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1873 East Macquarie colonial by-election

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By-election in New South Wales, Australia

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 1 December 1873 because Sir James Martin's seat was declared vacant on accepting appointment as Chief Justice of New South Wales.

Dates

Date Event
11 November 1873 Sir James Martin's seat declared vacant.
12 November 1873 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
24 November 1873 Nominations
1 December 1873 Polling day
16 December 1873 Return of writ

Result

1873 East Macquarie by-election
Monday 1 December 
Candidate Votes %
Walter Cooper (elected) 513 46.8
Henry Rotton 357 32.5
Bernhardt Holtermann 224 20.4
John Smeed 3 0.3
Total formal votes 1,097 94.7
Informal votes 61 5.3
Turnout 1,158 39.2

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sir James Martin [1] (1820–1886)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  2. "Writ of election: East Macquarie". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 259. 13 November 1873. p. 3141. Retrieved 3 September 2020 – via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1873 results East Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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