1901 Caversham by-election

1901 Caversham by-election

19 December 1901 (1901-12-19)
Turnout	4,553
Candidate Thomas Sidey William Earnshaw Patrick Hally Party Liberal Liberal–Labour [[Labour|Labour]] Popular vote 1,620 1,515 1,120 Percentage 35.58 33.27 24.59
Member before election Arthur Morrison Liberal Elected Member Thomas Sidey Liberal

The 1901 Caversham by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of Caversham, an urban seat in Dunedin at the south-east of the South Island.

Background

The by-election was held on 19 December 1901, and was precipitated by the death of sitting MP, Arthur Morrison. The seat was won by fellow Liberal Thomas Sidey.

There was a large crowd at the declaration of the results, the crowd was rather rowdy and many rotten eggs were thrown at runner-up William Earnshaw.

Results

The following table gives the election results:

1901 Caversham by-election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Thomas Sidey	1,620	35.58
	Liberal–Labour	William Earnshaw	1,515	33.27
	Labour	Patrick Hally	1,120	24.59
	Independent	Harry Bedford	149	3.27
	Conservative	William Henry Warren	122	2.67	−35.32
	Independent	John James Meikle	27	0.59
Majority			105	2.30
Turnout			4,553		−59