The Bruce by-election, 1892 was a

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...

held on 4 May 1892 during the

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in the rural lower South Island electorate of .

Background

The by-election was triggered after the resignation of sitting Member

James William Thomson James William Thomson (1828 – 4 August 1907) was a 19th-century conservative Member of Parliament in New Zealand. Early life Thomson was born in Auchterarder, Scotland, in 1828. He obtained his education at the University of Edinburgh, where ...

. The election was a two-way contest and was won by James Allen, previously the Member for .

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.

Notes

References

* Bruce 1892 1892 elections in New Zealand Politics of Otago {{NewZealand-election-stub