# 1860–1861 New Zealand general election

The 1860–1861 New Zealand general election was held between 12 December 1860 and 28 March 1861 to elect 53 MPs to the third session of the New Zealand Parliament. 13,196 electors were registered.
1860 was the year gold miners who held a Miner’s Right continuously for at least three months were able to vote without having to own, lease or rent property.

## Results

| Member | Electorate | Province | MP's term | Election date |
| Augustus White | Akaroa | Canterbury | First | 13 February 1861 |
| Thomas Russell | Auckland East | Auckland | First | 11 January 1861 |
| Josiah Firth | Auckland West | Auckland | First | 11 January 1861 |
| John Williamson | Auckland West | Auckland | Second | 11 January 1861 |
| Alfred Creyke | Avon | Canterbury | First | 1 February 1861 |
| Hugh Carleton | Bay of Islands | Auckland | Third | 13 February 1861 |
| Thomas Gillies | Bruce | Otago | Second | 11 February 1861 |
| Charles Kettle | Bruce | Otago | First | 11 February 1861 |
| Frederick Weld | Cheviot | Canterbury | Third | 1 March 1861 |
| John Cracroft Wilson | City of Christchurch | Canterbury | First | 31 January 1861 |
| John Ormond | Clive | Hawke's Bay | First | 20 February 1861 |
| Andrew Richmond | Collingwood | Nelson | First | 4 February 1861 |
| Thomas Dick | City of Dunedin | Otago | First | 24 December 1860 |
| Edward McGlashan | City of Dunedin | Otago | First | 24 December 1860 |
| Thomas Rowley | Ellesmere | Canterbury | First | 25 January 1861 |
| Robert Graham | Franklin | Auckland | Second | 28 January 1861 |
| Marmaduke Nixon | Franklin | Auckland | First | 28 January 1861 |
| William King | Grey and Bell | Taranaki | First | 27 November 1860 |
| Thomas Fraser | Hampden | Otago | First | 20 February 1861 |
| George Hall | Heathcote | Canterbury | First | 12 February 1861 |
| William Fitzherbert | Hutt | Wellington | Second | 12 December 1860 |
| Alfred Renall | Hutt | Wellington | Second | 12 December 1860 |
| Isaac Cookson | Kaiapoi | Canterbury | Second | 7 February 1861 |
| Crosbie Ward | Town of Lyttelton | Canterbury | Second | 25 January 1861 |
| John Munro | Marsden | Auckland | First | 20 January 1861 |
| William Butler | Mongonui | Auckland | First | 30 January 1861 |
| Herbert Curtis | Motueka | Nelson | Second | 5 February 1861 |
| Henry Stark | Napier | Hawke's Bay | First | 19 February 1861 |
| Alfred Domett | City of Nelson | Nelson | Second | 27 December 1860 |
| Edward Stafford | City of Nelson | Nelson | Second | 27 December 1860 |
| James Wemyss | Suburbs of Nelson | Nelson | First | 28 January 1861 |
| William Richmond | Town of New Plymouth | Taranaki | Second | 28 December 1860 |
| George Graham | Newton | Auckland | First | 28 January 1861 |
| Thomas Henderson | Northern Division | Auckland | Second | 22 January 1861 |
| James O'Neill | Northern Division | Auckland | Second | 22 January 1861 |
| James Richmond | Omata | Taranaki | First | 30 November 1860 |
| Maurice O'Rorke | Town of Onehunga | Auckland | First | 18 January 1861 |
| Reader Wood | Parnell | Auckland | First | 15 January 1861 |
| William Mason | Pensioner Settlements | Auckland | First | 21 January 1861 |
| David Monro | Picton | Marlborough | Third | 16 February 1861 |
| Alfred Brandon | Porirua | Wellington | Second | 20 December 1860 |
| Charles Taylor | Raglan | Auckland | Third | 11 February 1861 |
| William Fox | Rangitiki | Wellington | Second | 4 February 1861 |
| Francis Jollie | Timaru | Canterbury | First | 25 March 1861 |
| Alfred Saunders | Waimea | Marlborough | First | 1 February 1861 |
| Charles Carter | Wairarapa | Wellington | Second | 12 December 1860 |
| William Eyes | Wairau | Marlborough | First | 15 February 1861 |
| Dillon Bell | Wallace | Otago | Second | 14 March 1861 |
| Walter Mantell | Wallace | Otago | First | 14 March 1861 |
| Henry Harrison | Wanganui | Wellington | First | 1 February 1861 |
| Isaac Featherston | City of Wellington | Wellington | Third | 11 December 1860 |
| William Rhodes | City of Wellington | Wellington | Third | 11 December 1860 |
| William Taylor | City of Wellington | Wellington | First | 11 December 1860 |