Английская Википедия:1885 Bruce by-election
Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Short description The 1885 Bruce by-election was a by-election held on 5 August 1885 in the Шаблон:NZ electorate link electorate during the 9th New Zealand Parliament.
The by-election was held after the resignation of Robert Gillies for health reasons. He had won the seat at the general Шаблон:NZ election link.
He was replaced by Donald Reid.
The runner-up James McDonald had represented Bruce up to the Шаблон:NZ election link. A former representative of the Bruce electorate, William Murray, was invited to contest the by-election but he declined.[1]
J. C. Anderson was born in Bruce and had farmed there for thirteen years.[2]
William Hutchison wrote that he had "many pleasant memories" of the electorate [3] but another correspondent said it was a "very palpable defeat" and denied that the Kaitangata miners were told how to vote. [4]
Results
The following table gives the election result: Шаблон:1885 Bruce by-election
References
Шаблон:1853–1890 New Zealand by-elections
Шаблон:NewZealand-election-stub