Background Information
Number of seats
2
Constituency business
County
Date Candidate Votes
24 Nov. 1885 RT HON. DAVID ROBERT PLUNKET, LL.D., Q.C. (Con)
RT HON. HUGH HOLMES, Q.C. (Con)
1 July 1886 RT HON. DAVID ROBERT PLUNKET, LL.D.,Q.C. (U)
1,865
RT HON. HUGH HOLMES, Q.C. (U)
1,855
Hugh Herbert Johnston (N)
56
Edward Patrick Sarsfield Counsell (N)
55
13 Aug. 1886 RT HON. DAVID ROBERT PLUNKET, LL.D., Q.C. (U) Plunket appointed First Commander of Works; Holmes appointed Attorney-General; both re-elected
RT HON. HUGH HOLMES, Q.C. (U)
12 July 1887 DODGSON HAMILTON MADDEN (U) Holmes appointed as judge.
1,376
Hon. Richard Clare Parsons (U)
712
3 Feb. 1888 DODGSON HAMILTON MADDEN (U) Madden appointed Solicitor-General; re-elected
4 July 1892 RT HON. DAVID ROBERT PLUNKET, LL.D., Q.C. (U)
2,188
EDWARD HENRY CARSON, Q.C. (U)
1,609
Col. James Corry Jones Lowry (U)
897
13 July 1895 RT HON. DAVID ROBERT PLUNKET, LL.D., Q.C. (U)
EDWARD HENRY CARSON, Q.C. (U)
6 Dec. 1895 MR WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY (LU) Plunket created Lord Rathmore
1,757
George Wright, Q.C. (U)
1,011
16 May 1900 RT HON. EDWARD HENRY CARSON, Q.C. (U) Carson appointed Solicitor-General for England
1 Oct. 1900 RT HON. EDWARD HENRY CARSON, Q.C. (U)
RT HON. WILLIAM EDWARD HARTPOLE LECKY (LU)
5 Mar. 1903 JAMES HENRY MUSSEN CAMPBELL, K.C. (U) Resignation of Lecky
1,492
Arthur Warren Samuels, K.C. (U)
1,421
12 Jan. 1906 RT HON. SIR EDWARD HENRY CARSON, K.C. (U)
RT HON. JAMES HENRY MUSSEN CAMPBELL, K.C. (U)
15 Jan. 1910 RT HON. SIR EDWARD HENRY CARSON, K.C. (U)
MR JAMES HENRY MUSSEN CAMPBELL (U)
3 Dec. 1910 RT HON. SIR EDWARD HENRY CARSON, K.C. (U)
RT HON. JAMES HENRY MUSSEN CAMPBELL, K.C. (U)
25 Apr. 1916 RT HON. JAMES HENRY MUSSEN CAMPBELL, K.C. (U) Campbell appointed Attorney-General; re-elected
5 Feb. 1917 ARTHUR WARREN SAMUELS, K.C. (U) Campbell appointed Lord Chief Justice
1,841
Sir Robert Henry Woods (U)
679
5 Oct. 1917 ARTHUR WARREN SAMUELS, K.C. (U) Samuels appointed Solicitor-General; re-elected
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