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By-election in New South Wales, Australia
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 (Labour) was a further 487 behind, with 3,857 votes, 10.6%.
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.
Dates
Date
Event
17 June 1891
1891 Canterbury election
24 June 1891
Petition lodged by James Eve.
14 July 1891
John Wheeler sworn in as member for Canterbury
16 July 1891
Elections and Qualifications Committee appointed.
29 July 1864
Petition referred to the Elections and Qualifications Committee.
2 September 1891
Elections and Qualifications Committee declared that James Eve had been elected.
Result
1891 Canterbury election re-count]] Wednesday 2 September
Results of New South Wales State elections