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May 1860 Tumut colonial by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Tumut on 10 May 1860 because of the resignation of George Lang.[1]

Dates

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Date Event
10 April 1860 George Lang resigned.[1]
18 April 1860 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
3 May 1860 Nominations
10 May 1860 Polling day
22 May 1860 Writ due to be returned
4 June 1860 Poll held in Adelong

Result

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1860 The Tumut by-election
Thursday 10 May [3]
Candidate Votes %
Daniel Deniehy (elected) 172 55.3
John Egan 139 44.7
Total formal votes 311 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 311 40.0

The by-election was overturned by the Election and Qualifications Committee due to voting irregularities.[3]

Aftermath

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While Daniel Deniehy was declared elected he was also elected at the East Macquarie by-election held on the same day,[4] Deniehy took his seat as the member for East Macquarie and doesn't appear in the records kept by the Legislative Assembly as a member for Tumut.[5][6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Mr George Dunmore Lang (1832-1875)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Writ of election: Tumut". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 76. 19 April 1860. p. 762. Retrieved 31 October 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ a b Green, Antony. "May 1860 The Tumut by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1860 East Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  6. ^ "Mr Daniel Henry Deniehy (1828-1865)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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