The 1877 Totara by-election was a by-election held on 30 April 1877 in the Totara electorate on the West Coast of New Zealand during the 6th New Zealand Parliament.
The by-election was caused by the death of the incumbent MP George Henry Tribe on 19 March 1877.
The polling place at Saltwater Creek recorded only a single vote (for Gisborne).
[2] The partial result below has a majority of 57 for Gisborne, although a late return from Hunt's Beach at Jackson's Bay resulted in his majority being 83 or 84.
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