3rd New Zealand Parliament
List of by-elections
By-electionElectorateDateIncumbentReasonWinner 1861Grey and Bell20 June William KingDeath Harry Atkinson1861Suburbs of Nelson20 June James WemyssResignation William Wells1861Napier1 July Henry StarkResignation William Colenso1861Wanganui5 July Henry HarrisonResignation Henry Harrison 1862 (1st)City of Dunedin17 March Thomas DickResignation Thomas Dick 1862Town of New Plymouth5 May William RichmondResignation Isaac Watt1862 (2nd)City of Dunedin30 May Edward McGlashanResignation John Richardson1862Ellesmere9 June Thomas RowleyResignation James FitzGerald1862Avon11 June Alfred CreykeResignation William Thomson1862Heathcote12 June George HallResignation William Moorhouse1862City of Auckland West14 June Josiah FirthResignation James Williamson1862Bruce31 July Charles KettleDeath Edward Cargill1862 (3rd)City of Dunedin15 November John Richardson Resignation James Paterson1862Hampden4 December Thomas FraserAbsence John Jones

3rd New Zealand Parliament

Section Title: List of by-elections
Table Section Text: By-electionElectorateDateIncumbentReasonWinner 1861Grey and Bell20 June William KingDeath Harry Atkinson1861Suburbs of Nelson20 June James WemyssResignation William Wells1861Napier1 July Henry StarkResignation William Colenso1861Wanganui5 July Henry HarrisonResignation Henry Harrison 1862 (1st)City of Dunedin17 March Thomas DickResignation Thomas Dick 1862Town of New Plymouth5 May William RichmondResignation Isaac Watt1862 (2nd)City of Dunedin30 May Edward McGlashanResignation John Richardson1862Ellesmere9 June Thomas RowleyResignation James FitzGerald1862Avon11 June Alfred CreykeResignation William Thomson1862Heathcote12 June George HallResignation William Moorhouse1862City of Auckland West14 June Josiah FirthResignation James Williamson1862Bruce31 July Charles KettleDeath Edward Cargill1862 (3rd)City of Dunedin15 November John Richardson Resignation James Paterson1862Hampden4 December Thomas FraserAbsence John Jones

By-election	Electorate	Date	Incumbent	Reason	Winner

1861	Grey and Bell	20 June	William King	Death	Harry Atkinson

1861	Suburbs of Nelson	20 June	James Wemyss	Resignation	William Wells

1861	Napier	1 July	Henry Stark	Resignation	William Colenso

1861	Wanganui	5 July	Henry Harrison	Resignation	Henry Harrison

1862 (1st)	City of Dunedin	17 March	Thomas Dick	Resignation	Thomas Dick

1862	Town of New Plymouth	5 May	William Richmond	Resignation	Isaac Watt

1862 (2nd)	City of Dunedin	30 May	Edward McGlashan	Resignation	John Richardson

1862	Ellesmere	9 June	Thomas Rowley	Resignation	James FitzGerald

1862	Avon	11 June	Alfred Creyke	Resignation	William Thomson

1862	Heathcote	12 June	George Hall	Resignation	William Moorhouse

1862	City of Auckland West	14 June	Josiah Firth	Resignation	James Williamson

1862	Bruce	31 July	Charles Kettle	Death	Edward Cargill

1862 (3rd)	City of Dunedin	15 November	John Richardson	Resignation	James Paterson

1862	Hampden	4 December	Thomas Fraser	Absence	John Jones

Supplementary election, 1863[edit]

Dunedin and Suburbs North	28 March 1863	John Richardson

Dunedin and Suburbs South	6 April 1863	William Reynolds

Gold Fields	14 April 1863	William Baldwin George Brodie

By-election	Electorate	Date	Incumbent	Reason	Winner

3rd Parliament (continued)[edit]

1863	Dunedin and Suburbs South	20 June	James Paterson	Resignation	James Paterson

1863	Hampden	2 July	John Jones	Resignation	Frederick Wayne

1863	Kaiapoi	2 September	Isaac Cookson	Resignation	Robert Wilkin

1863	Dunedin and Suburbs North	3 September	Thomas Dick	Resignation	Julius Vogel

1863	Town of New Plymouth	9 October	Isaac Watt	Resignation	Henry Turton

1863	Heathcote	28 October	William Moorhouse	Resignation	Alfred Cox

1863	Akaroa	30 October	Augustus White	Resignation	Lancelot Walker

1864	Franklin	13 October	Marmaduke Nixon	Death (KIA)	Theodore Haultain

1864	Town of New Plymouth	18 November	Henry Turton	Resignation	Charles Brown

1864	Waimea	29 November	Alfred Saunders	Resignation	John Miles

1865 (1st)	Bruce	8 April	Thomas Gillies	Resignation	Arthur Burns

1865	Raglan	19 April	Charles Taylor	Resignation	William Buckland

1865	Parnell	20 April	Reader Wood	Resignation	Robert Creighton

1865	Town of New Plymouth	19 May	Charles Brown	Resignation	Henry Sewell

1865	Gold Fields	29 May	William Baldwin	Resignation	Charles Haughton

1865	Rangitiki	10 July	William Fox	Resignation	Robert Pharazyn

1865	Omata	18 July	James Richmond	Appointed to Legislative Council	Francis Gledhill

1865 (2nd)	Bruce	26 July	Edward Cargill	Resignation	James Macandrew

1865	Wairarapa	29 July	Charles Carter	Resignation	Henry Bunny

Sentence(s)

Rowley resigned for Ellesmere in 1862 and was succeeded by James FitzGerald.

final_sentence: Rowley resigned for Ellesmere in 1862 and was succeeded by James FitzGerald.