The 1872 Rodney 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 16 March 1872 in the electorate in the Auckland 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

Harry Farnall Harry Warner Farnall (18 December 1838 – 5 June 1891) was a New Zealand politician, emigration agent and labour reformer. He was a Member of Parliament from Auckland. He was born in Burley Park, Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated t ...

on 17 January 1872. The by-election was won by John Sheehan. He was unopposed.

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