Portrait of Bell in 1935.

This is a summary of the electoral history of Francis Bell, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1925), Mayor of Wellington (1891–93; 1896–97), Member of Parliament for Wellington (1893–96).

Parliamentary elections

1890 election

1890 New Zealand general election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Fisher 2,828 53.64
Conservative John Duthie 2,779 52.71
Liberal Kennedy Macdonald 2,482 47.08
Conservative Francis Bell 2,299 43.61
Liberal Edwin George Jellicoe 1,921 35.98
Liberal Francis Fraser 1,755 33.29
Liberal William McLean 1,060 20.11
Liberal Robert Winter[2] 716 13.58
Majority 183 3.47
Total votes 15,816
Turnout 5,272 60.00
Registered electors 8,786

1892 by-election

1892 City of Wellington by-election[3][4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William McLean 3,388 51.08 +30.97
Conservative Francis Bell 3,245 48.92 +5.31
Majority 143 2.16 -1.32
Turnout 6,633 75.50 +15.49
Registered electors 8,786

1893 election

1893 New Zealand general election[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Stout 6,218 46.73
Conservative Francis Bell 5,773 43.39
Conservative John Duthie 4,840 36.37
Liberal Kennedy Macdonald 3,863 29.03
Liberal Francis Fraser 3,729 28.02
Independent Harry Vogel 3,606 27.10
Liberal William McLean 3,438 25.84
Liberal George Fisher 2,385 17.92
Independent Thomas Dwan 1,157 8.70
Independent William Travers 1,093 8.21
Majority 9771
Informal votes 147
Total votes 36,249
Turnout 13,306 80.66
Registered electors 16,497

Local elections

1891 election

1891 Wellington mayoral election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Francis Bell 1,060 62.31
Independent C F Worth 641 37.68
Majority 419 24.63
Turnout 1,701

1892 election

1892 Wellington mayoral election[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Francis Bell 1,405 70.88 +8.57
Independent George Fisher 572 28.85
Informal votes 5 0.25
Majority 883 44.55 19.92
Turnout 1,982

1896 election

1896 Wellington mayoral election[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Francis Bell 1,239 59.25
Independent George Fisher 852 40.74
Majority 387 18.50
Turnout 2,091

References

  1. ^ "New Zealand General Election, 1890". 1891. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  2. ^ "Mr Robert Winter at Wellington". The Star. No. 7000. 1 November 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
  3. ^ "New Zealand". The Marlborough Express. Vol. XXVIII, no. 17. 21 January 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  4. ^ "Wellington City Election". Wanganui Herald. Vol. XXVI, no. 7620. 16 January 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1894 Session I, H-19". New Zealand General Election, 1893. 1894. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  6. ^ "Mayoral Elections". Evening Post. Vol. XLII, no. 128. 26 November 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  7. ^ "Mayoralty Elections". Evening Post. Vol. XLIV, no. 131. 2 December 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  8. ^ "The Mayoralty Elections". Evening Post. Vol. LII, no. 159. 26 November 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
Category