5th New Zealand Parliament
Changes during term

5th New Zealand Parliament

Section Title: Changes during term
Table Section Text: None

By-election	Electorate	Date	Incumbent	Reason	Winner

1871	City of Auckland West	1 September	John Williamson	Election Invalid	John Williamson

1871	Roslyn	12 September	Henry Driver	Resignation	Edward McGlashan

1872	Wairau	19 February	William Henry Eyes	Resignation	Arthur Seymour

1872	Waikato	1 March	James McPherson	Resignation	William Jackson

1872	Wakatipu	13 March	Charles Edward Haughton	Resignation	Bendix Hallenstein

1872	Rodney	16 March	Harry Farnall	Resignation	John Sheehan

1872	City of Nelson	27 May	Martin Lightband	Resignation	David Luckie

1872	Waikouaiti	12 June	George McLean	Resignation	David Monro

1872	Coleridge	23 July	John Karslake	Resignation	William Bluett

1872	Heathcote	30 July	John Hall	Resignation	John Wilson

1872	Caversham	28 August	Richard Cantrell	Resignation	William Tolmie

1872	Egmont	3 October	William Gisborne	Resignation	Harry Atkinson

1873	Suburbs of Nelson	14 May	Ralph Richardson	Resignation	Andrew Richmond

1873	Lyttelton	19 May	John Peacock	Resignation	Henry Webb

1873	Invercargill	22 May	William Henderson Calder	Resignation	John Cuthbertson

1873	Waikouaiti	23 July	David Monro	Resignation	John Lillie Gillies

1873	Mongonui and Bay of Islands	24 July	John McLeod	Resignation	John Williams

1873	Wakatipu	19 August	Bendix Hallenstein	Resignation	Vincent Pyke

1873	Collingwood	9 December	Arthur Collins	Resignation	William Gibbs

1874	Franklin	9 April	Archibald Clark	Resignation	Joseph May

1874 (1st)	Akaroa	20 April	Robert Rhodes	Resignation	William Montgomery

1874	City of Dunedin	23 April	John Bathgate	Resignation	Nathaniel Wales

1874	Waitemata	3 August	Thomas Henderson	Resignation	Gustav von der Heyde

1874 (2nd)	Akaroa	10 August	William Montgomery	Election invalid	William Montgomery

1874	Waitemata	16 September	Gustav von der Heyde	unseated on petition	Gustav von der Heyde

1875	Kaiapoi	22 January	John Studholme	Resignation	Charles Bowen

1875 (1st)	City of Auckland West	27 March	Thomas Gillies	Appointed to Supreme Court	George Grey

1875 (2nd)	City of Auckland West	14 April	John Williamson	Death	Patrick Dignan

1875	Rangitikei	24 April	William Fox	Resignation	John Ballance

1875	Waikouaiti	3 May	John Lillie Gillies	Resignation	George McLean

1875	Wairau	21 June	Arthur Seymour	Resignation	Joseph Ward

1875	Wallace	6 August	George Webster	Death	Christopher Basstian

1875	Caversham	20 August	William Tolmie	Death	Robert Stout

Sentence(s)

Richard Cantrell resigned in 1872 in the electorate of Caversham.

final_sentence: Richard Cantrell resigned in 1872 in the electorate of Caversham.