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The Town of New Plymouth by-election 1865 was a by-election held in the Town of New Plymouth electorate during the 3rd New Zealand Parliament on 19 May 1865. The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent Charles Brown and was won unopposed by Henry Sewell. Whilst Sewell was not a local resident he was a member of the government through his appointment to the Legislative Council the upper house of Parliament.
