| Election Name: | 1892 Bruce by-election |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Flag Year: | 1892 |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 1890 New Zealand general election |
| Previous Year: | 1890 general |
| Next Election: | 1893 New Zealand general election |
| Next Year: | 1893 general |
| Election Date: | 4 May 1892 |
| Turnout: | 1,623 (75.06%) |
| Candidate1: | James Allen |
| Party1: | Conservative (New Zealand) |
| Popular Vote1: | 1,085 |
| Percentage1: | 66.85 |
| Candidate2: | Alfred Lee Smith |
| Party2: | New Zealand Liberal Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 538 |
| Percentage2: | 33.14 |
| MP | |
| Before Election: | James William Thomson |
| After Election: | James Allen |
| Before Party: | Conservative (New Zealand) |
| After Party: | Conservative (New Zealand) |
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 .
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 .
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.