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href="/wiki/John_Buchanan_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Buchanan (New Zealand politician)">John Buchanan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Stokes_Tiffen" title="Henry Stokes Tiffen">Henry Stokes Tiffen</a>, <a href="/wiki/William_Colenso" title="William Colenso">William Colenso</a>, and <a href="/wiki/William_Barnard_Rhodes" title="William Barnard Rhodes">William Barnard Rhodes</a> were the unsuccessful candidates, with Sutton subsequently elected with a majority of 23 votes. Richmond Beetham (eldest son of <a href="/wiki/William_Beetham" title="William Beetham">William Beetham</a>) acted as returning officer.<sup id="cite_ref-1877_Napier_by-election_result_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1877_Napier_by-election_result-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rhodes had retired from the election but was still regarded as an official candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Results">Results</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1877_Napier_by-election&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following table gives the results of the by-election: </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <caption><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1877 Napier by-election</a><sup id="cite_ref-1877_Napier_by-election_result_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1877_Napier_by-election_result-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" colspan="2" style="width: 130px">Party </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 17em">Candidate </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 5em">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em">% </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 3.5em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="Change in percentage value since previous election">±%</span> </th></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="color:inherit;background-color:#DCDCDC; width:5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width:130px"><b><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a></b> </td> <td class="fn"><b><a href="/wiki/Fred_Sutton" title="Fred Sutton">Fred Sutton</a> </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>317 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b>42.10 </b> </td> <td style="text-align:right; margin-right:0.5em"><b> </b> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/John_Buchanan_(New_Zealand_politician)" title="John Buchanan (New Zealand politician)">John Buchanan</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">294 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">39.04 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Stokes_Tiffen" title="Henry Stokes Tiffen">Henry Stokes Tiffen</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">128 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">17.00 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5px;"> </td> <td class="org" style="width: 130px"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td class="fn"><a href="/wiki/William_Colenso" title="William Colenso">William Colenso</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">13 </td> <td style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em">1.73 </td> <td style="color: #2C2C2C; vertical-align: middle; font-size: smaller; text-align: center;" class="table-na"> </td></tr> <tr class="vcard"> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; 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href="/wiki/1854_Town_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1854 Town of Nelson by-election">Nelson, 1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_Waimea_by-election" title="1854 Waimea by-election">Waimea, 1854</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1854_City_of_Auckland_by-election" title="1854 City of Auckland by-election">City of Auckland, 1854</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2nd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="2nd New Zealand Parliament">2nd Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1856_Motueka_and_Massacre_Bay_by-election" title="1856 Motueka and Massacre Bay by-election">Motueka and Massacre Bay, 1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Christchurch_Country_by-election" title="1856 Christchurch Country by-election">Christchurch Country, 1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Grey_and_Bell_by-election" title="1856 Grey and Bell by-election">Grey and Bell, 1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Town_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1856 Town of Christchurch by-election">Christchurch, 1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1856_Hutt_by-election" title="1856 Hutt by-election">Hutt, 1856</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_City_of_Auckland_by-election" title="1858 City of Auckland by-election">Auckland, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Pensioner_Settlements_by-election" title="1858 Pensioner Settlements by-election">Pensioner Settlements, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Southern_Division_by-election" title="1858 Southern Division by-election">Southern Division, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Grey_and_Bell_by-election" title="1858 Grey and Bell by-election">Grey and Bell, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Waimea_by-election" title="1858 Waimea by-election">Waimea, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Wairau_by-election" title="1858 Wairau by-election">Wairau, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Town_of_Lyttelton_by-election" title="1858 Town of Lyttelton by-election">Town of Lyttelton, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Akaroa_by-election" title="1858 Akaroa by-election">Akaroa, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Dunedin_Country_by-election" title="1858 Dunedin Country by-election">Dunedin Country, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Wairarapa_and_Hawke%27s_Bay_by-election" title="1858 Wairarapa and Hawke's Bay by-election">Wairarapa and Hawkes Bay, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_City_of_Wellington_by-election" title="1858 City of Wellington by-election">Wellington, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Wellington_Country_by-election" title="1858 Wellington Country by-election">Wellington Country, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1858_Hutt_by-election" title="1858 Hutt by-election">Hutt, 1858</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1859_Town_of_Dunedin_by-election" title="1859 Town of Dunedin by-election">Dunedin, 1859</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Supplementary elections, 1859</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1859_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Cheviot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1859_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Marsden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1859_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Wairarapa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1859_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Wallace</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd Parliament (continued)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1859_Waimea_by-election" title="1859 Waimea by-election">Waimea, 1859</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Town_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1860 Town of Christchurch by-election">Christchurch, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_1860_Suburbs_of_Auckland_by-election" title="January 1860 Suburbs of Auckland by-election">Suburbs of Auckland, Jan 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_1860_Suburbs_of_Auckland_by-election" title="April 1860 Suburbs of Auckland by-election">Suburbs of Auckland, Apr 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_1860_Suburbs_of_Auckland_by-election" title="August 1860 Suburbs of Auckland by-election">Suburbs of Auckland, Aug 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Dunedin_Country_by-election" title="1860 Dunedin Country by-election">Dunedin Country, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Christchurch_Country_by-elections" title="1860 Christchurch Country by-elections">Christchurch Country, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_City_of_Auckland_by-election" title="1860 City of Auckland by-election">Auckland, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Omata_by-election" title="1860 Omata by-election">Omata, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_County_of_Hawke_by-election" title="1860 County of Hawke by-election">County of Hawke, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Northern_Division_by-election" title="1860 Northern Division by-election">Northern Division, 1860</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1860_Grey_and_Bell_by-election" title="1860 Grey and Bell by-election">Grey and Bell, 1860</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/3rd_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="3rd New Zealand Parliament">3rd Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1861_Grey_and_Bell_by-election" title="1861 Grey and Bell by-election">Grey and Bell, 1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_Suburbs_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1861 Suburbs of Nelson by-election">Suburbs of Nelson, 1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_Napier_by-election" title="1861 Napier by-election">Napier, 1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1861_Wanganui_by-election" title="1861 Wanganui by-election">Wanganui, 1861</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_City_of_Dunedin_by-elections" title="1862 City of Dunedin by-elections">Dunedin, 1862 </a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Town_of_New_Plymouth_by-election" title="1862 Town of New Plymouth by-election">New Plymouth, 1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Ellesmere_by-election" title="1862 Ellesmere by-election">Ellesmere, 1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Avon_by-election" title="1862 Avon by-election">Avon, 1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Heathcote_by-election" title="1862 Heathcote by-election">Heathcote, 1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_City_of_Auckland_West_by-election" title="1862 City of Auckland West by-election">Auckland West, 1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Bruce_by-election" title="1862 Bruce by-election">Bruce, 1862</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1862_Hampden_by-election" title="1862 Hampden by-election">Hampden, 1862</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Supplementary elections, 1863</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1863_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Dunedin and Suburbs North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1863_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Gold Fields</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd Parliament (continued)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1863_Dunedin_and_Suburbs_South_by-election" title="1863 Dunedin and Suburbs South by-election">Dunedin and Suburbs South, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Hampden_by-election" title="1863 Hampden by-election">Hampden, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Kaiapoi_by-election" title="1863 Kaiapoi by-election">Kaiapoi, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Dunedin_and_Suburbs_North_by-election" title="1863 Dunedin and Suburbs North by-election">Dunedin and Suburbs North, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Town_of_New_Plymouth_by-election" title="1863 Town of New Plymouth by-election">New Plymouth, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Heathcote_by-election" title="1863 Heathcote by-election">Heathcote, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1863_Akaroa_by-election" title="1863 Akaroa by-election">Akaroa, 1863</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_Franklin_by-election" title="1864 Franklin by-election">Franklin, 1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_Town_of_New_Plymouth_by-election" title="1864 Town of New Plymouth by-election">New Plymouth, 1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1864_Waimea_by-election" title="1864 Waimea by-election">Waimea, 1864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_1865_Bruce_by-election" title="April 1865 Bruce by-election">Bruce, Apr 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Raglan_by-election" title="1865 Raglan by-election">Raglan, 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Parnell_by-election" title="1865 Parnell by-election">Parnell, 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Town_of_New_Plymouth_by-election" title="1865 Town of New Plymouth by-election">New Plymouth, 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_1865_Bruce_by-election" title="July 1865 Bruce by-election">Bruce, Jul 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Gold_Fields_by-election" title="1865 Gold Fields by-election">Gold Fields, 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Rangitikei_by-election" title="1865 Rangitikei by-election">Rangitikei, 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Omata_by-election" title="1865 Omata by-election">Omata, 1865</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1865_Wairarapa_by-election" title="1865 Wairarapa by-election">Wairarapa, 1865</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/4th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="4th New Zealand Parliament">4th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1866_Mount_Herbert_by-election" title="1866 Mount Herbert by-election">Mount Herbert, 1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1866_Port_Chalmers_by-election" title="1866 Port Chalmers by-election">Port Chalmers, 1866</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_City_of_Dunedin_by-election" title="1867 City of Dunedin by-election">Dunedin, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_City_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1867 City of Christchurch by-election">City of Christchurch, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Avon_by-election" title="1867 Avon by-election">Avon, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Manuherikia_by-election" title="1867 Manuherikia by-election">Manuherikia, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Wanganui_by-election" title="1867 Wanganui by-election">Wanganui, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Town_of_New_Plymouth_by-election" title="1867 Town of New Plymouth by-election">New Plymouth, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_City_of_Auckland_West_by-election" title="1867 City of Auckland West by-election">Auckland West, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Raglan_by-election" title="1867 Raglan by-election">Raglan, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Parnell_by-election" title="1867 Parnell by-election">Parnell, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Port_Chalmers_by-election" title="1867 Port Chalmers by-election">Port Chalmers, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Waimea_by-election" title="1867 Waimea by-election">Waimea, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Lyttelton_by-election" title="1867 Lyttelton by-election">Lyttelton, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Kaiapoi_by-election" title="1867 Kaiapoi by-election">Kaiapoi, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Picton_by-election" title="1867 Picton by-election">Picton, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Pensioner_Settlements_by-election" title="1867 Pensioner Settlements by-election">Pensioner Settlements, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1867_Ashley_by-election" title="1867 Ashley by-election">Ashley, 1867</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Omata_by-election" title="1868 Omata by-election">Omata, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Collingwood_by-election" title="1868 Collingwood by-election">Collingwood, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Westland_Boroughs_by-election" title="1868 Westland Boroughs by-election">Westland Boroughs, 1868</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Supplementary elections, 1868</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1868_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Westland North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_supplementary_elections#1868_supplementary_election" title="New Zealand supplementary elections">Westland South</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/First_M%C4%81ori_elections" title="First Māori elections">First Māori elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Maori" title="Eastern Maori">Eastern Maori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Maori" title="Northern Maori">Northern Maori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Maori" title="Southern Maori">Southern Maori</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Maori" title="Western Maori">Western Maori</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">4th Parliament (continued)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1868_Avon_by-election" title="1868 Avon by-election">Avon, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Picton_by-election" title="1868 Picton by-election">Picton, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Rangitikei_by-election" title="1868 Rangitikei by-election">Rangitikei, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Franklin_by-election" title="1868 Franklin by-election">Franklin, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Waikouaiti_by-election" title="1868 Waikouaiti by-election">Waikouaiti, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Lyttelton_by-election" title="1868 Lyttelton by-election">Lyttelton, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_Timaru_by-election" title="1868 Timaru by-election">Timaru, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1868_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1868 City of Nelson by-election">Nelson, 1868</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Marsden_by-election" title="1869 Marsden by-election">Marsden, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Roslyn_by-election" title="1869 Roslyn by-election">Roslyn, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_City_of_Dunedin_by-election" title="1869 City of Dunedin by-election">Dunedin, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Newton_by-election" title="1869 Newton by-election">Newton, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Waikouaiti_by-election" title="1869 Waikouaiti by-election">Waikouaiti, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Town_of_New_Plymouth_by-election" title="1869 Town of New Plymouth by-election">New Plymouth, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Wallace_by-elections" title="1869 Wallace by-elections">Wallace, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Oamaru_by-election" title="1869 Oamaru by-election">Oamaru, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1869_Taieri_by-election" title="1869 Taieri by-election">Taieri, 1869</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Bruce_by-election" title="1870 Bruce by-election">Bruce, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Mongonui_by-election" title="1870 Mongonui by-election">Mongonui, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Caversham_by-election" title="1870 Caversham by-election">Caversham, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Omata_by-election" title="1870 Omata by-election">Omata, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Parnell_by-election" title="1870 Parnell by-election">Parnell, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Riverton_by-election" title="1870 Riverton by-election">Riverton, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_Westland_North_by-election" title="1870 Westland North by-election">Westland North, 1870</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1870_City_of_Christchurch_by-election" title="1870 City of Christchurch by-election">City of Christchurch, 1870</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/5th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="5th New Zealand Parliament">5th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1871_City_of_Auckland_West_by-election" title="1871 City of Auckland West by-election">Auckland West, 1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1871_Roslyn_by-election" title="1871 Roslyn by-election">Roslyn, 1871</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Wairau_by-election" title="1872 Wairau by-election">Wairau, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Waikato_by-election" title="1872 Waikato by-election">Waikato, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Wakatipu_by-election" title="1872 Wakatipu by-election">Wakatipu, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Rodney_by-election" title="1872 Rodney by-election">Rodney, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1872 City of Nelson by-election">Nelson, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Waikouaiti_by-election" title="1872 Waikouaiti by-election">Waikouaiti, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Coleridge_by-election" title="1872 Coleridge by-election">Coleridge, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Heathcote_by-election" title="1872 Heathcote by-election">Heathcote, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Caversham_by-election" title="1872 Caversham by-election">Caversham, 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1872_Egmont_by-election" title="1872 Egmont by-election">Egmont 1872</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Suburbs_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1873 Suburbs of Nelson by-election">Suburbs of Nelson, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Lyttelton_by-election" title="1873 Lyttelton by-election">Lyttelton, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Invercargill_by-election" title="1873 Invercargill by-election">Invercargill, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Waikouaiti_by-election" title="1873 Waikouaiti by-election">Waikouaiti, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Mongonui_and_Bay_of_Islands_by-election" title="1873 Mongonui and Bay of Islands by-election">Mongonui and Bay of Islands, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Wakatipu_by-election" title="1873 Wakatipu by-election">Wakatipu, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1873_Collingwood_by-election" title="1873 Collingwood by-election">Collingwood, 1873</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_Franklin_by-election" title="1874 Franklin by-election">Franklin, 1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_Akaroa_by-elections" title="1874 Akaroa by-elections">Akaroa, 1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_City_of_Dunedin_by-election" title="1874 City of Dunedin by-election">Dunedin, 1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1874_Waitemata_by-elections" title="1874 Waitemata by-elections">Waitemata,1874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Kaiapoi_by-election" title="1875 Kaiapoi by-election">Kaiapoi, 1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_City_of_Auckland_West_by-elections" title="1875 City of Auckland West by-elections">Auckland West, 1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Rangitikei_by-election" title="1875 Rangitikei by-election">Rangitikei, 1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Waikouaiti_by-election" title="1875 Waikouaiti by-election">Waikouaiti, 1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Wairau_by-election" title="1875 Wairau by-election">Wairau, 1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Wallace_by-election" title="1875 Wallace by-election">Wallace, 1875</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1875_Caversham_by-election" title="1875 Caversham by-election">Caversham, 1875</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/6th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="6th New Zealand Parliament">6th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1876_City_of_Auckland_West_by-election" title="1876 City of Auckland West by-election">Auckland West, 1876</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1876_Wanganui_by-election" title="1876 Wanganui by-election">Wanganui, 1876</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Napier, 1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_City_of_Wellington_by-election" title="1877 City of Wellington by-election">Wellington, 1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Totara_by-election" title="1877 Totara by-election">Totara, 1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_City_of_Auckland_West_by-election" title="1877 City of Auckland West by-election">City of Auckland West, 1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1877_Wairarapa_by-election" title="1877 Wairarapa by-election">Wairarapa, 1877</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_City_of_Wellington_by-election" title="1878 City of Wellington by-election">Wellington, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Parnell_by-election" title="1878 Parnell by-election">Parnell, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Timaru_by-election" title="1878 Timaru by-election">Timaru, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Port_Chalmers_by-election" title="1878 Port Chalmers by-election">Port Chalmers, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Franklin_by-election" title="1878 Franklin by-election">Franklin, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Cheviot_by-election" title="1878 Cheviot by-election">Cheviot, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Grey_Valley_by-election" title="1878 Grey Valley by-election">Grey Valley, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Hokitika_by-election" title="1878 Hokitika by-election">Hokitika, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_City_of_Dunedin_by-election" title="1878 City of Dunedin by-election">Dunedin, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Taieri_by-election" title="1878 Taieri by-election">Taieri, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Invercargill_by-election" title="1878 Invercargill by-election">Invercargill, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Waipa_by-election" title="1878 Waipa by-election">Waipa, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1878_Roslyn_by-election" title="1878 Roslyn by-election">Roslyn, 1878</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Gladstone_by-election" title="1879 Gladstone by-election">Gladstone, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Mataura_by-election" title="1879 Mataura by-election">Mataura, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1879 City of Nelson by-election">Nelson, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_City_of_Auckland_West_by-election" title="1879 City of Auckland West by-election">Auckland West, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Coleridge_by-election" title="1879 Coleridge by-election">Coleridge, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Hutt_by-election" title="1879 Hutt by-election">Hutt, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Eastern_Maori_by-election" title="1879 Eastern Maori by-election">Eastern Maori, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_Southern_Maori_by-election" title="1879 Southern Maori by-election">Southern Maori, 1879</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1879_City_of_Dunedin_by-election" title="1879 City of Dunedin by-election">Dunedin, 1879</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/7th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="7th New Zealand Parliament">7th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1880_Rangitikei_by-election" title="1880 Rangitikei by-election">Rangitikei, 1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Waitaki_by-election" title="1880 Waitaki by-election">Waitaki, 1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1880_Waikaia_by-election" title="1880 Waikaia by-election">Waikaia, 1880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Suburbs_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1881 Suburbs of Nelson by-election">Suburbs of Nelson, 1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Southern_Maori_by-election" title="1881 Southern Maori by-election">Southern Maori, 1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_City_of_Nelson_by-election" title="1881 City of Nelson by-election">Nelson, 1881</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1881_Grey_Valley_by-election" title="1881 Grey Valley by-election">Grey Valley, 1881</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/8th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="8th New Zealand Parliament">8th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1882_Franklin_North_by-election" title="1882 Franklin North by-election">Franklin North, 1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_Wakanui_by-election" title="1882 Wakanui by-election">Wakanui, 1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1882_Stanmore_by-election" title="1882 Stanmore by-election">Stanmore, 1882</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Peninsula_by-election" title="1883 Peninsula by-election">Peninsula, 1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Selwyn_by-election" title="1883 Selwyn by-election">Selwyn, 1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Inangahua_by-election" title="1883 Inangahua by-election">Inangahua, 1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1883_Bruce_by-election" title="1883 Bruce by-election">Bruce, 1883</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Selwyn_by-election" title="1884 Selwyn by-election">Selwyn, 1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Thorndon_by-election" title="1884 Thorndon by-election">Thorndon, 1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_Kaiapoi_by-election" title="1884 Kaiapoi by-election">Kaiapoi, 1884</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1884_East_Coast_by-election" title="1884 East Coast by-election">East Coast, 1884</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/9th_New_Zealand_Parliament" title="9th New Zealand Parliament">9th Parliament</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1885_Oamaru_by-election" title="1885 Oamaru by-election">Oamaru, 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Tauranga_by-elections" title="1885 Tauranga by-elections">Tauranga, 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Waimea_by-election" title="1885 Waimea by-election">Waimea, 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Southern_Maori_by-election" title="1885 Southern Maori by-election">Southern Maori, 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Wakanui_by-election" title="1885 Wakanui by-election">Wakanui, 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1885_Bruce_by-election" title="1885 Bruce by-election">Bruce, 1885</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1886_Sydenham_by-election" title="1886 Sydenham by-election">Sydenham, 1886</a></li> <li><a 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