1892 Bruce by-election
4 May 1892
Turnout1,623 (75.06%)
 
Candidate James Allen Alfred Lee Smith
Party Conservative Liberal
Popular vote 1,085 538
Percentage 66.85 33.14
MP before election

James William Thomson
Conservative

 Elected MP

James Allen
Conservative

The Bruce by-election, 1892 was a by-election held on 4 May 1892 during the 11th New Zealand Parliament in the rural lower South Island electorate of Bruce.

Background

The by-election was triggered after the resignation of sitting Member James William Thomson.[1] The election was a two-way contest and was won by James Allen, previously the Member for Dunedin East.[2]

Results

The following table gives the election results:

1892 Bruce by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative James Allen 1,085 66.85
Liberal Alfred Lee Smith 538 33.14
Majority 547 33.70
Turnout 1,623 75.06
Registered electors 2,162

Allen held the electorate until his own resignation in 1920 to become New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, which triggered another by-election.[2]

Notes

  1. ↑ Wilson 1985, p. 240.
  2. 1 2 McGibbon, Ian. "Allen, James". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 7 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "The Bruce Election". Manawatu Herald. 7 May 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 7 April 2016.

References

  • Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.


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