1878 Cheviot by-election
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The 1878 Cheviot by-election was a by-election held on 21 May 1878 during the 6th New Zealand Parliament in the electorate of Cheviot in Canterbury.
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP Leonard Harper on 2 April 1878.[1]
The by-election was won by Alfred Saunders.
The following table gives the election result:
- ^ Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First ed. published 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. p. 203. OCLC 154283103.
- ^ "The Cheviot Election". Globe. Vol. IX, no. 1300. 20 May 1878. p. 3. Retrieved 23 January 2019.