The 1870 Riverton 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 18 March 1870 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 Southland electorate of . The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Donald Hankinson on 2 April 1870. The by-election was won by Lauchlan McGillivray, he was unopposed.

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