The 1865 Rangitikei by-election was a by-election held on 10 July 1865 in the Rangitikei electorate during the 3rd New Zealand Parliament.
The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent MP William Fox.
The by-election was won by Robert Pharazyn. As he was the only candidate nominated, he was duly declared elected. [1] [2]
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Robert Pharazyn was a 19th-century Member of Parliament in the Manawatū region of New Zealand.
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Charles Johnson Pharazyn was a runholder, merchant, and member of the New Zealand Legislative Council who lived beyond 100 years of age. His obituary in the Wellington newspaper described him as a man of much wealth.
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The 1909 Rangitikei by-election was a by-election held during the 17th New Zealand Parliament in the Rangitikei electorate of the North Island. This was the sixth by-election since the Rangitikei electorate was established for the 1861 election. The previous by-election took place in 1892 and the following one took place in 1978. The Second Ballot Act 1908 was in force and in the first ballot, and Frank Hockly of the opposition Reform Party won the first ballot, but Robert William Smith of the governing Liberal Party was ultimately chosen in the second ballot.
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