Wellington Central by-election, 1918

3 October 1918 (1918-10-03)

The Wellington Central seat in the House of Representatives. Election by simple majority using first-past-the-post voting.

Turnout	84.4%

Candidate	Peter Fraser	Joe Mack	William Hildreth
Party	Labour	Independent Labour	Liberal
Popular vote	2,668	1,044	784
Percentage	56.5%	22.1%	16.6%

Member before election

Robert Fletcher
Liberal

Elected Member

Peter Fraser
Labour

The Wellington Central by-election of 1918 was a by-election held in the Wellington Central electorate during the 19th New Zealand Parliament, on 3 October 1918. It was caused by the death of incumbent MP Robert Fletcher of the Liberal Party and was won by Peter Fraser with a majority of 1,624.

Previous election

1914 general election: Wellington Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Robert Fletcher	5,208	64.40
	Reform	Francis Fisher	2,879	35.60
Majority			2,329	28.80
Informal votes			84	1.03
Turnout			8,171	84.47
Registered electors			9,673
	Liberal gain from Reform		Swing

Results

The following table gives the election results:

Wellington Central by-election, 1918^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Peter Fraser	2,668	56.54
	Independent Labour	Joe Mack	1,044	22.12
	Liberal	William Hildreth	784	16.61
	Independent	Harry Atmore	185	3.92
	Independent	Lindsay John Frederick Garmston	29	0.61
	Independent	William Cyril Tanner	9	0.19
Majority			1,624	34.41
Turnout			4,719	51.43	-33.04
Registered electors			9,176
	Labour gain from Liberal		Swing

References

↑ The General Election, 1914. Government Printer. 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
↑ "A victory for Labour". The Evening Post. XCVI (83). 4 October 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 15 March 2014.

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24th Parliament	Southern Maori, 1932 Motueka, 1932 Lyttelton, 1933 Buller, 1933 Lyttelton, 1935

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