City of Wellington by-election, 1905

City of Wellington by-election, 1905

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Turnout	11,154
Candidate Francis Fisher Charles Izard John Hutcheson Party Independent Liberal Liberal Liberal-Labour Popular vote 4,692 3,441 3,021
Member before election George Fisher Liberal Elected Member Francis Fisher Independent Liberal

George Fisher
Liberal

Francis Fisher
Independent Liberal

The City of Wellington by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of City of Wellington, a multi-member urban seat at the bottom of the North Island.

The by-election was held on 6 April 1905, and was precipitated by the death of sitting Liberal MP George Fisher.

The by-election was won by Fisher's son Francis Fisher who stood as an Independent Liberal. Fisher beat Charles Izard and John Hutcheson. Izard would be successful in the Wellington North electorate in the 1905 election later in the year, and Hutcheson had previously represented the electorate.

The following table gives the election results:

Fisher would represent the electorate until his defeat at the 1914 election.

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