Electoral history of John Ballance

John Ballance, ca 1880's.

This is a summary of the electoral history of John Ballance, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1891-93) and Leader of the Opposition (1889-91).

Parliamentary elections

Rangitikei by-election, 1875^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Ballance	112	45.90
	Independent	William Hogg Watt	105	43.03
	Independent	George Hutchison	27	11.06
Majority			7	2.86
Turnout			244

General election, 1876: Rangitikei^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	John Ballance	201	61.28	+15.38
	Independent	James Bull	127	38.72
Majority			74	22.56	+19.70
Turnout			328	26.64
Registered electors			1,231

General election, 1879: Wanganui^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Bryce	560	69.65
	Independent	John Ballance	547	68.03
	Independent	Sir William Fox	501	62.31
Majority			46	5.72
Turnout			804	59.73
Registered electors			1,346

General election, 1881: Wanganui^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	William Hogg Watt	397	50.25
	Independent	John Ballance	393	49.75	-18.28
Majority			4	0.50
Turnout			790	64.17	+4.44
Registered electors			1,231

General election, 1884: Wanganui^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	John Ballance	541	60.11	+10.36
	Independent	George Hutchison	205	22.77
	Independent	William Hogg Watt	154	17.11	-33.14
Majority			336	37.33	2.69
Turnout			900	66.86
Registered electors			1,346

General election, 1887: Wanganui^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	John Ballance	865	66.80	+6.69
	Independent	Gilbert Carson	430	33.20
Majority			435	33.59	+3.74
Turnout			1,295	79.39	+12.53
Registered electors			1,631

General election, 1890: Wanganui^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Ballance	808	50.85	-15.95
	Conservative	Gilbert Carson	781	49.15	+15.95
Majority			27	1.69	-31.9
Turnout			1,589	75.20	-4.19
Registered electors			2,113

	Name	Votes	Percentage
	John Ballance	23	67.6%
	William Campbell Walker	11	32.4%

↑ McIvor 1989, p. 53.
↑ "The Rangitikei Election". VIII (2672). Wanganui Herald. 6 January 1876. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
↑ "Wanganui Election". XII (9507). Wanganui Herald. 6 September 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
↑
- Cooper, G. S. (1882). Votes Recorded for Each Candidate. Government Printer. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
↑ Cooper, G. S. (1884). The General Election, 1884. National Library. pp. 1–3. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
↑ "The General Election, 1887". National Library. 1887. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
↑ "The General Election, 1890". National Library. 1891. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

McIvor, Timothy (1989). The Rainmaker: A biography of John Ballance journalist and politician 1839–1893. Auckland: Heinemann Reed. ISBN 0-7900-0024-5.

John Ballance

27 March 1839 – 27 April 1893 Prime Minister of New Zealand (1891–93) • Leader of the Liberal Party (1889–93) • Leader of the Opposition (1889–1891)

Premiership	1891–1893

Elections	1890

Other elections	Rangitikei by-election, 1875 1889 leadership election

Constituencies	Rangitikei Wanganui

Related articles	New Zealand Liberal Party Women's suffrage in New Zealand Electoral history

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