1861 East Sydney colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Sydney on 29 May 1861 because Henry Parkes had resigned having accepted a government commission with a salary of £1,000 to travel to England to lecture on immigration with William Bede Dalley.[1]

Dates
DateEvent
13 May 1861 Henry Parkes resigned.[2]
14 May 1861 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[3]
27 May 1861 Nominations
29 May 1861 Polling day
1 June 1861 Return of writ

Result
1861 East Sydney by-election
Wednesday 29 May [4]
Candidate Votes %
William Forster (elected) 1,273 48.7
James Neale 1,179 45.1
Charles Fowler 77 3.0
Thomas Duigan 56 2.1
James Martin 25 1.0
Thomas Argent 2 0.1
Total formal votes 2,612 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 2,612 35.5

See also

References
  1. Martin, A W. "Parkes, Sir Henry (1815–96)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  2. "Sir Henry Parkes (1815–1896)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  3. "Writs of election: East Sydney". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 112. 15 May 1861. p. 1058. Retrieved 6 September 2020 – via Trove.
  4. Green, Antony. "1861 East Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
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