Electoral history of Francis Bell

This is a summary of the electoral history of Francis Bell, Prime Minister of New Zealand (1925), Mayor of Wellington (1891–93; 1896–97), Member of Parliament for Wellington (1893–96).

Portrait of Bell in 1935.

Parliamentary elections

1890 election

1890 New Zealand general election[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	George Fisher	2,828	53.64
	Conservative	John Duthie	2,779	52.71
	Liberal	Kennedy Macdonald	2,482	47.08
	Conservative	Francis Bell	2,299	43.61
	Liberal	Edwin George Jellicoe	1,921	35.98
	Liberal	Francis Fraser	1,755	33.29
	Liberal	William McLean	1,060	20.11
	Liberal	Robert Winter[2]	716	13.58
Majority			183	3.47
Total votes			15,816
Turnout			5,272	60.00
Registered electors			8,786

1892 by-election

1892 City of Wellington by-election[3][4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William McLean	3,388	51.08	+30.97
	Conservative	Francis Bell	3,245	48.92	+5.31
Majority			143	2.16	-1.32
Turnout			6,633	75.50	+15.49
Registered electors			8,786

1893 election

1893 New Zealand general election[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Robert Stout	6,218	46.73
	Conservative	Francis Bell	5,773	43.39
	Conservative	John Duthie	4,840	36.37
	Liberal	Kennedy Macdonald	3,863	29.03
	Liberal	Francis Fraser	3,729	28.02
	Independent	Harry Vogel	3,606	27.10
	Liberal	William McLean	3,438	25.84
	Liberal	George Fisher	2,385	17.92
	Independent	Thomas Dwan	1,157	8.70
	Independent	William Travers	1,093	8.21
Majority			977^1
Informal votes			147
Total votes			36,249
Turnout			13,306	80.66
Registered electors			16,497

Local elections

1891 election

1891 Wellington mayoral election[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Francis Bell	1,060	62.31
	Independent	C F Worth	641	37.68
Majority			419	24.63
Turnout			1,701

1892 election

1892 Wellington mayoral election[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Francis Bell	1,405	70.88	+8.57
	Independent	George Fisher	572	28.85
Informal votes			5	0.25
Majority			883	44.55	19.92
Turnout			1,982

1896 election

1896 Wellington mayoral election[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Francis Bell	1,239	59.25
	Independent	George Fisher	852	40.74
Majority			387	18.50
Turnout			2,091

References

1. "New Zealand General Election, 1890". 1891. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
2. "Mr Robert Winter at Wellington". The Star (7000). 1 November 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
3. "New Zealand". The Marlborough Express. XXVIII (17). 21 January 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
4. "Wellington City Election". Wanganui Herald. XXVI (7620). 16 January 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
5. "Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1894 Session I, H-19". New Zealand General Election, 1893. 1894. Retrieved 15 May 2013.
6. "Mayoral Elections". Evening Post. XLII (128). 26 November 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
7. "Mayoralty Elections". Evening Post. XLIV (131). 2 December 1892. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
8. "The Mayoralty Elections". Evening Post. LII (159). 26 November 1896. p. 2. Retrieved 9 January 2017.