1886 Dunedin Central by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 The 1886 Dunedin Central by-election was a by-election held on 19 October 1886 in the Dunedin Central electorate during the 9th New Zealand Parliament. The by-election was caused by the death on 1 September of the incumbent MP James Benn Bradshaw. The by-election was won by Thomas Bracken. William Hutchison who was interested in standing in both Wellington and Dunedin seats, and who had represented Wellington South in parliament was a controversial candidate. There were suggestions that Mr Bracken had agreed to stand down.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18861014.2.46.8.2?query=Hutchison&start_date=01-09-1886&end_date=22-10-1886&snippet=true&title=LCM,LCP,LWM,ME,MIC,MTBM,NOT,OAM,ODT,OSWCC,OW,ST,TT,SOCR,WSTAR,AHCOG,BH,CL,CROMARG,DUNST,ESD&type=ARTICLE Dunedin Central Evening Star 14 October 1886 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18861018.2.10.1?query=Hutchison&start_date=01-09-1886&end_date=22-10-1886&snippet=true&title=LCM,LCP,LWM,ME,MIC,MTBM,NOT,OAM,ODT,OSWCC,OW,ST,TT,SOCR,WSTAR,AHCOG,BH,CL,CROMARG,DUNST,ESD&type=ARTICLE Dunedin Central Evening Star 18 October 1886 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD18860916.2.18?query=Hutchison&start_date=01-09-1886&end_date=22-10-1886&snippet=true&title=LCM,LCP,LWM,ME,MIC,MTBM,NOT,OAM,ODT,OSWCC,OW,ST,TT,SOCR,WSTAR,AHCOG,BH,CL,CROMARG,DUNST,ESD&type=ARTICLE The Post on the Central Election Evening Star 16 September 1886 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18860922.2.13?query=Hutchison&start_date=01-09-1886&end_date=22-10-1886&snippet=true&title=EP&type=ARTICLE Dunedin Central Election Evening Post 22 September 1886 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18860922.2.13?query=Hutchison&start_date=01-09-1886&end_date=22-10-1886&snippet=true&title=EP&type=ARTICLE Dunedin Central Election Evening Post 24 September 1886 Results The following table gives the election result: References Dunedin Central 1886 Category:1886 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Otago Category:October 1886 in Oceania