[2] The resulting 1869 by-election was won by Robert James Creighton.
In the subsequent 1871 election, Creighton successfully contested the Eden electorate.
[5] The 1887 election was contested by Joseph Tole (who had represented the Eden electorate since the 1876 election and was the Minister of Justice),[6] Edward Withy (a political novice who, after early retirement from business, had emigrated with his large family to Auckland in 1884) and Henry Thomas Garrett.
[7] Tole and Garrett were liberal politicians, whilst Withy was a conservative.
[2] A deputation requested Sir George Grey to contest the 1891 by-election.