title: Electoral history of Richard Seddon
text: # Electoral history of Richard Seddon
  
  * This article is part of a series aboutRichard Seddon
  
  Early life
  
  MP for Westland
  
  Electoral history
  
  Prime Minister of New Zealand
  
  The Stout-Seddon Struggle
  
  Women's Suffrage Petition
  
  Land for Settlements Act
  
  Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act
  
  Old-age Pensions Act
  
  Accident Insurance Act
  
  Second Boer War
  
  General elections
  
  1893
  
  1896
  
  1899
  
  1902
  
  1905 :
  
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  This is a summary of the electoral history of Richard Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1893–1906).
  
  ## Parliamentary elections
  
  ### 1876 election
  
  1876 general election: Hokitika :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Edmund Barff | 648 | 30.71 |
  | | Independent | Charles Button | 586 | 27.77 |
  | | Independent | Robert Reid | 527 | 24.98 |
  | | Independent | Richard Seddon | 343 | 16.26 |
  | | Independent | Conrad Hoos | 6 | 0.28 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 59 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,547 | |
  
  ### 1879 election
  
  1879 general election: Hokitika :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Robert Reid | 917 | 33.09 | +8.11 |
  | | Independent | Richard Seddon | 800 | 28.87 | +12.61 |
  | | Independent | Peter Dungan | 561 | 20.25 | |
  | | Independent | Edmund Barff | 403 | 14.54 | -16.17 |
  | | Independent | Hamilton Cuming | 90 | 3.25 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 239 | 8.63 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,771 | | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,823 | | |
  
  ### 1881 election
  
  1881 general election, Kumara :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Richard Seddon | 700 | 52.88 |
  | | Independent | Edwin Blake | 624 | 47.12 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 76 | 5.74 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,324 | 58.40 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,267 | |
  
  ### 1884 election
  
  1884 general election, Kumara :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Richard Seddon | 667 | 57.31 | +4.33 |
  | | Independent | Edwin Blake | 497 | 42.69 | -4.43 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 170 | 14.60 | +8.86 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,164 | 62.61 | +4.21 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,859 | | |
  
  ### 1887 election
  
  1887 general election, Kumara :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Richard Seddon | Unopposed | | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,816 | | |
  
  ### 1890 election
  
  1890 general election: Westland :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Richard Seddon | 1,098 | 59.10 |
  | | Conservative | Joseph Grimmond | 760 | 40.90 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 338 | 18.19 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,858 | 73.06 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,543 | |
  
  ### 1893 election
  
  1893 general election: Westland :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Richard Seddon | Unopposed | | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,186 | | |
  
  ### 1896 election
  
  1896 general election: Westland :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Richard Seddon | 2,707 | 76.66 |
  | | Conservative | Joseph Grimmond | 824 | 23.34 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,883 | 53.33 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,531 | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,508 | |
  
  ### 1899 election
  
  1899 general election: Westland :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Richard Seddon | Unopposed | | |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,427 | | |
  
  ### 1902 election
  
  1902 general election: Westland :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Richard Seddon | 2,983 | 92.63 |
  | | Independent | Frank Isitt | 237 | 7.36 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,746 | 85.27 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,220 | 69.87 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,608 | |
  
  ### 1905 election
  
  1905 general election: Westland :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Liberal | Richard Seddon | 3,420 | 92.05 | -0.58 |
  | | Independent | Harry Cowin | 240 | 6.46 | |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 55 | 1.48 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,180 | 85.59 | +0.32 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,715 | 81.07 | +11.20 |
  | Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,582 | | |
  