sentences:  On 2 June 1894, Wilson married Lucilla Naomi Carter of Motukaraka, Hokianga Harbour.Wilson was one of nine candidates in the three-member electorate in the , where he came fifth.Thomas Wilford of the Liberal Party won the Wellington Suburbs seat in the 1896 election, but he was declared guilty of corrupt practices after an electoral petition (probably because he exceeded the £200 spending limit which had been introduced at that election) and the election was declared void.