By-elections in New Zealand occur to fill vacant seats in the New Zealand Parliament. The death, resignation, or expulsion of a sitting electorate MP can cause a by-election. (Note that list MPs do not have geographic districts for the purpose of provoking by-elections – if a list MP's seat becomes vacant, the next person on his or her party's list fills the position.)

Background

A by-election need not take place if a general election

New Zealand elections

Members of New Zealand's House of Representatives, commonly called "Parliament", normally gain their parliamentary seats through nationwide general elections, or in by-elections. General elections normally occur at least every three years in New Zealand, and operate using the Mixed Member...

 will occur within six months of an electorate seat becoming vacant. In 1996

New Zealand general election, 1996

The 1996 New Zealand general election was held on 12 October 1996 to determine the composition of the 45th New Zealand Parliament. It was notable for being the first election to be held under the new Mixed Member Proportional electoral system, and produced a parliament considerably more diverse...

 the general election date was brought forward slightly, to 12 October, to avoid a by-election after the resignation of Michael Laws

Michael Laws

Michael Laws is a New Zealand politician, broadcaster and writer/columnist. He served two terms as a Member of the New Zealand Parliament, representing the National Party and New Zealand First . He was elected as Mayor of Wanganui in 2004, was re-elected in 2007 but announced his retirement from...

.

In recent years by-elections have not occurred particularly frequently – only one in the 2002–2005 parliamentary term

47th New Zealand Parliament

The 47th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 2002 elections, and it sat until 11 August 2005....

, and none in the 1999–2002

46th New Zealand Parliament

The 46th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1999 elections, and it sat until the 2002 elections....

 or 2005–2008 terms

48th New Zealand Parliament

The 48th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined at a general election held on 17 September 2005. The new parliament met for the first time on 7 November 2005...

. This is because most MPs who retire mid-term (e.g. Labour MPs Jim Sutton

Jim Sutton

James Robert Sutton, CNZM , generally known as Jim Sutton, was a New Zealand politician from 1984–1990 and from 1993–2006. He has held a range of ministerial portfolios including Agriculture, Forestry, Rural Affairs, Biosecurity, and Trade Negotiations.-Biography:Sutton was born in...

 and Michael Cullen) were List MPs, and are simply replaced by the next member on their party list.

Historically, however, they have taken place considerably more frequently – the 2nd Parliament

2nd New Zealand Parliament

The 2nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. It opened on 15 April 1856, following New Zealand's 1855 election. It was dissolved on 5 November 1860 in preparation for 1860–61 election...

 of 1856–1860, for example, saw 33 by-elections and four supplementary elections, despite the House of Representatives originally having just 37 seats (increasing to 41 seats during the parliamentary term).

In the past it was not uncommon for an MP who died in office to be replaced with an immediate family member such as a brother, wife (see widow's succession

Widow's succession

Widow's succession was a political practice prominent in some countries in the early part of the 20th century, by which a politician who died in office was succeeded by his widow, either through election or direct appointment to the seat...

), or son. This resulted in the election of the first woman MP Elizabeth McCombs

Elizabeth McCombs

Elizabeth McCombs was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament. New Zealand women gained the right to vote in 1893, though were not allowed to stand for the House of Representatives until the election of 1919...

 (who was in turn succeeded by her son Terence McCombs

Terence McCombs

Sir Terence Henderson McCombs, OBE ED was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.-Early life:He was educated at Waitaki Boys' High School and Canterbury University College.-Member of Parliament:...

) and the first woman National MP Mary Grigg

Mary Grigg

Mary Victoria Cracroft Grigg, Lady Polson, MBE was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.She represented the Mid-Canterbury electorate in Parliament from 1942 after the death of her husband Arthur Nattle Grigg who she had married in 1920, and who had held the seat from 1938...

; both of whom took over their husband's seat. This practice has however fallen out of favour since the mid-seventies with the election of John Kirk

John Kirk (New Zealand politician)

Norman John Kirk, generally called John Kirk, , is a former New Zealand Member of Parliament for Sydenham, in the South Island.-Early life:...

 to his late father's seat being the last occasion this happened at a by-election.

Eleven Prime Ministers first came to parliament via by-elections: Julius Vogel

Julius Vogel

Sir Julius Vogel, KCMG was the eighth Premier of New Zealand. His administration is best remembered for the issuing of bonds to fund railway construction and other public works...

, Harry Atkinson

Harry Atkinson

Henry Albert "Harry" Atkinson served as the tenth Premier of New Zealand on four separate occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years...

, Robert Stout

Robert Stout

Sir Robert Stout, KCMG was the 13th Premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both these offices...

, John Ballance

John Ballance

John Ballance served as the 14th Premier of New Zealand at the end of the 19th century, and was the founder of the Liberal Party .-Early life:...

, William Massey

William Massey

William Ferguson Massey, often known as Bill Massey or "Farmer Bill" served as the 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925, and was the founder of the Reform Party. He is widely considered to have been one of the more skilled politicians of his time, and was known for the particular...

, Peter Fraser, Keith Holyoake

Keith Holyoake

Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, KG, GCMG, CH, QSO, KStJ was a New Zealand politician. The only person to have been both Prime Minister and Governor-General of New Zealand, Holyoake was National Party Prime Minister from 20 September 1957 to 12 December 1957, then again from 12 December 1960 to 7...

, Walter Nash

Walter Nash

Sir Walter Nash, GCMG, CH served as the 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960, and was also highly influential in his role as Minister of Finance...

, Bill Rowling

Bill Rowling

Sir Wallace Edward Rowling, KCMG , often known as Bill Rowling, was the 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand. He was in office for just over a year, having been appointed Prime Minister following the death of the highly popular Norman Kirk...

, David Lange

David Lange

David Russell Lange, ONZ, CH , served as the 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. He headed New Zealand's fourth Labour Government, one of the most reforming administrations in his country's history, but one which did not always conform to traditional expectations of a...

 and Geoffrey Palmer. Five Prime Ministers (William Fox

William Fox (New Zealand)

Sir William Fox, KCMG was the second Premier of New Zealand on four occasions in the 19th century, while New Zealand was still a colony. He was known for his eventual support of Māori land rights, his contributions to the education system , and his work to increase New Zealand's autonomy from...

, Henry Sewell

Henry Sewell

Henry Sewell was a prominent 19th century New Zealand politician. He was a notable campaigner for New Zealand self-government, and is generally regarded as having been the country's first Premier, having led the Sewell Ministry in 1856.-Early life:Sewell was born on 7 September 1807 in the town of...

, Edward Stafford

Edward Stafford (politician)

Sir Edward Stafford, KCMG served as the third Premier of New Zealand on three occasions in the mid 19th century. His total time in office is the longest of any leader without a political party. He is described as pragmatic, logical, and clear-sighted.-Early life and career:Edward William Stafford...

, George Grey

George Grey

George Grey may refer to:*Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet , British politician*George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent *Sir George Grey , Governor of Cape Colony, South Australia and New Zealand...

 and Joseph Ward

Joseph Ward

Sir Joseph George Ward, 1st Baronet, GCMG was the 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand on two occasions in the early 20th century.-Early life:...

) have won by-elections later in their parliamentary careers, while Labour

New Zealand Labour Party

The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....

 leader Harry Holland

Harry Holland

Henry Edmund Holland was a New Zealand politician and unionist. He was the first leader of the New Zealand Labour Party.-Early life:...

 was also first elected via a by-election. Some minor party founders have also launched their parties by resigning from a major party and their seat, then contesting it for their new party. Party founders who have done this include Matiu Rata

Matiu Rata

Matiu Rata was a New Zealand Māori politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Northern Maori from 1963 to 1979, the Minister of Lands and Minister of Māori Affairs in the Third Labour Government of New Zealand between 1972 and 1975...

 and Tariana Turia

Tariana Turia

Tariana Turia is a New Zealand politician. She gained considerable prominence during the foreshore and seabed controversy, and eventually broke with her party as a result...

. Interestingly, both resigned from Labour to form Māori parties. In 1980 Rata was unsuccessful in retaking his Northern Maori

Northern Maori

Northern Maori was one of the four original New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996.-Population centres:The electorate includes the following population centres: Auckland, Whangarei.-Tribal Areas:...

 electorate for his newly formed Mana Motuhake

Mana Motuhake

Mana Māori Motuhake was a Māori political party in New Zealand. The name is difficult to translate accurately, but essentially refers to Māori self-rule and self-determination — mana, in this context, can be understood as "authority" or "power", while motuhake can be understood as...

 party, but in 2004 Turia successfully reclaimed Te Tai Hauauru

Te Tai Hauauru

Te Tai Hauāuru is a New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Te Tai Hauāuru is Tariana Turia of the Māori Party...

 for the Maori Party

Maori Party

The Māori Party, a political party in New Zealand, was formed on 7 July 2004. The Party is guided by eight constitutional "kaupapa", or Party objectives. Tariana Turia formed the Māori Party after resigning from the Labour Party where she had been a Cabinet Minister in the Fifth Labour-led...

. In addition, Winston Peters resigned from National

New Zealand National Party

The New Zealand National Party is the largest party in the New Zealand House of Representatives and in November 2008 formed a minority government with support from three minor parties.-Policies:...

 and his parliamentary seat in 1993, retaking the seat as an independent and going on to form the New Zealand First

New Zealand First

New Zealand First is a political party in New Zealand that was founded in 1993, following party founder Winston Peters' resignation from the National Party in 1992...

 party. In these circumstances, by-elections are seen as a legitimisation of the MP's rejection of his or her old party. In addition, they provide vital publicity and something of a mandate for the new party.

Pre-party era

By-election	Electorate	Date	Incumbent	Reason	Winner
1st Parliament 1st New Zealand Parliament The 1st New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. It opened on 24 May 1854, following New Zealand's first general election . It was dissolved on 15 September 1855 in preparation for that year's election...  (1853–1855)
1854	Nelson Nelson (New Zealand electorate) Nelson is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. From 1853 to 1860, the electorate was called Town of Nelson. From 1860 to 1881, it was City of Nelson...	19 June	William Travers	Resignation	Samuel Stephens Samuel Stephens (New Zealand) Samuel Stephens was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He became the Member of Parliament in the 1st Parliament for the Town of Nelson from 19 June 1854, when he replaced William Travers, who had resigned on 26 May 1854 to contest the Waimea seat.He died on 26 June 1855, and the seat was left...
1854	Waimea Waimea (New Zealand electorate) Waimea was a parliamentary electorate in the Nelson Province of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1887.-Geographic coverage:Waimea was located in the northern part of the South Island, facing the Tasman Bay. It is the area around the town of Nelson, but excluded Nelson itself. It includes Wakefield,...	21 June	William Cautley William Cautley William Oldfield Cautley JP was a New Zealand politician. He served in the 1st New Zealand Parliament as representative for the Waimea electorate. He was elected in the 1853 general election, and Parliament's first session started on 24 May 1854. He resigned on 26 May 1854, and did not serve in...	Resignation	William Travers
1854 City of Auckland by-election, 1854 The City of Auckland by-election 1854 was a by-election held during the 1st New Zealand Parliament, on 4 August 1854. It was one the earliest by-elections in New Zealand political history and was triggered by the resignation of Thomas Houghton Bartley who took up a place in the Legislative Council....	City of Auckland	4 August	Thomas Bartley Thomas Houghton Bartley Thomas Houghton Bartley was a New Zealand politician. As well as serving as Superintendent of Auckland Province, he served in the First New Zealand Parliament in 1854, representing the City of Auckland electorate...	Resignation	William Brown William Brown (New Zealand) William Brown was a 19th century New Zealand politician.Brown was born in Angus, Scotland, in 1809 or 1810. He came to New Zealand on 2 February 1840, arriving in the Bay of Islands....
2nd Parliament 2nd New Zealand Parliament The 2nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. It opened on 15 April 1856, following New Zealand's 1855 election. It was dissolved on 5 November 1860 in preparation for 1860–61 election...  (1855–1860)
1856	Motueka & Massacre Bay Motueka (New Zealand electorate) Motueka is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. The electorate of Motueka and Massacre Bay, created for the New Zealand general election, 1853, was succeeded by the electorate of Motueka in the 1860-1861 election, and lasted until 1890...	19 May	Charles Parker Charles Parker (New Zealand) Charles Parker JP was a New Zealand politician and a carpenter.-Early life:Parker was born at Newent, Gloucestershire, England, on 4 March 1809. His parents were Sarah Potter , a weaver, and her husband, Edmund Parker , a builder...	Resignation	Herbert Curtis Herbert Curtis Herbert Evelyn Curtis was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Nelson, New Zealand, New Zealand.He represented the Motueka and Massacre Bay electorate from 1856 to 1860, then the Motueka electorate from 1861 to 1866, when he retired....
1856	Christchurch Country Christchurch Country Christchurch Country was a parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand from 1853 to 1860. It was thus one of the original 24 electorates used for the 1st New Zealand Parliament.-Location:...	14 October	Dingley Brittin Dingley Askham Brittin Dingley Askham Brittin was born in Huntingdonshire, England in 1823. He came out to New Zealand on the Minerva in 1853. By profession, he was a solicitor, but he did not practice in the colony. He represented the Christchurch Country electorate in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament from 1855, but...	Resignation	John Ollivier John Ollivier John Ollivier was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Christchurch, New Zealand.He represented the Christchurch Country electorate from 1856 to 1860 when he resigned.-References:...
1856	Grey and Bell	14 October	Charles Brown Charles Brown (Taranaki) Charles Brown was a New Zealand politician from the Taranaki area.-Personal life:Brown was born in London, England, the illegitimate son of Charles Armitage Brown and Abigail O'Donohue, an Irish house servant at Wentworth Place where Brown and Keats resided...	Resignation	John Lewthwaite John Lewthwaite John Lewthwaite was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Taranaki Region, New Zealand.He represented the Grey and Bell electorate from 1856 to 1858, when he resigned.-References:...
1856	Town of Christchurch Christchurch (New Zealand electorate) Christchurch was a parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand. It existed three times. Originally it was the Town of Christchurch from 1853 to 1860. From the 1860–61 election to the 1871 election, it existed as City of Christchurch. It then existed from the 1875–76 election until the...	18 November	Henry Sewell Henry Sewell Henry Sewell was a prominent 19th century New Zealand politician. He was a notable campaigner for New Zealand self-government, and is generally regarded as having been the country's first Premier, having led the Sewell Ministry in 1856.-Early life:Sewell was born on 7 September 1807 in the town of...	Resignation	Richard Packer Richard Packer (politician) Richard Packer was a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament from 1856–1859 representing the Town of Christchurch electorate. He was also a member of the Canterbury Provincial Council, including its treasurer.-Early life:...
1856	Hutt Hutt (New Zealand electorate) Hutt was a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was one of the original electorates in 1853 and existed during two periods until 1978. It was represented by 13 Members of Parliament.-Population centres:...	27 November	Alfred Ludlam Alfred Ludlam Alfred Ludlam was a leading New Zealand politician, horticulturist and farmer who owned land at Wellington and in the Hutt Valley...	Resignation	Samuel Revans Samuel Revans Samuel Revans was a notable New Zealand newspaper owner, entrepreneur and politician. He was the Father of Journalism in New Zealand.-Early life:...
1858	City of Auckland	27 April	John Campbell John Logan Campbell Sir John Logan Campbell was a prominent New Zealand public figure. He was the son of Doctor John Campbell and his wife Catherine. He was described by his contemporaries as "the father of Auckland".- Early life:...	Resignation	Thomas Forsaith Thomas Forsaith Thomas Spencer Forsaith, JP , was a New Zealand politician and an Auckland draper. According to some historians, he was the country's second Premier, although a more conventional view states that neither he nor his predecessor should properly be given that title.-Early life:Forsaith was born in...
1858	Pensioner Settlements Pensioner Settlements (New Zealand electorate) Pensioner Settlements was a 19th century parliamentary multimember electorate in the Auckland region of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1870.-Geographic distribution:...	29 April	Joseph Greenwood Joseph Greenwood Joseph Greenwood was a soldier and New Zealand politician. He joined the 31st Regiment of Foot in Bengal, India, where he greatly distinguished himself as a Lieutenant, under General George Pollock in the First Anglo-Afghan War, and wrote an account which was considered an authority on the...	Resignation	John Campbell John Jermyn Symonds Captain John Jermyn Symonds was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Pensioner Settlements electorate from 1858 to 1860, when he retired.-References:...
1858	Southern Division Southern Division (New Zealand electorate) The Southern Division was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate in the Auckland Province from 1853 to 1860. It was a large two-member electorate south of Auckland city, extending to the southern boundary of the province and encompassing the Waikato, Coromandel, Bay of Plenty and East...	8 May	Charles Taylor Charles John Taylor Charles John Taylor was a New Zealand politician. He served in the 1st New Zealand Parliament and the 2nd New Zealand Parliament as representative for the Southern Division; , and served in the 3rd New Zealand Parliament as representative for the Raglan electorate...	Resignation	Theodore Haultain Theodore Haultain Theodore Minet Haultain was a 19th century New Zealand politician and Minister of Colonial Defence...
1858	Grey and Bell	17 May	John Lewthwaite John Lewthwaite John Lewthwaite was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Taranaki Region, New Zealand.He represented the Grey and Bell electorate from 1856 to 1858, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Charles Brown Charles Brown (Taranaki) Charles Brown was a New Zealand politician from the Taranaki area.-Personal life:Brown was born in London, England, the illegitimate son of Charles Armitage Brown and Abigail O'Donohue, an Irish house servant at Wentworth Place where Brown and Keats resided...
1858	Waimea Waimea (New Zealand electorate) Waimea was a parliamentary electorate in the Nelson Province of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1887.-Geographic coverage:Waimea was located in the northern part of the South Island, facing the Tasman Bay. It is the area around the town of Nelson, but excluded Nelson itself. It includes Wakefield,...	21 May	Charles Elliott	Resignation	David Monro David Monro Sir David Monro was a New Zealand politician. He served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1861 to 1870.-Early life:...
1858	Wairau Wairau (New Zealand electorate) Wairau was a parliamentary electorate in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1938.-History:Wairau was one of the original electorates for the first general election in 1853....	21 May	William Wells	Resignation	Frederick Weld Frederick Weld Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, GCMG , was a New Zealand politician and a governor of various British colonies. He was the sixth Premier of New Zealand, and later served as Governor of Western Australia, Governor of Tasmania, and Governor of the Straits Settlements.-Early life:Weld was born near...
1858	Town of Lyttelton Lyttelton (New Zealand electorate) Lyttelton is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1853–90, and again from 1893–1996, when it was replaced by the Banks Peninsula electorate.-Population Centres:...	28 May	James FitzGerald James FitzGerald James Edward FitzGerald was a New Zealand politician. According to some historians, he should be considered the country's first Prime Minister, although a more conventional view is that neither he nor his successor should properly be given that title. He was a notable campaigner for New Zealand...	Resignation	Crosbie Ward Crosbie Ward Crosbie Ward was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand. He was born in County Down, Ireland.He represented the Town of Lyttelton electorate from 1858 to 1866. He was a cabinet minister, Postmaster-General and Secretary for Crown Lands. He then represented the Avon...
1858	Akaroa	31 May	John Cuff	Resignation	William Moorhouse William Sefton Moorhouse William Sefton Moorhouse was a New Zealand politician. He was the second Superintendent of Canterbury Province.-Early life:...
1858	Dunedin Country Dunedin Country Dunedin Country was a parliamentary electorate in the rural area surrounding the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand, from 1853 to 1860. It was a two-member electorate.-Members:The electorate was represented by five Members of Parliament....	16 June	John Cargill	Resignation	John Taylor John Parkin Taylor John Parkin Taylor was a 19th century New Zealand politician in Otago and Southland.He represented the Dunedin Country electorate in the New Zealand Parliament from 1858 to 1860, when he retired....
1858	Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay	22 July	John Smith John Valentine Smith John Valentine Smith was a New Zealand landowner, militia leader, and politician.Smith was a significant figure in the Wairarapa region, owning the prominent Mataikona and Lansdowne runs. He was elected on 26 November 1855 to represent the Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay electorate in the 2nd New Zealand...	Resignation	James Ferguson James Burne Ferguson James Burne Ferguson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He represented the Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay electorate from 1858 to 1860, when he resigned. In the by-election on 22 July 1858, he was elected unopposed.-References:...
1858	City of Wellington Wellington (New Zealand electorate) Wellington , was a parliamentary electorate in Wellington, New Zealand. It existed from 1853 to 1905 with a break in the 1880s. It was a multi-member electorate. The electorate was represented by 24 Members of Parliament....	27 July	Isaac Featherston Isaac Featherston Dr. Isaac Earl Featherston was a New Zealand politician, and was known for his advocacy for the establishment of New Zealand self-government, and the importance of the provincial governments.-Early life:... William Fitzherbert William Fitzherbert (New Zealand) Sir William Fitzherbert KCMG MLC was a New Zealand politician. He served as Minister of Finance, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Speaker of the Legislative Council.-Early life:...	Resignations	Isaac Featherston William Rhodes
1858	Wellington Country Wellington Country Wellington Country was a former parliamentary electorate in the Wellington Region from 1853 to 1860 and then 1871 to 1881. The seat covered Miramar, Makara, Porirua, the Kapiti Coast and the Horowhenua District.-History:...	29 July	Dudley Ward	Resignation	Alfred Brandon Alfred Brandon Alfred de Bathe Brandon was a 19th century New Zealand politician.-Early life:Brandon was born in London in 1809; his father was Henry Brandon. He was educated as a lawyer...
1858	Hutt Hutt (New Zealand electorate) Hutt was a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was one of the original electorates in 1853 and existed during two periods until 1978. It was represented by 13 Members of Parliament.-Population centres:...	31 July	Dillon Bell Dillon Bell Sir Francis Dillon Bell KCMG CB MLC was a New Zealand politician of the late 19th century. He served as New Zealand's third Minister of Finance , and later as its third Speaker of the House... Samuel Revans Samuel Revans Samuel Revans was a notable New Zealand newspaper owner, entrepreneur and politician. He was the Father of Journalism in New Zealand.-Early life:...	Resignations	Alfred Ludlam Alfred Ludlam Alfred Ludlam was a leading New Zealand politician, horticulturist and farmer who owned land at Wellington and in the Hutt Valley... William Fitzherbert William Fitzherbert (New Zealand) Sir William Fitzherbert KCMG MLC was a New Zealand politician. He served as Minister of Finance, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Speaker of the Legislative Council.-Early life:...
1859	Town of Dunedin Dunedin (New Zealand electorate) Dunedin or the City of Dunedin or the Town of Dunedin was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand. It was one of the original electorates created in 1853 and existed, with two breaks, until 1905. Most of the time, it was a multi-member electorate.-History:From 1853...	14 January	James Macandrew James Macandrew James Macandrew was a New Zealand ship-owner and politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1853 to 1887 and as the last Superintendent of Otago Province.-Early life:...	Resignation	James Macandrew
Supplementary election, 1859
Cheviot Cheviot (New Zealand electorate) Cheviot was a parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand, from 1859 to 1890.-History:Cheviot was formed partway through the term of the 2nd New Zealand Parliament. The first elections were held in 1859, and Edward Jollie was the first representative. Leonard Harper was the...		18 December			Edward Jollie Edward Jollie Edward Jollie was a pioneer land surveyor in New Zealand, initially as a cadet surveyor with the New Zealand Company. He followed his elder brother Francis Jollie to New Zealand, arriving on the barque Brougham in Wellington in 1842...
Marsden Marsden (New Zealand electorate) Marsden is a former parliamentary electorate, in the Whangarei District in the Northland Region of New Zealand.-Population Centres:The electorate was mixed urban and rural, around the city of Whangarei.-History:...		29 November			James Farmer James Farmer (politician) James Farmer was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Waikato Region, New Zealand.He represented the Marsden electorate from 1859 to 1860 , and then the Raglan electorate from 1867 to 1870, when he retired....
Wairarapa Wairarapa (New Zealand electorate) Wairarapa is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was first created in 1859 and existed until 1881. It was recreated in 1887 and has since existed continuously...		7 November			Charles Carter Charles Rooking Carter Charles Rooking Carter was an New Zealand contractor, politician, and philanthropist from England.-Biography:Carter was born in Kendal, Westmorland, the son of a builder, John Carter. Carter lived in London from the age of 21 and through adult education classes at the Westminster Institution,...
Wallace Wallace (New Zealand electorate) Wallace was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1859 to 1996.-Population centres:This electorate is in the rural part of Southland.-History:...		30 November			Dillon Bell Dillon Bell Sir Francis Dillon Bell KCMG CB MLC was a New Zealand politician of the late 19th century. He served as New Zealand's third Minister of Finance , and later as its third Speaker of the House...
By-election	Electorate	Date	Incumbent	Reason	Winner
2nd Parliament (continued)
1859	Waimea Waimea (New Zealand electorate) Waimea was a parliamentary electorate in the Nelson Province of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1887.-Geographic coverage:Waimea was located in the northern part of the South Island, facing the Tasman Bay. It is the area around the town of Nelson, but excluded Nelson itself. It includes Wakefield,...	26 December	William Travers	Resignation	John Kelling John Kelling John Fedor Augustus Kelling was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Nelson, New Zealand.He represented the Waimea electorate from 1859 to 1860, when he was defeated.He unsuccessfully contested the Waimea electorate in the 1867 by-election....
1860	Town of Christchurch Christchurch (New Zealand electorate) Christchurch was a parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand. It existed three times. Originally it was the Town of Christchurch from 1853 to 1860. From the 1860–61 election to the 1871 election, it existed as City of Christchurch. It then existed from the 1875–76 election until the...	18 January	Richard Packer Richard Packer (politician) Richard Packer was a New Zealand politician and Member of Parliament from 1856–1859 representing the Town of Christchurch electorate. He was also a member of the Canterbury Provincial Council, including its treasurer.-Early life:...	Resignation	Henry Sewell Henry Sewell Henry Sewell was a prominent 19th century New Zealand politician. He was a notable campaigner for New Zealand self-government, and is generally regarded as having been the country's first Premier, having led the Sewell Ministry in 1856.-Early life:Sewell was born on 7 September 1807 in the town of...
1860 (1st)	Suburbs of Auckland Suburbs of Auckland (New Zealand electorate) Suburbs of Auckland was a parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand from 1853 to 1860.-1853 to 1860:The electorate existed for the 1st and 2nd Parliament as a two-member electorate....	25 January	Walter Brodie Walter Brodie Walter Brodie was a New Zealand politician. He represented the Suburbs of Auckland electorate in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament, but resigned before the end of his term on 6 December 1859. He did not serve in any subsequent Parliaments. He also participated in Auckland provincial...	Resignation	Theophilus Heale Theophilus Heale Theophilus Heale was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Suburbs of Auckland electorate in 1860, from 25 January to 5 November, when he was defeated for Parnell.-References:...
1860	Dunedin Country Dunedin Country Dunedin Country was a parliamentary electorate in the rural area surrounding the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand, from 1853 to 1860. It was a two-member electorate.-Members:The electorate was represented by five Members of Parliament....	28 March	William Cargill William Cargill William Walter Cargill was the founder of the Otago settlement in New Zealand, after serving as an officer in the British Army. He was a Member of Parliament and Otago's first Superintendent.-Early life:...	Resignation	Thomas Gillies Thomas Gillies Thomas Bannatyne Gillies was a 19th century New Zealand lawyer, judge and politician.-Early life:He was born at Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, Scotland, on 17 January 1828...
1860 (1st)	Christchurch Country Christchurch Country Christchurch Country was a parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand from 1853 to 1860. It was thus one of the original 24 electorates used for the 1st New Zealand Parliament.-Location:...	2 April	John Ollivier John Ollivier John Ollivier was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Christchurch, New Zealand.He represented the Christchurch Country electorate from 1856 to 1860 when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Isaac Cookson Isaac Thomas Cookson Isaac Thomas Cookson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Christchurch Country electorate in 1860 and then the Kaiapoi electorate from 1861 to 1863, when he resigned.-References:...
1860	City of Auckland	5 April	Thomas Beckham Thomas Beckham Thomas Beckham was a 19th century New Zealand politician. He represented the City of Auckland electorate in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament from 1855 to 1859, but resigned before the end of his term and did not serve in any subsequent Parliament. He was also a member of the Auckland Provincial...	Resignation	Archibald Clark Archibald Clark (politician) Archibald Clark was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Auckland Region, New Zealand. He was the first Mayor of Auckland in 1851. His company, Archibald Clark and Sons, manufactured clothing and was a wholesaler.-Early life:...
1860 (2nd)	Suburbs of Auckland Suburbs of Auckland (New Zealand electorate) Suburbs of Auckland was a parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand from 1853 to 1860.-1853 to 1860:The electorate existed for the 1st and 2nd Parliament as a two-member electorate....	5 April	Frederick Merriman	Resignation	Joseph Hargreaves Joseph Hargreaves (politician) Joseph Hargreaves was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Suburbs of Auckland electorate in 1860, from 5 April to 24 July, when he resigned...
1860	Omata Omata (New Zealand electorate) Omata was a Taranaki electorate in the New Zealand Parliament from 1853 to 1870. It was based on the township of Omata.-Members:The following Members of Parliament represented the Omata electorate:...	16 April	Alfred East Alfred William East Alfred William East was a New Zealand politician. He represented the Omata electorate in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament, but resigned in March 1860 before the end of his term. He did not serve in any subsequent Parliaments. He also participated in Taranaki provincial politics.-References:...	Resignation	James Richmond James Crowe Richmond James Crowe Richmond was a New Zealand politician, engineer, and an early painter in watercolours of the New Zealand landscape.-Early life:...
1860 (2nd)	Christchurch Country Christchurch Country Christchurch Country was a parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand from 1853 to 1860. It was thus one of the original 24 electorates used for the 1st New Zealand Parliament.-Location:...	21 April	John Hall	Resignation	Charles Brown Charles Hunter Brown Charles Hunter Brown was a New Zealand politician from Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented Christchurch Country in the 2nd Parliament in 1860 from 21 April to 5 November, but was defeated when he then stood for the seat of Cheviot in North Canterbury.-References:...
1860	County of Hawke County of Hawke County of Hawke was a 19th century parliamentary electorate in the Hawke's Bay region of New Zealand in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament in 1860.-History:...	26 April	James Ferguson James Burne Ferguson James Burne Ferguson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He represented the Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay electorate from 1858 to 1860, when he resigned. In the by-election on 22 July 1858, he was elected unopposed.-References:...	Resignation	Thomas Fitzgerald Thomas Henry FitzGerald Thomas Henry FitzGerald was a pioneer in sugar cane farming in the early days of the colony of Queensland, Australia. He was a politician, first in New Zealand, then in Queensland. His descendants went on to become notable names in Queensland politics, business and law...
1860	Northern Division Northern Division (New Zealand electorate) Northern Division was a two-member parliamentary electorate in the Auckland Region, New Zealand from 1853 to 1870.-Geographic distribution:The electorate was north of Auckland; originally nearly to Whangarei, but from 1860 to just north of Warkworth....	23 May	Thomas Henderson Thomas Henderson (New Zealand) Thomas Maxwell Henderson was a New Zealand politician. He was one of the earliest settlers in Auckland. He was a significant entrepreneur, and the Auckland suburb of Henderson bears his name.-Early life:...	Resignation	Thomas Henderson
1860	Grey and Bell	28 May	Charles Brown Charles Brown (Taranaki) Charles Brown was a New Zealand politician from the Taranaki area.-Personal life:Brown was born in London, England, the illegitimate son of Charles Armitage Brown and Abigail O'Donohue, an Irish house servant at Wentworth Place where Brown and Keats resided...	Resignation	Thomas King Thomas King (New Zealand politician) Thomas King was a 19th century New Zealand politician. He served in the first two Parliaments, and was otherwise active in New Plymouth. He was one of the first settlers, coming out on the first ship to New Plymouth in 1841....
1860 (3rd)	Suburbs of Auckland Suburbs of Auckland (New Zealand electorate) Suburbs of Auckland was a parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand from 1853 to 1860.-1853 to 1860:The electorate existed for the 1st and 2nd Parliament as a two-member electorate....	4 August	Joseph Hargreaves Joseph Hargreaves (politician) Joseph Hargreaves was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Suburbs of Auckland electorate in 1860, from 5 April to 24 July, when he resigned...	Resignation	John Campbell John Logan Campbell Sir John Logan Campbell was a prominent New Zealand public figure. He was the son of Doctor John Campbell and his wife Catherine. He was described by his contemporaries as "the father of Auckland".- Early life:...
3rd Parliament 3rd New Zealand Parliament The 3rd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Elections for this term were held between 12 December 1860 and 28 March 1861 in 43 electorates to elect 53 MPs...  (1861–1865)
1861	Grey and Bell	20 June	William King William Cutfield King William Cutfield King was a 19th century New Zealand politician who was elected to Parliament, but was killed in the New Zealand land wars before the first session.-Early life:...	Death	Harry Atkinson Harry Atkinson Henry Albert "Harry" Atkinson served as the tenth Premier of New Zealand on four separate occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years...
1861	Suburbs of Nelson Suburbs of Nelson The Suburbs of Nelson was a former parliamentary electorate around the city of Nelson, New Zealand from 1861 to 1881.The electorate was represented by five Members of Parliament:* James Balfour Wemyss 1861* William Wells 1861–70* Ralph Richardson 1871–73...	20 June	James Wemyss James Balfour Wemyss James Balfour Wemyss was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Nelson, New Zealand.He represented the Suburbs of Nelson electorate in 1861, from 28 January to 21 May, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	William Wells
1861 Napier by-election, 1861 The 1861 Napier by-election was a by-election held during the 3rd New Zealand Parliament. It was won by the renowned New Zealand missionary William Colenso....	Napier Napier (New Zealand electorate) thumb|right|Boundaries of Napier Electorate for 2008 and 2011 electionsNapier is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Napier is Chris Tremain, of the National Party. He has held this position since...	1 July	Henry Stark Henry Powning Stark Henry Powning Stark was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.He represented the Napier electorate in 1861; from 19 February to 27 April, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	William Colenso William Colenso William Colenso was a Cornish Christian missionary to New Zealand, and also a printer, botanist, explorer and politician.-Life:Born in Penzance, Cornwall, he was the cousin of John William Colenso, Bishop of Natal...
1861	Wanganui Whanganui (New Zealand electorate) Whanganui is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was first established in 1855 for the 2nd Parliament and has existed continuously since then.It is currently held by Chester Borrows MP.-Population centres:...	5 July	Henry Harrison Henry Shafto Harrison Henry Shafto Harrison was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Wanganui, New Zealand.He won the Wanganui electorate in the 1861 general election, but was disqualified. He won the electorate again in the 1861 by-election, and held it to the end of the term of the 3rd New Zealand Parliament in...	Resignation	Henry Harrison
1862 (1st)	City of Dunedin Dunedin (New Zealand electorate) Dunedin or the City of Dunedin or the Town of Dunedin was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand. It was one of the original electorates created in 1853 and existed, with two breaks, until 1905. Most of the time, it was a multi-member electorate.-History:From 1853...	17 March	Thomas Dick Thomas Dick (New Zealand) Thomas Dick was a 19th century New Zealand politician. He was Superintendent of Otago Province in 1865, then Minister of Justice from 1881 to 1882, and Minister of Education from 1881 to 1884.-Early life:...	Resignation	Thomas Dick
1862	Town of New Plymouth New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate) New Plymouth is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was first created for the 1st New Zealand Parliament in 1853 and has existed since, with one 22-year interruption...	5 May	Isaac Watt Isaac Newton Watt Isaac Newton Watt was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Taranaki, New Zealand.He represented the Town of New Plymouth electorate from 1862 to 1863, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Henry Turton Henry Hanson Turton Henry Hanson Turton was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Taranaki, New Zealand.He represented the Town of New Plymouth electorate from 1863 to 1864, when he resigned.-References:...
1862 (2nd)	City of Dunedin Dunedin (New Zealand electorate) Dunedin or the City of Dunedin or the Town of Dunedin was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand. It was one of the original electorates created in 1853 and existed, with two breaks, until 1905. Most of the time, it was a multi-member electorate.-History:From 1853...	30 May	Edward McGlashan Edward McGlashan Edward McGlashan was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.He represented the City of Dunedin electorate from the 1860 general election to 1862 when he resigned; and then the Roslyn electorate from the 1871 general election to 1875, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	John Richardson John Larkins Cheese Richardson Sir John Larkins Cheese Richardson was a 19th century New Zealand politician, and a cabinet minister.-Military career:Richardson was born in India, where he was in the Army, and was known as Major Richardson.- Political career:...
1862	Ellesmere Ellesmere (New Zealand electorate) Ellesmere was a parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. It existed for two periods between 1861 and 1928 and was represented by six Members of Parliament.-Population centres:Ellesmere was a rural electorate...	9 June	Thomas Rowley Thomas Rowley (politician) Thomas Rowley was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Ellesmere electorate from 1861 to 1862, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	James FitzGerald James FitzGerald James Edward FitzGerald was a New Zealand politician. According to some historians, he should be considered the country's first Prime Minister, although a more conventional view is that neither he nor his successor should properly be given that title. He was a notable campaigner for New Zealand...
1862	Avon Avon (New Zealand electorate) Avon is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.-Population centres:The electorate is in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch, New Zealand, based on the suburb of Avonside.-History:...	11 June	Alfred Creyke Alfred Richard Creyke Alfred Richard Creyke JP was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand. He was a significant landholder in Canterbury...	Resignation	William Thomson William Thomson (politician) William Thomson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Christchurch, New Zealand.He represented the Avon electorate from 1862 to 1866, when he retired.-References:...
1862	Heathcote Heathcote (New Zealand electorate) Heathcote was a 19th century parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand.-History:Heathcote existed from 1861 to 1893.George Williamson Hall resigned in 1862. He was succeeded by William Sefton Moorhouse in the 1862 by-election...	12 June	George Hall George Williamson Hall George Williamson Hall was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Christchurch, New Zealand.He represented the Heathcote electorate from 1861 to 1862, when he resigned. The resulting by-election was won by William Sefton Moorhouse....	Resignation	William Moorhouse William Sefton Moorhouse William Sefton Moorhouse was a New Zealand politician. He was the second Superintendent of Canterbury Province.-Early life:...
1862	City of Auckland West Auckland West The former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate on the western outskirts of Auckland, was known as West Auckland from 1984 to 1993. The earlier electorates were known as City of Auckland West from 1861 to 1890, and then Auckland West from 1905 to 1946.-History:The "City of Auckland West" electorate...	14 June	Josiah Firth Josiah Firth Josiah Clifton Firth was a New Zealand farmer, businessman and politician who had a brief brush with fame as the messenger between Te Kooti and the New Zealand Government during Te Kooti's War.-Biography:...	Resignation	James Williamson James Williamson (politician) James Williamson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Auckland Region, New Zealand.He represented the Auckland West electorate from 1862 to 1867, when he resigned....
1862 (3rd)	City of Dunedin Dunedin (New Zealand electorate) Dunedin or the City of Dunedin or the Town of Dunedin was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand. It was one of the original electorates created in 1853 and existed, with two breaks, until 1905. Most of the time, it was a multi-member electorate.-History:From 1853...	11 November	John Richardson	Resignation	James Paterson James Paterson (New Zealand) James Paterson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand. He was a cabinet minister, and on the Legislative Council....
1862	Hampden Hampden (New Zealand electorate) Hampden was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1870. The electorate was centred on the town of Hampden.-History:...	4 December	Thomas Fraser Thomas Fraser (New Zealand) Thomas Fraser was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand. He represented the Hampden electorate from 1861 to 1862, when he was vacated for absence....	Absence	John Jones John Richard Jones John Richard Jones was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Hampden electorate from 1862 to 1863, when he resigned.On 23 October 1855, he married Mary Orbell, the fourth daughter of John Orbell of Hawkesbury....
Supplementary election, 1863
Dunedin and Suburbs North Dunedin and Suburbs North Dunedin and Suburbs North was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand from 1863 to 1866. It was a multi-member electorate.-History:...		28 March 1863 to 14 April 1863			John Richardson John Larkins Cheese Richardson Sir John Larkins Cheese Richardson was a 19th century New Zealand politician, and a cabinet minister.-Military career:Richardson was born in India, where he was in the Army, and was known as Major Richardson.- Political career:...
Dunedin and Suburbs South Dunedin and Suburbs South Dunedin and Suburbs South was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand from 1862 to 1866. From 1863 it was a multi-member electorate.-History:...					William Reynolds William Hunter Reynolds William Hunter Reynolds was a 19th century businessman and Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago Region, New Zealand...
Gold Fields					William Baldwin William Baldwin (New Zealand) William Baldwin was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Otago Region, New Zealand.He represented the Goldfields electorate from 1863 to 1865, when he resigned on 27 April. He then represented the Manuherikia electorate from 1866 to 1867.... George Brodie George Brodie (politician) George Brodie was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Goldfields electorate from 1863 to 1866, when he retired.-References:...
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1863	Dunedin and Suburbs South Dunedin and Suburbs South Dunedin and Suburbs South was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand from 1862 to 1866. From 1863 it was a multi-member electorate.-History:...	20 June	James Paterson James Paterson (New Zealand) James Paterson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand. He was a cabinet minister, and on the Legislative Council....	Resignation	James Paterson
1863	Hampden Hampden (New Zealand electorate) Hampden was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1870. The electorate was centred on the town of Hampden.-History:...	2 July	John Jones John Richard Jones John Richard Jones was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Hampden electorate from 1862 to 1863, when he resigned.On 23 October 1855, he married Mary Orbell, the fourth daughter of John Orbell of Hawkesbury....	Resignation	Frederick Wayne Frederick Wayne Frederick Wayne was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Hampden electorate from 1863 to 1866, when he retired.-References:...
1863	Kaiapoi Kaiapoi (New Zealand electorate) Kaiapoi was a rural New Zealand electorate, north of Christchurch in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand from 1861 to 1946. It was represented by twelve members of Parliament.-History:The electorate dates from 1861....	2 September	Isaac Cookson Isaac Thomas Cookson Isaac Thomas Cookson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Christchurch Country electorate in 1860 and then the Kaiapoi electorate from 1861 to 1863, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Robert Wilkin Robert Wilkin (politician) Robert Wilkin was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Kaiapoi electorate from 1863 to 1866, when he retired.-References:...
1863	Dunedin and Suburbs North Dunedin and Suburbs North Dunedin and Suburbs North was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand from 1863 to 1866. It was a multi-member electorate.-History:...	3 September	Thomas Dick Thomas Dick (New Zealand) Thomas Dick was a 19th century New Zealand politician. He was Superintendent of Otago Province in 1865, then Minister of Justice from 1881 to 1882, and Minister of Education from 1881 to 1884.-Early life:...	Resignation	Julius Vogel Julius Vogel Sir Julius Vogel, KCMG was the eighth Premier of New Zealand. His administration is best remembered for the issuing of bonds to fund railway construction and other public works...
1863	Town of New Plymouth New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate) New Plymouth is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was first created for the 1st New Zealand Parliament in 1853 and has existed since, with one 22-year interruption...	9 October	Isaac Watt Isaac Newton Watt Isaac Newton Watt was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Taranaki, New Zealand.He represented the Town of New Plymouth electorate from 1862 to 1863, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Henry Turton Henry Hanson Turton Henry Hanson Turton was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Taranaki, New Zealand.He represented the Town of New Plymouth electorate from 1863 to 1864, when he resigned.-References:...
1863	Heathcote Heathcote (New Zealand electorate) Heathcote was a 19th century parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand.-History:Heathcote existed from 1861 to 1893.George Williamson Hall resigned in 1862. He was succeeded by William Sefton Moorhouse in the 1862 by-election...	28 October	William Moorhouse William Sefton Moorhouse William Sefton Moorhouse was a New Zealand politician. He was the second Superintendent of Canterbury Province.-Early life:...	Resignation	Alfred Cox Alfred Cox (politician) Alfred Cox was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Heathcote electorate from 1863 to 1866 , then the Timaru electorate from 1866 to 1868...
1863	Akaroa	30 October	Augustus White Augustus White Augustus Edward White was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He contested the Akaroa electorate against the William Sefton Moorhouse, the incumbent for the seat and Superintendent of the Province of Canterbury. White and Moorhouse received 51 and 32 votes, respectively; a majority...	Resignation	Lancelot Walker Lancelot Walker Lancelot Walker was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He represented the electorate from the after the resignation of Augustus White to 1866, then from the electorate until he resigned in 1867. On 15 May 1885, he was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council, where he...
1864	Franklin Franklin (New Zealand electorate) Franklin was a rural New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1861 to 1996 during four periods.-Population centres:The original electorate from 1861 to 1881 included the South Auckland towns of Papatoetoe, Papakura, Pukekohe and Waiuku, and west of Waiuku to the West Coast...	13 October	Marmaduke Nixon Marmaduke Nixon Marmaduke George Nixon was a 19th century Member of Parliament in rural South Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Franklin electorate from 1861 to 1864, until his death in the New Zealand land wars, during the invasion of Waikato....	Death (KIA Killed in action Killed in action is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces. The United States Department of Defense, for example, says that those declared KIA need not have fired their weapons but have been killed due to... )	Theodore Haultain Theodore Haultain Theodore Minet Haultain was a 19th century New Zealand politician and Minister of Colonial Defence...
1864	Town of New Plymouth New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate) New Plymouth is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was first created for the 1st New Zealand Parliament in 1853 and has existed since, with one 22-year interruption...	18 November	Henry Turton Henry Hanson Turton Henry Hanson Turton was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Taranaki, New Zealand.He represented the Town of New Plymouth electorate from 1863 to 1864, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Charles Brown Charles Brown (Taranaki) Charles Brown was a New Zealand politician from the Taranaki area.-Personal life:Brown was born in London, England, the illegitimate son of Charles Armitage Brown and Abigail O'Donohue, an Irish house servant at Wentworth Place where Brown and Keats resided...
1864	Waimea Waimea (New Zealand electorate) Waimea was a parliamentary electorate in the Nelson Province of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1887.-Geographic coverage:Waimea was located in the northern part of the South Island, facing the Tasman Bay. It is the area around the town of Nelson, but excluded Nelson itself. It includes Wakefield,...	29 November	Alfred Saunders Alfred Saunders Alfred Saunders was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He was elected onto the Nelson Provincial Council representing Waimea South in 1855 and remained a councillor until his election of Superintendent for the Nelson Province from 1865 to 1867. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Waimea...	Resignation	John Miles John George Miles John George Miles was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Nelson, New Zealand.He represented the Waimea electorate from 1864 to 1866, when he retired.-References:...
1865 (1st)	Bruce Bruce (New Zealand electorate) Bruce was a rural parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1922. For part of the 1860s with the influx to Otago of gold-miners it was a multi-member constituency with two members.-History:...	8 April	Thomas Gillies Thomas Gillies Thomas Bannatyne Gillies was a 19th century New Zealand lawyer, judge and politician.-Early life:He was born at Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, Scotland, on 17 January 1828...	Resignation	Arthur Burns Arthur John Burns Arthur John Burns was a prominent early settler of Otago, New Zealand, a member of the Otago Provincial Council, a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and founder of the Mosgiel Woollen Company, Dunedin....
1865	Raglan Raglan (New Zealand electorate) -History:The Raglan electorate existed from 1861 to 1870, from 1911 to 1978, and then from 1984 to 1996.In 1996, Simon Upton who was then the MP for Raglan chose to become a list MP...	19 April	Charles Taylor Charles John Taylor Charles John Taylor was a New Zealand politician. He served in the 1st New Zealand Parliament and the 2nd New Zealand Parliament as representative for the Southern Division; , and served in the 3rd New Zealand Parliament as representative for the Raglan electorate...	Resignation	William Buckland William Thorne Buckland William Thorne Buckland was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He represented two south Auckland seats; first the Raglan electorate from 1865 to 1866, when he retired. He then represented the Franklin electorate from 1871 to 1875, when he again retired.-References:...
1865	Parnell Parnell (New Zealand electorate) Parnell was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Auckland, New Zealand, from 1861 to 1954.The electorate was represented by ten Members of Parliament:* Reader Wood 1861–65 & 1870–78* Robert James Creighton 1865–66* Frederick Whitaker 1866–67...	20 April	Reader Wood Reader Wood Reader Gilson Wood was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He was the Member of Parliament for Parnell from 1861 to 1865 , then 1870 to 1878 ; then for Waitemata from 1879 to 1881, when he retired from politics....	Resignation	Robert Creighton Robert James Creighton Robert James Creighton was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Auckland Region, New Zealand.He represented the Parnell electorate from 1865 to 1866, when he retired. He then represented the Newton electorate from 1869 to 1870, when he retired. He then represented the Eden electorate from...
1865	Town of New Plymouth New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate) New Plymouth is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was first created for the 1st New Zealand Parliament in 1853 and has existed since, with one 22-year interruption...	19 May	Charles Brown Charles Brown (Taranaki) Charles Brown was a New Zealand politician from the Taranaki area.-Personal life:Brown was born in London, England, the illegitimate son of Charles Armitage Brown and Abigail O'Donohue, an Irish house servant at Wentworth Place where Brown and Keats resided...	Resignation	Henry Sewell Henry Sewell Henry Sewell was a prominent 19th century New Zealand politician. He was a notable campaigner for New Zealand self-government, and is generally regarded as having been the country's first Premier, having led the Sewell Ministry in 1856.-Early life:Sewell was born on 7 September 1807 in the town of...
1865	Gold Fields	29 May	William Baldwin William Baldwin (New Zealand) William Baldwin was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Otago Region, New Zealand.He represented the Goldfields electorate from 1863 to 1865, when he resigned on 27 April. He then represented the Manuherikia electorate from 1866 to 1867....	Resignation	Charles Haughton Charles Edward Haughton Charles Edward Haughton was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Goldfields electorate from 1865 to 1866, then the Hampden electorate from 1866 to 1870, then the Wakatipu electorate in 1871, until he resigned.-References:...
1865	Rangitiki Rangitikei (New Zealand electorate) rightRangitīkei is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Rangitīkei is Simon Power of the National Party...	10 July	William Fox William Fox (New Zealand) Sir William Fox, KCMG was the second Premier of New Zealand on four occasions in the 19th century, while New Zealand was still a colony. He was known for his eventual support of Māori land rights, his contributions to the education system , and his work to increase New Zealand's autonomy from...	Resignation	Robert Pharazyn Robert Pharazyn Robert Pharazyn was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Manawatu region of New Zealand.He represented the Rangitikei electorate from 1865 to 1866 when he was defeated.-References:...
1865	Omata Omata (New Zealand electorate) Omata was a Taranaki electorate in the New Zealand Parliament from 1853 to 1870. It was based on the township of Omata.-Members:The following Members of Parliament represented the Omata electorate:...	18 July	James Richmond James Crowe Richmond James Crowe Richmond was a New Zealand politician, engineer, and an early painter in watercolours of the New Zealand landscape.-Early life:...	Appointed to Legislative Council New Zealand Legislative Council The Legislative Council of New Zealand was the upper house of the New Zealand Parliament from 1853 until 1951. Unlike the lower house, the New Zealand House of Representatives, the Legislative Council was appointed.-Role:...	Francis Gledhill Francis Gledhill Francis Ullathorne Gledhill was a New Zealand politician. He was born in Yorkshire, England, and came to New Zealand in 1844, settling in Taranaki. He served in the first and third Parliaments, representing New Plymouth in the former and Omata in the latter...
1865 (2nd)	Bruce Bruce (New Zealand electorate) Bruce was a rural parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1922. For part of the 1860s with the influx to Otago of gold-miners it was a multi-member constituency with two members.-History:...	26 July	Edward Cargill Edward Cargill Edward Bowes Cargill was a 19th century businessman and Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. He was the Mayor of Dunedin from 1897 to 1898, when the 50th anniversary of the founding of the province of Otago was celebrated....	Resignation	James Macandrew James Macandrew James Macandrew was a New Zealand ship-owner and politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1853 to 1887 and as the last Superintendent of Otago Province.-Early life:...
1865	Wairarapa Wairarapa (New Zealand electorate) Wairarapa is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was first created in 1859 and existed until 1881. It was recreated in 1887 and has since existed continuously...	29 July	Charles Carter Charles Rooking Carter Charles Rooking Carter was an New Zealand contractor, politician, and philanthropist from England.-Biography:Carter was born in Kendal, Westmorland, the son of a builder, John Carter. Carter lived in London from the age of 21 and through adult education classes at the Westminster Institution,...		Henry Bunny Henry Bunny Henry Bunny was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Wairarapa, New Zealand.He represented the Wairarapa electorate from 1865 to 1881, when he was defeated for the new seat of Wairarapa South.-References:...
4th Parliament 4th New Zealand Parliament The 4th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.Elections for this term were held in 61 electorates between 12 February and 6 April 1866 to elect 70 MPs. Parliament was prorogued in late 1870. During the term of this Parliament, two Ministries were in power...  (1866–1870)
1866	Mount Herbert Mount Herbert (New Zealand electorate) Mount Herbert was a former parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1870.-History:The electorate was formed for the 4th New Zealand Parliament in 1866, replacing the Ellesmere electorate. The general election was held on 22 February 1866...	27 July	William Moorhouse William Sefton Moorhouse William Sefton Moorhouse was a New Zealand politician. He was the second Superintendent of Canterbury Province.-Early life:...	Chose to represent Westland Westland (New Zealand electorate) Westland was a parliamentary electorate in the West Coast of New Zealand from 1866 to 1868 and 1890 to 1972. In 1972 the Tasman and West Coast electorates replaced the former Buller and Westland electorates.-History:...	Thomas Potts Thomas Henry Potts Thomas Henry Potts was a British-born New Zealand naturalist, ornithologist, entomologist, and botanist....
1866	Port Chalmers Port Chalmers (New Zealand electorate) Port Chalmers then Chalmers was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1938. It was centred on the town of Port Chalmers, the main port of Dunedin and Otago.-History:...	15 December	Thomas Dick Thomas Dick (New Zealand) Thomas Dick was a 19th century New Zealand politician. He was Superintendent of Otago Province in 1865, then Minister of Justice from 1881 to 1882, and Minister of Education from 1881 to 1884.-Early life:...	Resignation	Thomas Dick
1867	City of Dunedin Dunedin (New Zealand electorate) Dunedin or the City of Dunedin or the Town of Dunedin was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand. It was one of the original electorates created in 1853 and existed, with two breaks, until 1905. Most of the time, it was a multi-member electorate.-History:From 1853...	19 January	William Reynolds William Hunter Reynolds William Hunter Reynolds was a 19th century businessman and Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago Region, New Zealand...	Resignation	William Reynolds
1867	City of Christchurch Christchurch (New Zealand electorate) Christchurch was a parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand. It existed three times. Originally it was the Town of Christchurch from 1853 to 1860. From the 1860–61 election to the 1871 election, it existed as City of Christchurch. It then existed from the 1875–76 election until the...	13 February	James FitzGerald James FitzGerald James Edward FitzGerald was a New Zealand politician. According to some historians, he should be considered the country's first Prime Minister, although a more conventional view is that neither he nor his successor should properly be given that title. He was a notable campaigner for New Zealand...	Resignation	William Travers
1867	Avon Avon (New Zealand electorate) Avon is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.-Population centres:The electorate is in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch, New Zealand, based on the suburb of Avonside.-History:...	11 March	Crosbie Ward Crosbie Ward Crosbie Ward was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand. He was born in County Down, Ireland.He represented the Town of Lyttelton electorate from 1858 to 1866. He was a cabinet minister, Postmaster-General and Secretary for Crown Lands. He then represented the Avon...	Resignation	William Reeves William Reeves (journalist) William Reeves was a New Zealand 19th century journalist and politician. He was the father of the author and politician the Hon. William Pember Reeves....
1867	Manuherikia	27 April	William Baldwin William Baldwin (New Zealand) William Baldwin was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Otago Region, New Zealand.He represented the Goldfields electorate from 1863 to 1865, when he resigned on 27 April. He then represented the Manuherikia electorate from 1866 to 1867....	Resignation	David Mervyn David Mervyn David Hunter Mervyn was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Otago Region of New Zealand.He represented the Manuherikia electorate from 1867 to 1870 through winning the by-election on 15 May, and then the Mount Ida electorate from 1871 to 1875, when he retired....
1867	Wanganui Whanganui (New Zealand electorate) Whanganui is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was first established in 1855 for the 2nd Parliament and has existed continuously since then.It is currently held by Chester Borrows MP.-Population centres:...	27 April	John Bryce John Bryce John Bryce was a New Zealand politician from 1871 to 1891 and Minister of Native Affairs from 1879 to 1884...	Resignation	Henry Harrison Henry Shafto Harrison Henry Shafto Harrison was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Wanganui, New Zealand.He won the Wanganui electorate in the 1861 general election, but was disqualified. He won the electorate again in the 1861 by-election, and held it to the end of the term of the 3rd New Zealand Parliament in...
1867	Town of New Plymouth New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate) New Plymouth is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was first created for the 1st New Zealand Parliament in 1853 and has existed since, with one 22-year interruption...	29 April	John Richardson John Larkins Cheese Richardson Sir John Larkins Cheese Richardson was a 19th century New Zealand politician, and a cabinet minister.-Military career:Richardson was born in India, where he was in the Army, and was known as Major Richardson.- Political career:...	Resignation	Harry Atkinson Harry Atkinson Henry Albert "Harry" Atkinson served as the tenth Premier of New Zealand on four separate occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years...
1867	City of Auckland West Auckland West The former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate on the western outskirts of Auckland, was known as West Auckland from 1984 to 1993. The earlier electorates were known as City of Auckland West from 1861 to 1890, and then Auckland West from 1905 to 1946.-History:The "City of Auckland West" electorate...	24 May	James Williamson James Williamson (politician) James Williamson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Auckland Region, New Zealand.He represented the Auckland West electorate from 1862 to 1867, when he resigned....	Resignation	Patrick Dignan Patrick Dignan Patrick Dignan was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Auckland West electorate from 1867 to 1870 when he was defeated, and from 1875 to 1879 when he resigned....
1867	Raglan Raglan (New Zealand electorate) -History:The Raglan electorate existed from 1861 to 1870, from 1911 to 1978, and then from 1984 to 1996.In 1996, Simon Upton who was then the MP for Raglan chose to become a list MP...	4 June	Joseph Newman Joseph Newman (politician) Joseph Newman was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Waikato, New Zealand.He represented the Raglan electorate from 1866 to 1867, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	James Farmer James Farmer (politician) James Farmer was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Waikato Region, New Zealand.He represented the Marsden electorate from 1859 to 1860 , and then the Raglan electorate from 1867 to 1870, when he retired....
1867	Parnell Parnell (New Zealand electorate) Parnell was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Auckland, New Zealand, from 1861 to 1954.The electorate was represented by ten Members of Parliament:* Reader Wood 1861–65 & 1870–78* Robert James Creighton 1865–66* Frederick Whitaker 1866–67...	5 June	Frederick Whitaker Frederick Whitaker Sir Frederick Whitaker, KCMG was an English-born New Zealand politician who served twice as the fifth Premier of New Zealand and six times as Attorney-General.-Early life:...	Resignation	Charles Heaphy Charles Heaphy Major Charles Heaphy VC was a New Zealand explorer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious military award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....
1867	Port Chalmers Port Chalmers (New Zealand electorate) Port Chalmers then Chalmers was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1938. It was centred on the town of Port Chalmers, the main port of Dunedin and Otago.-History:...	15 June	Thomas Dick Thomas Dick (New Zealand) Thomas Dick was a 19th century New Zealand politician. He was Superintendent of Otago Province in 1865, then Minister of Justice from 1881 to 1882, and Minister of Education from 1881 to 1884.-Early life:...	Resignation	David Main David Forsyth Main David Forsyth Main was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Port Chalmers electorate from 1867 to 1870, when he retired.-References:...
1867	Waimea Waimea (New Zealand electorate) Waimea was a parliamentary electorate in the Nelson Province of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1887.-Geographic coverage:Waimea was located in the northern part of the South Island, facing the Tasman Bay. It is the area around the town of Nelson, but excluded Nelson itself. It includes Wakefield,...	28 June	Arthur Oliver Arthur Robert Oliver Arthur Robert Oliver was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand.He represented the Waimea electorate from 1866 to 1867, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Edward Baigent Edward Baigent Edward Baigent was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand. He was one of the most successful saw-millers of the region, and his company existed for well over 100 years.-Family:...
1867	Lyttelton Lyttelton (New Zealand electorate) Lyttelton is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1853–90, and again from 1893–1996, when it was replaced by the Banks Peninsula electorate.-Population Centres:...	1 July	Edward Hargreaves Edward Hargreaves Edward Allan Hargreaves was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Town of Lyttelton electorate from 1866 to 1867, when he resigned. He was succeeded by George Macfarlan.-References:...	Resignation	George Macfarlan George Macfarlan George Macfarlan was a 19th century Member of Parliament representing the Lyttelton electorate.-Professional career:Macfarlan was the only son of the Rev. George Macfarlan of Gainford, County Durham...
1867	Kaiapoi Kaiapoi (New Zealand electorate) Kaiapoi was a rural New Zealand electorate, north of Christchurch in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand from 1861 to 1946. It was represented by twelve members of Parliament.-History:The electorate dates from 1861....	5 July	Joseph Beswick Joseph Beswick Joseph Sutton Beswick was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Kaiapoi electorate from 1866 to 1867, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	John Studholme John Studholme John Studholme was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Kaiapoi electorate from 1867 to 1874, when he resigned. He then represented the Gladstone electorate from 1879 to 1881, when he retired....
1867	Picton Picton (New Zealand electorate) Picton was a parliamentary electorate in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1887.-Population centres:This electorate is based on the town of Picton.-History:...	25 July	Arthur Beauchamp Arthur Beauchamp Arthur Beauchamp was a 19th century Member of Parliament from New Zealand. Arriving from Australia on 15 November 1858, he lived much of his life in a number of locations around the top of the South Island...	Resignation	William Adams William Adams (New Zealand) William Adams was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Marlborough, New Zealand and the first Superintendent of Marlborough Province.-Early life:...
1867	Pensioner Settlements Pensioner Settlements (New Zealand electorate) Pensioner Settlements was a 19th century parliamentary multimember electorate in the Auckland region of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1870.-Geographic distribution:...	5 August	Paul de Quincey Paul Frederick de Quincey Paul Frederick de Quincey was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Pensioner Settlements electorate from 1866 to 1867, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	John Kerr John Kerr (Auckland politician) John Kerr was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Pensioner Settlements electorate from 1867 to 1870, when he was defeated .-References:...
1867	Ashley	7 August	Lancelot Walker Lancelot Walker Lancelot Walker was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He represented the electorate from the after the resignation of Augustus White to 1866, then from the electorate until he resigned in 1867. On 15 May 1885, he was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council, where he...	Resignation	Henry Tancred
1868	Collingwood Collingwood (New Zealand electorate) Collingwood was a parliamentary electorate in the Tasman region of New Zealand from 1861 to 1881.-Location:The electorate was centred on the towns of Collingwood and Takaka in the South Island.-History:...	18 March	Andrew Richmond Andrew James Richmond Andrew James Richmond was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Nelson, New Zealand.He represented the Collingwood electorate from 1861 to 1868, when he resigned. He then represented the Suburbs of Nelson electorate from 1873 to 1880, when he died.-References:...	Resignation	Arthur Collins Arthur Collins (politician) Arthur Shuckburg Collins was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand.He represented the Collingwood electorate from 1868 to 1873, when he resigned, and then the Suburbs of Nelson electorate in 1881 from 11 January to 8 November, when he retired.-References:...
Supplementary election, 1868
Westland North		3/4/1868 to 9/4/1868			Timothy Gallagher Timothy Gallagher (politician) Timothy Gallagher was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the West Coast, New Zealand.He represented the Westland North electorate from 1868 to 1870, when he resigned.-References:...
Westland South					Edmund Barff
First Māori elections
Eastern Maori Eastern Maori Eastern Maori was one of the four original New Zealand parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996.-Population centres:The electorate includes the following population centres:* -Tribal areas:...		15 April 1868 to 20 June 1868			Tareha Te Moananui Tareha te Moananui Tareha Te Moananui was a Māori member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was one of four Māori elected in 1868 for the new Māori electorates in the New Zealand parliament, and he was the first of the four to speak in Parliament....
Northern Maori Northern Maori Northern Maori was one of the four original New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996.-Population centres:The electorate includes the following population centres: Auckland, Whangarei.-Tribal Areas:...					Frederick Russell Frederick Nene Russell Frederick Nene Russell was a Māori member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was one of four Māori elected in 1868 for the new Māori electorates in the New Zealand parliament.He represented the electorate of Northern Maori from 1868 to 1870 when he retired....
Southern Maori Southern Maori Southern Maori was one of the four original New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996.-Population centres:The electorate includes the following population centres:* -Tribal Areas:...					John Patterson John Patterson (New Zealand) John Patterson was a Māori member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was one of four Māori elected in 1868 for the new Māori electorates in the New Zealand parliamentHe represented the electorate of Southern Maori from 1868 to 1870 when he retired....
Western Maori Western Maori Western Maori was one of the four former New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996.-Population Centres:The electorate includes the following population centres:* -Tribal Areas:...					Mete Paetahi Mete Paetahi Mete Kingi te Rangi Paetahi was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was one of four Māori elected in first Māori elections of 1868 for the new Māori electorates in the New Zealand parliament.-Private life:...
By-election	Electorate	Date	Incumbent	Reason	Winner
4th Parliament (continued)
1868	Avon Avon (New Zealand electorate) Avon is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.-Population centres:The electorate is in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch, New Zealand, based on the suburb of Avonside.-History:...	8 June	William Reeves	Resignation	William Rolleston William Rolleston William Rolleston was a New Zealand politician, public administrator, educationalist and Canterbury provincial superintendent.-Early life:...
1868	Picton Picton (New Zealand electorate) Picton was a parliamentary electorate in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1887.-Population centres:This electorate is based on the town of Picton.-History:...	11 June	William Adams William Adams (New Zealand) William Adams was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Marlborough, New Zealand and the first Superintendent of Marlborough Province.-Early life:...	Resignation	Courtney Kenny Courtney Kenny Courtney William Alymer Thomas Kenny was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Marlborough Region, New Zealand.He represented the Picton electorate from 1868 to 1881, when he retired.-References:...
1868	Rangitiki Rangitikei (New Zealand electorate) rightRangitīkei is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Rangitīkei is Simon Power of the National Party...	22 June	William Watt William Hogg Watt William Hogg Watt was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Manawatu region of New Zealand.He represented the Rangitikei electorate from 1866 to 1868 when he resigned, and then the Wanganui electorate from 1881 to 1884 when he was defeated....	Resignation	William Fox William Fox (New Zealand) Sir William Fox, KCMG was the second Premier of New Zealand on four occasions in the 19th century, while New Zealand was still a colony. He was known for his eventual support of Māori land rights, his contributions to the education system , and his work to increase New Zealand's autonomy from...
1868	Franklin Franklin (New Zealand electorate) Franklin was a rural New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1861 to 1996 during four periods.-Population centres:The original electorate from 1861 to 1881 included the South Auckland towns of Papatoetoe, Papakura, Pukekohe and Waiuku, and west of Waiuku to the West Coast...	2 July	Robert Graham Robert Graham (New Zealand) Robert Graham was a 19th century New Zealand politician in the Auckland area.He represented the Southern Division electorate in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament from 1855 to 1860, and then represented the Franklin electorate in the 3rd Parliament and the 4th Parliament from 1861 to 1868, when he...	Resignation	William Swan William Turnbull Swan William Turnbull Swan was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand, New Zealand.He represented the Franklin electorate from 1868 to 1870, when he was defeated .-References:...
1868	Waikouaiti Waikouaiti (New Zealand electorate) Waikouaiti is a former parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1908.Waikouaiti was represented by ten Members of Parliament:* William Dick Murison 1866-68 * Robert Mitchell 1868-69...	27 July	William Murison William Murison William Dick Murison was a 19th century Member of Parliament and a cricketer from Otago, New Zealand.-Biography:He was born in Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland...	Resignation	Robert Mitchell Robert Mitchell (New Zealand) Robert Mitchell was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Waikouaiti electorate from 1868 to 1869 when he resigned,-References:...
1868	Lyttelton Lyttelton (New Zealand electorate) Lyttelton is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1853–90, and again from 1893–1996, when it was replaced by the Banks Peninsula electorate.-Population Centres:...	2 November	George Macfarlan George Macfarlan George Macfarlan was a 19th century Member of Parliament representing the Lyttelton electorate.-Professional career:Macfarlan was the only son of the Rev. George Macfarlan of Gainford, County Durham...	Death	John Peacock John Thomas Peacock John Thomas Peacock MLC JP was a New Zealand businessman, philanthropist and politician. He came to Canterbury in 1844, several years before organised settlement started.-Early life:...
1868	Timaru Timaru (New Zealand electorate) Timaru is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, in the South Island. It existed continuously from 1861 to 1996 and was represented by eleven Members of Parliament.-Population centres:...	20 November	Alfred Cox Alfred Cox (politician) Alfred Cox was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Heathcote electorate from 1863 to 1866 , then the Timaru electorate from 1866 to 1868...	Resignation	Edward Stafford Edward Stafford (politician) Sir Edward Stafford, KCMG served as the third Premier of New Zealand on three occasions in the mid 19th century. His total time in office is the longest of any leader without a political party. He is described as pragmatic, logical, and clear-sighted.-Early life and career:Edward William Stafford...
1868	City of Nelson Nelson (New Zealand electorate) Nelson is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. From 1853 to 1860, the electorate was called Town of Nelson. From 1860 to 1881, it was City of Nelson...	24 December	Edward Stafford Edward Stafford (politician) Sir Edward Stafford, KCMG served as the third Premier of New Zealand on three occasions in the mid 19th century. His total time in office is the longest of any leader without a political party. He is described as pragmatic, logical, and clear-sighted.-Early life and career:Edward William Stafford...	Resignation	Nathaniel Edwards Nathaniel Edwards Nathaniel Edwards MLC was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand. He arrived in Nelson in 1844 from London, England, married and had 12 children. His eldest son died in Paris in 1876 from typhoid fever. He was 19 years old.- Nathaniel Edwards and Co :Edwards was a partner of...
1869	Marsden Marsden (New Zealand electorate) Marsden is a former parliamentary electorate, in the Whangarei District in the Northland Region of New Zealand.-Population Centres:The electorate was mixed urban and rural, around the city of Whangarei.-History:...	?? February	Francis Hull Francis Hull Francis Holmes Hull was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Auckland Region, New Zealand.He represented the Marsden electorate from 1866 until he resigned. Parliament received his resignation on 1 June 1869.-References:...	Resignation	John Munro John Munro (New Zealand) John Munro was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Auckland Province, New Zealand.-Biography:He represented the Marsden electorate from 1861 to 1866, when he was defeated. He then represented the electorate again from a by-election in 1869 to 1875, when he was again defeated.He died on 24...
1869	Roslyn Roslyn (New Zealand electorate) Roslyn was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in the Otago Region, New Zealand from 1866 to 1890.-History:George Hepburn, the electorate's first representative who was elected in 1866, resigned in 1869. Henry Driver replaced him. Arthur John Burns was elected in the 1875 general...	12 February	George Hepburn George Hepburn (New Zealand) George Hepburn was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Roslyn electorate from 1866 to 1869, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Henry Driver Henry Driver Henry Driver was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Roslyn electorate from 1869 to 1871, when he resigned, and from 1878 to 1881. He then represented the Hokonui electorate from 1881 to 1884, when he retired.-References:...
1869	City of Dunedin Dunedin (New Zealand electorate) Dunedin or the City of Dunedin or the Town of Dunedin was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand. It was one of the original electorates created in 1853 and existed, with two breaks, until 1905. Most of the time, it was a multi-member electorate.-History:From 1853...	5 March	James Paterson James Paterson (New Zealand) James Paterson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand. He was a cabinet minister, and on the Legislative Council....	Resignation	Thomas Birch Thomas Birch (New Zealand) Thomas Birch was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.He represented the City of Dunedin electorate from 1869 to 1870 when he retired.He was the third Mayor of Dunedin.-References:...
1869	Newton Newton (New Zealand electorate) Newton was a 19th century parliamentary electorate in Auckland, New Zealand.-History:Newton existed from 1861 to 1893. It was created for the 3rd New Zealand Parliament and ran to the end of the 11th Parliament, and was represented by seven MPs:...	19 March	George Graham George Graham (New Zealand) George Graham was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Newton electorate from 1861 to 1869, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Robert Creighton Robert James Creighton Robert James Creighton was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Auckland Region, New Zealand.He represented the Parnell electorate from 1865 to 1866, when he retired. He then represented the Newton electorate from 1869 to 1870, when he retired. He then represented the Eden electorate from...
1869	Waikouaiti Waikouaiti (New Zealand electorate) Waikouaiti is a former parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1908.Waikouaiti was represented by ten Members of Parliament:* William Dick Murison 1866-68 * Robert Mitchell 1868-69...	27 April	Robert Mitchell Robert Mitchell (New Zealand) Robert Mitchell was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Waikouaiti electorate from 1868 to 1869 when he resigned,-References:...	Resignation	Francis Rich Francis Rich Francis Dyer Rich was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Waikouaiti electorate from 1869 to 1870 when he retired,-References:...
1869	Town of New Plymouth New Plymouth (New Zealand electorate) New Plymouth is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was first created for the 1st New Zealand Parliament in 1853 and has existed since, with one 22-year interruption...	28 April	Harry Atkinson Harry Atkinson Henry Albert "Harry" Atkinson served as the tenth Premier of New Zealand on four separate occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years...	Resignation	Thomas Kelly Thomas Kelly (New Zealand politician) Thomas Kelly was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Taranaki, New Zealand.He represented the Town of New Plymouth electorate from 1869 to 1879, and then the New Plymouth electorate from 1879 to 1884, when he was defeated....
1869 (1st)	Wallace Wallace (New Zealand electorate) Wallace was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1859 to 1996.-Population centres:This electorate is in the rural part of Southland.-History:...	30 April	Alexander McNeil Alexander McNeil Alexander McNeil was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Southland, New Zealand.He represented the Wallace electorate from 1866 to 1869, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Cuthbert Cowan Cuthbert Cowan Cuthbert Cowan was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Southland, New Zealand.He represented the Wallace electorate in 1869 , and then the Hokonui electorate from 1884 to 1890, when he retired.-References:...
1869	Oamaru Oamaru (New Zealand electorate) Oamaru was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, during three periods between 1866 and 1978.-History:The electorate existed three times: from 1866 to 1870, 1881 to 1957, and then from 1969 to 1978....	25 May	Robert Campbell Robert Campbell (New Zealand politician) Robert Campbell was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Oamaru electorate from 1866 to 9 April 1869, when he resigned. He was appointed to the Legislative Council on 13 May 1870 and served on it until he died on 10 December 1889.-References:...	Resignation	Charles Graham Charles Christie Graham Charles Christie Graham was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Oamaru electorate from an 1869 by-election to 1870, when he retired.-References:...
1869	Taieri Taieri (New Zealand electorate) Taieri is a former parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1911.-Population centres:This electorate was based on the town of Mosgiel.-History:...	19 June	Donald Reid	Resignation	Henry Howorth Henry Howorth Henry Howorth was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Taieri electorate from 1869 to 1870 when he retired....
1869 (2nd)	Wallace Wallace (New Zealand electorate) Wallace was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1859 to 1996.-Population centres:This electorate is in the rural part of Southland.-History:...	17 September	Cuthbert Cowan Cuthbert Cowan Cuthbert Cowan was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Southland, New Zealand.He represented the Wallace electorate in 1869 , and then the Hokonui electorate from 1884 to 1890, when he retired.-References:...	Resignation	George Webster George Webster (New Zealand politician) George Webster was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Southland, New Zealand.He represented the Wallace electorate from 1869 to 1875, when he died....
1870	Bruce Bruce (New Zealand electorate) Bruce was a rural parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1922. For part of the 1860s with the influx to Otago of gold-miners it was a multi-member constituency with two members.-History:...	21 March	John Cargill	Resignation	James Brown James Clark Brown James Clark Brown was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Bruce electorate in 1870 , and then the Tuapeka electorate from 1871 to 1890, when he was defeated.-References:...
1870	Mongonui Mongonui (New Zealand electorate) Mongonui and then Mongonui and Bay of Islands was a former parliamentary electorate in the Far North District in the Northland region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1881.-History:* William Butler 1861–1866...	30 March	Thomas Ball Thomas Ball (New Zealand politician) Thomas Ball was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Northland, New Zealand.He represented the Mongonui electorate from 1866 to 1870, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Thomas Gillies Thomas Gillies Thomas Bannatyne Gillies was a 19th century New Zealand lawyer, judge and politician.-Early life:He was born at Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, Scotland, on 17 January 1828...
1870	Caversham Caversham (New Zealand electorate) Caversham was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in the Otago Region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1908.-History:Caversham was first established in 1866 and abolished in 1890. It was recreated in 1893 and abolished again in 1908....	25 April	Arthur John Burns Arthur John Burns Arthur John Burns was a prominent early settler of Otago, New Zealand, a member of the Otago Provincial Council, a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and founder of the Mosgiel Woollen Company, Dunedin....	Resignation	James McIndoe James McIndoe James McIndoe was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Dunedin, New Zealand.He represented the Caversham electorate in 1870, from 25 April to 30 December, when he was defeated.-References:...
1870	Parnell Parnell (New Zealand electorate) Parnell was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Auckland, New Zealand, from 1861 to 1954.The electorate was represented by ten Members of Parliament:* Reader Wood 1861–65 & 1870–78* Robert James Creighton 1865–66* Frederick Whitaker 1866–67...	12 May	Charles Heaphy Charles Heaphy Major Charles Heaphy VC was a New Zealand explorer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious military award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces....	Resignation	Reader Wood Reader Wood Reader Gilson Wood was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He was the Member of Parliament for Parnell from 1861 to 1865 , then 1870 to 1878 ; then for Waitemata from 1879 to 1881, when he retired from politics....
1870	Riverton Riverton (New Zealand electorate) Riverton was a parliamentary electorate in the Southland Region of New Zealand.-Members:The electorate was represented by four Members of Parliament:* Donald Hankinson 1866–70* Lachlan McGillivray 1870–75* Dr Samuel Hodgkinson 1876–79...	18 May	Donald Hankinson Donald Hankinson Donald Hankinson was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Southland, New Zealand.He represented the Riverton electorate from 1866 to 1870, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Lachlan McGillivray Lachlan McGillivray Lachlan McGillivray was a prosperous fur trader and planter in colonial Georgia with interests that extended from Savannah to what is now central Alabama...
1870	City of Christchurch Christchurch (New Zealand electorate) Christchurch was a parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand. It existed three times. Originally it was the Town of Christchurch from 1853 to 1860. From the 1860–61 election to the 1871 election, it existed as City of Christchurch. It then existed from the 1875–76 election until the...	12 August	William Travers	Resignation	William Moorhouse William Sefton Moorhouse William Sefton Moorhouse was a New Zealand politician. He was the second Superintendent of Canterbury Province.-Early life:...
5th Parliament 5th New Zealand Parliament The 5th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.Elections for this term were held in 68 European electorates between 14 January and 23 February 1871. Elections in the four Māori electorates were held on 1 and 15 January 1871. A total of 78 MPs were elected. Parliament was...  (1871–1875)
1871	City of Auckland West Auckland West The former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate on the western outskirts of Auckland, was known as West Auckland from 1984 to 1993. The earlier electorates were known as City of Auckland West from 1861 to 1890, and then Auckland West from 1905 to 1946.-History:The "City of Auckland West" electorate...	1 September	John Williamson John Williamson (politician) John Williamson was a New Zealand politician. He represented the Pensioner Settlements in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament from 1855 to 1860, and represented the City of Auckland West electorate in the 3rd Parliament, the 4th Parliament, and the 5th Parliament from 1861 to 1875 John Williamson...	Election Invalid	John Williamson
1871	Roslyn Roslyn (New Zealand electorate) Roslyn was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in the Otago Region, New Zealand from 1866 to 1890.-History:George Hepburn, the electorate's first representative who was elected in 1866, resigned in 1869. Henry Driver replaced him. Arthur John Burns was elected in the 1875 general...	12 September	Henry Driver Henry Driver Henry Driver was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Roslyn electorate from 1869 to 1871, when he resigned, and from 1878 to 1881. He then represented the Hokonui electorate from 1881 to 1884, when he retired.-References:...	Resignation	Edward McGlashan Edward McGlashan Edward McGlashan was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.He represented the City of Dunedin electorate from the 1860 general election to 1862 when he resigned; and then the Roslyn electorate from the 1871 general election to 1875, when he resigned.-References:...
1872	Wairau Wairau (New Zealand electorate) Wairau was a parliamentary electorate in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1938.-History:Wairau was one of the original electorates for the first general election in 1853....	19 February	William Henry Eyes William Henry Eyes William Henry Eyes was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He represented the Marlborough electorate of Wairau from 1861 to 1871, when he resigned. He was the Superintendent of Marlborough Province from 1865 to 1870.-References:...	Resignation	Arthur Seymour
1872	Waikato Waikato (New Zealand electorate) rightWaikato is the name of a current electorate in the New Zealand Parliament from 2006; which earlier existed for two periods, 1871 to 1960 and 1969 to 1996 when MMP was introduced....	1 March	James McPherson James McPherson (New Zealand) James McPherson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Waikato Region of New Zealand.He represented the Waikato electorate in 1871, from 10 February to 20 December, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	William Jackson William Jackson (New Zealand) William Jackson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Waikato Region of New Zealand.He represented the Waikato electorate from 1872 to 1875, when he retired....
1872	Wakatipu Wakatipu (New Zealand electorate) Wakatipu was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, from 1871 to 1928.Wakatipu was represented by eight Members of Parliament:* Charles Edward Haughton in 1871* Bendix Hallenstein from 1872 to 1873* Vincent Pyke from 1873 to 1875...	13 March	Charles Edward Haughton Charles Edward Haughton Charles Edward Haughton was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Goldfields electorate from 1865 to 1866, then the Hampden electorate from 1866 to 1870, then the Wakatipu electorate in 1871, until he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Bendix Hallenstein Bendix Hallenstein Bendix Hallenstein was a merchant, statesman, and manufacturer from Dunedin, New Zealand. He was born in Brunswick, Germany. A clothing retailer, Hallensteins, still bears his name. He also founded the D.I.C...
1872	Rodney Rodney (New Zealand electorate) rightRodney is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Rodney is Mark Mitchell of the National Party...	16 March	Henry Farnall Henry Farnall Henry Warner Farnall was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Northern Division electorate from 1869 to 1870, and then the Rodney electorate from 1871 to 1872, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	John Sheehan
1872	City of Nelson Nelson (New Zealand electorate) Nelson is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. From 1853 to 1860, the electorate was called Town of Nelson. From 1860 to 1881, it was City of Nelson...	27 May	Martin Lightband Martin Lightband Martin Lightband was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand. Born in Worcester, England in 1831, he arrived at Nelson in 1842 on the Thomas Harrison with his parents, Mr and Mrs G W Lightband. Lightband was 10 years old when he arrived. He lived in Nelson almost his entire...	Resignation	David Luckie David Luckie David Mitchell Luckie was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand.- Background :Luckie was born in Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, on 5 October 1827. He was the son of Thomas Luckie, a merchant, and Mary Mitchell. Educated in Montrose he first worked in a mercantile office,...
1872	Waikouaiti Waikouaiti (New Zealand electorate) Waikouaiti is a former parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1908.Waikouaiti was represented by ten Members of Parliament:* William Dick Murison 1866-68 * Robert Mitchell 1868-69...	12 June	George McLean George McLean (New Zealand) Sir George McLean was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Waikouaiti electorate from 1871 to 1872 when he resigned, and from 1875 to 1881 when he retired.He was knighted in 1909.-References:...	Resignation	David Monro David Monro Sir David Monro was a New Zealand politician. He served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1861 to 1870.-Early life:...
1872	Coleridge Coleridge (New Zealand electorate) Coleridge is a former parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. The electorate existed from the 1866 election to 1887.-Population centres:...	23 July	John Karslake John Karslake Karslake John Karslake Karslake was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand.-Private life:Karslake arrived in Lyttelton on the Gananoque on 9 May 1860. The ship had sailed from London. In 1861, Karslake was living in the Cheviot district.In about 1863, Karslake and...	Resignation	William Bluett William Bluett William James Geffrard Bluett was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand.He represented the Coleridge electorate from 1872 to 1875, when he was defeated.-References:...
1872	Heathcote Heathcote (New Zealand electorate) Heathcote was a 19th century parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand.-History:Heathcote existed from 1861 to 1893.George Williamson Hall resigned in 1862. He was succeeded by William Sefton Moorhouse in the 1862 by-election...	30 July	John Hall	Resignation	John Wilson
1872	Caversham Caversham (New Zealand electorate) Caversham was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in the Otago Region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1908.-History:Caversham was first established in 1866 and abolished in 1890. It was recreated in 1893 and abolished again in 1908....	28 August	Richard Cantrell Richard Cantrell Richard Seaward Cantrell was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Dunedin, New Zealand.He represented the Caversham electorate from 1871 to 1872, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	William Tolmie William Tolmie William Alexander Tolmie was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Dunedin, New Zealand.He was born in Scotland, and represented the Caversham electorate from 1872 to 1875, when he died.-References:...
1872	Egmont Egmont (New Zealand electorate) Egmont is a former New Zealand electorate, in south Taranaki. It existed from 1871 to 1978.-Geographic coverage:Egmont is the old name of the mountain that is the Taranaki landmark of Mount Taranaki. A village north of the mountain is also called Egmont....	3 October	William Gisborne William Gisborne William Gisborne was Colonial Secretary of New Zealand 1869–72 and Minister of Public Works 1870–71. The city of Gisborne is named after him.He was the third son of Thomas John Gisborne of Holme Hall, near Bakewell, Derbyshire...	Resignation	Harry Atkinson Harry Atkinson Henry Albert "Harry" Atkinson served as the tenth Premier of New Zealand on four separate occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years...
1873	Suburbs of Nelson Suburbs of Nelson The Suburbs of Nelson was a former parliamentary electorate around the city of Nelson, New Zealand from 1861 to 1881.The electorate was represented by five Members of Parliament:* James Balfour Wemyss 1861* William Wells 1861–70* Ralph Richardson 1871–73...	14 May	Ralph Richardson Ralph Richardson (New Zealand) Ralph Richardson was a 19th century Member of Parliament and cabinet minister in Nelson, New Zealand.Richardson was born in Capenhurst, Cheshire, England. He came to New Zealand on the Maori in 1851....	Resignation	Andrew James Richmond Andrew James Richmond Andrew James Richmond was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Nelson, New Zealand.He represented the Collingwood electorate from 1861 to 1868, when he resigned. He then represented the Suburbs of Nelson electorate from 1873 to 1880, when he died.-References:...
1873 Lyttelton by-election, 1873 The by-election for Lyttelton in 1873 was a by-election held during the 5th Parliament of New Zealand, on 19 May 1873. It was held because John Thomas Peacock was appointed to the New Zealand Legislative Council. Peacock's brother-in-law, Henry Richard Webb, won the election.-Results:...	Lyttelton Lyttelton (New Zealand electorate) Lyttelton is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1853–90, and again from 1893–1996, when it was replaced by the Banks Peninsula electorate.-Population Centres:...	19 May	John Peacock John Thomas Peacock John Thomas Peacock MLC JP was a New Zealand businessman, philanthropist and politician. He came to Canterbury in 1844, several years before organised settlement started.-Early life:...	Resignation	Henry Webb Henry Richard Webb Henry Richard Webb FRMS JP was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He represented Lyttelton in Parliament for 2½ years and was a supporter of education in his later years. Born in Australia, he came to Canterbury in 1868....
1873	Invercargill Invercargill (New Zealand electorate) Invercargill is an electorate of the Parliament of New Zealand that has existed since 1866. The current representative is Eric Roy.-Population centres:The electorate covers Invercargill city and the surrounding rural area, including Stewart Island / Rakiura...	22 May	William Henderson Calder William Henderson Calder William Henderson Calder was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament from 1871 to 1873, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	John Cuthbertson John Cuthbertson John Robert Cuthbertson was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament from 1873 to 1875, when he was defeated. He was Mayor of Invercargill in 1876–77.-References:...
1873	Waikouaiti Waikouaiti (New Zealand electorate) Waikouaiti is a former parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1908.Waikouaiti was represented by ten Members of Parliament:* William Dick Murison 1866-68 * Robert Mitchell 1868-69...	23 July	David Monro David Monro Sir David Monro was a New Zealand politician. He served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1861 to 1870.-Early life:...	Resignation	John Lillie Gillies John Lillie Gillies John Lillie Gillies was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Otago Region of New Zealand.He represented the Waikouaiti electorate from 1873 to 1875, when he resigned.He was the brother of Thomas Gillies and Robert Gillies....
1873	Mongonui and Bay of Islands Mongonui (New Zealand electorate) Mongonui and then Mongonui and Bay of Islands was a former parliamentary electorate in the Far North District in the Northland region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1881.-History:* William Butler 1861–1866...	24 July	John McLeod John McLeod (New Zealand politician) John McLeod was a 19th century New Zealand politician from Northland, New Zealand.He represented the Mongonui and Bay of Islands electorate in Parliament from 1871 to 1873, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	John Williams John William Williams John William Williams was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Northland, New Zealand.He represented the Mongonui and Bay of Islands electorate from 1873 to 1879, when he was defeated.-References:...
1873	Wakatipu Wakatipu (New Zealand electorate) Wakatipu was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, from 1871 to 1928.Wakatipu was represented by eight Members of Parliament:* Charles Edward Haughton in 1871* Bendix Hallenstein from 1872 to 1873* Vincent Pyke from 1873 to 1875...	19 August	Bendix Hallenstein Bendix Hallenstein Bendix Hallenstein was a merchant, statesman, and manufacturer from Dunedin, New Zealand. He was born in Brunswick, Germany. A clothing retailer, Hallensteins, still bears his name. He also founded the D.I.C...	Resignation	Vincent Pyke Vincent Pyke Vincent Pyke was a 19th century politician in Otago, New Zealand and Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.-Early life:He was born in Somerset, England...
1873	Collingwood Collingwood (New Zealand electorate) Collingwood was a parliamentary electorate in the Tasman region of New Zealand from 1861 to 1881.-Location:The electorate was centred on the towns of Collingwood and Takaka in the South Island.-History:...	9 December	Arthur Collins Arthur Collins (politician) Arthur Shuckburg Collins was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand.He represented the Collingwood electorate from 1868 to 1873, when he resigned, and then the Suburbs of Nelson electorate in 1881 from 11 January to 8 November, when he retired.-References:...	Resignation	William Gibbs William Gibbs (New Zealand politician) William Gibbs was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Nelson Region of New Zealand.He represented the Collingwood electorate from 1873 to 1881, when he was defeated for Motueka....
1874	Franklin Franklin (New Zealand electorate) Franklin was a rural New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1861 to 1996 during four periods.-Population centres:The original electorate from 1861 to 1881 included the South Auckland towns of Papatoetoe, Papakura, Pukekohe and Waiuku, and west of Waiuku to the West Coast...	9 April	Archibald Clark Archibald Clark (politician) Archibald Clark was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Auckland Region, New Zealand. He was the first Mayor of Auckland in 1851. His company, Archibald Clark and Sons, manufactured clothing and was a wholesaler.-Early life:...	Resignation	Joseph May Joseph May (politician) Joseph May was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Auckland Region in New Zealand.He represented the Franklin electorate from 9 April 1874 to 6 December 1875, when he was defeated.-References:...
1874 (1st) Akaroa by-elections, 1874 Following the resignation of Robert Heaton Rhodes from his seat in the New Zealand parliament, William Montgomery contested the 20 April 1874 by-election against Walter Pilliet. The results were 168 and 76 votes, respectively, i.e., a margin of 92 for Montgomery...	Akaroa	20 April	Robert Rhodes Robert Heaton Rhodes Robert Heaton Rhodes was a New Zealand politician, who represented the Akaroa electorate from 1871 to 1874, when he resigned. He was elected unopposed in 1871....	Resignation	William Montgomery William Montgomery (New Zealand) The Hon. William John Alexander Montgomery was a New Zealand politician from Little River on Banks Peninsula, and a merchant. Born in London, he lived in a number of places and pursued a number of occupations before settling in Christchurch, New Zealand.-Early life:Montgomery was from an old...
1874	City of Dunedin Dunedin (New Zealand electorate) Dunedin or the City of Dunedin or the Town of Dunedin was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand. It was one of the original electorates created in 1853 and existed, with two breaks, until 1905. Most of the time, it was a multi-member electorate.-History:From 1853...	23 April	John Bathgate John Bathgate John Bathgate was a 19th century New Zealand politician, and Minister of Justice from 1872 to 1874.He represented two Dunedin electorates, first the Dunedin electorate from 1871 to 1874 when he resigned, and the Roslyn electorate from 1881 to 1884, when he was defeated.-References:New Zealand...	Resignation	Nathaniel Wales Nathaniel Young Armstrong Wales Nathaniel Young Armstrong Wales was a 19th century Member of Parliament and Mayor in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.Wales was born in Northumberland, England. He trained as an architect in Jedburgh, Scotland...
1874	Waitemata Waitemata (New Zealand electorate) Waitemata was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1871 to 1946, and then from 1954 to 1978.-Population centres:This electorate is in the suburbs of Auckland.-History:The electorate existed from 1871 to 1946, and from 1954 to 1978...	3 August	Thomas Henderson Thomas Henderson (New Zealand) Thomas Maxwell Henderson was a New Zealand politician. He was one of the earliest settlers in Auckland. He was a significant entrepreneur, and the Auckland suburb of Henderson bears his name.-Early life:...	Resignation	Gustav von der Heyde Gustav von der Heyde Gustav Ludwig Theodor von der Heyde was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Waitemata electorate in 1874 when he was unseated on a petition, and then from 8 September 1874 to 6 December 1875, when he retired.He was a member of the Auckland City Council...
1874 (2nd) Akaroa by-elections, 1874 Following the resignation of Robert Heaton Rhodes from his seat in the New Zealand parliament, William Montgomery contested the 20 April 1874 by-election against Walter Pilliet. The results were 168 and 76 votes, respectively, i.e., a margin of 92 for Montgomery...	Akaroa	10 August	William Montgomery William Montgomery (New Zealand) The Hon. William John Alexander Montgomery was a New Zealand politician from Little River on Banks Peninsula, and a merchant. Born in London, he lived in a number of places and pursued a number of occupations before settling in Christchurch, New Zealand.-Early life:Montgomery was from an old...	Election invalid	William Montgomery
1874	Waitemata Waitemata (New Zealand electorate) Waitemata was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1871 to 1946, and then from 1954 to 1978.-Population centres:This electorate is in the suburbs of Auckland.-History:The electorate existed from 1871 to 1946, and from 1954 to 1978...	16 September	Gustav von der Heyde Gustav von der Heyde Gustav Ludwig Theodor von der Heyde was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Waitemata electorate in 1874 when he was unseated on a petition, and then from 8 September 1874 to 6 December 1875, when he retired.He was a member of the Auckland City Council...	unseated on petition	Gustav von der Heyde
1875	Kaiapoi Kaiapoi (New Zealand electorate) Kaiapoi was a rural New Zealand electorate, north of Christchurch in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand from 1861 to 1946. It was represented by twelve members of Parliament.-History:The electorate dates from 1861....	22 January	John Studholme John Studholme John Studholme was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Kaiapoi electorate from 1867 to 1874, when he resigned. He then represented the Gladstone electorate from 1879 to 1881, when he retired....	Resignation	Charles Christopher Bowen Charles Christopher Bowen Sir Charles Christopher Bowen KB. KCMG. was a 19th century New Zealand politician.-Life:Bowen was born in County Mayo, Ireland and studied law for two years at Cambridge University...
1875 (1st)	City of Auckland West Auckland West The former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate on the western outskirts of Auckland, was known as West Auckland from 1984 to 1993. The earlier electorates were known as City of Auckland West from 1861 to 1890, and then Auckland West from 1905 to 1946.-History:The "City of Auckland West" electorate...	27 March	Thomas Gillies Thomas Gillies Thomas Bannatyne Gillies was a 19th century New Zealand lawyer, judge and politician.-Early life:He was born at Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, Scotland, on 17 January 1828...	Appointed to Supreme Court	George Grey George Grey George Grey may refer to:*Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet , British politician*George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent *Sir George Grey , Governor of Cape Colony, South Australia and New Zealand...
1875 (2nd)	City of Auckland West Auckland West The former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate on the western outskirts of Auckland, was known as West Auckland from 1984 to 1993. The earlier electorates were known as City of Auckland West from 1861 to 1890, and then Auckland West from 1905 to 1946.-History:The "City of Auckland West" electorate...	14 April	John Williamson John Williamson (politician) John Williamson was a New Zealand politician. He represented the Pensioner Settlements in the 2nd New Zealand Parliament from 1855 to 1860, and represented the City of Auckland West electorate in the 3rd Parliament, the 4th Parliament, and the 5th Parliament from 1861 to 1875 John Williamson...	Death	Patrick Dignan Patrick Dignan Patrick Dignan was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Auckland West electorate from 1867 to 1870 when he was defeated, and from 1875 to 1879 when he resigned....
1875	Rangitikei Rangitikei (New Zealand electorate) rightRangitīkei is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Rangitīkei is Simon Power of the National Party...	24 April	William Fox William Fox (New Zealand) Sir William Fox, KCMG was the second Premier of New Zealand on four occasions in the 19th century, while New Zealand was still a colony. He was known for his eventual support of Māori land rights, his contributions to the education system , and his work to increase New Zealand's autonomy from...	Resignation	John Ballance John Ballance John Ballance served as the 14th Premier of New Zealand at the end of the 19th century, and was the founder of the Liberal Party .-Early life:...
1875	Waikouaiti Waikouaiti (New Zealand electorate) Waikouaiti is a former parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1908.Waikouaiti was represented by ten Members of Parliament:* William Dick Murison 1866-68 * Robert Mitchell 1868-69...	3 May	John Lillie Gillies John Lillie Gillies John Lillie Gillies was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Otago Region of New Zealand.He represented the Waikouaiti electorate from 1873 to 1875, when he resigned.He was the brother of Thomas Gillies and Robert Gillies....	Resignation	George McLean George McLean (New Zealand) Sir George McLean was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Waikouaiti electorate from 1871 to 1872 when he resigned, and from 1875 to 1881 when he retired.He was knighted in 1909.-References:...
1875	Wairau Wairau (New Zealand electorate) Wairau was a parliamentary electorate in the Marlborough Region of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1938.-History:Wairau was one of the original electorates for the first general election in 1853....	21 June	Arthur Seymour	Resignation	Joseph Ward Joseph Ward (Marlborough politician) Joseph Ward was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Marlborough, New Zealand.Ward was born in Staffordshire, England. He emigrated to Nelson in 1842....
1875	Wallace Wallace (New Zealand electorate) Wallace was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1859 to 1996.-Population centres:This electorate is in the rural part of Southland.-History:...	6 August	George Webster George Webster (New Zealand politician) George Webster was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Southland, New Zealand.He represented the Wallace electorate from 1869 to 1875, when he died....	Death	Christopher Basstian Christopher Basstian Christopher Basstian was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Southland, New Zealand.He represented the Wallace electorate in 1875, from 6 August to 6 December, when he was defeated;-References:...
1875	Caversham Caversham (New Zealand electorate) Caversham was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in the Otago Region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1908.-History:Caversham was first established in 1866 and abolished in 1890. It was recreated in 1893 and abolished again in 1908....	20 August	William Tolmie William Tolmie William Alexander Tolmie was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Dunedin, New Zealand.He was born in Scotland, and represented the Caversham electorate from 1872 to 1875, when he died.-References:...	Death	Robert Stout Robert Stout Sir Robert Stout, KCMG was the 13th Premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both these offices...
6th Parliament 6th New Zealand Parliament The 6th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.Elections for this term were held in 69 European electorates between 20 December 1875 and 29 January 1876. Elections in the four Māori electorates were held on 4 and 15 January 1876. A total of 88 MPs were elected....  (1876–1879)
1876	City of Auckland West Auckland West The former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate on the western outskirts of Auckland, was known as West Auckland from 1984 to 1993. The earlier electorates were known as City of Auckland West from 1861 to 1890, and then Auckland West from 1905 to 1946.-History:The "City of Auckland West" electorate...	25 July	George Grey George Grey George Grey may refer to:*Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet , British politician*George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent *Sir George Grey , Governor of Cape Colony, South Australia and New Zealand...	Resignation	Benjamin Tonks Benjamin Tonks Benjamin Tonks was a 19th century Mayor and Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He was the Mayor of Auckland City from 1875 to 1876....
1876	Wanganui Whanganui (New Zealand electorate) Whanganui is a New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It was first established in 1855 for the 2nd Parliament and has existed continuously since then.It is currently held by Chester Borrows MP.-Population centres:...	27 September	Julius Vogel Julius Vogel Sir Julius Vogel, KCMG was the eighth Premier of New Zealand. His administration is best remembered for the issuing of bonds to fund railway construction and other public works...	Resignation	William Fox William Fox (New Zealand) Sir William Fox, KCMG was the second Premier of New Zealand on four occasions in the 19th century, while New Zealand was still a colony. He was known for his eventual support of Māori land rights, his contributions to the education system , and his work to increase New Zealand's autonomy from...
1877	Napier Napier (New Zealand electorate) thumb|right|Boundaries of Napier Electorate for 2008 and 2011 electionsNapier is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Napier is Chris Tremain, of the National Party. He has held this position since...	15 February	Donald McLean	Death	Fred Sutton Fred Sutton Frederick Sutton was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Hawkes Bay region of New Zealand.He represented the Napier electorate from 1877 to 1881, and then the Hawkes Bay electorate from 1881 to 1884, when he was defeated....
1877	City of Wellington Wellington (New Zealand electorate) Wellington , was a parliamentary electorate in Wellington, New Zealand. It existed from 1853 to 1905 with a break in the 1880s. It was a multi-member electorate. The electorate was represented by 24 Members of Parliament....	27 March	Edward Pearce Edward Pearce (politician) Edward Pearce was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand.He represented the City of Wellington electorate from 1871 to 1877, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	William Travers
1877	Totara Totara (New Zealand electorate) Totara was a parliamentary electorate in the West Coastof New Zealand from 1871 to 1881.The electorate was represented by two Members of Parliament:*George Henry Tribe from 1871 to 1877*William Gisborne from 1877 to 1881....	30 April	George Henry Tribe George Henry Tribe George Henry Tribe was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Westland, New Zealand, New Zealand.He represented the Totara electorate from 1871 to 1877, when he died.-References:...	Death	William Gisborne William Gisborne William Gisborne was Colonial Secretary of New Zealand 1869–72 and Minister of Public Works 1870–71. The city of Gisborne is named after him.He was the third son of Thomas John Gisborne of Holme Hall, near Bakewell, Derbyshire...
1877	City of Auckland West Auckland West The former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate on the western outskirts of Auckland, was known as West Auckland from 1984 to 1993. The earlier electorates were known as City of Auckland West from 1861 to 1890, and then Auckland West from 1905 to 1946.-History:The "City of Auckland West" electorate...	2 May	Benjamin Tonks Benjamin Tonks Benjamin Tonks was a 19th century Mayor and Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He was the Mayor of Auckland City from 1875 to 1876....	Resignation	James Wallis James Wallis (politician) James Wallis was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Auckland West electorate from 1877 to 1881, when he was defeated.-References:...
1877	Wairarapa Wairarapa (New Zealand electorate) Wairarapa is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was first created in 1859 and existed until 1881. It was recreated in 1887 and has since existed continuously...	3 July	John Andrew John Chapman Andrew John Chapman Andrew was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.-Early life:Andrew was born at Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. His parents were James Andrew, an Anglican clergyman, and Jane Chapman, of the Chapman banking family...	Resignation	George Beetham George Beetham George Beetham, F.R.G.S., M.H.R. , of Wellington and Wairarapa, made his first explorarion of Mount Ruapehu in March, 1878. In 1879, Mr. Beetham, accompanied by Mr...
1878	City of Wellington Wellington (New Zealand electorate) Wellington , was a parliamentary electorate in Wellington, New Zealand. It existed from 1853 to 1905 with a break in the 1880s. It was a multi-member electorate. The electorate was represented by 24 Members of Parliament....	18 February	William Travers	Resignation	George Elliott Barton George Elliott Barton George Elliott Barton was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand.He represented the City of Wellington electorate from 1878 to 1879, when he retired.-References:...
1878	Timaru Timaru (New Zealand electorate) Timaru is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, in the South Island. It existed continuously from 1861 to 1996 and was represented by eleven Members of Parliament.-Population centres:...	8 April	Edward Stafford Edward Stafford (politician) Sir Edward Stafford, KCMG served as the third Premier of New Zealand on three occasions in the mid 19th century. His total time in office is the longest of any leader without a political party. He is described as pragmatic, logical, and clear-sighted.-Early life and career:Edward William Stafford...	Resignation	Richard Turnbull Richard Turnbull (politician) Richard Turnbull was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Timaru electorate from 1878 to 1890 when he died.-References:...
1878	Port Chalmers Port Chalmers (New Zealand electorate) Port Chalmers then Chalmers was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1938. It was centred on the town of Port Chalmers, the main port of Dunedin and Otago.-History:...	12 April	William Hunter Reynolds William Hunter Reynolds William Hunter Reynolds was a 19th century businessman and Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago Region, New Zealand...	Resignation	James Green James Green (politician) James Green was a 19th century independent Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Port Chalmers electorate from 1878 to 1879, when he was defeated....
1878	Franklin Franklin (New Zealand electorate) Franklin was a rural New Zealand parliamentary electorate. It existed from 1861 to 1996 during four periods.-Population centres:The original electorate from 1861 to 1881 included the South Auckland towns of Papatoetoe, Papakura, Pukekohe and Waiuku, and west of Waiuku to the West Coast...	20 May	Hugh Lusk Hugh Lusk Hugh Hart Lusk was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Auckland Region in New Zealand.He represented the Franklin electorate from 18 January 1876 to 16 April 1878, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Richard Hobbs
1878	Cheviot Cheviot (New Zealand electorate) Cheviot was a parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand, from 1859 to 1890.-History:Cheviot was formed partway through the term of the 2nd New Zealand Parliament. The first elections were held in 1859, and Edward Jollie was the first representative. Leonard Harper was the...	21 May	Leonard Harper Leonard Harper Leonard Harper was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Cheviot electorate from 1876 to 1878, when he resigned. He then represented the Avon electorate from 1884 to 1887, when he again resigned. He bought Ilam homestead, once the largest residential...	Resignation	Alfred Saunders Alfred Saunders Alfred Saunders was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He was elected onto the Nelson Provincial Council representing Waimea South in 1855 and remained a councillor until his election of Superintendent for the Nelson Province from 1865 to 1867. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Waimea...
1878	Grey Valley	22 May	Martin Kennedy Martin Kennedy (New Zealand) Martin Kennedy was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Westland, New Zealand.He represented the Grey Valley electorate from 1876 to 1878, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Richard Reeves
1878	Hokitika Hokitika (New Zealand electorate) Hokitika is a former parliamentary electorate in the West Coast region of New Zealand, based on the town of Hokitika. It existed from 1871 to 1890 and was represented by nine Members of Parliament. For a time, it was one of the two-member electorates in New Zealand.-History:The Hokitika electorate...	26 June	Charles Button Charles Button Charles Edward Button was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He was elected to the Hokitika electorate in 1876, but resigned in 1878. He was then elected to the multi-member City of Auckland electorate in 1893, but was defeated in 1896.-References:...	Resignation	Seymour Thorne George Seymour Thorne George Seymour Thorne George was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the West Coast, New Zealand.He represented the Hokitika electorate from 1878 to 1879. He then represented the Auckland electorate of Rodney from 1879 to 1884, when he retired....
1878	City of Dunedin Dunedin (New Zealand electorate) Dunedin or the City of Dunedin or the Town of Dunedin was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand. It was one of the original electorates created in 1853 and existed, with two breaks, until 1905. Most of the time, it was a multi-member electorate.-History:From 1853...	3 July	William Larnach William Larnach William James Mudie Larnach was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He is known for building Larnach Castle and for his suicide.- Early career :Larnach was born in the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, Australia...	Resignation	Richard Oliver Richard Oliver (New Zealand) Richard Oliver was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.He represented the City of Dunedin electorate from 1878 to 1881, when he retired. On 10 November 1881, he was appointed to the Legislative Council...
1878	Taieri Taieri (New Zealand electorate) Taieri is a former parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1911.-Population centres:This electorate was based on the town of Mosgiel.-History:...	11 July	Donald Reid	Resignation	William Cutten William Cutten William Henry Cutten was a New Zealand politician. He served in the 1st New Zealand Parliament as representative for the Dunedin Country electorate 1853-1855, but resigned before the end of his term. He later served in the 6th Parliament as a representative for Taieri 1878-1879, also resigned. He...
1878	Invercargill Invercargill (New Zealand electorate) Invercargill is an electorate of the Parliament of New Zealand that has existed since 1866. The current representative is Eric Roy.-Population centres:The electorate covers Invercargill city and the surrounding rural area, including Stewart Island / Rakiura...	17 July	George Lumsden George Lumsden George Lumsden was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He was Mayor of Invercargill in 1873–74. He represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament from 1875 to 1878, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Henry Feldwick Henry Feldwick Henry Feldwick was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament from 1878 to 1879, from 1881 to 1884 and from 1887 to 1890. He was defeated in 1879 by James Bain, in 1884 by Joseph Hatch, and in 1890 by James Kelly.- References :New Zealand...
1878	Waipa	24 July	Alfred Cox Alfred Cox (politician) Alfred Cox was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Heathcote electorate from 1863 to 1866 , then the Timaru electorate from 1866 to 1868...	Resignation	Edward Graham McMinn Edward Graham McMinn Edward Graham McMinn was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Waikato Region of New Zealand.He represented the Waipa electorate from 1878 to 1879, when he was defeated.-References:...
1878	Roslyn Roslyn (New Zealand electorate) Roslyn was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in the Otago Region, New Zealand from 1866 to 1890.-History:George Hepburn, the electorate's first representative who was elected in 1866, resigned in 1869. Henry Driver replaced him. Arthur John Burns was elected in the 1875 general...	29 July	Arthur John Burns Arthur John Burns Arthur John Burns was a prominent early settler of Otago, New Zealand, a member of the Otago Provincial Council, a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives and founder of the Mosgiel Woollen Company, Dunedin....	Resignation	Henry Driver Henry Driver Henry Driver was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Roslyn electorate from 1869 to 1871, when he resigned, and from 1878 to 1881. He then represented the Hokonui electorate from 1881 to 1884, when he retired.-References:...
1879	Gladstone Gladstone (New Zealand electorate) Gladstone was a former parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1890.-Geographic coverage:Gladstone was located in the South Canterbury region. In 1866 and 1871, the nomination meetings were held in Waimate.-History:...	3 January	Frederick Teschemaker Frederick Teschemaker Frederick William Teschemaker was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Gladstone electorate from 1876 to 1878, when he died.-References:...	Death	John Studholme John Studholme John Studholme was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Kaiapoi electorate from 1867 to 1874, when he resigned. He then represented the Gladstone electorate from 1879 to 1881, when he retired....
1879	Mataura Mataura (New Zealand electorate) Mataura was a parliamentary electorate in the Southland Region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1946.-History:Mataura was first established for the 1866 general election...	15 January	William Wood William Wood (New Zealand) William Wood was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He represented the Invercargill electorate in Parliament from 1866 to 1870, when he retired, and then the Mataura electorate from 1876 to 1878, when he resigned....	Resignation	James Shanks James Shanks James Stewart Shanks was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Otago Region, New Zealand.He represented the Mataura electorate from an 1879 by-election to 1881, when he retired.-References:...
1879	City of Nelson Nelson (New Zealand electorate) Nelson is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. From 1853 to 1860, the electorate was called Town of Nelson. From 1860 to 1881, it was City of Nelson...	6 February	John Sharp John Sharp (New Zealand politician) John Sharp was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand and Mayor of Nelson.-Early life:Sharp was born in Maidstone, Kent, England, in 1828. He was educated at Chatham House College, Ramsgate, for the Navy for four years. However, he joined the merchant service. He was an...	Resignation	Acton Adams
1879	City of Auckland West Auckland West The former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate on the western outskirts of Auckland, was known as West Auckland from 1984 to 1993. The earlier electorates were known as City of Auckland West from 1861 to 1890, and then Auckland West from 1905 to 1946.-History:The "City of Auckland West" electorate...	4 March	Patrick Dignan Patrick Dignan Patrick Dignan was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the Auckland West electorate from 1867 to 1870 when he was defeated, and from 1875 to 1879 when he resigned....	Resignation	David Goldie David Goldie David Goldie was the Mayor of Auckland City from 1898 to 1901 and a Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He was a prominent timber merchant, and a strict Primitive Methodist who resigned as Mayor of Auckland rather than toast the visiting Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York with alcohol...
1879	Coleridge Coleridge (New Zealand electorate) Coleridge is a former parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. The electorate existed from the 1866 election to 1887.-Population centres:...	8 May	Cathcart Wason Cathcart Wason Cathcart Wason , generally known as Cathcart Wason, was a Scottish farmer and politician who served as a Member of Parliament in two countries: first in New Zealand and then in Scotland, after the failure of his colonial ventures...	Resignation	George Hart George Hart (politician) George Hart was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand.He represented the Coleridge electorate in 1879, from 8 May to 15 August when he was defeated.-References:...
1879	Hutt Hutt (New Zealand electorate) Hutt was a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate. It was one of the original electorates in 1853 and existed during two periods until 1978. It was represented by 13 Members of Parliament.-Population centres:...	2 July	William Fitzherbert William Fitzherbert (New Zealand) Sir William Fitzherbert KCMG MLC was a New Zealand politician. He served as Minister of Finance, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and Speaker of the Legislative Council.-Early life:...	Resignation	Henry Jackson Henry Jackson (New Zealand) Henry Jackson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand.He represented the Hutt electorate from the 1879 by-election to the 1879 general election. His period of service was 2 July to 15 August, the shortest period of any New Zealand MP.-References:...
1879	Eastern Maori	7 July	Karaitiana Takamoana Karaitiana Takamoana Karaitiana Takamoana was a Māori member of parliament in New Zealand, and the second Eastern Maori MP.He represented the electorate of Eastern Maori from 1871 to 1879, when he died.-References:...	Death	Henare Tomoana Henare Tomoana Henare Tomoana was a Māori rangatira from the Hawkes Bay area in the North Island, New Zealand, of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngati Te Whatu-i-Apiti tribal lineage....
1879	Southern Maori	7 July	Hori Kerei Taiaroa Hori Kerei Taiaroa Hori Kerei Taiaroa was a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament and the Paramount Chief of the southern iwi of Ngai Tahu. The son of Ngai Tahu leader Te Matenga and Mawera Taiaroa, he was born at Otakau on the Otago Peninsula in the 1830s or early 1840s.He represented the Southern Maori...	Resignation	Ihaia Tainui Ihaia Tainui Ihaia Tainui was a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.He represented the electorate of Southern Maori from 1879 to 1881, when he resigned and Hori Taiaroa resumed the electorate.-References:...
1879	City of Dunedin Dunedin (New Zealand electorate) Dunedin or the City of Dunedin or the Town of Dunedin was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand. It was one of the original electorates created in 1853 and existed, with two breaks, until 1905. Most of the time, it was a multi-member electorate.-History:From 1853...	15 July	Robert Stout Robert Stout Sir Robert Stout, KCMG was the 13th Premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both these offices...	Resignation	William Downie Stewart
7th Parliament 7th New Zealand Parliament The 7th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.Elections for this term were held in 69 European electorates between 28 August and 15 September 1879. Elections in the four Māori electorates were held on 1 and 8 September of that year. A total of 88 MPs were elected....  (1879–1881)
1880	Rangitikei Rangitikei (New Zealand electorate) rightRangitīkei is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Rangitīkei is Simon Power of the National Party...	8 May	William Jarvis Willis William Jarvis Willis William Jarvis Willis was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Manawatu region of New Zealand.He represented the Rangitikei electorate from 1879 to 1880 when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	William Fox William Fox (New Zealand) Sir William Fox, KCMG was the second Premier of New Zealand on four occasions in the 19th century, while New Zealand was still a colony. He was known for his eventual support of Māori land rights, his contributions to the education system , and his work to increase New Zealand's autonomy from...
1880	Waitaki Waitaki (New Zealand electorate) Waitaki is an electorate for the New Zealand House of Representatives that crosses the boundary of North Otago and South Canterbury towns on the East Coast of the South Island. The electorate was first established for the that determined the 5th New Zealand Parliament...	16 June	Thomas William Hislop Thomas William Hislop Thomas William Hislop was the Mayor of Wellington from 1905 to 1908, and had represented two South Island electorates in the New Zealand Parliament.-Early life:...	Resignation	George Jones George Jones (New Zealand politician) George Jones was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Waitaki electorate from 1880 to 1881, when he retired.He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1895, until he died in 1920....
1880	Waikaia Waikaia (New Zealand electorate) Waikaia was a parliamentary electorate in the Southland Region of New Zealand, from 1871 to 1881, and then from 1887 to 1890.The electorate was represented by four Members of Parliament:*James Benn Bradshaw from 1871 to 1875...	21 September	George Ireland George Ireland (politician) George Ireland was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Southland Region of New Zealand.He represented the Waikaia electorate from 1879 to 1880, when he died.-References:...	Death	Horace Bastings Horace Bastings Horace Bastings was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Southland Region of New Zealand.He represented the Waikaia electorate from 1876 to 1879, when he retired; and from 1880 to 1881, when he was defeated for Dunedin Central....
1881	Suburbs of Nelson	11 January	Andrew James Richmond Andrew James Richmond Andrew James Richmond was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Nelson, New Zealand.He represented the Collingwood electorate from 1861 to 1868, when he resigned. He then represented the Suburbs of Nelson electorate from 1873 to 1880, when he died.-References:...	Death	Arthur Collins Arthur Collins (politician) Arthur Shuckburg Collins was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand.He represented the Collingwood electorate from 1868 to 1873, when he resigned, and then the Suburbs of Nelson electorate in 1881 from 11 January to 8 November, when he retired.-References:...
1881	Southern Maori Southern Maori Southern Maori was one of the four original New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996.-Population centres:The electorate includes the following population centres:* -Tribal Areas:...	1 March	Ihaia Tainui Ihaia Tainui Ihaia Tainui was a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.He represented the electorate of Southern Maori from 1879 to 1881, when he resigned and Hori Taiaroa resumed the electorate.-References:...	Resignation	Hori Kerei Taiaroa Hori Kerei Taiaroa Hori Kerei Taiaroa was a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament and the Paramount Chief of the southern iwi of Ngai Tahu. The son of Ngai Tahu leader Te Matenga and Mawera Taiaroa, he was born at Otakau on the Otago Peninsula in the 1830s or early 1840s.He represented the Southern Maori...
1881	City of Nelson Nelson (New Zealand electorate) Nelson is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. From 1853 to 1860, the electorate was called Town of Nelson. From 1860 to 1881, it was City of Nelson...	7 June	Acton Adams	Resignation	Henry Levestam Henry Levestam Henry Augustus Levestam was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand. He was born in Boel, Schleswig-Holstein, when it was still part of Denmark in 1833, the son of Doctor Arnold Levestam and Henriette Fraenckel. Levestam's grandfather Matthias Levestam was born Moses Salomon...
1881	Grey Valley Grey (New Zealand electorate) Grey is a former Parliamentary electorate in the West Coast region of New Zealand.The electorate of Grey Valley, created for the 1871 general election, was succeeded by the electorate of Greymouth in the 1881 general election, and lasted until 1890...	16 June	Edward Masters Edward Masters Edward Masters was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Westland, New Zealand.He represented the Grey Valley electorate from 1879 to 1881, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Thomas Shailer Weston Thomas Shailer Weston Thomas Shailer Weston was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Westland, New Zealand.He represented the Grey Valley electorate in 1881, from 16 June to 8 November; and then the Inangahua electorate from 1881 to 1883, when he resigned....
8th Parliament 8th New Zealand Parliament The 8th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.Elections for this term were held in 4 Māori electorates and xx general electorates on 8 and 9 December 1881, respectively. A total of 95 MPs were elected. Parliament was prorogued in June 1884...  (1882–1884)
1882	Franklin North	9 June	Benjamin Harris Benjamin Harris (New Zealand) Benjamin Harris was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand. In 1893 he appears to have been a Liberal Party supporter.He represented South Auckland seats; Franklin electorate from 1879 to 1881; and then the replacement electorate of Franklin North from 1881. His 1881 election was...	Election declared void	Benjamin Harris
1882	Wakanui Wakanui (New Zealand electorate) Wakanui was a rural parliamentary electorate in the south Canterbury Region of New Zealand, from 1881 to 1887.-History:Wakanui was formed for the 1881 general election, i.e. for the 8th New Zealand Parliament. It existed for two parliamentary terms until 1887.The first elected representative was...	16 June	Cathcart Wason Cathcart Wason Cathcart Wason , generally known as Cathcart Wason, was a Scottish farmer and politician who served as a Member of Parliament in two countries: first in New Zealand and then in Scotland, after the failure of his colonial ventures...	Election declared void	Joseph Ivess Joseph Ivess Joseph Ivess was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives.-Biography:Joseph Ivess was born in Askeaton, County Limerick, Ireland in 1844. In 1852 he accompanied his parents to Melbourne, Australia, where he was educated at Barnett's Grammar School, Emerald Hill. His father, John Pope...
1882	Stanmore Stanmore (New Zealand electorate) Stanmore was a parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand from 1881 to 1887. The electorate was represented by two Members of Parliament.-Population centres:...	11 July	Walter Pilliet Walter Pilliet Walter Hippolyte Pilliet JP was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Christchurch, New Zealand. He worked initially as a surveyor and was then Resident Magistrate in several places. He was a newspaper editor and was represented in Parliament for one term.-Early life:He was born in Lyon on 8...	Election declared void	Walter Pilliet Walter Pilliet Walter Hippolyte Pilliet JP was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Christchurch, New Zealand. He worked initially as a surveyor and was then Resident Magistrate in several places. He was a newspaper editor and was represented in Parliament for one term.-Early life:He was born in Lyon on 8...
		24 January	James Seaton James Seaton (New Zealand) James Seaton was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Dunedin, New Zealand.Seaton was born in Sorn, East Ayrshire, Scotland, and was one of the original settlers of Otago, arriving aboard the Philip Laing in 1848....	Death	William Larnach William Larnach William James Mudie Larnach was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He is known for building Larnach Castle and for his suicide.- Early career :Larnach was born in the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, Australia...
1883	Selwyn Selwyn (New Zealand electorate) Selwyn is the name of three seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives, based around towns on the outskirts of Christchurch city. In an historical sense, the name refers to an electorate that existed between 1866 and 1919...	6 April	John Hall	Resignation	Edward James Lee Edward James Lee Edward James Lee was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Canterbury Region of New Zealand.He represented the Selwyn electorate in 1883, from 6 April to 18 December, when he died.-References:...
1883	Inangahua Inangahua (New Zealand electorate) Inangahua was a former parliamentary electorate in the Buller District, which is part of the West Coast region of New Zealand, from 1881 to 1896...	14 May	Thomas Shailer Weston Thomas Shailer Weston Thomas Shailer Weston was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Westland, New Zealand.He represented the Grey Valley electorate in 1881, from 16 June to 8 November; and then the Inangahua electorate from 1881 to 1883, when he resigned....	Resignation	Edward Shaw Edward Shaw (New Zealand) Edward Shaw was a 19th-century Member of the New Zealand Parliament.Originally an English barrister, Shaw worked in the Inangahua area of the Buller District in the West Coast Region as a resident warden and magistrate in Inangahua Junction, Reefton and Westport. He represented the Inangahua...
1883	Bruce Bruce (New Zealand electorate) Bruce was a rural parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1922. For part of the 1860s with the influx to Otago of gold-miners it was a multi-member constituency with two members.-History:...	29 June	James Rutherford James Rutherford (politician) James Rutherford was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Bruce electorate from 1881 to 1883, when he died.-References:...	Death	James McDonald James McDonald (New Zealand politician) James McDonald was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He represented the Bruce electorate from 1883 to 1884, when he was defeated.-References:...
1884	Selwyn Selwyn (New Zealand electorate) Selwyn is the name of three seats in the New Zealand House of Representatives, based around towns on the outskirts of Christchurch city. In an historical sense, the name refers to an electorate that existed between 1866 and 1919...	15 February	Edward James Lee Edward James Lee Edward James Lee was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Canterbury Region of New Zealand.He represented the Selwyn electorate in 1883, from 6 April to 18 December, when he died.-References:...	Death	Edward Wakefield Edward Wakefield (politician) Edward Wakefield was the son of Felix Wakefield, one of Edward Gibbon Wakefield’s younger brothers. Edward was born in Launceston, Tasmania, brought up in New Zealand, and educated in France and at King's College, London.He married Agnes Hall....
1884	Thorndon Thorndon (New Zealand electorate) Thorndon was a former parliamentary electorate in the city of Wellington, New Zealand from 1881 to 1890, based on the inner-city suburb of Thorndon....	13 May	William Levin William Levin William Hort Levin was a 19th century New Zealand politician and businessman in Wellington, New Zealand.He represented two Wellington electorates, first the Wellington electorate from 1879 to 1881, and then the Thorndon electorate from 1881 to 1884, when he resigned due to ill-health.He ran the...	Resignation	Alfred Newman Alfred Newman (New Zealand) Alfred Kingcome Newman was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand in 1909, and a Wellington City Councillor from 1881 to 1885.He was the Member of Parliament for Thorndon 1884-90, Hutt 1890-93, then Wellington Suburbs from 1893 to 1896 when he was defeated . Later he was MP for Wellington East, from...
1884	Kaiapoi Kaiapoi (New Zealand electorate) Kaiapoi was a rural New Zealand electorate, north of Christchurch in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand from 1861 to 1946. It was represented by twelve members of Parliament.-History:The electorate dates from 1861....	16 May	Isaac Wilson Isaac Wilson (New Zealand) Isaac Wilson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Kaiapoi electorate from 1881 to 7 April 1884, when he resigned because of failing health, and was replaced by Edward Richardson.-References:...	Resignation	Edward Richardson Edward Richardson The Hon Edward Richardson, CMG, MLC was a civil and mechanical engineer, and Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Born in England, he emigrated to Australia and continued there as a railway engineer...
1884	East Coast East Coast (New Zealand electorate) East Coast is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate first existed from 1871 to 1893. From 1996 to 2002, the electorate was called Mahia...	16 June	Allan MacDonald Allan MacDonald (New Zealand politician) Allan MacDonald was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from 1879 to 1884, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Samuel Locke Samuel Locke (New Zealand politician) Samuel Locke was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from 1884 to 1887, when he retired.-References:...
9th Parliament 9th New Zealand Parliament The 9th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.Elections for this term were held in 4 Māori electorates and xx general electorates on 21 and 22 July 1884, respectively. A total of 95 MPs were elected. Parliament was prorogued in July 1887...  (1884–1887)
1885	Oamaru Oamaru (New Zealand electorate) Oamaru was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, during three periods between 1866 and 1978.-History:The electorate existed three times: from 1866 to 1870, 1881 to 1957, and then from 1969 to 1978....	20 May	Samuel Edward Shrimski Samuel Edward Shrimski Samuel Edward Shrimski was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.-Early life:He was born in Poznań, Prussia, went to London in 1847, emigrated to Melbourne in 1859 and came to New Zealand in 1861.-Political career:...	Resignation	Thomas William Hislop Thomas William Hislop Thomas William Hislop was the Mayor of Wellington from 1905 to 1908, and had represented two South Island electorates in the New Zealand Parliament.-Early life:...
1885 (1st)	Tauranga Tauranga (New Zealand electorate) Tauranga is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Tauranga is Simon Bridges of the National Party, who won the seat in the 2008 New Zealand general election, after the previous MP, Bob Clarkson of...	22 May	George Morris George Morris (New Zealand politician) George Betham Morris was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne and Bay of Plenty regions of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from 1876 to 1879, when he was defeated...	Resignation	John Sheehan
1885	Waimea Waimea (New Zealand electorate) Waimea was a parliamentary electorate in the Nelson Province of New Zealand, from 1853 to 1887.-Geographic coverage:Waimea was located in the northern part of the South Island, facing the Tasman Bay. It is the area around the town of Nelson, but excluded Nelson itself. It includes Wakefield,...	3 June	Joseph Shephard Joseph Shephard Joseph Shephard was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand.He unsuccessfully contested the Waimea electorate in the 1867 by-election....	Resignation	John Kerr John Kerr (Nelson politician) John Kerr was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand.Following the resignation from Parliament of Joseph Shephard, who had been appointed to the Legislative Council, a Waimea by-election was held on 3 June 1885. It was contested by six candidates: Kerr , W. N. Franklyn ,...
1885	Southern Maori Southern Maori Southern Maori was one of the four original New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996.-Population centres:The electorate includes the following population centres:* -Tribal Areas:...	10 June	Hori Kerei Taiaroa Hori Kerei Taiaroa Hori Kerei Taiaroa was a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament and the Paramount Chief of the southern iwi of Ngai Tahu. The son of Ngai Tahu leader Te Matenga and Mawera Taiaroa, he was born at Otakau on the Otago Peninsula in the 1830s or early 1840s.He represented the Southern Maori...	Resignation	Tame Parata Tame Parata Tame Parata was a Māori and a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Southern Maori electorate in the 1885 by-election after the resignation of Hori Kerei Taiaroa, and held it to 1911, when he retired...
1885	Wakanui Wakanui (New Zealand electorate) Wakanui was a rural parliamentary electorate in the south Canterbury Region of New Zealand, from 1881 to 1887.-History:Wakanui was formed for the 1881 general election, i.e. for the 8th New Zealand Parliament. It existed for two parliamentary terms until 1887.The first elected representative was...	6 July	John Grigg John Grigg (politician) John Grigg was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He briefly represented the Wakanui electorate from 23 July 1884 to 4 June 1885, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Joseph Ivess Joseph Ivess Joseph Ivess was a member of the New Zealand House of Representatives.-Biography:Joseph Ivess was born in Askeaton, County Limerick, Ireland in 1844. In 1852 he accompanied his parents to Melbourne, Australia, where he was educated at Barnett's Grammar School, Emerald Hill. His father, John Pope...
1885 (2nd)	Tauranga Tauranga (New Zealand electorate) Tauranga is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The current MP for Tauranga is Simon Bridges of the National Party, who won the seat in the 2008 New Zealand general election, after the previous MP, Bob Clarkson of...	11 July	John Sheehan	Death	Lawrence Grace Lawrence Grace Lawrence Marshall Grace was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Bay of Plenty region of New Zealand.He represented the Tauranga electorate from 1885 to 1887, when he retired.-References:...
1885	Bruce Bruce (New Zealand electorate) Bruce was a rural parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1922. For part of the 1860s with the influx to Otago of gold-miners it was a multi-member constituency with two members.-History:...	5 August	Robert Gillies Robert Gillies (politician) Robert Gillies was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Otago Region, New Zealand.He represented the Bruce electorate from 1884 until his resignation in 1885 for failing health....	Resignation	Donald Reid
1886 Sydenham by-election, 1886 The by-election for Sydenham in 1886 was a by-election held during the 9th Parliament of New Zealand, on 12 May 1886. It was held because William White resigned his seat in March 1886 on medical advice. Richard Molesworth Taylor won the by-election against John Lee Scott, Samuel Paull Andrews and...	Sydenham Sydenham (New Zealand electorate) Sydenham was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1881 to 1890 and again from 1946 to 1996. It had notable politicians representing it like Mabel Howard , Norman Kirk and Jim Anderton .This...	12 May	William White William White (New Zealand politician) William White was a 19th century New Zealand Member of Parliament in the Sydenham electorate, and Mayor of Sydenham.-Early life:...	Resignation	Richard Taylor Richard Molesworth Taylor Richard Molesworth Taylor was a three-term New Zealand Member of Parliament. Born in London in 1835, he moved to Auckland on the Heather Bell in 1846. He travelled to Victoria in 1851, and later to New South Wales and participated in the gold rush before returning to Auckland in 1857...
1886	Dunedin Central Dunedin Central Dunedin Central was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand from 1881 to 1890 and 1905 to 1984.The electorate was represented by nine Members of Parliament:* Thomas Bracken 1881-84 & 1886-87* James Benn Bradshaw 1884-86...	19 October	James Bradshaw James Benn Bradshaw James Benn Bradshaigh Bradshaw was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Otago Region of New Zealand.-Private life:...	Death	Thomas Bracken Thomas Bracken Thomas Bracken was a noted late 19th century poet. He wrote "God Defend New Zealand", one of the two National anthems of New Zealand and was the first person to publish the phrase "God's Own Country" as applied to New Zealand.-Background and early years:Bracken was born at Clones, County...
1886	Waitemata Waitemata (New Zealand electorate) Waitemata was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1871 to 1946, and then from 1954 to 1978.-Population centres:This electorate is in the suburbs of Auckland.-History:The electorate existed from 1871 to 1946, and from 1954 to 1978...	11 December	William Hurst William John Hurst William John Hurst was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand and Mayor of Auckland.He represented the Auckland West electorate from the 1879 election to 1881, and then the Waitemata electorate from the 1881 election to 1886 when he died.-References:*New Zealand Parliamentary Record...	Death	Richard Monk Richard Monk Richard Monk was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He represented the Waitemata electorate from the 1886 by-election after the death of William John Hurst to 1890 when he was defeated by Jackson Palmer; then from 1893 to 9 February 1894 when his election was declared void...
1886	Western Maori Western Maori Western Maori was one of the four former New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996.-Population Centres:The electorate includes the following population centres:* -Tribal Areas:...	23 December	Te Puke Te Ao Te Puke te Ao Te Puke Te Ao was a 19th century Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.He represented the seat of Western Maori from 1884 when he defeated Wiremu Te Wheoro, to 1886 when he died.-References:...	Death	Hoani Taipua Hoani Taipua Hoani Te Puna i Rangiriri Taipua was a 19th century Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.He was born at Rangiuru Pa Otaki to his parents Te Puna I Rangiriri and TeRia Haukoraki. Both his parents were also apart of the Ngati Raukawa migration to Otaki from Maungatautari. He is of Ngati Pare...
1887	Heathcote Heathcote (New Zealand electorate) Heathcote was a 19th century parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand.-History:Heathcote existed from 1861 to 1893.George Williamson Hall resigned in 1862. He was succeeded by William Sefton Moorhouse in the 1862 by-election...	8 February	John Coster John Coster John Lewis Coster was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Christchurch, New Zealand.He represented the Heathcote electorate from 1884 to 1886, when he died.-References:...	Death	Frederic Jones Frederic Jones Frederic Jones was a New Zealand politician. Originally from England, he settled in the colony in 1863 for health reasons.-Early life:...
1887	Port Chalmers Port Chalmers (New Zealand electorate) Port Chalmers then Chalmers was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1938. It was centred on the town of Port Chalmers, the main port of Dunedin and Otago.-History:...	6 April	James Macandrew James Macandrew James Macandrew was a New Zealand ship-owner and politician. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1853 to 1887 and as the last Superintendent of Otago Province.-Early life:...	Death	James Mills James Mills (New Zealand) Sir James Mills was a prominent New Zealand businessman and politician. He founded the Union Steam Ship Company in Dunedin in 1875....
		15 April	Charles Johnston Charles John Johnston Charles John Johnston was the Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand in 1890, the Jubilee year.He represented the Te Aro electorate from 1881 to 1887, when he resigned. He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1891 to 1918, and the Speaker from 1915 to 1918.He was born 11 October 1845 in...	Resignation	Francis Fraser Francis Humphris Fraser Francis Humphris Fraser was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand.He represented the Te Aro electorate in Wellington in 1887, from 15 April to 15 July, when he was defeated.-References:...
1887	Northern Maori Northern Maori Northern Maori was one of the four original New Zealand Parliamentary Māori electorates, from 1868 to 1996.-Population centres:The electorate includes the following population centres: Auckland, Whangarei.-Tribal Areas:...	9 May	Ihaka Hakuene Ihaka Hakuene Ihaka Hakuene was a 19th century Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.He represented the seat of Northern Maori from 1884 to 1887, when he died.-References:...	Death	Wi Katene Wi Katene Wiremu Katene, known as Wi Katene, was a Māori member of the New Zealand parliament. He was the second MP for Northern Maori.He represented the seat of Northern Maori from 1871 to 1875 when he was defeated; and in 1887 from 9 May to 15 July, when he was again defeated.In November 1872, he was the...
1887 Avon by-election, 1887 The Avon by-election was held in 1887 to elect a member for the Avon electorate to the New Zealand House of Representatives, during the 9th session of Parliament. The election was held on 1 June 1887, 52 days before the next general election. Edwin Blake won the election against William Dunlop,...	Avon Avon (New Zealand electorate) Avon is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.-Population centres:The electorate is in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch, New Zealand, based on the suburb of Avonside.-History:...	1 June	Leonard Harper Leonard Harper Leonard Harper was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Cheviot electorate from 1876 to 1878, when he resigned. He then represented the Avon electorate from 1884 to 1887, when he again resigned. He bought Ilam homestead, once the largest residential...	Resignation	Edwin Blake Edwin Blake Edwin Blake was a 19th century Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.Blake was a civil engineer and surveyor, and he was born in Hampstead, England. He represented the Avon electorate from the 1887 Avon by-election to 1893, when he retired.He died on 18 March 1914 and was...
10th Parliament 10th New Zealand Parliament The 10th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand.Elections for this term were held in 4 Māori electorates and 91 European electorates on 7 and 26 September 1887, respectively. A total of 95 MPs were elected. Parliament was prorogued in October 1890...  (1887–1890)
1888	Ashley	25 September	William Pearson William Fisher Pearson William Fisher Pearson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He represented the Ashley electorate from 1881 to 1888, when he died.-References:...	Death	John Verrall John Verrall (politician) John Miles Verrall was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Ashley electorate from the 1888 by-election after the death of William Pearson to 1890 when he retired.-References:...
1889	Lincoln Lincoln (New Zealand electorate) Lincoln was a parliamentary electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand from 1881 to 1890.The electorate was represented by two Members of Parliament:* Arthur Pyne O'Callaghan * Alfred Saunders...	16 January	Arthur O'Callaghan Arthur O'Callaghan Arthur Pyne O'Callaghan was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Lincoln electorate from 1881 to 1888, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Alfred Saunders Alfred Saunders Alfred Saunders was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He was elected onto the Nelson Provincial Council representing Waimea South in 1855 and remained a councillor until his election of Superintendent for the Nelson Province from 1865 to 1867. He was elected as Member of Parliament for Waimea...
1889	City of Nelson Nelson (New Zealand electorate) Nelson is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. From 1853 to 1860, the electorate was called Town of Nelson. From 1860 to 1881, it was City of Nelson...	3 April	Henry Levestam Henry Levestam Henry Augustus Levestam was a 19th century Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand. He was born in Boel, Schleswig-Holstein, when it was still part of Denmark in 1833, the son of Doctor Arnold Levestam and Henriette Fraenckel. Levestam's grandfather Matthias Levestam was born Moses Salomon...	Death	Joseph Harkness Joseph Harkness Joseph George Harkness JP was a 19th century independent conservative Member of Parliament from Nelson, New Zealand.Harkness, the son of William Harkness, was born and educated at Nelson, attending Richmond School and Nelson College . He became a school teacher for a time.Harkness dairy farmed in...
1889 Christchurch North by-election, 1889 The Christchurch North by-election of 1889 was a by-election held to elect a member to the New Zealand House of Representatives' 10th session. It was held to fill the gap left by Sir Julius Vogel, the former Premier of New Zealand. -References:...	Christchurch North Christchurch North (New Zealand electorate) Christchurch North is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate.The electorate was in the northern suburbs of Christchurch, New Zealand.-History:The electorate existed three times:*1881 to 1890;*1905 to 1946;...	19 June	Julius Vogel Julius Vogel Sir Julius Vogel, KCMG was the eighth Premier of New Zealand. His administration is best remembered for the issuing of bonds to fund railway construction and other public works...	Resignation	Edward Humphreys Edward Wingfield Humphreys Edward Wingfield Humphreys was a New Zealand member of parliament representing Christchurch North from 1889 to 1890. He was also a farmer in Otago, and his extended family included a number of political figures.-Early life:...
1889	Oamaru Oamaru (New Zealand electorate) Oamaru was a parliamentary electorate in the Otago Region of New Zealand, during three periods between 1866 and 1978.-History:The electorate existed three times: from 1866 to 1870, 1881 to 1957, and then from 1969 to 1978....	30 September	Thomas William Hislop Thomas William Hislop Thomas William Hislop was the Mayor of Wellington from 1905 to 1908, and had represented two South Island electorates in the New Zealand Parliament.-Early life:...	Resignation	Thomas William Hislop
1889	Waipa Waipa Waipa is a former Parliamentary electorate in the Waikato Region of New Zealand, which existed for various periods between 1876 and 1996.-History:Waipa existed from 1876 to 1890, 1893 to 1896, then from 1954 to 1969, and then from 1978 to 1996....	21 November	William Jackson William Jackson (New Zealand) William Jackson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in the Waikato Region of New Zealand.He represented the Waikato electorate from 1872 to 1875, when he retired....	Death	John Bryce John Bryce John Bryce was a New Zealand politician from 1871 to 1891 and Minister of Native Affairs from 1879 to 1884...
1889	East Coast East Coast (New Zealand electorate) East Coast is a New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, returning one Member of Parliament to the New Zealand House of Representatives. The electorate first existed from 1871 to 1893. From 1996 to 2002, the electorate was called Mahia...	13 December	Andrew Graham Andrew Graham (politician) Andrew Graham was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from 1887 to 1889, when he resigned.-References:...	Resignation	Alexander Creighton Arthur Alexander Creighton Arthur Alexander Creighton Arthur was a 19th century Member of Parliament from the Gisborne Region of New Zealand.He represented the East Coast electorate from December 1889 to 1890, when he was defeated....
1890	Timaru Timaru (New Zealand electorate) Timaru is a former New Zealand Parliamentary electorate, in the South Island. It existed continuously from 1861 to 1996 and was represented by eleven Members of Parliament.-Population centres:...	18 August	Richard Turnbull Richard Turnbull (politician) Richard Turnbull was a 19th century Member of Parliament in Canterbury, New Zealand.He represented the Timaru electorate from 1878 to 1890 when he died.-References:...	Death	William Hall-Jones William Hall-Jones Sir William Hall-Jones, KCMG was the 16th Prime Minister of New Zealand from June 1906 until August 1906. He was the interim Prime Minister after the death of Richard Seddon and the return from overseas of Joseph Ward....

Liberal Party era

By-election	| Electorate	| Date	| Incumbent	| Party		Cause	Winner	| Party
11th Parliament New Zealand general election, 1890 The New Zealand general election of 1890 was one of New Zealand's most significant. It marked the beginning of party politics in New Zealand with the formation of the First Liberal government, which was to enact major welfare, labour and electoral reforms, including giving the vote to women.It was...  (1891–1893)
		7 February	Hirini Taiwhanga Hirini Taiwhanga Hirini Taiwhanga was a 19th century Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.He represented the seat of Northern Maori from 1887 to 1890 when he died. He had been re-elected in 1890, but died on election day.-References:...	Death	Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa Eparaima Te Mutu Kapa was a 19th-century Māori member of the New Zealand parliament.-Political career:Kapa, who was from the Aupōuri iwi in Northland, contested and won the 1891 by-election for the seat of Northern Maori...
1891	Egmont Egmont (New Zealand electorate) Egmont is a former New Zealand electorate, in south Taranaki. It existed from 1871 to 1978.-Geographic coverage:Egmont is the old name of the mountain that is the Taranaki landmark of Mount Taranaki. A village north of the mountain is also called Egmont....	17 February	Harry Atkinson Harry Atkinson Henry Albert "Harry" Atkinson served as the tenth Premier of New Zealand on four separate occasions in the late 19th century, and was Colonial Treasurer for a total of ten years...	Appointed to Legislative Council New Zealand Legislative Council The Legislative Council of New Zealand was the upper house of the New Zealand Parliament from 1853 until 1951. Unlike the lower house, the New Zealand House of Representatives, the Legislative Council was appointed.-Role:...	Felix McGuire Felix McGuire Felix McGuire was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He was elected to the Egmont electorate in a 1891 by-election after the resignation of Harry Atkinson, and represented it until the end of the 12th Parliament in 1896...
		31 March	David Goldie David Goldie David Goldie was the Mayor of Auckland City from 1898 to 1901 and a Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He was a prominent timber merchant, and a strict Primitive Methodist who resigned as Mayor of Auckland rather than toast the visiting Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York with alcohol...	Resignation	George Grey George Grey George Grey may refer to:*Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet , British politician*George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent *Sir George Grey , Governor of Cape Colony, South Australia and New Zealand...
		9 July	William Allen William Shepherd Allen William Shepherd Allen was an English Liberal politician, who also farmed in New Zealand.Allen was born at Manchester, the son of William Allen and his wife Maria Shepherd. His father was J.P. for Staffordshire, residing at Woodhead Hall, Cheadle...	Disallowed on petition	William Fraser William Fraser (New Zealand politician) William Fraser was a 19th century Liberal Party Member of Parliament in the Auckland Region, New Zealand.He represented the Thames electorate from 1884 to 1890....
		6 October	John Bryce John Bryce John Bryce was a New Zealand politician from 1871 to 1891 and Minister of Native Affairs from 1879 to 1884...	Resignation	Edward Lake Edward Lake (New Zealand) Edward Lake was a 19th century independent conservative Member of Parliament in the Waikato Region of New Zealand.He represented the Waipa electorate from 1884 to 1887, when he retired....
		9 October	Westby Perceval Westby Brook Perceval Sir Westby Brook Perceval was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.-Biography:Perceval was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and educated at Christ's College, and at Stonyhurst College in England. He married Jessie Johnston in 1880...	Appointed Agent General	Ebenezer Sandford Ebenezer Sandford Ebenezer Sandford was a New Zealand member of parliament, representing the City of Christchurch electorate in 1891–1893....
		15 January	Thomas Macdonald Thomas Kennedy Macdonald Thomas Kennedy Macdonald was a 19th century Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand. He was known as Kennedy Mac.Macdonald was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer in northern France...	Resignation	William McLean William McLean (politician) William McLean was a 19th century Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand.He represented the City of Wellington electorate from an 1892 by-election to the 1893 general election, when he was defeated.-References:...
1892	Bruce Bruce (New Zealand electorate) Bruce was a rural parliamentary electorate in the Otago region of New Zealand, from 1861 to 1922. For part of the 1860s with the influx to Otago of gold-miners it was a multi-member constituency with two members.-History:...	4 May	James Thomson James William Thomson James William Thomson was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.-Early life:Thomson was born in Scotland. He obtained his education at the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained an MA. He came to New Zealand in 1859 and settled in Balclutha.-Provincial Council:He was elected onto...	Resignation	James Allen James Allen (New Zealand) Sir James Allen, GCMG, KCB was a prominent New Zealand politician and diplomat. He held a number of the most important political offices in the country, including Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was also New Zealand's Minister of Defence during World War I.-Early life:Allen...
		8 July	Douglas Macarthur Douglas Hastings Macarthur Douglas Hastings Macarthur was a 19th century independent conservative Member of Parliament in the Manawatu region of New Zealand....	Death	Robert Bruce Robert Cunningham Bruce Robert Cunningham Bruce was a 19th century independent conservative Member of Parliament in the Manawatu region of New Zealand.He represented the Rangitikei electorate from 1884 to 1890 when he was defeated, and from 1892 to 1893 when he retired....
1893 Inangahua by-election, 1893 The Inangahua by-election of 1893 was a by-election held on 8 June 1893 during the 11th New Zealand Parliament in the West Coast seat of Inangahua....	Inangahua Inangahua (New Zealand electorate) Inangahua was a former parliamentary electorate in the Buller District, which is part of the West Coast region of New Zealand, from 1881 to 1896...	8 June	Richard Reeves Richard Reeves (New Zealand) Richard Harman Jeffares Reeves MLC was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.He was born in County Wexford, Ireland. He was on the Canterbury Provincial Council in 1866. He represented the Grey Valley electorate in Parliament from a 1878 by-election to 1881...	Bankruptcy	Robert Stout Robert Stout Sir Robert Stout, KCMG was the 13th Premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both these offices...
		9 June	John Ballance John Ballance John Ballance served as the 14th Premier of New Zealand at the end of the 19th century, and was the founder of the Liberal Party .-Early life:...	Death	Archibald Willis Archibald Willis Archibald Dudingston Willis was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.-Member of Parliament:The death of John Ballance triggered the 1893 by-election in the Wanganui electorate, which was held on 13 June and won by Willis. He was confirmed at the 1893 general election a few months...
		26 July	Alfred Cadman Alfred Cadman Sir Alfred Jerome Cadman was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. He was the Minister of Railways from 1895 to 1899 in the First Liberal Government.-Early life:Cadman was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1847...	Resignation	James McGowan James McGowan (politician) James McGowan was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.-Political career:He represented the Thames electorate from an 1893 by-election...
		4 August	William Rees William Lee Rees William Lee Rees was an English-born New Zealand cricketer, politician and lawyer.-Early years:...	Resignation	Alfred Cadman Alfred Cadman Sir Alfred Jerome Cadman was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. He was the Minister of Railways from 1895 to 1899 in the First Liberal Government.-Early life:Cadman was born in Sydney, Australia, in 1847...
12th Parliament New Zealand general election, 1893 The New Zealand general election of 1893 was held on Tuesday, 28 November in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 20 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 74 MPs to the 12th session of the New Zealand Parliament...  (1894–1896)
1894	Waitemata Waitemata (New Zealand electorate) Waitemata was a New Zealand parliamentary electorate, from 1871 to 1946, and then from 1954 to 1978.-Population centres:This electorate is in the suburbs of Auckland.-History:The electorate existed from 1871 to 1946, and from 1954 to 1978...	9 April	Richard Monk Richard Monk Richard Monk was a 19th century Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He represented the Waitemata electorate from the 1886 by-election after the death of William John Hurst to 1890 when he was defeated by Jackson Palmer; then from 1893 to 9 February 1894 when his election was declared void...	Election declared invalid	William Massey William Massey William Ferguson Massey, often known as Bill Massey or "Farmer Bill" served as the 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925, and was the founder of the Reform Party. He is widely considered to have been one of the more skilled politicians of his time, and was known for the particular...
		9 July	Vincent Pyke Vincent Pyke Vincent Pyke was a 19th century politician in Otago, New Zealand and Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia.-Early life:He was born in Somerset, England...	Death	William Larnach William Larnach William James Mudie Larnach was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He is known for building Larnach Castle and for his suicide.- Early career :Larnach was born in the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, Australia...
		24 July	George Grey George Grey George Grey may refer to:*Sir George Grey, 2nd Baronet , British politician*George Grey, 2nd Earl of Kent *Sir George Grey , Governor of Cape Colony, South Australia and New Zealand...	Resignation	Thomas Thompson Thomas Thompson (New Zealand) Thomas Thompson was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.He represented the Auckland North electorate from 1884 to 1890, then the City of Auckland electorate from 1890 to 1899, when he retired....
1896	City of Christchurch Christchurch (New Zealand electorate) Christchurch was a parliamentary electorate in Christchurch, New Zealand. It existed three times. Originally it was the Town of Christchurch from 1853 to 1860. From the 1860–61 election to the 1871 election, it existed as City of Christchurch. It then existed from the 1875–76 election until the...	13 February	William Reeves William Pember Reeves The Hon. William Pember Reeves was a New Zealand statesman, historian and poet, who promoted social reform.-Biography:...	Appointed Agent-General	Charles Lewis Charles Lewis (New Zealand) Charles Lewis was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand.-Early life:Lewis was born in Christchurch and attended Christ's College in his home city, and Clifton and Malvern Colleges in England. He inherited his father's farm in Halswell. Lewis retired to Waipukurau, in the...
13th Parliament New Zealand general election, 1896 The New Zealand general election of 1896 was held on Wednesday, 4 December in the general electorates, and on Thursday, 19 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 74 MPs to the 13th session of the New Zealand Parliament...  (1897–1899)
1897	Suburbs of Wellington	23 April	Thomas Wilford Thomas Mason Wilford Sir Thomas Mason Wilford, KC was a New Zealand politician. He held the seats of Wellington Suburbs then Hutt continuously for thirty years, from 1899 to 1929...	Election declared void	Charles Wilson Charles Wilson (New Zealand) Charles Wilson was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.Thomas Wilford of the Liberal Party won the Wellington Suburbs seat in the 1896 election, but he was declared guilty of corrupt practices after an electoral petition and the election was declared void.At the...
1897	Awarua	5 August	Joseph Ward Joseph Ward Sir Joseph George Ward, 1st Baronet, GCMG was the 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand on two occasions in the early 20th century.-Early life:...	Bankruptcy	Joseph Ward
1897	City of Dunedin Dunedin (New Zealand electorate) Dunedin or the City of Dunedin or the Town of Dunedin was a parliamentary electorate in the city of Dunedin in Otago, New Zealand. It was one of the original electorates created in 1853 and existed, with two breaks, until 1905. Most of the time, it was a multi-member electorate.-History:From 1853...	13 October	Henry Fish Henry Smith Fish Henry Smith Fish was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He represented the Dunedin South electorate from 1881 to 1884 when he was defeated, then from 1887 to 1890. He then held one of the three seats for the City of Dunedin multi-member electorate from 1890 to 1893 when he was defeated, and...	Death	Alexander Sligo Alexander Sligo Alexander Sligo was a 19th century New Zealand politician.He won one of the three seats for the City of Dunedin multi-member electorate in the 1897 City of Dunedin by-election, held when MP Henry Fish died...
		9 March	Robert Stout Robert Stout Sir Robert Stout, KCMG was the 13th Premier of New Zealand on two occasions in the late 19th century, and later Chief Justice of New Zealand. He was the only person to hold both these offices...	Resignation	John Duthie John Duthie (New Zealand) John Duthie was a politician and businessman in New Zealand. Originally from Scotland, he came to Auckland in 1863. He set up his own ironmongery in New Plymouth, then Wanganui, and he finally settled in Wellington. In the latter city, he was mayor for one term. He then represented Wellington in...
1898	Mataura Mataura (New Zealand electorate) Mataura was a parliamentary electorate in the Southland Region of New Zealand, from 1866 to 1946.-History:Mataura was first established for the 1866 general election...	26 May	George Richardson	Bankruptcy	Robert McNab Robert McNab Dr Robert McNab was a New Zealand lawyer, farmer, historian, and politician of the Liberal Party.He represented the Mataura electorate from 1893 to 1896 when he was defeated by George Richardson. In 1898 Richardson was adjudged bankrupt...
		2 November	William Larnach William Larnach William James Mudie Larnach was a New Zealand businessman and politician. He is known for building Larnach Castle and for his suicide.- Early career :Larnach was born in the Hunter Valley, north of Sydney, Australia...	Death	Charles Rawlins Charles Rawlins Charles Champion Rawlins was an Independent Conservative member of parliament in New Zealand for just over a year.He won the Tuapeka electorate in a by-election on 2 November 1898 after William Larnach committed suicide; and lost it in the 1899 general election, on 15 November 1899...
		25 July	John Hutcheson John Hutcheson John Hutcheson was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand, initially for the Liberal Party.John Hutcheson arrived in New Zealand in 1880, as second mate of the barque “Isle of Erin,” he spent four years as first and second mate of coastal vessels, including the Government steamers Stella and...	Resignation	John Hutcheson
14th Parliament New Zealand general election, 1899 The New Zealand general election of 1899 was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates, and on Tuesday, 19 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 74 MPs to the 14th session of the New Zealand Parliament. A total number of 373,744 voters turned out to...  (1900–1902)
		6 January	Henry Augustus Field Henry Augustus Field Henry Augustus Field was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.Field was born in Wanganui in 1852 and was a surveyor and farmer....	Death	William Hughes Field William Hughes Field William Hughes Field was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand; first for the Liberal Party, then Independent and then for the Reform Party.-Member of Parliament:...
		27 April	William Crowther William Crowther (New Zealand) William Crowther was a Liberal Party then independent conservative Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He represented the City of Auckland multi-member electorate from 1893 to 1900, when he died. The resulting by-election on 27 April 1900 was won by Joseph Witheford.-References:...	Death	Joseph Witheford Joseph Witheford Joseph Howard Witheford was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Auckland, New Zealand.He was elected to the City of Auckland electorate in a by-election on 27 April 1900, and held his electorate to 1905 , when he retired.-References:...
		18 July	John McKenzie	Resignation	Thomas Mackenzie Thomas Mackenzie Sir Thomas Noble Mackenzie GCMG was a Scottish-born New Zealand politician and explorer who briefly served as the 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1912, and later served as New Zealand High Commissioner in London....
		9 January	Hone Heke Ngapua Hone Heke Ngapua Hone Heke Ngapuha was a Māori and Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was born in Kaikohe, and was named after his great-uncle Hone Heke....	Bankruptcy	Hone Heke Ngapua
		18 July	Charles Lewis Charles Lewis (New Zealand) Charles Lewis was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand.-Early life:Lewis was born in Christchurch and attended Christ's College in his home city, and Clifton and Malvern Colleges in England. He inherited his father's farm in Halswell. Lewis retired to Waipukurau, in the...	Resignation	George Smith George John Smith George John Smith CBE was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for the City of Christchurch electorate in the South Island, and later a member of the Legislative Council.-Early life:...
		18 July	George Hutchison	Resignation	Frederick Haselden Frederick Haselden Frederick Henry Haselden was a Conservative Member of Parliament from the Taranaki Region in New Zealand for the Patea electorate.He was elected in a 18 July 1901 by-election. The seat was declared vacant from 9 October 1901...
		6 November	Frederick Haselden	Election voided on petition	Frederick Haselden
		19 December	Arthur Morrison Arthur Morrison (New Zealand) Arthur Morrison was a Member of Parliament in Dunedin, New Zealand.-Private and professional life:Morrison was born in Scotland and was a coal merchant in Dunedin. He exemplified the self-made man who identified with Labour....	Death	Thomas Sidey Thomas Sidey Sir Thomas Kay Sidey was a New Zealand politician from the Otago Region, remembered for his successful advocacy of daylight saving time.-Early life:...
15th Parliament New Zealand general election, 1902 The New Zealand general election of 1902 was held on Tuesday, 25 November in the general electorates, and on Monday, 22 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 15th session of the New Zealand Parliament...  (1903–1905)
		28 July	John O'Meara John O'Meara (politician) John O’Meara was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Pahiatua electorate in the 1896 general election, and held it until he died in 1904.-References:...	Death	William Hawkins William Henry Hawkins William Henry Hawkins was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Pahiatua electorate in in a 1904 by-election after the death of John O'Meara; but was defeated in the next election in 1905....
		6 April	George Fisher George Fisher (New Zealand) George Fisher was a four-time Mayor of Wellington, New Zealand from 1882 to 1885, and in 1896. He represented various Wellington electorates in Parliament for a total of 18 years...	Death	Francis Fisher Francis Fisher Francis Marion Bates Fisher was a New Zealand Member of Parliament from Wellington. He was known as Rainbow Fisher for his frequent changes of political allegiance. Fisher was an internationally successful tennis player.-Early life:...
16th Parliament New Zealand general election, 1905 The New Zealand general election of 1905 was held on Wednesday, 6 December in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 20 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 16th session of the New Zealand Parliament...  (1906–1908)
		13 July	Richard Seddon Richard Seddon Richard John Seddon , sometimes known as King Dick, is to date the longest serving Prime Minister of New Zealand. He is regarded by some, including historian Keith Sinclair, as one of New Zealand's greatest political leaders....	Death	Tom Seddon Thomas Seddon (New Zealand) Thomas Edward Youd "Tom" Seddon was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party. He inherited the seat of Westland on the sudden death of his father Richard John Seddon in 1906, and held it to 1922, when he was defeated...
		6 December	Matthew Kirkbride Matthew Kirkbride Matthew Middlewood Kirkbride was an independent conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He was elected to the Manukau electorate in the 1902, and held the seat until he died in 1906. His death caused the 6 December 1906 Manukau by-election, which was won by Frederic Lang.-References:...	Death	Frederic Lang Frederic Lang Sir Frederic William Lang was a New Zealand politician; initially a Conservative, then from 1914 a member of the Reform Party...
		4 May	Edward Metcalf Smith Edward Metcalf Smith Edward Metcalf Smith was an armourer and Liberal Party politician in New Zealand, and an advocate of the development of Taranaki's ironsand and oil.-Early life:...	Death	Henry Okey Henry Okey Henry James Hobbs Okey was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Taranaki electorate in a , and held it until 1918, when he died.-References:...
		5 June	James Bennet James Bennet (New Zealand) James Bennet was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He represented the Tuapeka electorate from 1899 to 1908, when he died.-References:*New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O...	Death	William Chapple William Chapple William Allan Chapple was a member of both the New Zealand House of Representatives and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.-Early life:...
17th Parliament New Zealand general election, 1908 The New Zealand general election of 1908 was held on Tuesday, 17 November, 24 November and 1 December in the general electorates, and on Wednesday, 2 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 17th session of the New Zealand Parliament...  (1909–1911)
		4 February	James McGowan James McGowan (politician) James McGowan was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.-Political career:He represented the Thames electorate from an 1893 by-election...	Appointed to Legislative Council New Zealand Legislative Council The Legislative Council of New Zealand was the upper house of the New Zealand Parliament from 1853 until 1951. Unlike the lower house, the New Zealand House of Representatives, the Legislative Council was appointed.-Role:...	Edmund Taylor Edmund Taylor (New Zealand) Edmund Harvey Taylor was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Thames electorate in in a 1909 by-election after the resignation of James McGowan; but was defeated in the next election in 1911.-References:...
		20 March	Hone Heke Ngapua Hone Heke Ngapua Hone Heke Ngapuha was a Māori and Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was born in Kaikohe, and was named after his great-uncle Hone Heke....	Death	Te Rangi Hīroa
		16 September	Arthur Remington Arthur Remington Arthur Edward Remington was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Rangitikei electorate in the 1902 general election, and held it until he died in 1909....	Death	Robert Smith Robert William Smith (politician) Robert William Smith was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.He won the Rangitikei seat in the 1909 Rangitikei by-election and held it to 1911. In 1911 he won the Waimarino seat, which he held to 1922, when he was defeated...
		16 June	Frederick Baume Frederick Baume Frederick Ehrenfried Baume was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.From 1902 to 1905 he was one of the three Members of Parliament representing the multi-member City of Auckland electorate....	Death	Arthur Myers Arthur Myers Sir Arthur Mielziner Myers was a New Zealand politician. He was Mayor of Auckland City from 1905 to 1909, Member of the House of Representatives from 1910 to 1921, and a Cabinet Minister...
		17 August	Tommy Taylor	Death	Leonard Isitt Leonard Monk Isitt (minister) Rev. Leonard Monk Isitt was a Member of Parliament of the New Zealand Liberal Party. He was born in Bedford, England and died in Christchurch, New Zealand....

Multi-party era

By-election	| Electorate	| Date	| Incumbent	| Party		Cause	Winner	| Party
18th Parliament New Zealand general election, 1911 The New Zealand general election of 1911 was held on Thursday, 7 and 14 December in the general electorates, and on Tuesday, 19 December in the Māori electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 18th session of the New Zealand Parliament...  (1912–1914)
		17 September	Thomas Mackenzie Thomas Mackenzie Sir Thomas Noble Mackenzie GCMG was a Scottish-born New Zealand politician and explorer who briefly served as the 18th Prime Minister of New Zealand in 1912, and later served as New Zealand High Commissioner in London....	Resignation	Charles Wilkinson
		17 & 24 July	Arthur Guinness Arthur Guinness (New Zealand) Sir Arthur Robert Guinness was a New Zealand politician, and Speaker of the House of Representatives.-Personal information:...	Death	Paddy Webb Paddy Webb Patrick Charles "Paddy" Webb was a New Zealand trade unionist and politician.-Early life:Webb was born in Rutherglen, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria. His father, George Webb, was a miner, and Paddy Webb eventually worked in the mines himself...
		9 & 16 December	George Laurenson George Laurenson George Laurenson was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for in the South Island.-Member of Parliament:George Laurenson represented the Lyttelton electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives for fourteen years from 1899 to his death in 1913...	Death	James McCombs James McCombs James McCombs was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Lyttelton.-Early years:McCombs was born in County Leitrim, Ireland and came to New Zealand with his parents in 1876 as a three year old. He was educated at Sydenham School and Christchurch East School...
19th Parliament 19th New Zealand Parliament The 19th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. It opened on 24 June 1915, following the 1914 election. It was dissolved on 27 November 1919 in preparation for 1919 election....  (1915–1919)
		3 February	Charles Statham Charles Statham Sir Charles Ernest Statham was a New Zealand politician, and the ninth Speaker of the House of Representatives, from 1923 to 1935.He was born in Dunedin, and trained in law, practicing from 1904 in Dunedin...	Resignation	Charles Statham
		8 June	Vernon Reed Vernon Reed Vernon Herbert Reed was a Liberal Party and then a Reform Party member of parliament in New Zealand.He won the Bay of Islands electorate in the 1908 general election. His election in 1914, narrowly defeating Te Rangi Hīroa, was declared void in 1915...	Election declared void	William Stewart William Stewart (New Zealand) William Stewart was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.He represented the Bay of Islands electorate from 1915 to 1917, when he resigned....
		15 June	William Jennings William Thomas Jennings William Thomas Jennings was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.-Career:He was born in Auckland, where he attended St. Paul's school and subsequently became an apprentice printer in the offices of the New Zealander...	Election declared void	William Jennings
		17 August	James Escott James Escott James Henry Escott was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Pahiatua electorate in 1911, and held it until he died in 1916.-References:...	Death	George Smith George Harold Smith George Harold Smith was a Reform Party Member of Parliament.He won the Pahiatua electorate in a 1916 by-election after the death of the previous MP, James Escott; and retired in 1919.-References:...
		8 March	Robert McNab Robert McNab Dr Robert McNab was a New Zealand lawyer, farmer, historian, and politician of the Liberal Party.He represented the Mataura electorate from 1893 to 1896 when he was defeated by George Richardson. In 1898 Richardson was adjudged bankrupt...	Death	John Findlay John Findlay (New Zealand) Sir John George Findlay was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, and was a Cabinet minister from 1906 to 1911.-Political career:He represented the Hawke's Bay electorate from 1917 to 1919...
		17 March	William Stewart	Resignation	Vernon Reed Vernon Reed Vernon Herbert Reed was a Liberal Party and then a Reform Party member of parliament in New Zealand.He won the Bay of Islands electorate in the 1908 general election. His election in 1914, narrowly defeating Te Rangi Hīroa, was declared void in 1915...
		24 November	Paddy Webb Paddy Webb Patrick Charles "Paddy" Webb was a New Zealand trade unionist and politician.-Early life:Webb was born in Rutherglen, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria. His father, George Webb, was a miner, and Paddy Webb eventually worked in the mines himself...	Resignation	Paddy Webb
		12 February	Alexander Herdman Alexander Herdman Alexander Lawrence Herdman was a New Zealand politician. He served as Attorney-General, Minister of Justice, and Minister of Police. He is known for his reforms of the civil service and for his hard line on law and order.He had 3 children ana born in 1890, jonn born in 1893 and Adam born in...	Resignation	John Luke John Luke Sir John-Pearce Luke, CMG was a New Zealand politician. Luke was Mayor of Wellington from 1913–1921 and Member of Parliament for Wellington Suburbs 1908–1911 and Wellington North 1918–1928. His brother Charles Manley Luke had previously also been Mayor of Wellington in 1895...
		21 February	Taare Parata Taare Parata Taare Rakatauhake Parata was a Māori and a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Southern Maori electorate in the 1911 general election, and held it to 1918, when he died.-References:...	Death	Hopere Uru John Hopere Wharewiti Uru John Hopere Wharewiti Uru was a Māori of Ngai Tahu and an Independent Member of Parliament in New Zealand....
		29 May	Paddy Webb Paddy Webb Patrick Charles "Paddy" Webb was a New Zealand trade unionist and politician.-Early life:Webb was born in Rutherglen, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria. His father, George Webb, was a miner, and Paddy Webb eventually worked in the mines himself...	Imprisonment	Harry Holland Harry Holland Henry Edmund Holland was a New Zealand politician and unionist. He was the first leader of the New Zealand Labour Party.-Early life:...
		3 October	Robert Fletcher Robert Fletcher (New Zealand) Robert Fletcher was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party.He ran unsuccessfully for the Wellington Central electorate in 1911, then in 1914 succeeded. He represented Wellington Central in Parliament from 1914 to 1918, when he died.-Further reading:...	Death	Peter Fraser
		10 October	Henry Okey Henry Okey Henry James Hobbs Okey was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Taranaki electorate in a , and held it until 1918, when he died.-References:...	Death	Sydney Smith Sydney George Smith Sydney George Smith was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party and then the National Party, and a cabinet minister.He was Minister of Education in the Liberal-Reform coalition Government of New Zealand from 1934 to 1935, and was also Minister of Labour.He represented the Taranaki...
		19 December	David Buick David Buick (New Zealand) David Buick was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.He represented the Manawatu electorate of Palmerston from 1908 to 1918, when he died.-Further reading:...	Death	James Nash James Alfred Nash James Alfred Nash was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand and a Mayor of Palmerston North.-Biography:Nash was born in 1871 in Foxton to Ann Ellen Webster and Norman Nash....
		19 December	Alfred Hindmarsh Alfred Hindmarsh Alfred Humphrey Hindmarsh was a New Zealand politician, lawyer and unionist.Hindmarsh was born in Port Elliot, Australia, and was the grandson of John Hindmarsh, the first Governor of South Australia. He moved with his family to Napier, New Zealand, in 1878. Hindmarsh trained as a lawyer, and was...	Death	Bob Semple Bob Semple Robert "Bob" Semple was a union leader and later Minister of Public Works for the first Labour Government of New Zealand....
20th Parliament (1920–1922)
		14 April	James Allen James Allen (New Zealand) Sir James Allen, GCMG, KCB was a prominent New Zealand politician and diplomat. He held a number of the most important political offices in the country, including Minister of Finance and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He was also New Zealand's Minister of Defence during World War I.-Early life:Allen...	Resignation	John Edie John Edie (New Zealand) John Edie was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Otago, New Zealand.He won the Bruce electorate in the 1920 Bruce by-election after the resignation of James Allen, having previously stood for Clutha in 1896 and Bruce in 1919....
		6 May	Robert Masters Robert Masters Robert Masters was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, and a cabinet minister.He was Minister of Education in the Liberal-Reform coalition Government of New Zealand from 1931 to 1934 as a member of the New Zealand Legislative Council, after being a Minister without Portfolio from 1930...	Election declared void	Robert Masters
		30 September	William MacDonald William Donald Stuart MacDonald William Donald Stuart MacDonald was a New Zealand politician, Cabinet Minister, and briefly Leader of the Opposition.-Early life:MacDonald was born in Victoria in 1862). He emigrated to Poverty Bay in New Zealand in 1882...	Death	Kenneth Williams Kenneth Stuart Williams Kenneth Stuart Williams was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was Minister of Public Works from 1926 to 1928 in the Reform Government....
		13 April	Walter Powdrell Walter Powdrell Walter Dutton Powdrell was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Patea electorate in 1919, and held it until he died in 1921. According to the Coroner's Report into the death, Powdrell fell from a building on 9 March 1921. The fall caused injuries to the spine, which led to...	Death	Edwin Dixon Edwin Dixon Edwin Dixon was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Patea electorate in a 1921 by-election after the death of the previous MP, Walter Powdrell, but was defeated in the 1922 general election.-References:...
		2 November	Arthur Myers Arthur Myers Sir Arthur Mielziner Myers was a New Zealand politician. He was Mayor of Auckland City from 1905 to 1909, Member of the House of Representatives from 1910 to 1921, and a Cabinet Minister...	Resignation	Clutha Mackenzie Clutha Mackenzie Sir Clutha Nantes Mackenzie was a Reform Party Member of Parliament.He won the Auckland East electorate in a 1921 by-election after the resignation of Arthur Myers; but was defeated in the next election in 1922 by John A...
		25 January	Hopere Uru John Hopere Wharewiti Uru John Hopere Wharewiti Uru was a Māori of Ngai Tahu and an Independent Member of Parliament in New Zealand....	Death	Henare Uru Henare Uru Henare Whakatau Uru was a Māori of Ngāi Tahu and a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Southern Maori electorate in the 1922 Southern Maori by-election after the death of his brother John Hopere Wharewiti Uru, and held it to 1928 when he was defeated by Tuiti...
		21 June	Edward Kellett	Death	James Munro James Wright Munro James Wright Munro was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the electorate of Dunedin North in Parliament from 1922 to 1925, and from 1928 to 1945, when he died....
21st Parliament New Zealand general election, 1922 The New Zealand general election of 1922 was held on Monday, 6 December in the Māori electorates, and on Tuesday, 7 December in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 21st session of the New Zealand Parliament...  (1923–1925)
		28 March	William Herries William Herries Sir William Herbert Herries KCMG was an English-born New Zealand politician.Herries was born in London, the son of a barrister, and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. At the age of 22 he emigrated to New Zealand and became a farmer near Te Aroha...	Death	Charles MacMillan Charles MacMillan Charles Edward de la Barca MacMillan was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was a cabinet minister in the Liberal-Reform coalition government Charles Edward de la Barca MacMillan (1872–1941) was a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand. He was a cabinet minister in...
		1 May	John Macpherson John Andrew MacPherson John Andrew MacPherson was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party and the United Party.He represented the Mount Ida seat from 1905 to 1908, when he was defeated ....	Election declared void	John Macpherson
		17 June	William Massey William Massey William Ferguson Massey, often known as Bill Massey or "Farmer Bill" served as the 19th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1912 to 1925, and was the founder of the Reform Party. He is widely considered to have been one of the more skilled politicians of his time, and was known for the particular...	Death	Ewen McLennan Ewen McLennan Ewen Donald McLennan was a Reform Party Member of Parliament.He won the Franklin electorate in a 1925 by-election after the death of the previous MP, Prime Minister William Massey; and retired in 1928.-References:...

22nd Parliament 22nd New Zealand Parliament The 22nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1925 elections, and it sat until the 1928 elections....  (1926–28)
By-election	Date	Reason	Winner
1926 Eden	15 April 1926	Appointment of Christopher Parr to the High Commission of New Zealand, London	Rex Mason Rex Mason Henry Greathead Rex Mason was a New Zealand politician. He served as Attorney General, Minister of Justice, Minister of Education, and Minister of Native Affairs, and had a significant influence on the direction of the Labour Party...  (Labour)
1927 Raglan	29 September 1927	Death of Richard Bollard Richard Bollard Richard Francis Bollard was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.He represented the Raglan electorate from 1911 to 1927, when he died.He was a cabinet minister from 1923 to 1927 in the Reform Government.-References:...	William Lee Martin William Lee Martin William Lee Martin, known as Lee Martin was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He was unsuccessful when he stood for Hamilton in 1925, but in the Raglan by-election 1927 won Raglan, which he held to 1931...  (Labour)
23rd Parliament New Zealand general election, 1928 The New Zealand general election of 1928 was held on Tuesday, 13 November in the Māori electorates, and on Wednesday, 14 November in the general electorates to elect a total of 80 MPs to the 23rd session of the New Zealand Parliament...  (1929–31)
By-election	Date	Reason	Winner
1929 Bay of Islands Bay of Islands by-election, 1929 The Bay of Islands by-election of 1929 was a by-election held on 10 April 1929 during the 22nd New Zealand Parliament in the Northland electorate of Bay of Islands. The by-election came about because Harold Rushworth's win in the general election of the previous year was declared void...	10 April 1929	Previous result declared void	Harold Rushworth Harold Rushworth Harold Montague Rushworth was a New Zealand politician of the Country Party.-Early life:Rushworth was born in Croydon, England and was educated at Rugby School and Jesus College, Oxford, graduating with a degree in law. He became a civil engineer and surveyor and worked for the London County...  (Country)
1929 Hutt	18 December 1929	Resignation of Thomas Mason Wilford Thomas Mason Wilford Sir Thomas Mason Wilford, KC was a New Zealand politician. He held the seats of Wellington Suburbs then Hutt continuously for thirty years, from 1899 to 1929...	Walter Nash Walter Nash Sir Walter Nash, GCMG, CH served as the 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960, and was also highly influential in his role as Minister of Finance...  (Labour) #
1930 Parnell Parnell by-election, 1930 The Parnell by-election of 1930 was a by-election in the seat of Parnell held on 7 May 1930 during the 23rd New Zealand Parliament. The by-election came about because of the resignation of the current member of parliament Harry Reginald Jenkins who chose to re-contest his seat...	7 May 1930	Resignation of Harry Reginald Jenkins Harry Reginald Jenkins Harry Reginald Jenkins was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Parnell in Auckland, New Zealand.-Member of Parliament:Harry Jenkins represented the Parnell electorate from the 1928 general election to his resignation in 1930.-Resignation:...	William Endean William Phillips Endean William Phillips Endean was an New Zealand politician, first of the Reform Party then from 1935 the National Party.-Member of Parliament:...  (Reform)
1930 Invercargill	13 August 1930	Death of Joseph Ward Joseph Ward Sir Joseph George Ward, 1st Baronet, GCMG was the 17th Prime Minister of New Zealand on two occasions in the early 20th century.-Early life:...	Vincent Ward Vincent Ward (politician) Vincent Aubrey Ward, CBE was briefly a New Zealand Member of Parliament.-Early life:Born in Bluff, a son of the late Prime Minister Sir Joseph Ward, he replaced his father in the 1930 by-election for the parliamentary seat of Invercargill that was held after Sir Joseph died...  (United)
1930 Waipawa	8 October 1930	Death of George Hunter George Hunter (III) Sir George Hunter was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.He was elected to the parliament from the Waipawa electorate in the New Zealand general election of 1896. Hunter was defeated in the general election of 1899, but was elected again in the 1911 elections. He continued to serve in...	Albert Jull Albert Jull Albert Edward Jull was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, the United Party and from 1938 the National Party.Jull was born in Fort Eyrie, Canada, and before entering politics he was a brewer in Waipawa...  (United)
1930 Western Maori	8 October 1930	Death of Maui Pomare Maui Pomare Sir Maui Wiremu Pita Naera Pomare, KBE, CMG was a New Zealand doctor and politician, being counted among the more prominent Māori political figures...	Taite Te Tomo Taite te Tomo Taite Te Tomo was a Māori and Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Western Maori electorate in a 1930 by-election after the death of Maui Pomare, but lost it in 1935 to the Ratana candidate Haami Tokouru Ratana....  (Reform)
1931 Hauraki	27 May 1931	Death of Arthur William Hall Arthur William Hall Arthur William Hall was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.He represented the Hauraki electorate from 1928 to 1931, when he died.-Further reading:*:...	Walter William Massey Walter William Massey Walter William Massey was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party.He represented the Hauraki electorate from the 1931 by-election , to 1935 when he was defeated by Charles Robert Petrie of the Labour Party.He was a son of Prime Minister William Massey, and brother of John Norman Massey who...  (Reform)
24th Parliament 24th New Zealand Parliament The 24th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. It opened on 23 February 1932, following the 1931 election. It was dissolved on 1 November 1935 in preparation for the 1935 election...  (1932–35)
By-election	Date	Reason	Winner
1932 Southern Maori Southern Māori by-election, 1932 The Southern Maori by-election of 1932 was a by-election during the 24th New Zealand Parliament. The election was held on 3 August 1932.The seat of Southern Maori became vacant following the death of the sitting member Tuiti Makitanara....	3 August 1932	Death of Tuiti Makitanara Tuiti Makitanara Tuiti Makitanara was a Māori and United Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand.He won the Southern Maori seat in 1928, and died in 1932.The United Party was a continuation of the historical Liberal Party.-References:...	Eruera Tirikatene Eruera Tirikatene Sir Eruera Tihema Te Aika Tirikatene, KCMG was a New Zealand Māori politician of the Ngai Tahu tribe. Known in early life as Edward James Te Aika Tregerthen, he was the first Ratana Member of Parliament and was elected in a by-election for Southern Maori in June 1932 after the death of Tuiti...  (Independent)
1932 Motueka	1 December 1932	Death of George Black	Keith Holyoake Keith Holyoake Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, KG, GCMG, CH, QSO, KStJ was a New Zealand politician. The only person to have been both Prime Minister and Governor-General of New Zealand, Holyoake was National Party Prime Minister from 20 September 1957 to 12 December 1957, then again from 12 December 1960 to 7...  (Reform) #
1933 Lyttelton Lyttelton by-election, 1933 The Lyttelton by-election of 1933 was a by-election held during the 24th New Zealand Parliament in the Christchurch electorate of Lyttelton. It is notable for being won by Elizabeth McCombs of the New Zealand Labour Party, who became the first woman to be elected to the New Zealand Parliament...	13 September 1933	Death of James McCombs James McCombs James McCombs was a New Zealand Member of Parliament for Lyttelton.-Early years:McCombs was born in County Leitrim, Ireland and came to New Zealand with his parents in 1876 as a three year old. He was educated at Sydenham School and Christchurch East School...	Elizabeth McCombs Elizabeth McCombs Elizabeth McCombs was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament. New Zealand women gained the right to vote in 1893, though were not allowed to stand for the House of Representatives until the election of 1919...  (Labour)
1933 Buller	22 November 1933	Death of Harry Holland Harry Holland Henry Edmund Holland was a New Zealand politician and unionist. He was the first leader of the New Zealand Labour Party.-Early life:...	Paddy Webb Paddy Webb Patrick Charles "Paddy" Webb was a New Zealand trade unionist and politician.-Early life:Webb was born in Rutherglen, a small town in the Australian state of Victoria. His father, George Webb, was a miner, and Paddy Webb eventually worked in the mines himself...  (Labour)
1935 Lyttelton Lyttelton by-election, 1935 The Lyttelton by-election of 1935 was a by-election held on 24 July 1935 during the 24th New Zealand Parliament in the Lyttelton electorate. The electorate was won by Terence McCombs of the New Zealand Labour Party, succeeding his mother.-Selection process:...	24 July 1935	Death of Elizabeth McCombs Elizabeth McCombs Elizabeth McCombs was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and the first woman elected to the New Zealand Parliament. New Zealand women gained the right to vote in 1893, though were not allowed to stand for the House of Representatives until the election of 1919...  (Labour)	Terry McCombs (Labour)
25th Parliament 25th New Zealand Parliament The 25th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. It opened on 25 March 1936, following the 1935 election. It was dissolved on 16 September 1938 in preparation for the 1938 election....  (1936–38)
By-election	Date	Reason	Winner
1936 Manukau	30 September 1936	Resignation of William Joseph Jordan William Joseph Jordan Sir William Joseph Jordan, KCMG, Privy Councillor, was a New Zealand Labour Party Member of Parliament, and New Zealand's longest-serving High Commissioner to Great Britain from 1935 to 1951.-Early life:...	Arthur George Osborne (Labour)

26th Parliament (1939–43)

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|1939 Christchurch South

Christchurch South by-election, 1939

The 1939 Christchurch South by-election held on 3 June was caused by the death of Ted Howard during the term of the 26th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election in the Christchurch South electorate was contested by Robert Macfarlane for Labour and Melville Lyons for National, with Macfarlane...

|3 June 1939
|Death of Ted Howard (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Robert Macfarlane

Robert Macfarlane (New Zealand)

Sir Robert Mafeking Macfarlane, KCMG was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was a Member of Parliament, served as Speaker of the House of Representatives and was a Mayor of Christchurch.-Local body politics:...

 (Labour)
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|1940 Auckland West
|18 May 1940
|Death of Michael Joseph Savage

Michael Joseph Savage

Michael Joseph Savage was the first Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand.- Early life :Born in Tatong, Victoria, Australia, Savage first became involved in politics while working in that state. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1907. There he worked in a variety of jobs, as a miner, flax-cutter and...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Peter Carr (Labour)
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|1940 Waipawa
|16 November 1940
|Death of Albert Jull

Albert Jull

Albert Edward Jull was a New Zealand politician of the Liberal Party, the United Party and from 1938 the National Party.Jull was born in Fort Eyrie, Canada, and before entering politics he was a brewer in Waipawa...

|bgcolor=|Cyril Geoffrey Edmund Harker (National)
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|1941 Waitemata
|19 July 1941
|Death of William John Lyon

William John Lyon

For the Anglican priest with the same name see William John LyonWilliam John Lyon was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was was killed in World War II while serving with the 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force.-Early years:Lyon was born in London, England, and educated at a...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Mary Manson Dreaver (Labour)
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|1941 Bay of Plenty
|13 December 1941
|Death of Gordon Hultquist

Gordon Hultquist

Axel Gordon Hultquist, known as Gordon Hultquist was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.-Early life:Hultquist was born in Bunbury, Western Australia, an electrician and the son of a Swedish Salvation Army Officer....

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|William Sullivan

William Sullivan (New Zealand)

Sir William Sullivan was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the Bay of Plenty electorate from the 1941 by-election after the death of Gordon Hultquist to 13 February 1957, when he resigned following the death of his son who ran the family construction business.He was the...

 (National)
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|1942 Mid-Canterbury

Mid-Canterbury by-election, 1942

The Mid-Canterbury by-election, 1942 was a by-election held on 27 January 1942 during the 26th New Zealand Parliament in the seat of Mid-Canterbury. They by-election came about because of the death of Arthur Grigg, his wife Mary Grigg was elected unopposed....

|27 January 1942
|Death of Arthur Nattle Grigg (National)
|bgcolor=|Mary Victoria Cracroft Grigg (National)
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|1942 Temuka
|7 February 1942
|Death of Thomas David Burnett

Thomas David Burnett

Thomas David Burnett was a New Zealand politician of the Reform Party, and from 1935 the National Party.He represented the rural Canterbury electorate of Temuka from 1919 til his death in 1941.-References:...

|bgcolor=|Hugh John Dyke Ackland (National)
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|1942 Hauraki
|7 February 1942
|Death of John Manchester Allen

John Manchester Allen

John Manchester Allen was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the Hauraki electorate from 1938 to 1941, when he died. He was killed in action with the NZEF during an offensive in Libya....

 (National)
|bgcolor=|Andrew Sinclair Sutherland (National)
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|1943 Christchurch East

Christchurch East by-election, 1943

The 1943 Christchurch East by-election held on 6 February was caused by the death of Tim Armstrong during the term of the 26th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election in the Christchurch East electorate was contested by five candidates, including representatives from the Labour Party, the Labour...

|6 February 1943
|Death of Tim Armstrong (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Mabel Howard

Mabel Howard

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 (Labour)
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|1943 Northern Maori
|1943
|Death of Paraire Karaka Paikea

Paraire Karaka Paikea

Paraire Karaka Paikea was a New Zealand politician who captured the Rātana Movement's third Māori electorate of Northern Maori from Taurekareka Henare in 1938. He was Minister without portfolio representing the Māori race from 1941 to 1943 and was also Māori Recruiting Director on the War...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Tapihana Paraire Paikea

Tapihana Paraire Paikea

Tapihana Paraire Paikea, also known as Dobson, is a former New Zealand politician and Ratana morehu who won the Northern Maori electorate for Labour in 1943...

 (Labour)
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27th Parliament (1943–46)

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|1944 Awarua
|28 October 1944
|Death of James Hargest

James Hargest

Brigadier James Hargest CBE, DSO & 2 bars, MC, ED, MP, was a New Zealand military officer and politician.Hargest was born in Gore, where his father was a farmer. He joined the Territorial Force in 1911, and when World War I broke out, he volunteered to serve in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force,...

 (National)
|bgcolor=|George Richard Herron (National)
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|1945 Western Maori
|10 February 1945
|Death of Haami Tokouru Ratana

Haami Tokouru Ratana

Haami Tokouru Ratana is a former New Zealand politician and President of the Ratana Church. He joined Eruera Tirikatene in Parliament as the second Ratana Independent Member of Parliament , elected for the Western Maori electorate in 1935...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Matiu Ratana

Matiu Ratana

Matiu Rātana , son of Tahupotiki Wiremu Rātana, is a former New Zealand politician and President of the Rātana Church...

 (Labour)
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|1945 Hamilton
|26 May 1945
|Death of Frank Findlay

Frank Findlay

Frank Findlay was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the Waikato electorate of Hamilton from 1943 to 1945, when he died.-References:*New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O...

 (National)
|bgcolor=|Grace Hilda Ross (National)
|-
|1945 Dunedin North
|21 July 1945
|Death of James Wright Munro

James Wright Munro

James Wright Munro was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the electorate of Dunedin North in Parliament from 1922 to 1925, and from 1928 to 1945, when he died....

|bgcolor=|Robert Walls

Robert Walls (politician)

Robert Walls was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the Dunedin electorates of Dunedin North from 1945 to 1946, and then North Dunedin from 1946 to 1953 when he died.-References:...

 (Labour)
|-
|1946 Raglan
|5 March 1946
|Death of Robert Coulter

Robert Coulter (New Zealand)

Robert Coulter was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the Waikato electorate from 1935 to 1938, when he was defeated by National's William Goosman....

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Hallyburton Johnstone

Hallyburton Johnstone

Hallyburton Johnstone was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He won the Raglan electorate in 1946 in the by-election caused by the death of the previous MP Robert Coulter...

 (National)
|-
|colspan="4" |

28th Parliament (1946–49)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1947 Avon
|28 May 1947
|Death of Daniel Giles Sullivan

Daniel Giles Sullivan

Daniel Giles "Dan" Sullivan was a New Zealand Member of Parliament, Cabinet Minister and Mayor of Christchurch.-Early years:...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|John Mathison

John Mathison

John Mathison OBE was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was a cabinet minister from 1957 to 1960 in the Second Labour Government....

 (Labour)
|-
|1947 Mount Albert
|24 September 1947
|Death of Arthur Shapton Richards

Arthur Shapton Richards

Arthur Shapton Richards was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the Roskill electorate from 1931 to 1946, and then the Mount Albert electorate from 1946 to 1947 when he died...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Warren Freer

Warren Freer

Warren Wilfred Freer was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the Mount Albert electorate in Parliament from 1947 to 1981, when he retired. He was only 26 when he entered Parliament in a by-election for the Mount Albert seat following the death of Arthur Richards, and he...

 (Labour)
|-
|1947 Westland
|3 December 1947
|Death of James O'Brien

James O'Brien (New Zealand)

James O’Brien was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the Westland seat in Parliament from 1922, when he defeated Tom Seddon...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|James Begg Kent

James Begg Kent

James Begg Kent was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the West Coast electorate of Westland from 1947 to 1960, when he retired.-References:*New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984 by J. O...

 (Labour)
|-
|colspan="4" |

29th Parliament

29th New Zealand Parliament

The 29th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. It opened in 1950, following the 1949 general election. It was dissolved in 1951 in preparation for the 1951 general election. The governing Labour Party had been defeated in the election by the National Party...

 (1950–51)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1951 Brooklyn
|17 February 1951
|Death of Peter Fraser (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Arnold Nordmeyer

Arnold Nordmeyer

Sir Arnold Henry Nordmeyer, ONZ, KCMG , born Heinrich Arnold Nordmeyer, was a New Zealand politician. He was leader of the Labour Party for three years while it was in Opposition.-Early life:...

 (Labour)
|-
|colspan="4" |

30th Parliament (1951–54)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1953 Dunedin North
|12 December 1953
|Death of Robert Walls (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Ethel McMillan

Ethel McMillan

Mrs Ethel Emma McMillan was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.She represented the Dunedin electorates of North Dunedin from 1953 to 1963, and then Dunedin North from 1963 to 1975 when she retired.She was awarded a Q.S.O. in 1976...

 (Labour)
|-
|1953 Onehunga
|19 December 1953
|Death of Arthur Osborne (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Hugh Watt

Hugh Watt

Hugh Watt was a Labour member of Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 – 1974. He was briefly the Acting Prime Minister of New Zealand between 1 September 1974 – 6 September 1974 following the death of Norman Kirk....

 (Labour)
|-
|1954 Onslow
|7 July 1954
|Death of Harry Ernest Combs

Harry Ernest Combs

Harry Ernest Combs was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the Wellington electorates of Wellington Suburbs from 1938 to 1946, and then Onslow from 1946 to 1954 when he died.-References:...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Henry May

Henry May (New Zealand)

Henry Leonard James May was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was a cabinet minister from 1972 to 1975.He represented the Wellington area electorates of Onslow from 1954 to 1963, then Porirua from 1963 to 1969, then Western Hutt from 1969 to 1975 when he was defeated by Brian...

 (Labour)
|-
|1954 Patea
|31 July 1954
|Resignation of William Alfred Sheat (National)
|bgcolor=|Roy Jack

Roy Jack

Sir Roy Emile Jack was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1972 and 1976 to 1977, and a cabinet minister....

 (National)
|-
|colspan="4" |

31st Parliament (1955–57)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1956 Riccarton
|27 October 1956
|Death of Angus Mclagan

Angus McLagan

Angus McLagan was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.-Political career:McLagan represented the Riccarton electorate from 1946 to 1956, when he died...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Mick Connelly

Mick Connelly

Michael Anysley Connelly was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and a Cabinet Minister from 1972 to 1975 in the Third Labour Government...

 (Labour)
|-
|1957 Bay of Plenty
|6 April 1957
|Resignation of William Sullivan

William Sullivan (New Zealand)

Sir William Sullivan was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the Bay of Plenty electorate from the 1941 by-election after the death of Gordon Hultquist to 13 February 1957, when he resigned following the death of his son who ran the family construction business.He was the...

|bgcolor=|Percy Allen

Percy Benjamin Allen

Percy Benjamin Allen was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the Bay of Plenty electorate in Parliament from 1957, when he won the 1957 by-election after the resignation of William Sullivan, until 1975, when he retired....

 (National)
|-
|colspan="4" |

32nd Parliament (1958–60)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1959 Hamilton
|2 May 1959
|Death of Grace Hilda Ross  (National)
|bgcolor=|Lancelot (Lance) Adams-Schneider

Lance Adams-Schneider

Sir Lancelot Raymond "Lance" Adams-Schneider was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the Hamilton electorate from 1959 to 1969, and then the Waikato electorate from 1969 to 1981, when he retired....

 (National)
|-
|colspan="4" |

33rd Parliament (1961–63)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1961 Hurunui
|10 June 1961
|Death of William Henry Gillespie

William Henry Gillespie

William Henry Gillespie was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was a cabinet minister from 1960 to 1961.He represented the Canterbury electorate of Hurunui from 1943 to 1961, when he died.-References:...

|bgcolor=|Herbert Elmer Lorraine Pickering (National)
|-
|1962 Waitaki
|10 March 1962
|Death of Thomas Hayman

Thomas Hayman

Thomas Leonard Hayman was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was a cabinet minister from 1960 to 1962.He represented the Otago electorates of Oamaru from 1949 to 1957, and then Waitaki from 1957 to 1962, when he died....

|bgcolor=|Allan Dick (National)
|-
|1962 Buller
|7 July 1962
|Death of Jerry Skinner (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Bill Rowling

Bill Rowling

Sir Wallace Edward Rowling, KCMG , often known as Bill Rowling, was the 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand. He was in office for just over a year, having been appointed Prime Minister following the death of the highly popular Norman Kirk...

 (Labour) #
|-
|1962 Timaru
|21 July 1962
|Resignation of Rev. Clyde Carr

Clyde Carr

Rev Clyde Leonard Carr was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party, and was a minister of the Congregational Church.Ordained as a minister in 1915, he was on the Christchurch City Council between 1923 and 1927 and the Hospital Board in the 1920s, after working in commerce and banking.He...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Basil Arthur

Basil Arthur

Sir Basil Malcolm Arthur, 5th Baronet served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1984 to 1985. He was a member of the Labour Party.-Early life:...

 (Labour)
|-
|1963 Otahuhu
|16 March 1963
|Death of James Deas

James Deas

James Mackie Deas was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the Otahuhu electorate from 1954 to 1963, when he died.-References:...

|bgcolor=|Bob Tizard (Labour)
|-
|1963 Northern Maori
|16 March 1963
|Death of Tapihana Paraire Paikea

Tapihana Paraire Paikea

Tapihana Paraire Paikea, also known as Dobson, is a former New Zealand politician and Ratana morehu who won the Northern Maori electorate for Labour in 1943...

|bgcolor=|Matiu Rata

Matiu Rata

Matiu Rata was a New Zealand Māori politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Northern Maori from 1963 to 1979, the Minister of Lands and Minister of Māori Affairs in the Third Labour Government of New Zealand between 1972 and 1975...

 (Labour)
|-
|1963 Grey Lynn
|18 May 1963
|Death of Fred Hackett
|bgcolor=|Reginald Alfred Keeling (Labour)
|-
|colspan="4" |

34th Parliament (1964–66)

|-
|colspan="4" |There were no by-elections during the term of the 34th Parliament.
|-
|colspan="4" |

35th Parliament (1967–69)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1967 Southern Maori
|11 March 1967
|Death of Eruera Tirikatene

Eruera Tirikatene

Sir Eruera Tihema Te Aika Tirikatene, KCMG was a New Zealand Māori politician of the Ngai Tahu tribe. Known in early life as Edward James Te Aika Tregerthen, he was the first Ratana Member of Parliament and was elected in a by-election for Southern Maori in June 1932 after the death of Tuiti...

|bgcolor=|Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan

Whetu Tirikatene-Sullivan

Tini "Whetu" Marama Tirikatene-Sullivan, ONZ was a New Zealand politician. She was an MP from 1967 to 1996, representing the Labour Party. At the time of her retirement, she was the second longest-serving MP in Parliament, being in her tenth term of office...

 (Labour)
|-
|1967 Fendalton
|15 April 1967
|Death of Harry Lake

Harry Lake

Harry Robson Lake , a New Zealand politician, served as Minister of Finance for six years in the second National government, in the 1960s...

|bgcolor=|Eric Holland

Eric Holland (politician)

Eric Sidney Fostyn Holland is a New Zealand politician who served as cabinet minister and was an elected member of the Parliament of New Zealand from 1967 to 1981....

 (National)
|-
|1967 Petone
|15 April 1967
|Death of Michael Moohan

Michael Moohan

Michael Moohan was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.-Early life:Born in Garrison, County Fermanagh, Ireland he served in the British Army in World War I, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1919...

|bgcolor=|Fraser Colman

Fraser Colman

Fraser MacDonald Colman QSO was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the electorates of Petone from 1967 to 1978, and then when Petone was renamed, Pencarrow from 1978 to 1987, when he retired. He was replaced in Pencarrow by Sonya Davies.-Early life:Colman was born in...

 (Labour)
|-
|1967 Palmerston North
|2 December 1967
|Death of William Henry Brown

William Henry Brown

William Henry Brown was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the Palmerston North electorate from 1960 to 1967, when he died.-References:...

|bgcolor=|Joe Walding

Joe Walding

Joseph Albert Walding was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the Palmerston North electorate from 1967 to 1975, when he was defeated by John Lancelot Lithgow, and from 1978 to 1981, when he retired. He was a cabinet minister, and High Commissioner to the United Kingdom in...

 (Labour)
|-
|1967 Eastern Maori
|12 December 1967
|Death of Puti Tipene Watene

Puti Tipene Watene

Puti Tipene Watene , of Ngāti Maru and Te Arawa, was a New Zealand rugby league player and politician. He was the first Māori to captain the New Zealand league side and he is the only person to both represent the New Zealand Kiwis and become a Member of Parliament.-Early years:A strong member of...

|bgcolor=|Paraone Reweti

Paraone Reweti

Paraone Brown Reweti was a New Zealand politician and Ratana morehu.-Early life:Of Ngati-Ranginui ancestry, Reweti came to Parliament from a position as an executive member of the Mount Maunganui Watersiders' Union.-Political career:...

 (Labour)
|-
|1968 Hutt
|3 August 1968
|Death of Walter Nash

Walter Nash

Sir Walter Nash, GCMG, CH served as the 27th Prime Minister of New Zealand in the Second Labour Government from 1957 to 1960, and was also highly influential in his role as Minister of Finance...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Trevor James Young (Labour)
|-
|colspan="4" |

36th Parliament (1970–72)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1970 Marlborough
|21 February 1970
|Death of Tom Shand

Tom Shand

Thomas Philip Shand was a New Zealand politician of the National Party.He represented the Marlborough electorate from 1946 to 1969, when he died....

|bgcolor=|Ian James Brooks

Ian James Brooks

Ian James Brooks was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He represented the Marlborough electorate from the 1970 by-election after the death of Tom Shand the previous National MP to 1975, when he was defeated by Edward Latter the National candidate for what was usually a safe National...

 (Labour)
|-
|colspan="4" |

37th Parliament (1973–75)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1974 Sydenham
|2 November 1974
|Death of Norman Kirk

Norman Kirk

Norman Eric Kirk was the 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1972 until his sudden death in 1974. He led the Parliamentary wing of the New Zealand Labour Party from 1965 to 1974. He was the fourth Labour Prime Minister of New Zealand, but the first to be born in New Zealand...

|bgcolor=|John Kirk (Labour)
|-
|colspan="4" |

38th Parliament (1976–78)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1976 Nelson
|28 February 1976
|Death of Stanley Whitehead

Stanley Whitehead

Sir Stanley Austin Whitehead was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party. He was the fifteenth Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1976, and Member of Parliament for the Nelson electorate from 1957 to 1976.-Early life and family:Whitehead was born in Reefton, on the West...

|bgcolor=|Mel Courtney

Mel Courtney

Melvyn Francis Courtney is a former Labour then Independent Member of Parliament for Nelson, in the South Island of New Zealand.-Member of Parliament:...

 (Labour)
|-
|1977 Mangere
|26 March 1977
|Resignation of Colin Moyle

Colin Moyle

Colin James Moyle, CBE is a former politician of the New Zealand Labour Party. He was a Government Minister in the Third Labour and Fourth Labour Governments. In the Fourth Labour Government he oversaw the removal of farming subsidies and the establishment of a fisheries quota system.-Early...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|David Lange

David Lange

David Russell Lange, ONZ, CH , served as the 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. He headed New Zealand's fourth Labour Government, one of the most reforming administrations in his country's history, but one which did not always conform to traditional expectations of a...

 (Labour) #
|-
|1977 Pahiatua
|30 April 1977
|Sir Keith Holyoake

Keith Holyoake

Sir Keith Jacka Holyoake, KG, GCMG, CH, QSO, KStJ was a New Zealand politician. The only person to have been both Prime Minister and Governor-General of New Zealand, Holyoake was National Party Prime Minister from 20 September 1957 to 12 December 1957, then again from 12 December 1960 to 7...

 appointed as Governor-General

Governor-General of New Zealand

The Governor-General of New Zealand is the representative of the monarch of New Zealand . The Governor-General acts as the Queen's vice-regal representative in New Zealand and is often viewed as the de facto head of state....

|bgcolor=|John Falloon

John Falloon

John Howard Falloon was a New Zealand politician. He was an MP from 1977 to 1996, representing the National Party in the Pahiatua electorate....

 (National)
|-
|1978 Rangitikei
|18 February 1978
|Death of Sir Roy Jack

Roy Jack

Sir Roy Emile Jack was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1967 to 1972 and 1976 to 1977, and a cabinet minister....

|bgcolor=|Bruce Beetham

Bruce Beetham

Bruce Craig Beetham was an academic and politician from New Zealand, whose career spanned the 1970s and early 1980s.A lecturer at Hamilton's University of Waikato and at the Hamilton Teacher's Training College, he was elected leader of the Social Credit Party in 1972, at a time when the party was...

 (Social Credit)
|-
|colspan="4" |

39th Parliament

39th New Zealand Parliament

The 39th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand which began with the general election held on 25 November 1978, and finished with the general election held on 28 November 1981...

 (1979–81)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1979 Christchurch Central
|18 August 1979
|Death of Bruce Barclay

Bruce Barclay

Bruce Gillispie Barclay was a New Zealand politician, being the Member of Parliament for Christchurch Central in the South Island.-Member of Parliament:...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Geoffrey Palmer (Labour) #
|-
|1980 Northern Maori
|7 June 1980
|Resignation of Matiu Rata

Matiu Rata

Matiu Rata was a New Zealand Māori politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Northern Maori from 1963 to 1979, the Minister of Lands and Minister of Māori Affairs in the Third Labour Government of New Zealand between 1972 and 1975...

 (was Labour)
|bgcolor=|Bruce Gregory

Bruce Gregory

Bruce Craig Gregory was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.Gregory won the , which was caused by the resignation of the previous incumbent, Matiu Rata and held the seat until 1993, when Tau Henare won the seat for New Zealand First.-References:New Zealand Parliamentary Record 1840-1984...

 (Labour)
|-
|1980 Onehunga
|7 June 1980
|Death of Frank Lewis Rogers

Frank Lewis Rogers

Frank Lewis Rogers was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.He was the Member of Parliament for Onehunga from 1975, replacing Hugh Watt. When he died in 1980, Fred Gerbic was elected to replace him in the ensuing by-election....

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Fred Gerbic

Fred Gerbic

Frederick "Fred" Miroslav Gerbic, MBE was a New Zealand politician of the Labour Party.-Member of Parliament:He was elected in the ensuing by-election to replace Frank Rogers in the seat of Onehunga when Rogers died in 1980. He retired in 1990, when he was defeated by National's Graham...

 (Labour)
|-
|1980 East Coast Bays
|6 September 1980
|Appointment of Frank Gill

Frank Gill (politician)

Thomas Francis "Frank" Gill was a New Zealand politician of the National Party, and an Air Commodore in the RNZAF.He represented the Waitemata electorate in Parliament from 1969 to 1972, and then the East Coast Bays electorate in Parliament from 1972 to 1980, when he resigned.He was a Cabinet...

 as
Ambassador to the United States
|bgcolor=|Gary Knapp

Gary Knapp

Garry Thomas Knapp was a New Zealand politician of the Social Credit Party.He became Member of Parliament for East Coast Bays in 1980 when he defeated National candidate Don Brash in the 1980 by-election in East Coast Bays caused by the resignation of the sitting National MP...

 (Social Credit)
|-
|colspan="4" |

40th Parliament

40th New Zealand Parliament

The 40th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1981 elections, and it sat until the 1984 elections....

 (1982–84)

|-
|colspan="4" |There were no by-elections during the term of the 40th Parliament.
|-
|colspan="4" |

41st Parliament

41st New Zealand Parliament

The 41st New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1984 elections, and it sat until the 1987 elections....

 (1984–87)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1985 Timaru

Timaru by-election, 1985

The Timaru by-election of 1980 was a by-election for the electorate of Timaru during the 40th New Zealand Parliament. It was triggered by the death of Basil Arthur on 1 May 1985....

|15 June 1985
|Death of Basil Arthur

Basil Arthur

Sir Basil Malcolm Arthur, 5th Baronet served as Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives from 1984 to 1985. He was a member of the Labour Party.-Early life:...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Maurice McTigue

Maurice McTigue

Maurice Patrick McTigue, QSO was a New Zealand politician of the National Party. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Fourth National Government from 1990 to 1993, holding the Employment portfolio, among others....

 (National)
|-
|colspan="4" |

42nd Parliament

42nd New Zealand Parliament

The 42nd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1987 elections, and it sat until the 1990 elections....

 (1987–90)

|-
|colspan="4" |There were no by-elections during the term of the 42nd Parliament.
|-
|colspan="4" |

43rd Parliament

43rd New Zealand Parliament

The 43rd New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1990 elections, and it sat until the 1993 elections....

 (1990–93)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1992 Tamaki
|15 February 1992
|Retirement of Robert Muldoon

Robert Muldoon

Sir Robert David "Rob" Muldoon, GCMG, CH served as the 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1975 to 1984, as leader of the governing National Party. Muldoon had been a prominent member of the National party and MP for the Tamaki electorate for some years prior to becoming leader of the party...

 (National)
|bgcolor=|Clem Simich

Clem Simich

Clement Rudolph "Clem" Simich or Šimić, QSO is a New Zealand politician for the National Party. He was born in Te Kopuru, Northland on 2 June 1939.-Member of Parliament:...

 (National)
|-
|1992 Wellington Central
|12 December 1992
|Election of sitting MP Fran Wilde

Fran Wilde

The Honorable Fran Wilde QSO , is a New Zealand politician, and former Wellington Labour MP, Minister of Tourism and 31st Mayor of Wellington...

 (Labour)
to Mayoralty of Wellington

Mayor of Wellington

The Mayor of Wellington is the head of the municipal government of Wellington, New Zealand, and presides over the Wellington City Council. The Mayor of Wellington administers only Wellington City itself — other municipalities in adjacent areas of the Wellington Region such as Lower Hutt, Upper...

|bgcolor=|Chris Laidlaw

Chris Laidlaw

Christopher Robert Laidlaw , Rhodes Scholar, All Black, diplomat, MP, talk radio host, author, is a 20th century New Zealand figure.-Academic and Rugby Union:...

 (Labour)
|-
|1993 Tauranga
|17 April 1993
|Resignation of Winston Peters

Winston Peters

Winston Raymond Peters is a New Zealand politician and leader of New Zealand First, a political party he founded in 1993. Peters has had a turbulent political career since entering Parliament in 1978. He served as Minister of Maori Affairs in the Bolger National Party Government before being...

 from the National Party

New Zealand National Party

The New Zealand National Party is the largest party in the New Zealand House of Representatives and in November 2008 formed a minority government with support from three minor parties.-Policies:...

|bgcolor=|Winston Peters

Winston Peters

Winston Raymond Peters is a New Zealand politician and leader of New Zealand First, a political party he founded in 1993. Peters has had a turbulent political career since entering Parliament in 1978. He served as Minister of Maori Affairs in the Bolger National Party Government before being...

 (Independent)
|-
|colspan="4" |

44th Parliament

44th New Zealand Parliament

The 44th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1993 elections, and it sat until the 1996 elections....

 (1994–96)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1994 Selwyn
|13 August 1994
|Resignation of Ruth Richardson

Ruth Richardson

Ruth Richardson served as New Zealand's Minister of Finance from 1990 to 1993, and is known for her strong pursuit of free-market economic reforms .-Early life:...

 (National)
|bgcolor=|David Carter

David Carter (politician)

David Cunningham Carter is a New Zealand politician, currently a government cabinet minister. He is a member of the National Party.-Early life:...

 (National)
|}

45th Parliament

45th New Zealand Parliament

The 45th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1996 elections, and it sat until the 1999 elections....

 (1997–99)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|1998 Taranaki-King Country
|2 May 1998
|Resignation of Jim Bolger

Jim Bolger

James Brendan "Jim" Bolger, ONZ was the 35th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997. Bolger was elected on the promise of delivering a "Decent Society" following the previous Labour government's economic reforms, known as Rogernomics...

 (National)
|bgcolor=|Shane Ardern

Shane Ardern

Philip Shane Ardern is a New Zealand politician. He is a member of the National Party, representing the electorate of Taranaki-King Country.-Early years:...

 (National)
|-
|colspan="4" |

46th Parliament

46th New Zealand Parliament

The 46th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 1999 elections, and it sat until the 2002 elections....

 (2000–02)

|-
|colspan="4" |There were no by-elections during the term of the 46th Parliament.
|-
|-
|colspan="4" |

47th Parliament

47th New Zealand Parliament

The 47th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined by the 2002 elections, and it sat until 11 August 2005....

 (2003–05)

|-
|align=center|By-election
|align=center|Date
|align=center|Reason
|align=center|Winner
|-
|2004 Te Tai Hauauru
|10 July 2004
|Resignation of Tariana Turia

Tariana Turia

Tariana Turia is a New Zealand politician. She gained considerable prominence during the foreshore and seabed controversy, and eventually broke with her party as a result...

 from the Labour Party

New Zealand Labour Party

The New Zealand Labour Party is a New Zealand political party. It describes itself as centre-left and socially progressive and has been one of the two primary parties of New Zealand politics since 1935....

|bgcolor=|Tariana Turia

Tariana Turia

Tariana Turia is a New Zealand politician. She gained considerable prominence during the foreshore and seabed controversy, and eventually broke with her party as a result...

 (Māori Party)
|-
|colspan="4" |

48th Parliament

48th New Zealand Parliament

The 48th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Its composition was determined at a general election held on 17 September 2005. The new parliament met for the first time on 7 November 2005...

 (2006–08)

|-
|colspan="4" |There were no by-elections during the term of the 48th Parliament.
|-
|-
|colspan="4" |

49th Parliament

49th New Zealand Parliament

The 49th New Zealand Parliament was elected at the 2008 election. It consists of 122 members, including an overhang of two seats caused by the Māori Party having won two more electorate seats than its share of the party vote would otherwise have given it. The Parliament will serve from 2008 until...

 (2009–current)

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|2009 Mount Albert

Mount Albert by-election, 2009

A by-election was held in the New Zealand electorate of Mount Albert on 13 June 2009. There were fifteen candidates in the election. David Shearer of the Labour Party won the election with 63% of the vote...

|13 June 2009
|Resignation of Helen Clark

Helen Clark

Helen Elizabeth Clark, ONZ is a New Zealand political figure who was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand for three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008...

 (Labour)
|bgcolor=|David Shearer

David Shearer

David James Shearer, MBE is a humanitarian worker and politician from New Zealand. He won the Mount Albert by-election on 13 June 2009 to become a Member of the Parliament of New Zealand for the Labour Party...

 (Labour)

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|2010 Mana

Mana by-election, 2010

A by-election was held in the New Zealand electorate of Mana on 20 November 2010. The seat was vacated by former Labour Pacific Island Affairs Minister Winnie Laban, who announced her resignation from the New Zealand Parliament on 10 August 2010 following her appointment as Assistant Vice...

|20 November 2010
|Resignation of Winnie Laban (Labour)
|bgcolor=|Kris Faafoi

Kris Faafoi

Kris Faafoi is a New Zealand politician for the Labour Party. He represents the Mana electorate in the New Zealand Parliament.-Early life and family:...

 (Labour)

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|2011 Botany

Botany by-election, 2011

A by-election was held in the New Zealand electorate of Botany on 5 March 2011. The seat was vacated by former National Ethnic Affairs Minister Pansy Wong, who announced her resignation from the New Zealand Parliament on 14 December 2010 following allegations her husband Sammy has misused taxpayer...

|5 March 2011
|Resignation of Pansy Wong

Pansy Wong

Pansy Yu Fong Wong is a former New Zealand politician. She was New Zealand's first Asian MP, serving as a member of parliament for the National Party from 1996 to 2011...

 (National)
|bgcolor=|Jami-Lee Ross

Jami-Lee Ross

Jami-Lee Ross is a New Zealand National Party Member of Parliament for Botany, having won the 2011 Botany by-election on 5 March.-Early life:...

 (National)

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|2011 Te Tai Tokerau

Te Tai Tokerau by-election, 2011

The 2011 Te Tai Tokerau by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of Te Tai Tokerau that was caused by Hone Harawira's resignation from the seat. He chose to re-contest it with the Mana Party in order to seek a new mandate for his views...

|25 June 2011
|Resignation of Hone Harawira

Hone Harawira

Hone Pani Tamati Waka Nene Harawira is a New Zealand Māori activist and parliamentarian. He was elected to the Parliament of New Zealand for the Māori electorate of Te Tai Tokerau in the 2005 general election as the Māori Party candidate. His resignation caused the Te Tai Tokerau by-election, held...

 (Independent)
|bgcolor=| Hone Harawira (Mana Party

Mana Party (New Zealand)

The Mana Party is a New Zealand political party led by Hone Harawira. It was formed in April 2011, and plans to contest the 2011 general election. Standing under the Mana Party banner, Mana won an early victory when Mr Harawira won the by-election in Te Tai Tokerau held on 25 June 2011...

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