City of Auckland by-election, 1854

The City of Auckland by-election 1854 was a by-election held during the 1st New Zealand Parliament, on 4 August 1854. It was one the earliest by-elections in New Zealand political history and was triggered by the resignation of Thomas Houghton Bartley who took up a place in the Legislative Council.^[1] The election was won by William Brown.^[2]

Results

City of Auckland by-election, 1854[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	William Brown	367	63.72%
	Independent	John Williamson	209	36.28%
Turnout			576
Majority			158

Notes

1. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 73.
2. ^ Scholefield 1950, p. 97.
3. ^ . 8 August 1854. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=DSC18540808.2.7.3. Retrieved 25 January 2011. 

References

• Scholefield, Guy Hardy (1950) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand parliamentary record, 1840-1949. Wellington: Govt. Printer. 

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