1902 New Zealand General Election

25 November (general) & 22 December (Māori) 1902 · The Liberal era · 80 seats, 41 for a majority

The 1902 New Zealand general election was held on Tuesday, 25 November, in the general electorates, and on Monday, 22 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 15th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 415,789 (76.7%) voters turned out to vote.

Prime Minister before

Richard Seddon

Liberal

Prime Minister (continued)

Richard Seddon

Liberal

Largest force

Liberal

47 of 80 seats

Turnout

76.7%

The result

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Liberal

Richard Seddon · 51.8% of votes · -2 seats

seats

Conservative

William Massey · 20.6% of votes · 0 seats

seats

				Share of the House of Representatives
Liberal	Richard Seddon	47	-2		215,378	51.8%	-1.9
Conservative	William Massey	19	0		85,652	20.6%	-16.0

14 further seats went to parties and independents outside the main contenders listed above.