Earth:1858 Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay by-election
The 1858 Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay by-election was a by-election held in the Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay electorate during the 2nd New Zealand Parliament, on 22 July 1858.
The by-election was caused by the resignation of incumbent MP J. Valentine Smith and was won unopposed by James Ferguson.[1] Owing to an arbitrary shortening of the time between the issue of the writ and the holding of nominations at Castlepoint (where a single nomination was received) the election was over before many electors knew it was due to take place. Charles Carter had published his intention to stand on 17 July – five days before the nomination.[2] The validity of the election was called into question[3] and a petition was sent to the Governor requesting a new writ,[4] although it seems it was disallowed. The Electoral Districts Act 1858 (coincidentally passed a few weeks after the election)[5] split the electorate in two with Ferguson declared as incumbent in County of Hawke and Carter winning Wairarapa in the 1859 supplementary election.
References
- ↑ "Nomination and Election". Hawke's Bay Herald 1 (45): p. 2. 31 July 1858. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=HBH18580731.2.7.
- ↑ "To the Electors of Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay". Wellington Independent X (1309): p. 4. 24 July 1858. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WI18580724.2.9.1.
- ↑ "Public Meeting at Masterton". Wellington Independent X (1310): p. 3. 4 August 1858. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WI18580804.2.13.
- ↑ "Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay election". Wellington Independent X (1310): p. 5. 4 August 1858. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=WI18580804.2.21.
- ↑ "Electoral Districts Act 1858". http://www.nzlii.org/nz/legis/hist_act/eda185821a22v1858n55351.
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