Joseph Carruthers (Free Trade) had been comfortably re-elected at the head of the poll with 7,231 votes, 19.8%.
The following 4 candidates were separated by 105 votes, with John Wheeler (Free Trade) defeating James Eve (Ind.
Free Trade) for the final seat with a margin of 5 votes.
[1] The committee declared that John Wheeler (Free Trade) had not been elected the member for Canterbury, however no by-election was conducted.
Instead the committee declared that James Eve (Ind.