1883 Peninsula by-election

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The 1883 Peninsula by-election was a by-election held on 22 January 1883 during the 8th New Zealand Parliament in the Otago electorate of {{NZ electorate link|Peninsula}}.

The by-election was caused by the death of the incumbent MP James Seaton on 10 November 1882. The by-election was won by William Larnach.

He was opposed by Bishop Moran and Michael Donnelly. One sub-headline on the result of the election was "Bishop defeated".{{cite news|url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HNS18830123.2.7?query=Election&start_date=20-01-1883&end_date=29-01-1883&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE |title= The Peninsula Election |work= Hawera and Normanby Star |date=23 January 1883 }} Another report expected a "close run" between Larnarch and Donnelly, but the Bishop came second.{{cite news|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/BOPT18830123.2.27?query=Election&page=2&start_date=20-01-1883&end_date=29-01-1883&snippet=true&type=ARTICLE |title= Peninsula Election |work= Bay of Plenty Times |date=23 January 1883 }}