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.
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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.