1902 New Zealand general election

1902 general election
← 1899 25 November (general) & 22 December (Māori) 1902 1905 →
All 80 seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives
41 seats were needed for a majority
Turnout76.7%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Richard Seddon William Massey
Party Liberal Conservative
Leader since 28 April 1893 3 July 1901[nb 1]
Leader's seat Westland Franklin
Last election 49 seats 19 seats
Seats won 47 19
Seat change Decrease 2 Steady
Popular vote 215,378 85,652
Percentage 51.8 20.6
Swing Decrease 1.9 Decrease 16.0
Results of the election.
Premier before election

Richard Seddon
Liberal

Subsequent Premier

Richard Seddon
Liberal

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The 1902 New Zealand general election was held on Tuesday, 25 November, in the general electorates, and on Monday, 22 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 15th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 415,789 (76.7%) voters turned out to vote.[2]

The Rev Frank Isitt was nominated as the Prohibitionist candidate for ten separate electorates, and came second in eight. Another candidate, David Whyte, was nominated for two. Both men stood to ensure that a local liquor licensing poll was held in each electorate for which they were nominated.

  1. ^ Gustafson, Barry. "Massey, William Ferguson". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  2. ^ "General elections 1853-2005 – dates & turnout". Elections New Zealand. Archived from the original on 14 November 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2011.


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