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The election was marred by a scandal over double voting. Over twenty cases of people casting votes more than once were discovered in a subsequent investigation. In his congratulatory speech to McLean, Prime
Minister
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more than three decades later. Macdonald was cleared of his bankruptcy charges but was not re-elected in 1893. He was later appointed to the
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also made reference to the scandal, alleging that the Tory Party had brought in outsiders to vote who had long ceased to be residents in the electorate.
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494:. Vol. XXIII, no. 18. 22 January 1892. p. 4
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267:1892 City of Wellington by-election
214:held on 15 January 1892 during the
22:1892 City of Wellington by-election
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1099:Politics of the Wellington Region
600:Ministry for Culture and Heritage
565:Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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682:
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88:
28:
393:McLean held the seat until the
624:Wilson, James Oakley (1985) .
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555:"Bell, Francis Henry Dillon"
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1084:By-elections in New Zealand
689:By-elections in New Zealand
590:"Macdonald, Thomas Kennedy"
216:11th New Zealand Parliament
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514:"Wellington City Election"
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218:in the urban seat of the
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1007:Christchurch North, 1911
936:City of Wellington, 1905
860:City of Wellington, 1899
845:City of Wellington, 1898
830:Wellington Suburbs, 1897
749:City of Wellington, 1892
695:era (1891–1911)
553:Gardner, William James.
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488:"Speech by the Premier"
439:The Marlborough Express
16:New Zealand by-election
883:City of Auckland, 1900
807:City of Auckland, 1895
779:City of Auckland, 1893
840:City of Dunedin, 1897
466:Wairarapa Daily Times
395:1893 general election
992:Northern Maori, 1909
893:Northern Maori, 1901
719:Northern Maori, 1891
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1094:January 1892 events
1002:Auckland East, 1910
379:Registered electors
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170:MP before election
134:Popular vote
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212:by-election
147:Percentage
1078:Categories
618:References
276:Candidate
226:Background
185:Elected MP
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373:+15.49
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309:3,388
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