The 1878 City of Wellington 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 in the multi-member electorate during the

6th New Zealand Parliament The 6th New Zealand Parliament was a term of the Parliament of New Zealand. Elections for this term were held in 69 European electorates between 20 December 1875 and 29 January 1876. Elections in the four Māori electorates were held on 4 and 1 ...

, on 18 February 1878. The by-election was caused by the resignation of one of the two incumbent MPs, William Travers, and led to his replacement by

George Elliott Barton George Elliott Barton (20 May 1829 – 31 May 1903) was a 19th-century lawyer and practised as a barrister in Dublin (Ireland), Melbourne (Victoria), Dunedin & Wellington (New Zealand), Sydney (New South Wales). He was appointed a judge in Dunedin ...

as a form of protest.

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Wellington 1878 1878 elections in New Zealand 1870s in Wellington February 1878 events Politics of the Wellington Region {{NewZealand-election-stub