# Electoral history of Robert Stout

This is a summary of the electoral history of Sir Robert Stout, Prime Minister of New Zealand, (1884–1887).

## Parliamentary elections
### 1875 by-election

1875 Caversham by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Robert Stout | 232 | 52.37 |
| | Independent | William Larnach | 211 | 47.63 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 11 | 4.74 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 443 | |

### 1875 election

1875 general election: Dunedin :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | James Macandrew | 891 | 71.22 |
| | Independent | Robert Stout | 865 | 69.14 |
| | Independent | William Larnach | 843 | 67.38 |
| | Independent | William Reynolds | 476 | 38.04 |
| | Independent | James Macassey | 409 | 32.69 |
| | Independent | Henry Fish | 238 | 19.02 |
| | Independent | James Grant | 29 | 2.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,251 | |

### 1884 election

1884 general election: Dunedin East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Independent | Robert Stout | 755 | 59.45 |
| | Independent | Matthew Green | 515 | 40.55 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 240 | 18.89 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,270 | 70.63 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,798 | |

### 1887 election

1887 general election: Dunedin East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | James Allen | 889 | 50.82 | |
| | Independent | Sir Robert Stout | 860 | 49.18 | −10.27 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 29 | 1.65 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,749 | 78.32 | +7.69 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,233 | | |

### 1893 by-election

1893 Inangahua by-election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Robert Stout | 1,899 | 70.67 |
| | Liberal | Patrick O'Regan | 788 | 29.33 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 611 | 41.36 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,687 | |

### 1893 election

1893 New Zealand general election: Wellington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Robert Stout | 6,218 | 46.73 |
| | Conservative | Francis Bell | 5,773 | 43.39 |
| | Conservative | John Duthie | 4,840 | 36.37 |
| | Liberal | Kennedy Macdonald | 3,863 | 29.03 |
| | Liberal | Francis Fraser | 3,729 | 28.02 |
| | Independent | Harry Vogel | 3,606 | 27.10 |
| | Liberal | William McLean | 3,438 | 25.84 |
| | Liberal | George Fisher | 2,385 | 17.92 |
| | Independent | Thomas Dwan | 1,157 | 8.70 |
| | Independent | William Travers | 1,093 | 8.21 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 977 | |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 147 | |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,249 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,306 | 80.66 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 16,497 | |

### 1896 election

1896 New Zealand general election: Wellington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal–Labour | John Hutcheson | 6,410 | 48.68 |
| | Independent | Robert Stout | 6,305 | 47.88 |
| | Liberal | George Fisher | 5,858 | 44.49 |
| | Conservative | Arthur Atkinson | 5,830 | 44.27 |
| | Liberal | Charles Wilson | 5,569 | 42.29 |
| | Conservative | Andrew Agnew Stuart Menteath | 5,559 | 42.22 |
| | Liberal | Francis Fraser | 1,811 | 13.75 |
| | Independent | Justinian John Kivern Powell | 185 | 1.40 |
| | Liberal | Arthur Warburton | 91 | 0.69 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 28 | 0.21 |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 37,618 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 13,168 | 68.21 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 19,304 | |