Southern Division (New Zealand electorate)
1853 election

Southern Division (New Zealand electorate)

Section Title: 1853 election
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Independent	Charles John Taylor	210	38.75

Independent	John Gray	197	36.35

Independent	William Powditch	135	24.91

Majority	62	11.44

Turnout	271	43.36

Registered electors	625

Sentence(s)

Majority is the difference between lowest winning poll (Gray – 197), and the highest losing poll (Powditch – 135).

final_sentence: Majority is the difference between lowest winning poll (Gray – 197), and the highest losing poll (Powditch – 135).