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1870 Riverton by-election
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New Zealand by-election
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The 1870 Riverton by-election was a by-election held on 18 March 1870 during the 4th New Zealand Parliament in the Southland electorate of Riverton.
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Donald Hankinson on 2 April 1870. Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First published in 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 202
The by-election was won by Lauchlan McGillivray, he was unopposed.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18700530.2.3?query=Riverton&page=2&start_date=01-05-1870&end_date=31-05-1870&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE Summary for Europe Otago Daily Times 30 May 1870 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18700520.2.9?query=Riverton&start_date=01-05-1870&end_date=31-05-1870&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE By Electric Telegraph Otago Witness 20 May 1870
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Category:1870 elections in New Zealand
Category:Politics of the Southland Region