Template:New Zealand by-elections during the 4th Parliament

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The following table contains the by-elections that have occurred during the term of the 4th Parliament.

By-election Electorate Date Incumbent Reason Winner
1866 Mount Herbert 27 July William Moorhouse Chose to represent Westland Thomas Potts
1866 Port Chalmers 15 December Thomas Dick Resignation Thomas Dick
1867 City of Dunedin 19 January William Reynolds Resignation William Reynolds
1867 City of Christchurch 13 February James FitzGerald Resignation William Travers
1867 Avon 11 March Crosbie Ward Resignation William Reeves
1867 City of Auckland West 25 April James Williamson Resignation Patrick Dignan
1867 Manuherikia 27 April William Baldwin Resignation David Mervyn
1867 Wanganui 27 April John Bryce Resignation Henry Harrison
1867 Town of New Plymouth 29 April John Richardson Resignation Harry Atkinson
1867 Raglan 4 June Joseph Newman Resignation James Farmer
1867 Parnell 5 June Frederick Whitaker Resignation Charles Heaphy
1867 Port Chalmers 15 June Thomas Dick Resignation David Main
1867 Waimea 28 June Arthur Oliver Resignation Edward Baigent
1867 Lyttelton 1 July Edward Hargreaves Resignation George Macfarlan
1867 Northern Division 1 July Thomas Henderson Resignation Thomas Macfarlane
1867 Kaiapoi 5 July Joseph Beswick Resignation John Studholme
1867 Picton 25 July Arthur Beauchamp Resignation William Adams
1867 Pensioner Settlements 5 August Paul de Quincey Resignation John Kerr
1867 Ashley 7 August Lancelot Walker Resignation Henry Tancred
1868 Omata 7 February Arthur Atkinson Resignation Charles Brown
1868 Collingwood 18 March Andrew Richmond Resignation Arthur Collins
1868 Westland Boroughs 3 April William Moorhouse Resignation William Harrison

Supplementary election, 1868[edit]

Westland North 9 April 1868[1] Timothy Gallagher
Westland South 6 April 1868[2] Edmund Barff

First Māori elections[edit]

Eastern Maori 15 April 1868[3] Tāreha Te Moananui
Northern Maori 15 April 1868[4] Frederick Russell
Southern Maori 20 June 1868[5] John Patterson
Western Maori 1 May 1868[6] Mete Kīngi Paetahi
By-election Electorate Date Incumbent Reason Winner

4th Parliament (continued)[edit]

1868 Avon 8 June William Reeves Resignation William Rolleston
1868 Picton 11 June William Adams Resignation Courtney Kenny
1868 Rangitiki 22 June William Watt Resignation William Fox
1868 Franklin 2 July Robert Graham Resignation William Swan
1868 Waikouaiti 27 July William Murison Resignation Robert Mitchell
1868 Lyttelton[7] 2 November George Macfarlan Death John Peacock
1868 Timaru 20 November Alfred Cox Resignation Edward Stafford
1868 City of Nelson 24 December Edward Stafford Resignation Nathaniel Edwards
1869 Marsden 25 January[8] Francis Hull Resignation John Munro
1869 Roslyn 12 February George Hepburn Resignation Henry Driver
1869 City of Dunedin 5 March James Paterson Resignation Thomas Birch
1869 Northern Division 15 March James O'Neill Resignation Harry Farnall
1869 Newton 19 March George Graham Resignation Robert Creighton
1869 Waikouaiti 27 April Robert Mitchell Resignation Francis Rich
1869 Town of New Plymouth 28 April Harry Atkinson Resignation Thomas Kelly
1869 (1st) Wallace 30 April Alexander McNeill Resignation Cuthbert Cowan
1869 Oamaru 25 May Robert Campbell Resignation Charles Graham
1869 Taieri 19 June Donald Reid Resignation Henry Howorth
1869 (2nd) Wallace 17 September Cuthbert Cowan Resignation George Webster
1870 Bruce 21 March John Cargill Resignation James Brown
1870 Mongonui 30 March Thomas Ball Resignation Thomas Gillies
1870 Caversham 25 April Arthur John Burns Resignation James McIndoe
1870 Omata 27 April Charles Brown Resignation Frederic Carrington
1870 Parnell 12 May Charles Heaphy Resignation Reader Wood
1870 Riverton 18 May Donald Hankinson Resignation Lauchlan McGillivray
1870 Westland North 2 July Timothy Gallagher Resignation Thomas Kynnersley
1870 City of Christchurch 12 August William Travers Resignation William Moorhouse

References

  1. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 108.
  2. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 94.
  3. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 127.
  4. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 137.
  5. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 132.
  6. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 131.
  7. ^ "Election of a Member for Lyttelton". The Star. No. 148. 2 November 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
  8. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 128.