1875 Caversham by-election

New Zealand by-election

20 August 1875

Turnout

443


Candidate	Robert Stout	William Larnach
Party	Independent	Independent
Popular vote	232	211

Member before election

William Tolmie
Independent

Elected Member

Robert Stout
Independent

The 1875 Caversham by-election was a by-election held on 20 August 1875 during the 5th New Zealand Parliament in the Caversham electorate in the south-east of the South Island.

The by-election was held because of the death of sitting member of parliament William Tolmie.^[1]

The election saw Robert Stout narrowly win the seat by just twenty-one votes over his sole opponent, William Larnach. Both were new to the political arena with neither having stood for Parliament before.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

1875 Caversham by-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Robert Stout	232	52.37
	Independent	William Larnach	211	47.63
Majority			11	4.74
Turnout			443

The results by polling booth were as follows:^[2]

Polling booth	Stout	Larnach
Anderson's Bay	35	58
Caversham	116	104
Green Island	47	24
North Harbour	11	1
Portobello	23	34
Total:	232	211

Notes

^ Wilson 1985, pp. 241.
^ ^a ^b "Caversham Election". The Evening Post. Vol. XII, no. 45. 21 August 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 23 January 2019.

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.