1872 Caversham by-election

New Zealand by-election

The 1872 Caversham by-election was a by-election held on 28 August 1872 in the Caversham electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand during the 5th New Zealand Parliament.

The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent Richard Cantrell, on 31 July 1872.^[1]

The by-election was won by William Tolmie. His opponent William Cutten had also stood in the 1870 Caversham by-election. James Crowe Richmond was nominated but withdrew before the election; he received one vote.^[2]

Results

1872 Caversham by-election^[3]^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	William Tolmie	217	58.65
	Independent	William Cutten	152	41.08
	Independent	James Crowe Richmond	1	0.27
Turnout			370
Majority			65	17.57

There were five polling booths. Tolmie won at four of them, and Cutten had a majority at the Andersons Bay booth.^[5]

	Tolmie	Cutten	Richmond
Caversham	85	66	1
Green Island	45	28	0
Andersons Bay	36	51	0
North Harbour	12	0	0
Portobello	39	7	0
	217	152	1

References

^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 188. OCLC 154283103.
^ "Caversham Election". Otago Witness. No. 1082. 24 August 1872. p. 16. Retrieved 22 January 2019 – via Papers Past.
^ "The Caversham Election". Otago Witness. No. 1083. 31 August 1872. p. 11.
^ "Dunedin". The Cromwell Argus. Vol. III, no. 146. 27 August 1872. p. 5.
^ ^a ^b "Caversham Election". Evening Star. No. 2975. 31 August 1872. p. 2. Retrieved 22 January 2019.