In September 1891 the Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1891 Canterbury election. There were 4 seats available. Joseph Carruthers (Free Trade) had been comfortably re-elected at the head of the poll with 7,231 votes, 19.8%. The following 4 candidates were separated by 105 votes, with John Wheeler (Free Trade) defeating James Eve (Ind. Free Trade) for the final seat with a margin of 5 votes. The next best candidate, John Grant (Labor) was a further 487 behind, with 3,857 votes, 10.6%.[1]
The committee declared that John Wheeler (Free Trade) had not been elected the member for Canterbury, however no by-election was conducted. Instead the committee declared that James Eve (Ind. Free Trade) based on its own count of the result.[1][2]
Dates
| Date |
Event |
| 17 June 1891 |
1891 Canterbury election |
| 24 June 1891 |
Petition lodged by James Eve.[3] |
| 14 July 1891 |
John Wheeler sworn in as member for Canterbury |
| 16 July 1891 |
Elections and Qualifications Committee appointed.[2] |
| 29 July 1864 |
Petition referred to the Elections and Qualifications Committee.[2] |
| 2 September 1891 |
Elections and Qualifications Committee declared that James Eve had been elected.[2] |
Result
See also
Notes
- ↑ Calculated on the assumption that the total number of votes did not change.
- ↑ Change is compared to the previously declared count for the election.
References
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Results of New South Wales State elections
