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1879 Coleridge by-election
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New Zealand by-election
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The 1879 Coleridge by-election was a by-election held on 8 May 1879 in the Coleridge electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand during the 6th New Zealand Parliament.
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Cathcart Wason on 14 April 1879. Wilson Jim Jim Wilson (librarian) New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 4th First ed. published 1913 1985 V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer Wellington 154283103 244
The by-election was won by George Hart. He was unopposed, and "little interest was taken in the election".https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/PBH18790509.2.9.1? Coleridge Election Poverty Bay Herald 9 May 1879 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GLOBE18790509.2.19? Coleridge Election Globe 9 May 1879
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