The 1872 Coleridge 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 23 July 1872 in the electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand during the

5th New Zealand Parliament The fifth New Zealand Parliament was a term of the New Zealand Parliament. Elections for this term were held in 68 European electorates between 14 January and 23 February 1871. Elections in the four Māori electorates were held on 1 and 15 Janu ...

. The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP

John Karslake Karslake John Karslake Karslake (died 21 June 1872) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. Private life Karslake arrived in Lyttelton on the ''Gananoque'' on 9 May 1860. The ship had sailed from London. In 1861, ...

on 12 April 1872. The by-election was won by

William Bluett William James Geffrard Bluett (1834–23 November 1885) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. He represented the Coleridge Samuel Taylor Coleridge (; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an Engli ...

, by the narrow margin of seven votes (with several votes not allowed as electors were either not qualified or arrived late).

Results

References

Coleridge 1872 1872 elections in New Zealand Politics of the Canterbury Region July 1872 events {{NewZealand-election-stub