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1868 Waikouaiti by-election
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New Zealand by-election
April 2024
July 2019
The 1868 Waikouaiti by-election was a by-election held on 27 July 1868 in the Waikouaiti electorate during the 4th New Zealand Parliament.
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP William Murison on 10 July 1868. Wilson James Oakley New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First ed. published 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 222
The by-election was won by Robert Mitchell.
Mitchell stood for the "Centralist" party while his opponent William Pitt Gordon stood "in the Provincial Interest."
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT18680808.2.15? Electoral Otago Daily Times 8 August 1868
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LWM18680806.2.5? Electoral Lake Wakatip Mail 6 August 1868
Results
The following table gives the election result:
References
Waikouaiti, 1868
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