1909 Rangitikei by-election
First ballot

1909 Rangitikei by-election

Section Title: First ballot
Table Section Text: None

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

Reform	Frank Hockly	1,548	37.04

Liberal	Robert Smith	1,055	25.25

Liberal	William Meldrum	903	21.61

Independent	James Georgetti	340	8.14

Liberal–Labour	Robert Hornblow	333	7.97

Turnout	4,179

Sentence(s)

Hockly received 1,548 votes of the total of 4,179.

final_sentence: Hockly received 1,548 votes of the total of 4,179.