1878 Waipa by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 The 1878 Waipa by-election was a by-election held on 24 July 1878 during the 6th New Zealand Parliament in the electorate of Waipa in the Waikato. The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Alfred Cox on 13 June 1878. Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First ed. published 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 191 The by-election was won by Edward Graham McMinn, described as a Government supporter.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS18780725.2.12? Waipa Election Star 25 July 1878 Special trains ran from Auckland to Mercer to poll the Auckland voters, with 60 to 70 availing themselves of this conveyance. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18780727.2.29.6? Waipa Election Otago Witness 27 July 1878 Frederick Alexander Whitaker opposed the government of George Grey. There were reportedly "nearly forty natives on the roll, besides some ninety votes about Auckland" (for whom the nearest polling booth was Newcastle).https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WT18780706.2.8? Waipa Election Waikato Times 6 July 1878 Whitaker lost the by-election, but won the seat in the 1879, and McMinn came third (Waipa voted on 10 September 1879). https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18790912.2.28 Waipa Election Auckland Star 12 September 1879 Results The following table gives the election result. Note that the Returning officer (in The New Zealand Herald report) had 243 votes for Whitaker and a majority for McMinn of 41; another report from the Otago Witness has 245 and 39 but does give subtotals by booth: Notes Waipa 1878 Category:1878 elections in New Zealand Category:July 1878 in Oceania Category:Politics of Waikato