Template:New Zealand by-elections during the 2nd Parliament

The following table contains the by-elections that have occurred during the term of the 2nd Parliament.

{| class="wikitable" ! By-election !! Electorate !! Date !! Incumbent !! Reason !! Winner
 * - style="text-align:center;"
 * 1856
 * 19 May
 * Charles Parker
 * Resignation
 * Herbert Curtis
 * 1856
 * 14 October
 * Dingley Brittin
 * Resignation
 * John Ollivier
 * 1856
 * 14 October
 * Charles Brown
 * Resignation
 * John Lewthwaite
 * 1856
 * 18 November
 * Henry Sewell
 * Resignation
 * Richard Packer
 * 1856
 * 27 November
 * Alfred Ludlam
 * Resignation
 * Samuel Revans
 * 1858
 * 27 April
 * John Logan Campbell
 * Resignation
 * Thomas Forsaith
 * 1858
 * 29 April
 * Joseph Greenwood
 * Resignation
 * Jermyn Symonds
 * 1858
 * 8 May
 * Charles Taylor
 * Resignation
 * Theodore Haultain
 * 1858
 * 17 May
 * John Lewthwaite
 * Resignation
 * Charles Brown
 * 1858
 * 21 May
 * Charles Elliott
 * Resignation
 * David Monro
 * 1858
 * 21 May
 * William Wells
 * Resignation
 * Frederick Weld
 * 1858
 * 28 May
 * James FitzGerald
 * Resignation
 * Crosbie Ward
 * 1858
 * 31 May
 * John Cuff
 * Resignation
 * William Moorhouse
 * 1858
 * 16 June
 * John Cargill
 * Resignation
 * John Taylor
 * 1858
 * 22 July
 * J. Valentine Smith
 * Resignation
 * James Ferguson
 * 27 July
 * Isaac Featherston William Fitzherbert
 * Resignations
 * Isaac Featherston William Rhodes
 * 1858
 * 29 July
 * Dudley Ward
 * Resignation
 * Alfred Brandon
 * 1858
 * 31 July
 * Dillon Bell Samuel Revans
 * Resignations
 * Alfred Renall William Fitzherbert
 * 1859
 * 14 January
 * James Macandrew
 * Resignation
 * James Macandrew
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 * John Cargill
 * Resignation
 * John Taylor
 * 1858
 * 22 July
 * J. Valentine Smith
 * Resignation
 * James Ferguson
 * 27 July
 * Isaac Featherston William Fitzherbert
 * Resignations
 * Isaac Featherston William Rhodes
 * 1858
 * 29 July
 * Dudley Ward
 * Resignation
 * Alfred Brandon
 * 1858
 * 31 July
 * Dillon Bell Samuel Revans
 * Resignations
 * Alfred Renall William Fitzherbert
 * 1859
 * 14 January
 * James Macandrew
 * Resignation
 * James Macandrew
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 * Dillon Bell Samuel Revans
 * Resignations
 * Alfred Renall William Fitzherbert
 * 1859
 * 14 January
 * James Macandrew
 * Resignation
 * James Macandrew
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 * James Macandrew
 * style="background-color:#EEEEEE;text-align:center;" colspan=6|
 * style="background-color:#EEEEEE;text-align:center;" colspan=6|

Supplementary election, 1859
! By-election !! Electorate !! Date !! Incumbent !! Reason !! Winner
 * colspan=2|Cheviot
 * colspan=3 | 18 December
 * Edward Jollie
 * colspan=2|Marsden
 * colspan=3 | 29 November
 * James Farmer
 * colspan=2|Wairarapa
 * colspan=3 | 7 November
 * Charles Carter
 * colspan=2|Wallace
 * colspan=3 | 30 November
 * Dillon Bell
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 * colspan=2|Wallace
 * colspan=3 | 30 November
 * Dillon Bell
 * - style="text-align:center;"
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2nd Parliament (continued)
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 * 1859
 * Waimea
 * 26 December
 * William Travers
 * Resignation
 * Fedor Kelling
 * 1860
 * Town of Christchurch
 * 18 January
 * Richard Packer
 * Resignation
 * Henry Sewell
 * 1860 (1st)
 * Suburbs of Auckland
 * 25 January
 * Walter Brodie
 * Resignation
 * Theophilus Heale
 * 1860
 * Dunedin Country
 * 28 March
 * William Cargill
 * Resignation
 * Thomas Gillies
 * 1860 (1st)
 * Christchurch Country
 * 2 April
 * John Ollivier
 * Resignation
 * Isaac Cookson
 * 1860
 * City of Auckland
 * 5 April
 * Thomas Beckham
 * Resignation
 * Archibald Clark
 * 1860 (2nd)
 * Suburbs of Auckland
 * 5 April
 * Frederick Merriman
 * Resignation
 * Joseph Hargreaves
 * 1860
 * Omata
 * 16 April
 * Alfred East
 * Resignation
 * James Richmond
 * 1860 (2nd)
 * Christchurch Country
 * 21 April
 * John Hall
 * Resignation
 * Charles Brown
 * 1860
 * 26 April
 * James Ferguson
 * Resignation
 * Thomas Fitzgerald
 * 1860
 * Northern Division
 * 23 May
 * Thomas Henderson
 * Resignation
 * Thomas Henderson
 * 1860
 * Grey and Bell
 * 28 May
 * Charles Brown
 * Resignation
 * Thomas King
 * 1860 (3rd)
 * Suburbs of Auckland
 * 4 August
 * Joseph Hargreaves
 * Resignation
 * John Logan Campbell
 * 1860
 * Grey and Bell
 * 28 May
 * Charles Brown
 * Resignation
 * Thomas King
 * 1860 (3rd)
 * Suburbs of Auckland
 * 4 August
 * Joseph Hargreaves
 * Resignation
 * John Logan Campbell
 * Resignation
 * John Logan Campbell