Electoral history of Robert Stout

This is a summary of the electoral history of Sir Robert Stout, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1884–1887).

Robert Stout in 1885.

Parliamentary elections

1875 by-election
1875 Caversham by-election[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Stout 232 52.37
Independent William Larnach 211 47.63
Majority 11 4.74
Turnout 443

1875 election
1875 general election: Dunedin[2][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Macandrew 891 71.22
Independent Robert Stout 865 69.14
Independent William Larnach 843 67.38
Independent William Reynolds 476 38.04
Independent James Macassey 409 32.69
Independent Henry Fish 238 19.02
Independent James Grant 29 2.31
Turnout 1,251

1884 election
1884 general election: Dunedin East[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Robert Stout 755 59.45
Independent Matthew Green 515 40.55
Majority 240 18.89
Turnout 1,270 70.63
Registered electors 1,798

1887 election
1887 general election: Dunedin East[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent James Allen 889 50.82
Independent Sir Robert Stout 860 49.18 -10.27
Majority 29 1.65
Turnout 1,749 78.32 +7.69
Registered electors 2,233

1893 by-election
1893 Inangahua by-election[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Stout 1,899 70.67
Liberal Patrick O'Regan 788 29.33
Majority 611 41.36
Turnout 2,687

1893 election
1893 New Zealand general election: Wellington[7]
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 977
Informal votes 147
Total votes 36,249
Turnout 13,306 80.66
Registered electors 16,497

1896 election
1896 New Zealand general election: Wellington[8][9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal–Labour John Hutcheson 6,410 48.68
Independent Robert Stout 6,305 47.88
Liberal George Fisher 5,858 44.49
Conservative Arthur Atkinson 5,830 44.27
Liberal Charles Wilson 5,569 42.29
Conservative Andrew Agnew Stuart Menteath 5,559 42.22
Liberal Francis Fraser 1,811 13.75
Independent Justinian John Kivern Powell 185 1.40
Liberal Arthur Warburton 91 0.69
Majority 28 0.21
Total votes 37,618
Turnout 13,168[11] 68.21
Registered electors 19,304[12]

References
  1. "Caversham Election". The Evening Post. Vol. XII, no. 45. 21 August 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
  2. "Dunedin Election". North Otago Times. 21 December 1875. p. 2. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  3. "The Late Mr James Macassey". Otago Daily Times. No. 5695. 21 May 1880. p. 7. Retrieved 19 March 2012.
  4. Cooper, G. S. (1884). The General Election, 1884. National Library. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  5. "The General Election, 1887". National Library. 1887. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
  6. "The Inangahua Election". The Star. No. 4666. 9 June 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
  7. "Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1894 Session I, H-19". 1893 New Zealand general election. 1894. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
  8. "A Mistake in the Wellington Vote". The Evening Post. 10 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  9. "Page 1 Advertisements Column 3". The Evening Post. 28 November 1896. p. 1. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  10. "List of Candidates". Hawera & Normanby Star. Vol. XXXIII, no. 3411. 2 December 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  11. "The Wellington Election". Clutha Leader. 28 July 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  12. McRobie 1989, p. 63.

Bibliography
  • McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
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