The 1866 Port Chalmers by-election was a

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

held on 15 December 1866 during the

4th New Zealand Parliament The 4th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Elections for this term were held in 61 electorates between 12 February and 6 April 1866 to elect 70 MPs. Parliament was prorogued in late 1870. During the term of this ...

in the Otago electorate of . The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Thomas Dick. Dick had spoken in favour of separation of the two islands, as he could not prevent "our money being spent on absurd and unnecessary Maori difficulties" in the North Island. He was renominated. As there were no other candidates, he was declared elected unopposed.

References

Port Chalmers 1866 1866 elections in New Zealand Politics of Otago {{NewZealand-election-stub