1920_Stratford_by-election

1920 Stratford by-election

1920 Stratford by-election

New Zealand by-election

The 1920 Stratford by-election was a by-election during the 20th New Zealand Parliament for the rural Taranaki seat of Stratford. The by-election was called following the previous election being declared void, invalidating the preceding 1919 general election results. It was held on 6 May 1920.

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Candidates

Only two candidates contested the seat. Robert Masters (Liberal Party), who had previously taken the seat off the incumbent John Bird Hine (Reform Party).[1][2]

Result

The following table gives the election results:

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Notes

  1. [1]
    "Stratford by-election". Dominion. Vol. 13, no. 181. 27 April 1920. p. 7. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Stratford By-Election". Stratford Evening Post. Vol. XXXX, no. 24. 17 April 1920. p. 5. Archived from the original on 6 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021 – via paperspast.natlib.govt.nz.
  3. [3]
    "Final Figures". Wanganui Herald. Vol. LIII, no. 160648. 11 May 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 17 September 2016.

References

  • Scholefield, Guy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1949 (3rd ed.). Wellington: Govt. Printer.


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