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1870 Bruce by-election
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New Zealand by-election
July 2019
December 2019
The 1870 Bruce by-election was held on 21 March 1870 in the Bruce electorate after the resignation of John Cargill during the 4th Parliament.
He was replaced by James Clark Brown.
Brown was nominated by John Lillie Gillies and seconded by Henry Clark; 25 electors were present. As there was only one nomination, he was declared elected unopposed.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18700322.2.25?query=Bruce&start_date=22-03-1870&end_date=22-03-1870&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE By Electric Telegraph Otago Daily Times 2535 22 March 1870 24 December 2019 5 Papers Past
Brown was described as an "Anti-Ministerialist".https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18700322.2.16?query=Bruce&start_date=22-03-1870&end_date=22-03-1870&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE Bruce Election Evening Post 22 March 1870 Papers Past
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