Claim: In the 1902 General Election in Westland, Richard Seddon defeated the Independent runner Frank Issitt (general secretary of the New Zealand Alliance) by taking 2,983 votes.
Evidence: Richard Seddon 1902 general election: Westland 2,983 Independent Frank Isitt Rev Francis Whitmore (Frank) Isitt (1843 – 11 November 1916) was a New Zealand Methodist Minister, who was general secretary of the New Zealand Alliance (for prohibition) from 1900 to 1909.