Template:New Zealand by-elections during the 6th Parliament

The following table contains the by-elections that have occurred during the term of the 6th Parliament.

By-election	Electorate	Date	Incumbent	Reason	Winner
1876	City of Auckland West^[1]	25 July	George Grey	Resignation	Benjamin Tonks
1876	Wanganui	27 September	Julius Vogel	Resignation	William Fox
1877	Napier	15 February	Donald McLean	Death	Fred Sutton
1877	City of Wellington	27 March	Edward Pearce	Resignation	William Travers
1877	Totara	30 April	George Henry Tribe	Death	William Gisborne
1877	City of Auckland West	2 May	Benjamin Tonks	Resignation	James Wallis
1877	Wairarapa	3 July	John Andrew	Resignation	George Beetham
1878	City of Wellington	18 February	William Travers	Resignation	George Elliott Barton
1878	Parnell	20 February	Reader Wood	Resignation	Frederick Moss
1878	Timaru	8 April	Edward Stafford	Resignation	Richard Turnbull
1878	Port Chalmers	12 April	William Reynolds	Resignation	James Green
1878	Franklin	20 May	Hugh Lusk	Resignation	Richard Hobbs
1878	Cheviot	21 May	Leonard Harper	Resignation	Alfred Saunders
1878	Grey Valley	22 May	Martin Kennedy	Resignation	Richard Reeves
1878	Hokitika	26 June	Charles Button	Resignation	Seymour Thorne George
1878	City of Dunedin	3 July	William Larnach	Resignation	Richard Oliver
1878	Taieri	11 July	Donald Reid	Resignation	William Cutten
1878	Invercargill	17 July	George Lumsden	Resignation	Henry Feldwick
1878	Waipa	24 July	Alfred Cox	Resignation	Edward Graham McMinn
1878	Roslyn	29 July	Arthur John Burns	Resignation	Henry Driver
1879	Gladstone	3 January	Frederick Teschemaker	Death	John Studholme
1879	Mataura	15 January	William Wood	Resignation	James Shanks
1879	City of Nelson	6 February	John Sharp	Resignation	Acton Adams
1879	City of Auckland West	4 March	Patrick Dignan	Resignation	David Goldie
1879	Coleridge^[2]	8 May	Cathcart Wason	Resignation	George Hart
1879	Hutt	2 July	William Fitzherbert	Resignation	Henry Jackson
1879	Eastern Maori	7 July	Karaitiana Takamoana	Death	Henare Tomoana
1879	Southern Maori	7 July	Hōri Kerei Taiaroa	Resignation	Ihaia Tainui
1879	City of Dunedin	15 July	Robert Stout	Resignation	William Downie Stewart

References

^ "City West Election". Daily Southern Cross. Vol. XXXII, no. 5238. 26 July 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 14 April 2010.
^ "Christchurch. 8th May". The Evening Post. Vol. XVII, no. 505. 9 May 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

[1876_by-election_Tonks-1] "City West Election". Daily Southern Cross. Vol. XXXII, no. 5238. 26 July 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 14 April 2010.

[1879_Coleridge_by-election-2] "Christchurch. 8th May". The Evening Post. Vol. XVII, no. 505. 9 May 1879. p. 2. Retrieved 6 June 2010.

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