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1875 Wallace by-election
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New Zealand by-election
April 2024
July 2019
The 1875 Wallace by-election was a by-election held on 6 August in the Wallace electorate in Southland during the 5th New Zealand Parliament.
The by-election was caused by the death of incumbent MP George Webster on 15 July 1875.
The seat was won by Christopher Basstian. The other nominees were Captain Robert Cameron of Winton and Dr Monckton. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WSTAR18750731.2.8? Untitled Western Star 31 July 1875 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NOT18750724.2.13.2? Invercargill North Otago Times 24 July 1875 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18750728.2.8.4? Invercargill Evening Post 28 July 1875
Results
The following table gives the election results:
References
Wallace 1875
Category:1875 elections in New Zealand
Category:Politics of the Southland Region