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332:, also a King's Counsel, as his legal representative. The primary complaint was that Reed had, through an intermediary, tried to convince Wilkinson to retire by promising him a seat on the Legislative Council, and to reimburse him for his election campaign expenses. On 8 May 1915, the petition was upheld
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Liberal parties during World War I, the Liberal Party did not field a candidate, as the Reform Party held the seat prior to the by-election. With no other candidates having come forward, Reed was
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Company Limited (1902). "Mr. George Gardiner Menzies".
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Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Auckland Provincial District
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Reed was first elected to the Bay of
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Parsons of Waipuna on the
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Liberal Party and
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957:"100 years of by-elections in New Zealand: 1913–2013"
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1142:"Bay of Islands Seat"
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582:"Ward, Joseph George"
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869:"The Wilkinson Case"
645:"The Party's Choice"
348:Result and aftermath
248:no-confidence motion
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45:1914 general
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1563:1933 Buller
1482:1927 Raglan
1454:1923 Oamaru
1290:1912 Egmont
1271:(1939–1995)
1250:(1891–1911)
1160:Papers Past
1128:Papers Past
1095:Papers Past
1064:Wilson 1985
943:Papers Past
911:Papers Past
879:Papers Past
855:Papers Past
823:Papers Past
817:11 December
791:Papers Past
759:Papers Past
727:Papers Past
695:Papers Past
663:Papers Past
629:10 December
597:26 November
565:Wilson 1985
326:Bill Endean
287:Bill Veitch
244:Joseph Ward
212:Vernon Reed
196:by-election
159:Vernon Reed
133:Percentage
1601:Categories
1416:1912 Patea
1401:1920 Bruce
1171:References
366:Candidate
230:Background
94:Candidate
54:1915-06-08
1505:1929 Hutt
1477:1926 Eden
1363:1918 Grey
1348:1917 Grey
1295:1913 Grey
1209:154283103
434:Majority
204:Northland
1190:1 August
1049:30 April
1021:29 April
995:30 April
967:29 April
937:28 April
905:28 April
849:27 April
785:27 April
753:27 April
721:27 April
689:27 April
657:27 April
295:Wanganui
272:freehold
1268:»
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1247:«
488:Liberal
463:Turnout
443:+17.25
417:Liberal
264:cabinet
252:speaker
222:of the
202:in the
139:40.49%
136:59.51%
116:Liberal
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73:Turnout
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1274:»
1253:«
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508:7,227
481:Reform
473:−9.60
470:75.98
467:5,491
457:−0.88
440:19.02
437:1,043
427:40.49
424:2,221
404:59.51
399:3,264
386:Reform
369:Votes
363:Party
293:MP in
194:was a
178:Reform
163:Reform
128:2,221
125:3,264
111:Reform
107:Party
1154:1 May
1122:1 May
1089:1 May
552:Notes
493:Swing
486:from
454:0.11
1205:OCLC
1192:2013
1156:2015
1124:2015
1091:2015
1051:2015
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997:2015
969:2015
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819:2010
787:2015
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