Electoral history of Thomas Wilford

This is a summary of the electoral history of Sir Thomas Wilford, Mayor of Wellington (1910–11), Leader of the Liberal Party (1920–25) and Member of Parliament for Wellington Suburbs (1896–97, 1899-1902), then Hutt (1902–29).

Parliamentary elections[edit]

1893 election[edit]

1893 general election: Suburbs of Wellington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Alfred Newman	1,839	51.74
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	1,715	48.25
Majority			124	3.48
Turnout			3,554	78.21
Registered electors			4,544

1896 election[edit]

1896 general election: Suburbs of Wellington^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	2,194	53.05	+4.80
	Conservative	Thomas William Hislop	1,942	46.95
Majority			252	6.09
Turnout			4,136

1899 election[edit]

1899 general election: Suburbs of Wellington^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	2,298	50.39
	Conservative	Alfred Newman	1,762	38.64
	Independent Liberal	Richard Clement Kirk	491	10.77
	Independent	Richard Giles Knight	9	0.20
Majority			536	11.75
Turnout			4,560	74.44
Registered electors			6,126

1902 election[edit]

1902 general election: Hutt^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	2,115	54.52
	Independent Liberal	Frederick Pirani	1,674	43.15
	Independent	Joseph Collier	90	2.32
Majority			441	11.36
Turnout			3,879	76.59
Registered electors			5,064

1905 election[edit]

1905 general election: Hutt^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	3,452	57.49	+2.97
	New Liberal	George Yerex^[7]	1,540	25.64
	Independent	George London	957	15.93
Informal votes			55	0.91
Majority			1,912	31.84	+20.48
Turnout			6,004	82.42	+5.83
Registered electors			7,284

1908 election[edit]

1908 general election: Hutt, First ballot^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	3,764	61.60	+7.08
	Conservative	Richard Shortt	2,226	36.43
Informal votes			120	1.96	+1.05
Majority			1,538	25.17	+6.67
Turnout			6,110	78.45	-3.97
Registered electors			7,788

1911 election[edit]

1911 general election: Hutt, First ballot^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	3,471	50.33	-11.27
	Labour	Michael Reardon	1,540	22.33
	Independent	John McEwan	911	13.21
	Reform	Richard Shortt	881	12.77	-23.66
Informal votes			93	1.34	-0.52
Majority			1,931	28.00	+2.83
Turnout			6,896	83.60	+5.15
Registered electors			8,248

1914 election[edit]

1914 general election: Hutt^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	3,977	56.72	-6.39
	United Labour	Albert Samuel	3,034	43.27
Informal votes			143	2.03	+0.69
Majority			943	13.45	-14.55
Turnout			7,011	83.03	+0.57
Registered electors			8,443

1919 election[edit]

1919 general election: Hutt^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	3,422	41.59	-15.13
	Labour	David Pritchard	2,417	29.38
	Reform	Percy Rishworth	2,319	28.19
Informal votes			68	0.82	-1.21
Majority			1,005	12.21	-1.24
Turnout			8,226	82.44	-0.59
Registered electors			9,983

1922 election[edit]

1922 general election: Hutt^[12]^[13]^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	3,707	41.15	-0.44
	Labour	David Pritchard	2,905	32.25	+2.87
	Reform	Henry Bennett	2,317	25.72
Informal votes			78	0.86	+0.04
Majority			802	8.90	-3.31
Turnout			9,007	91.21	+8.77
Registered electors			9,874

1925 election[edit]

1925 general election: Hutt^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Wilford	6,080	58.13	+16.98
	Labour	Walter Nash	4,286	40.98
Informal votes			92	0.87	+0.01
Majority			1,794	17.15	+8.25
Turnout			10,458	91.04	-0.17
Registered electors			11,487

1928 election[edit]

1928 general election: Hutt^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United	Thomas Wilford	7,283	54.92	-3.21
	Labour	Walter Nash	5,978	45.08	+4.10
Informal votes			288	2.13	+1.26
Majority			1,305	9.84	-7.31
Turnout			13,549	90.95	-0.9
Registered electors			14,898

Local elections[edit]

Wellington City mayoral election, 1901[edit]

Wellington mayoral election, 1901^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	John Aitken	5,801	67.98
	Independent	Thomas Wilford	2,732	32.02
Majority			3,069	35.96
Turnout			8,533

Wellington City mayoral election, 1907[edit]

Wellington mayoral election, 1907^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas William Hislop	5,658	65.63	+34.14
	Independent	Thomas Wilford	2,962	34.36
Majority			2,696	31.27	+23.97
Turnout			8,620

Wellington City mayoral election, 1909[edit]

Wellington mayoral election, 1909^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Alfred Newman	4,523	33.72
	Independent	Thomas Wilford	4,240	31.61	-2.75
	Independent	Francis Fisher	3,208	23.92
	Ind. Labour League	John Rigg	824	6.14
	Independent	Frederick Bolton	616	4.59
Majority			283	2.11
Turnout			13,411

Wellington City mayoral election, 1910[edit]

Wellington City mayoral election, 1910^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Thomas Wilford	6,248	54.26	+22.75
	Independent	Charles John Crawford	5,267	45.74
Majority			981	8.51
Turnout			11,515

Wellington City mayoral election, 1911[edit]

Wellington mayoral election, 1911
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Citizens League	Thomas Wilford	*unopposed*

References[edit]

^ "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 19 November 2013.
^ "The General Election". Auckland Star. Vol. XXVII, no. 305. 23 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
^ "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ "Page 6 Advertisements Column 3". The Evening Post. Vol. LVIII, no. 136. 6 December 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
^ The General Election, 1902. National Library. 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
^ The General Election, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2015.
^ "The New Liberal Party in Wellington". Otago Daily Times. 17 October 1905. p. 5. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
^ "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
^ "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
^ Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.
^ The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 83f.
^ Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.
^ The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
^ The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ "Wellington City Council". The Free Lance. Vol. I, no. 43. 27 April 1901. p. 11. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
^ "Mayoral Elections". Thames Star. Vol. XLIV, no. 10525. 25 April 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
^ "Mayoral Elections". Evening Post. Vol. LXXVII, no. 100. 29 April 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
^ "Mayoral Elections". Evening Post. Vol. LXXIX, no. 99. 28 April 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

Bibliography[edit]

Hislop, J. (1923). The General Election, 1922. Government Printer. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.

[1893_election-1] "The General Election, 1893". National Library. 1894. pp. 1–4. Retrieved 19 November 2013.

[AS_23_Dec_Wel-2] "The General Election". Auckland Star. Vol. XXVII, no. 305. 23 December 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 12 January 2014.

[3] "The General Election, 1899". Wellington: Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives. 19 June 1900. p. 2. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[4] "Page 6 Advertisements Column 3". The Evening Post. Vol. LVIII, no. 136. 6 December 1899. p. 6. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

[1902_election-5] The General Election, 1902. National Library. 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

[1905_election-6] The General Election, 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2015.

[7] "The New Liberal Party in Wellington". Otago Daily Times. 17 October 1905. p. 5. Retrieved 30 December 2016.

[1908_election-8] "The General Election, 1908". National Library. 1909. pp. 1–34. Retrieved 14 April 2012.

[1911_election-9] "The General Election, 1911". National Library. 1912. pp. 1–14. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[General_Election,_1914-10] Hislop, J. (1915). The General Election, 1914. National Library. pp. 1–33. Retrieved 1 August 2013.

[Year-Book_1920-11] Hislop, J. (1921). The General Election, 1919. National Library. pp. 1–6. Retrieved 6 December 2014.

[Year-Book_1924-12] The New Zealand Official Year-Book. Government Printer. 1924. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2013.

[FOOTNOTEMcRobie198983f-13] McRobie 1989, pp. 83f.

[FOOTNOTEHislop19231–6-14] Hislop 1923, pp. 1–6.

[15] The General Election, 1925. Government Printer. 1926. p. 2. Retrieved 20 November 2014.

[1928_election-16] The General Election, 1928. Government Printer. 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

[17] "Wellington City Council". The Free Lance. Vol. I, no. 43. 27 April 1901. p. 11. Retrieved 11 March 2016.

[18] "Mayoral Elections". Thames Star. Vol. XLIV, no. 10525. 25 April 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

[19] "Mayoral Elections". Evening Post. Vol. LXXVII, no. 100. 29 April 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 30 March 2016.

[20] "Mayoral Elections". Evening Post. Vol. LXXIX, no. 99. 28 April 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

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