percentage </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><b>52.7%</b> </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center">36.7% </td></tr> <tr> <th style="text-align:left">Swing </th> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.1% </td> <td style="width:75px;text-align:center"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.7% </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1899_New_Zealand_general_election_-_Results.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/1899_New_Zealand_general_election_-_Results.svg/400px-1899_New_Zealand_general_election_-_Results.svg.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="356" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/1899_New_Zealand_general_election_-_Results.svg/600px-1899_New_Zealand_general_election_-_Results.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/1899_New_Zealand_general_election_-_Results.svg/800px-1899_New_Zealand_general_election_-_Results.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1666" data-file-height="1482" /></a></span><div>Results of the election.</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background:transparent; color: inherit; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:left;"><b><a href="/wiki/Premier_of_New_Zealand" class="mw-redirect" title="Premier of New Zealand">Premier</a> before election</b><br /> <p><a href="/wiki/Richard_Seddon" title="Richard Seddon">Richard Seddon</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </p> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:right;"><b>Subsequent Premier</b> <br /> <p>Richard Seddon<br /> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1899 New Zealand general election</b> was held on 6 and 19 December in the European and <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_electorates" title="Māori electorates">Māori electorates</a>, respectively, to elect 74 MPs to the <a href="/wiki/14th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="14th New Zealand Parliament">14th session</a> of the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Parliament" title="New Zealand Parliament">New Zealand Parliament</a>. The election was again won by the <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal Party</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Richard_Seddon" title="Richard Seddon">Richard Seddon</a> remained Prime Minister. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="1896_electoral_redistribution">1896 electoral redistribution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1899_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: 1896 electoral redistribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The last electoral redistribution was undertaken in 1896 for the <a href="/wiki/1896_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1896 New Zealand general election">1896 election</a>, and the same electorates were used again.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198963_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198963-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 34 seats were located in the <a href="/wiki/North_Island" title="North Island">North Island</a>, 36 were in the <a href="/wiki/South_Island" title="South Island">South Island</a>, and the remaining four were Māori electorates.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985173_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985173-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since the 1890 electoral redistribution, the four main centres had electorates with three seats each.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198955_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198955-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_election">The election</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1899_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: The election"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The 1899 election was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates, and on Tuesday, 19 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 74 MPs to the 14th Parliament.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985138,_287_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985138,_287-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total number of 373,744 (77.6%) voters turned out to vote.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985286_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985286-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-General_elections_1853-2005_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-General_elections_1853-2005-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In three electorates there was only one candidate, and they were thus returned unopposed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985286_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985286-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two of those were Liberal candidates: <a href="/wiki/Richard_Seddon" title="Richard Seddon">Richard Seddon</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Westland_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Westland (New Zealand electorate)">Westland</a> electorate, and <a href="/wiki/John_McKenzie_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John McKenzie (New Zealand politician)">John McKenzie</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Waihemo_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waihemo (New Zealand electorate)">Waihemo</a> electorate. The third was an opposition representative, <a href="/wiki/William_Russell_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="William Russell (New Zealand politician)">William Russell</a>, who stood in the <a href="/wiki/Hawke%27s_Bay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawke's Bay (New Zealand electorate)">Hawke's Bay</a> electorate.<sup id="cite_ref-1899_election_results_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1899_election_results-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two candidates died during the election campaign. A third, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Augustus_Field" title="Henry Augustus Field">Henry Augustus Field</a>, died two days after having been re-elected in the <a href="/wiki/Otaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Otaki (New Zealand electorate)">Otaki</a> electorate.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1899_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Party_totals">Party totals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1899_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Party totals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following table gives party strengths and vote distribution according to Wilson (1985), who records <a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_electorates" title="Māori electorates">Maori representatives</a> as <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> prior to the <a href="/wiki/1905_New_Zealand_general_election" title="1905 New Zealand general election">1905 election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985287–289_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985287–289-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="7"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1899_nz_parliament.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/1899_nz_parliament.svg/360px-1899_nz_parliament.svg.png" decoding="async" width="360" height="185" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/1899_nz_parliament.svg/540px-1899_nz_parliament.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/1899_nz_parliament.svg/720px-1899_nz_parliament.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7">Election results </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Candidates </th> <th>Total votes </th> <th>Percentage </th> <th>Seats won </th> <th>Change </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FFDF00;" data-sort-value="New Zealand Liberal Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a> </td> <td align="center"><b>86</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>204,331</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>52.71</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>49</b> </td> <td align="center"><b>+10</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #9999CC;" data-sort-value="Conservative (New Zealand)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a> </td> <td align="center">69 </td> <td align="center">141,758 </td> <td align="center">36.67 </td> <td align="center">19 </td> <td align="center">-7 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent politician"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td align="center">43 </td> <td align="center">41,540 </td> <td align="center">10.72 </td> <td align="center">6 </td> <td align="center">-3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Votes_summary">Votes summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1899_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Votes summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:650px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Popular Vote</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Liberal</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFDF00; width:52.71%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">52.71%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Conservative</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#9999CC; width:36.67%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">36.67%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Independents</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DCDCDC; width:10.72%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">10.72%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <table style="margin:0; border:none;"><tbody><tr><td style="border:none; padding:0;"><div class="notheme barbox" style="overflow-x: auto;"> <div style="border:1px solid silver; font-size:88%; padding:0.4em; width:650px; background: white; color: black;"> <table style="text-align:left; border-collapse:collapse; width:100%;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ddd"><th style="text-align:center;" colspan="5">Parliament seats</th></tr> <tr style="font-size:88%; height:4px;"> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; text-align:left;"></td> <td style="width:410px; text-align:left;"></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0 4px; width:1em; text-align:right;"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;"><b>Liberal</b></td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#FFDF00; width:66.22%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">66.22%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Conservative</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#9999CC; width:25.67%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">25.67%</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 0.4em; padding-right: 0.4em; min-width: 8em;">Independents</td> <td style="width: 100px; border-left: solid 1px silver; border-right: solid 1px silver;"><div style="background:#DCDCDC; width:8.11%; overflow: hidden;"> </div></td> <td colspan="2" style="padding-left: 1.2em; padding-right: 0.4em; text-align: right;">8.11%</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Electorate_results">Electorate results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1899_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Electorate results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Seventy-four MPs were elected across sixty-two single-member, and four three-member electorates. The table below show the results of the 1899 general election: </p><p><b>Key</b> </p><p><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#FFDF00"> </span> <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_Liberal_Party" title="New Zealand Liberal Party">Liberal</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#9999CC"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Conservative_(New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="Conservative (New Zealand)">Conservative</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#FFFFAA"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_Liberal" title="Independent Liberal">Independent Liberal</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#FFA500"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Liberal%E2%80%93Labour_(New_Zealand)" title="Liberal–Labour (New Zealand)">Liberal–Labour</a></span> <span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid black;background-color:#DCDCDC"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Electorate results for the 1899 New Zealand general election<sup id="cite_ref-1899_election_results_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1899_election_results-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <th>Electorate </th> <th colspan="2">Incumbent </th> <th colspan="2">Winner </th> <th>Majority </th> <th colspan="2">Runner up </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="background-color:#FFDEAD"><b>General electorates</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashburton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ashburton (New Zealand electorate)">Ashburton</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Edward_George_Wright" title="Edward George Wright">Edward George Wright</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/John_McLachlan_(politician)" title="John McLachlan (politician)">John McLachlan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">802 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Charles John Harper<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashley_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ashley (New Zealand electorate)">Ashley</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Meredith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Richard Meredith (New Zealand politician)">Richard Meredith</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">751 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Thomas Caverhill </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Auckland_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="City of Auckland (New Zealand electorate)">Auckland, City of</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Thompson_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Thomas Thompson (New Zealand politician)">Thomas Thompson</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFEE99;"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Joseph_Napier" title="William Joseph Napier">William Joseph Napier</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,440 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#FFDF00;"> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/James_Job_Holland" title="James Job Holland">James Job Holland</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/James_Job_Holland" title="James Job Holland">James Job Holland</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#9999CC;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CCCCFF;"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Crowther_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="William Crowther (New Zealand politician)">William Crowther</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">938 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#9999CC;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/William_Crowther_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="William Crowther (New Zealand politician)">William Crowther</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFEE99;"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Fowlds" title="George Fowlds">George Fowlds</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">94 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Avon_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Avon (New Zealand electorate)">Avon</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFA500"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/William_Tanner_(politician)" title="William Tanner (politician)">William Tanner</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">148 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Rhodes_(politician)" title="Arthur Rhodes (politician)">Arthur Rhodes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Awarua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Awarua (New Zealand electorate)">Awarua</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Ward" title="Joseph Ward">Joseph Ward</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,732 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">W. T. Murray<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Islands_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Bay of Islands (New Zealand electorate)">Bay of Islands</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Houston_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Robert Houston (New Zealand politician)">Robert Houston</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">67 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Norman Alexander McLeod<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Plenty_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Bay of Plenty (New Zealand electorate)">Bay of Plenty</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/William_Herries" title="William Herries">William Herries</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">132 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=David_Lundon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="David Lundon (page does not exist)">David Lundon</a><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Bruce_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Bruce (New Zealand electorate)">Bruce</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/James_Allen_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="James Allen (New Zealand politician)">James Allen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">364 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Crawford_Anderson" title="Crawford Anderson">Crawford Anderson</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Buller_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Buller (New Zealand electorate)">Buller</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_O%27Regan_(politician)" title="Patrick O'Regan (politician)">Patrick O'Regan</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFFFAA"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/James_Colvin" title="James Colvin">James Colvin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">552 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Patrick O'Regan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Caversham_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Caversham (New Zealand electorate)">Caversham</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Morrison_(politician)" title="Arthur Morrison (politician)">Arthur Morrison</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,108 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">William Henry Warren<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Christchurch_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Christchurch (New Zealand electorate)">Christchurch, City of</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#9999CC;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lewis_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Charles Lewis (New Zealand politician)">Charles Lewis</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFEE99;"><b><a href="/wiki/William_Whitehouse_Collins" title="William Whitehouse Collins">William Whitehouse Collins</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,760 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Taylor_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Tommy Taylor (New Zealand politician)">Tommy Taylor</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFFFAA;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/George_John_Smith" title="George John Smith">George Smith</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#9999CC;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CCCCFF;"><b><a href="/wiki/Charles_Lewis_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Charles Lewis (New Zealand politician)">Charles Lewis</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">418 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Taylor_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Tommy Taylor (New Zealand politician)">Tommy Taylor</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFFFAA;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFEE99;"><b><a href="/wiki/Harry_Ell" title="Harry Ell">Harry Ell</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">221 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Clutha_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Clutha (New Zealand electorate)">Clutha</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/James_William_Thomson" title="James William Thomson">James William Thomson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">497 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Finlay McLeod<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/City_of_Dunedin_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="City of Dunedin (New Zealand electorate)">Dunedin, City of</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#9999CC;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Sligo" title="Alexander Sligo">Alexander Sligo</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFA500;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFEE99;"><b><a href="/wiki/John_A._Millar" title="John A. Millar">John A. Millar</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,319 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Scobie_Mackenzie" title="Scobie Mackenzie">Scobie Mackenzie</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFA500;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/John_A._Millar" title="John A. Millar">John A. Millar</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFA500;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFEE99;"><b><a href="/wiki/James_Arnold_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="James Arnold (New Zealand politician)">James Arnold</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,564 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Scobie_Mackenzie" title="Scobie Mackenzie">Scobie Mackenzie</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFA500;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFEE99;"><b><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Richard_Barclay" title="Alfred Richard Barclay">Alfred Richard Barclay</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">637 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eden_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Eden (New Zealand electorate)">Eden</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/John_Bollard_(politician)" title="John Bollard (politician)">John Bollard</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Malcolm_Niccol&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Malcolm Niccol (page does not exist)">Malcolm Niccol</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1940b124_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1940b124-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Egmont_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Egmont (New Zealand electorate)">Egmont</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Symes" title="Walter Symes">Walter Symes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">268 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">William Monkhouse </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ellesmere_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ellesmere (New Zealand electorate)">Ellesmere</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/William_Montgomery_Jr." title="William Montgomery Jr.">William Montgomery</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/Heaton_Rhodes" title="Heaton Rhodes">Heaton Rhodes</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">104 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">William Montgomery </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Franklin_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Franklin (New Zealand electorate)">Franklin</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/William_Massey" title="William Massey">William Massey</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,180 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">W Findlay Wilson </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Geraldine_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Geraldine (New Zealand electorate)">Geraldine</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Flatman" title="Frederick Flatman">Frederick Flatman</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,556 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Charles Nicholson McIntosh </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Grey_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Grey (New Zealand electorate)">Grey</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Guinness_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Arthur Guinness (New Zealand politician)">Arthur Guinness</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">786 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Michael Hannan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawera_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Hawera (New Zealand electorate)">Hawera</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/Felix_McGuire" title="Felix McGuire">Felix McGuire</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">55 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Charles_E._Major" title="Charles E. Major">Charles E. Major</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawke%27s_Bay_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawke's Bay (New Zealand electorate)">Hawke's Bay</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; text-align:center; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/William_Russell_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="William Russell (New Zealand politician)">William Russell</a> </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Uncontested </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Invercargill_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Invercargill (New Zealand electorate)">Invercargill</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFA500"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/James_Whyte_Kelly" title="James Whyte Kelly">James Kelly</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Josiah_Hanan" title="Josiah Hanan">Josiah Hanan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">4,640 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFA500"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">James Kelly </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kaiapoi_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Kaiapoi (New Zealand electorate)">Kaiapoi</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Moore_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Richard Moore (New Zealand politician)">Richard Moore</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/David_Buddo" title="David Buddo">David Buddo</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">481 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Richard Moore </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lyttelton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Lyttelton (New Zealand electorate)">Lyttelton</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Joyce_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Joyce (New Zealand politician)">John Joyce</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/George_Laurenson" title="George Laurenson">George Laurenson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,813 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">William Jacques </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manawatu_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Manawatu (New Zealand electorate)">Manawatu</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/John_Stevens_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Stevens (New Zealand politician)">John Stevens</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">148 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Bruce_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Robert Bruce (New Zealand politician)">Robert Bruce</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Manukau_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Manukau (New Zealand electorate)">Manukau</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Maurice_O%27Rorke" title="Maurice O'Rorke">Maurice O'Rorke</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,031 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#DCDCDC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">John Edward Taylor<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Marsden_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Marsden (New Zealand electorate)">Marsden</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFFFAA"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Thompson_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Robert Thompson (New Zealand politician)">Robert Thompson</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,314 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/George_Alderton" title="George Alderton">George Alderton</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Masterton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Masterton (New Zealand electorate)">Masterton</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hogg" title="Alexander Hogg">Alexander Hogg</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,191 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Charles Cockburn-Hood<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Mataura_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Mataura (New Zealand electorate)">Mataura</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Robert_McNab" title="Robert McNab">Robert McNab</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">159 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Irven Willis Raymond<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Motueka_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Motueka (New Zealand electorate)">Motueka</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Roderick_McKenzie" title="Roderick McKenzie">Roderick McKenzie</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,066 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Moffatt" title="Walter Moffatt">Walter Moffatt</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Napier_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Napier (New Zealand electorate)">Napier</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Maclean" title="Douglas Maclean">Douglas Maclean</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Fraser" title="Alfred Fraser">Alfred Fraser</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">38 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Douglas Maclean </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/City_of_Nelson_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="City of Nelson (New Zealand electorate)">City of Nelson</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/John_Graham_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Graham (New Zealand politician)">John Graham</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">581 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Hursthouse" title="Richmond Hursthouse">Richmond Hursthouse</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oamaru_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Oamaru (New Zealand electorate)">Oamaru</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Young_Duncan" title="Thomas Young Duncan">Thomas Young Duncan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,254 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/John_Andrew_MacPherson" title="John Andrew MacPherson">John Andrew MacPherson</a><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ohinemuri_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Ohinemuri (New Zealand electorate)">Ohinemuri</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Cadman" title="Alfred Cadman">Alfred Cadman</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFFFAA"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Jackson_Palmer" title="Jackson Palmer">Jackson Palmer</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">295 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFFFAA"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Edward_George_Britton_Moss" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward George Britton Moss">Edward Moss</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Otaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Otaki (New Zealand electorate)">Otaki</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Augustus_Field" title="Henry Augustus Field">Henry Field</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">305 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Morison" title="Charles Morison">Charles Morison</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Pahiatua_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Pahiatua (New Zealand electorate)">Pahiatua</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/John_O%27Meara_(politician)" title="John O'Meara (politician)">John O'Meara</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">369 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Harold_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Harold Smith (New Zealand politician)">Harold Smith</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Palmerston_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Palmerston (New Zealand electorate)">Palmerston</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFFFAA"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Frederick_Pirani" title="Frederick Pirani">Frederick Pirani</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">515 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/William_Thomas_Wood" title="William Thomas Wood">William Wood</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Parnell_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Parnell (New Zealand electorate)">Parnell</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lawry" title="Frank Lawry">Frank Lawry</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">840 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Hugh Campbell </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Patea_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Patea (New Zealand electorate)">Patea</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/George_Hutchison_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="George Hutchison (New Zealand politician)">George Hutchison</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">129 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Remington" title="Arthur Remington">Arthur Remington</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rangitikei_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rangitikei (New Zealand electorate)">Rangitikei</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/Frank_Lethbridge" title="Frank Lethbridge">Frank Lethbridge</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">532 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">James Jervis Bagnall </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Riccarton_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Riccarton (New Zealand electorate)">Riccarton</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/William_Rolleston" title="William Rolleston">William Rolleston</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/George_Warren_Russell" class="mw-redirect" title="George Warren Russell">George Russell</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">William Rolleston </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Selwyn_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Selwyn (New Zealand electorate)">Selwyn</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Cathcart_Wason" title="Cathcart Wason">Cathcart Wason</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Albert_Creery_Hardy" title="Charles Albert Creery Hardy">Charles Hardy</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">140 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">John Rennie </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Taieri_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Taieri (New Zealand electorate)">Taieri</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Carncross" title="Walter Carncross">Walter Carncross</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">460 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Campbell_Begg&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexander Campbell Begg (page does not exist)">Alexander Campbell Begg</a><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEScholefield1940a55_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEScholefield1940a55-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Taranaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Taranaki (New Zealand electorate)">Taranaki</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Brown_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Henry Brown (New Zealand politician)">Henry Brown</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Edward_Smith_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Edward Smith (New Zealand politician)">Edward Smith</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">127 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Henry Brown </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thames_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Thames (New Zealand electorate)">Thames</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/James_McGowan_(politician)" title="James McGowan (politician)">James McGowan</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,184 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Greenslade" title="Henry Greenslade">Henry Greenslade</a><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Timaru_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Timaru (New Zealand electorate)">Timaru</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/William_Hall-Jones" title="William Hall-Jones">William Hall-Jones</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">2,275 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFFFAA"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">James Stephen Keith<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tuapeka_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Tuapeka (New Zealand electorate)">Tuapeka</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Rawlins" title="Charles Rawlins">Charles Rawlins</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/James_Bennet_(politician)" title="James Bennet (politician)">James Bennet</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">386 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Charles Rawlins </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waiapu_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waiapu (New Zealand electorate)">Waiapu</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/James_Carroll_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="James Carroll (New Zealand politician)">James Carroll</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,329 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Fitzroy" title="Cecil Fitzroy">Cecil Fitzroy</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waihemo_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waihemo (New Zealand electorate)">Waihemo</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; text-align:center; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/John_McKenzie_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John McKenzie (New Zealand politician)">John McKenzie</a> </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Uncontested </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waikato_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waikato (New Zealand electorate)">Waikato</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/Frederic_Lang" title="Frederic Lang">Frederic Lang</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">322 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">John Hosking<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waikouaiti_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waikouaiti (New Zealand electorate)">Waikouaiti</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Allen_(politician)" title="Edmund Allen (politician)">Edmund Allen</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">332 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">John White<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waipawa_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waipawa (New Zealand electorate)">Waipawa</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/George_Hunter_(politician,_born_1859)" title="George Hunter (politician, born 1859)">George Hunter</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Hall_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="Charles Hall (New Zealand politician)">Charles Hall</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">557 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">George Hunter </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wairarapa_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wairarapa (New Zealand electorate)">Wairarapa</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Clarke_Buchanan" title="Walter Clarke Buchanan">Walter Clarke Buchanan</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/J._T._Marryat_Hornsby" title="J. T. Marryat Hornsby">J. T. Marryat Hornsby</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">156 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Walter Clarke Buchanan </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wairau_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wairau (New Zealand electorate)">Wairau</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Charles_H._Mills" title="Charles H. Mills">Charles Mills</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,373 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Sir_Walter_Clifford,_4th_Baronet" class="mw-redirect" title="Sir Walter Clifford, 4th Baronet">Walter Clifford</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waitaki_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitaki (New Zealand electorate)">Waitaki</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/William_Steward_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="William Steward (New Zealand politician)">William Steward</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,427 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">John Campbell<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Waitemata_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Waitemata (New Zealand electorate)">Waitemata</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Monk" title="Richard Monk">Richard Monk</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">450 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Charles Newman </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wakatipu_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wakatipu (New Zealand electorate)">Wakatipu</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/William_Fraser_(New_Zealand_politician,_born_1840)" title="William Fraser (New Zealand politician, born 1840)">William Fraser</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">169 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">James Kelly<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wallace_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wallace (New Zealand electorate)">Wallace</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gilfedder" title="Michael Gilfedder">Michael Gilfedder</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">219 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Allen Carmichael<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wanganui_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Wanganui (New Zealand electorate)">Wanganui</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Carson_(politician)" title="Gilbert Carson (politician)">Gilbert Carson</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Archibald_Willis" title="Archibald Willis">Archibald Willis</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">709 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Gilbert Carson </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Wellington_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Wellington (New Zealand electorate)">Wellington, City of</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFA500;"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFEE99;"><b><a href="/wiki/John_Hutcheson" title="John Hutcheson">John Hutcheson</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,116 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background-color:#FFDF00;"> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Kennedy_Macdonald" title="Kennedy Macdonald">Kennedy Macdonald</a><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#DCDCDC;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Stout" title="Robert Stout">Robert Stout</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#9999CC;"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;background-color:#CCCCFF;"><b><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Atkinson_(politician,_born_1863)" title="Arthur Atkinson (politician, born 1863)">Arthur Atkinson</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">383 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFDF00;"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;background-color:#FFEE99;"><b><a href="/wiki/George_Fisher_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="George Fisher (New Zealand politician)">George Fisher</a></b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">122 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Suburbs_of_Wellington_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Suburbs of Wellington (New Zealand electorate)">Suburbs of Wellington</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Wilson_(librarian)" title="Charles Wilson (librarian)">Charles Wilson</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Wilford" title="Thomas Wilford">Thomas Wilford</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">536 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Alfred_Newman_(politician)" title="Alfred Newman (politician)">Alfred Newman</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Westland_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Westland (New Zealand electorate)">Westland</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; text-align:center; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Seddon" title="Richard Seddon">Richard Seddon</a> </td> <td colspan="3" data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">Uncontested </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="background-color:#FFDEAD"><b><a href="/wiki/M%C4%81ori_electorates" title="Māori electorates">Māori electorates</a></b><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>nb 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Maori_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Eastern Maori (New Zealand electorate)">Eastern Maori</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Wi_Pere" title="Wi Pere">Wi Pere</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">907 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:<strong class="> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Mohi_Te_%C4%80tah%C4%ABkoia" title="Mohi Te Ātahīkoia">Mohi Te Ātahīkoia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Northern_Maori_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Maori (New Zealand electorate)">Northern Maori</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Hone_Heke_Ngapua" class="mw-redirect" title="Hone Heke Ngapua">Hone Heke</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,086 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:<strong class="> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Eparaima_Te_Mutu_Kapa" title="Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa">Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Southern_Maori_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Maori (New Zealand electorate)">Southern Maori</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#FFDF00"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#FFEE99"><a href="/wiki/Tame_Parata" title="Tame Parata">Tame Parata</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">168 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:<strong class="> </td> <td style="text-align:center">Taituha Hape </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Maori_(New_Zealand_electorate)" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Maori (New Zealand electorate)">Western Maori</a> </td> <td style="width:5px; background:#9999CC"> </td> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center; font-weight:bold; background:#CCCCFF"><a href="/wiki/Henare_Kaihau" title="Henare Kaihau">Henare Kaihau</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right">1,812 </td> <td style="width:5px; background:<strong class="> </td> <td style="text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Tureiti_Te_Heuheu_Tukino_V" class="mw-redirect" title="Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V">Tureiti Te Heuheu Tukino V</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Table 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note that in many newspapers, Keith is labelled as belonging to the opposition</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/James_Whyte_Kelly" title="James Whyte Kelly">James Whyte Kelly</a>, who was defeated that election in the <a href="/wiki/Invercargill_(New_Zealand_electorate)" title="Invercargill (New Zealand electorate)">Invercargill</a> electorate</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Note that the affiliation of many Māori candidates is not known.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1899_New_Zealand_general_election&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198963-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198963_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMcRobie1989">McRobie 1989</a>, p. 63.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEWilson1985173-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWilson1985173_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFWilson1985">Wilson 1985</a>, p. 173.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMcRobie198955-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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