July 1882 East Macquarie colonial by-election
Appearance
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 11 July 1882 because Alfred Pechey, who was elected at the January by-election,[1] had died four months later without taking his seat.[2]
Dates
[edit]Date | Event |
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5 June 1882 | Alfred Pechey died.[2] |
12 June 1882 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[3] |
4 July 1882 | Nominations |
11 July 1882 | Polling day |
25 July 1882 | Return of writ |
Result
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Sydney Smith (elected) | 710 | 54.7 | |
Robert Thompson | 589 | 45.3 | |
Total formal votes | 1,299 | 98.3 | |
Informal votes | 22 | 1.7 | |
Turnout | 1,321 | 64.1 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "January 1882 East Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Mr Alfred John Pechey (1840-1882)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Writ of election: East Macquarie". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 231. 12 June 1882. p. 3145. Retrieved 4 September 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "July 1882 East Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2020.