1858 Hutt by-election

New Zealand by-election

The 1858 Hutt by-election was a New Zealand by-election held in the multi-member electorate of Hutt during the 2nd New Zealand Parliament on 31 July 1858, following the resignation of Dillon Bell and Samuel Revans on 22 March.^[1]^[2]^[3] The election was won by Alfred Renall and William Fitzherbert, who had resigned from the multi-member electorate City of Wellington in order to contest this by-election. That resignation forced a by-election to happen.^[4] Two other candidates unsuccessfully contested the electorate, George Hart and Peter Cheyne.^[4]

Results

1858 Hutt by-election^[4]^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Fitzherbert	229	30.29	-
	Independent	Alfred Renall	228	30.16	-
	Independent	George Hart	153	20.24	-
	Independent	Peter Cheyne	146	19.31	-
Majority			75^[a]	9.92	-
Total votes			756	-	-

Table footnotes:

^ Majority is the difference between lowest winning poll (Renall: 228) and highest losing poll (Hart: 153)

References

^ "List of New Zealand by-elections". Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 95.
^ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 134.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Country Districts Election". The Wellington Independent. Vol. X, no. 1310. 4 August 1858. p. 3. Retrieved 18 December 2016.
^ "Memorial of Merchants, Tradesmen, and Others". Lyttelton Times. Vol. VI, no. 427. 6 December 1856. p. 3. Retrieved 18 December 2016.