Egmont by-election, 1912

The Egmont by-election of 1912 was a by-election during the 18th New Zealand Parliament. The seat became vacant due to the resignation of Thomas Mackenzie after the fall of his government. The by-election was held on 17 September and was won by Charles Wilkinson.^[1]

Egmont by-election, 1912
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Reform	Charles Wilkinson	2,721	55.9
	Liberal	David Lyon Abbott Astbury^[2]	2,139	43.9
Informal votes			11	0.20
Majority			582	12.0
Turnout			4,871
	Reform gain from Liberal		Swing

References

↑ Scholefield, Guy (1950) [1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer. p. 147.
↑ "Electoral District of Egmont". Hawera & Normanby Star. XVIII. 9 September 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 15 December 2014.

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18th Parliament	Egmont, 1912 Grey, 1913 Lyttelton, 1913

19th Parliament	Dunedin Central, 1915 Bay of Islands, 1915 Taumarunui, 1915 Pahiatua, 1916 Hawke's Bay, 1917 Bay of Islands, 1917 Grey, 1917 Wellington North, 1918 Southern Maori, 1918 Grey, 1918 Wellington Central, 1918 Taranaki, 1918 Palmerston, 1918 Wellington South, 1918

20th Parliament	Bruce, 1920 Stratford, 1920 Bay of Plenty, 1920 Patea, 1921 Auckland East, 1921 Southern Maori, 1922 Dunedin North, 1922

21st Parliament	Tauranga, 1923 Oamaru, 1923 Franklin, 1925

22nd Parliament	Eden, 1926 Raglan, 1927

23rd Parliament	Bay of Islands, 1929 Hutt, 1929 Parnell, 1930 Invercargill, 1930 Waipawa, 1930 Western Maori, 1930 Hauraki, 1931

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

25th Parliament	Manukau, 1936

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