New Zealand by-election
The 1878 Port Chalmers by-election was a by-election held on 12 April 1878 in the Port Chalmers electorate during the 6th New Zealand Parliament.
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP William Reynolds.
The by-election was won by James Green.
he was opposed by the ex-Mayor Mr Henry Dench.
Results.
The following table gives the election result (possibly missing one booth, but no later result has been found):
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! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" | Majority
! colspan="3" style="text-align: right; margin-right: 0.5em" scope=row | Turnout
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