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1884 Kaiapoi by-election
The 1884 Kaiapoi by-election was a by-election held on 16 May 1884 during the 8th New Zealand Parliament in the Canterbury electorate of Kaiapoi.
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Isaac Wilson on 7 April 1884.
The by-election was won by Edward Richardson, who was unopposed (although earlier J. Lowthian Wilson had considered to stand).