The 1879 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 8 May 1879 in the electorate in the Canterbury region of New Zealand during the

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

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on 14 April 1879. The by-election was won by George Hart. He was unopposed, and "little interest was taken in the election".

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