1860 Christchurch Country by-elections

Two New Zealand by-elections April 2024 July 2019 The 1860 Christchurch Country by-elections were two by-elections held in the Christchurch Country electorate in Canterbury in April and May 1860 following two resignations. The Christchurch Country electorate was one of the original 24 electorates used for the 1st New Zealand Parliament in 1853 and existed until the end of the term of the 2nd New Zealand Parliament in 1860. It was a two-member electorate. The first by-election on 2 April after the resignation of John Ollivier on 21 January 1860Wilson 1985 224 resulted in the election unopposed of Isaac Cooksonhttps://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600404.2.14 Local Intelligence Lyttelton Times 4 April 1860 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600530.2.15 Gazettes Lyttelton Times 30 May 1860 on 2 April.Wilson 1985 190 The second by-election was held on 21 April after the resignation of John Hall on 10 MarchWilson 1985 202 and resulted in the election of Charles Hunter Brown. John Ollivier nominated Brown and as he was the only candidate at the nomination meeting, he was thus declared elected unopposed.Christchurch Country District https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT18600428.2.17 31 December 2018 Lyttelton Times XIII 779 28 April 1860 4 Brown's election was on 21 AprilWilson 1985 185 and was gazetted at the end of May. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18600601.2.15 New Zealand Gazette Daily Southern Cross XVII 1299 3 1 June 1860 Notes References 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 Category:By-elections in New Zealand Category:1860 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Christchurch Category:April 1860 in Oceania Category:1860s in Christchurch