1898 City of Wellington by-election

The City of Wellington by-election 1898 was held on 9 March 1898 to decide the next member of parliament for the electorate. The contest was caused by resignation of Robert Stout and was won by former mayor of Wellington John Duthie.

1896 election
1 Majority is difference between lowest winning poll (Fisher: 5,858) and highest losing poll (Atkinson: 5,830)

2 Turnout is total number of voters - as voters had three votes each total votes cast was higher (37,618) )