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1862 Avon by-election
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The 1862 Avon by-election was a by-election held on 11 June 1862 during the 3rd New Zealand Parliament in the Christchurch electorate of Avon.
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Alfred Richard Creyke.
The by-election was won by William Thomson. He was unopposed. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18620614.2.11? Election The Press 14 June 1862 Papers Pasthttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18620614.2.13? Election Lyttelton Times 14 June 1862 Papers Past
At two other Canterbury by-elections held in June 1862 for Ellesmere and Heathcote the candidates were also returned unopposed; see Ellesmere 1862 and Heathcote 1862.
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Category:1862 elections in New Zealand
Category:Politics of Christchurch