Bruce by-election, 1892
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James William Thomson
Conservative
The Bruce by-election, 1892 was a by-election held on 4 May 1892 during the 11th New Zealand Parliament in the rural lower South Island electorate of Bruce.
The by-election was triggered after the resignation of sitting Member James William Thomson. The election was a two way contest and was won by James Allen, previously the Member for Dunedin East.
The following table gives the election results:
Allen held the electorate until his own resignation in 1920 to become New Zealand's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, which triggered another by-election.
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