Inangahua by-election, 1893
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The Inangahua by-election of 1893 was a by-election
held on 8 June 1893 during the 11th New Zealand Parliament
in the West Coast seat of Inangahua
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The by-election was held because of the bankruptcy of the previous MP
Richard Reeves
who had won the seat by just one vote.
This election saw Robert Stout
, a twice former premier, who had been out of parliament since 1887 return under the newly organised New Zealand Liberal Party
. Patrick O'Regan would also stand for the New Zealand Liberal Party in later years and won the seat of Inangahua at the New Zealand general election, 1893
.
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
held on 8 June 1893 during the 11th New Zealand Parliament
11th New Zealand Parliament
The 11th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.Elections for this term were held in 4 Māori electorates and 62 European electorates on 27 November and 5 December 1890, respectively...
in the West Coast seat of Inangahua
Inangahua (New Zealand electorate)
Inangahua was a former parliamentary electorate in the Buller District, which is part of the West Coast region of New Zealand, from 1881 to 1896...
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The by-election was held because of the bankruptcy of the previous MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
Richard Reeves
Richard Reeves (New Zealand)
Richard Harman Jeffares Reeves MLC was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.He was born in County Wexford, Ireland. He was on the Canterbury Provincial Council in 1866. He represented the Grey Valley electorate in Parliament from a 1878 by-election to 1881...
who had won the seat by just one vote.
This election saw Robert Stout
Robert Stout
Sir Robert Stout, KCMG was the 13th Premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both these offices...
, a twice former premier, who had been out of parliament since 1887 return under the newly organised New Zealand Liberal Party
New Zealand Liberal Party
The New Zealand Liberal Party is generally regarded as having been the first real political party in New Zealand. It governed from 1891 until 1912. Out of office, the Liberals gradually found themselves pressed between the conservative Reform Party and the growing Labour Party...
. Patrick O'Regan would also stand for the New Zealand Liberal Party in later years and won the seat of Inangahua at the New Zealand general election, 1893
New Zealand general election, 1893
The New Zealand general election of 1893 was held on Tuesday, 28 November in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 20 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 74 MPs to the 12th session of the New Zealand Parliament...
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