The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent, Patrick Dignan, who had previously represented the electorate. He was a Catholic layman, and a supporter of denominational education.[1][2]
David Goldie was elected. He supported secular education, and his victory was headlined "Another election victory for Secularists".[3] Similarly the winner of the 1879 City of Nelson by-election was described as a "Secularist".
1879, city, auckland, west, election, election, held, march, 1879, city, auckland, west, electorate, during, zealand, parliament, then, member, electorate, election, caused, resignation, incumbent, patrick, dignan, previously, represented, electorate, catholic. The 1879 City of Auckland West by election was a by election held on 4 March 1879 in the City of Auckland West electorate during the 6th New Zealand Parliament It was then a two member electorate The by election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent Patrick Dignan who had previously represented the electorate He was a Catholic layman and a supporter of denominational education 1 2 David Goldie was elected He supported secular education and his victory was headlined Another election victory for Secularists 3 Similarly the winner of the 1879 City of Nelson by election was described as a Secularist Result EditThe following table gives the election result 1879 City of Auckland West by election 4 5 Party Candidate Votes Independent David Goldie 776 74 83Independent Patrick Dignan 261 25 17Turnout 1037Majority 515 49 66References Edit Auckland Evening Post 5 March 1879 via Papers Past Latest Telegrams Evening Post 27 February 1879 via Papers Past Auckland News Election etc West Coast Times 5 March 1879 via Papers Past Auckland City West Election Press Vol XXXI no 4243 5 March 1869 Retrieved 7 January 2019 City West Election The New Zealand Herald Vol XVI no 5397 5 March 1879 Retrieved 7 January 2019 This New Zealand election related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1879 City of Auckland West by election amp oldid 1113518770, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
