In September 1891 the Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1891 Canterbury election. There were 4 seats available. Joseph Carruthers () 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 () defeating James Eve () for the final seat with a margin of 5 votes. The next best candidate, John Grant () was a further 487 behind, with 3,857 votes, 10.6%.
The committee declared that John Wheeler () had not been elected the member for Canterbury, however no by-election was conducted. Instead the committee declared that James Eve () based on its own count of the result.
Dates Date Event 17 June 1891 1891 Canterbury election 24 June 1891 Petition lodged by James Eve. 14 July 1891 John Wheeler sworn in as member for Canterbury 16 July 1891 Elections and Qualifications Committee appointed. 29 July 1864 Petition referred to the Elections and Qualifications Committee. 2 September 1891 Elections and Qualifications Committee declared that James Eve had been elected.
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| colspan="2" | gain 1 from The Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1891 Canterbury election and declared that John Wheeler () had not been elected the member for Canterbury. No by-election was conducted, instead the committee declared that James Eve () had been elected.
See also Electoral results for the district of Canterbury List of New South Wales state by-elections
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