title: 1882 Stanmore by-election
text: # 1882 Stanmore by-election
  
  The 1882 Stanmore by-election was a by-election held on 12 July 1882 in the Stanmore electorate during the 8th New Zealand Parliament.
  
  The by-election was caused by the election of the incumbent MP Walter Pilliet being voided on a petition on 20 February 1882.
  
  The seat was retained by Pilliet.
  
  Initially a 0 (zero) was mistaken for a 9 (nine) and the total for the Hon E. Richardson was wrong (336 not 345).
  
  And the Waikato Times published a grossly erroneous poll result.
  
  ## Results
  
  The following table gives the election result:
  
  1882 Stanmore by-election :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Independent | Walter Pilliet | 469 | 44.33 |
  | | Independent | Edward Richardson | 345 | 32.61 |
  | | Independent | William Patten Cowlishaw | 244 | 23.06 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,058 | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 124 | 11.72 |
  