4 May 1892 1893 general → 1,085 538 | Turnout 75.06% 66.85 33.14 | |
The Bruce by-election, 1892 was a by-election held on 4 May 1892 during the 11th New Zealand Parliament in the rural lower South Island electorate of Bruce.
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Background
The by-election was triggered after the resignation of sitting Member James William Thomson. The election was a two way contest and was won by James Allen, previously the Member for Dunedin East.
Results
The following table gives the election results:
Allen held the electorate until his own resignation in 1920 to become New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, which triggered another by-election.
References
Bruce by-election, 1892 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA