1866 Port Chalmers by-election

New Zealand by-election April 2024 July 2019 The 1866 Port Chalmers by-election was a by-election held on 15 December 1866 during the 4th New Zealand Parliament in the Otago electorate of Port Chalmers. The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Thomas Dick.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ST18661119.2.10?query=Dick&start_date=01-11-1866&end_date=01-01-1867&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE Telegraphic Despatches Southland Times 19 November 1866 Port Chalmers Election Lyttelton Times 22 December 1867 Dick had spoken in favour of separation of the two islands, as he could not prevent "our money being spent on absurd and unnecessary Maori difficulties" in the North Island.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DSC18661029.2.23?query=Dick&start_date=28-10-1866&end_date=05-11-1866&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE Southern Opinions Daily Southern Cross 29 October 1866 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18661106.2.13? Mr Dick .. speech to constituents Colonist 6 November 1866 He was renominated. As there were no other candidates, he was declared elected unopposed.https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW18661222.2.14? Port Chalmers Election Otago Witness 22 December 1867 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/THD18661219.2.7.2?query=Dick&page=2&start_date=15-11-1866&end_date=01-01-1867&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE Dunedin Timaru Herald 19 December 1867 References Port Chalmers 1866 Category:1866 elections in New Zealand Category:Politics of Otago