1916 Pahiatua by-election

1916 Pahiatua by-election
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Turnout3,197
 
Candidate Harold Smith Robert Ross
Party Reform Liberal
Popular vote 1,521 1,438
Percentage 47.57 44.97
member before election

James Escott
Reform

Elected member

Harold Smith
Reform

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The Pahiatua by-election of 1916 was a by-election held in the Pahiatua electorate during the 19th New Zealand Parliament, on 17 August 1916. It was caused by the death of incumbent MP James Escott of the Reform Party on 28 July,[1] and was won by Harold Smith with a majority of 420.[2]

  1. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 195.
  2. ^ Wilson 1985, p. 235.