1868 Upper Hunter colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Upper Hunter on 3 July 1868 due to the resignation of sitting member James White,[1] who left the colony to travel to England, Europe and the United States.[2][3]

Dates
DateEvent
8 May 1868 James White resigned.[1]
18 May 1868 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[4]
2 June 1868 Nominations
6 June 1868 Polling day
15 June 1868 Return of writ
24 June 1868 Poll held at Jerry's Plains as no poll was held there on 6 June.[5]
21 August 1868 Election proclaimed valid despite not being returned by 15 June.[6]

Results
1868 Upper Hunter by-election
Saturday 6 June [7][lower-alpha 1]
Candidate Votes %
Archibald Bell (elected) 591 59.1
Thomas Dangar 383 38.3
William Gordon 20 2.0
Sydney Drewe 6 0.6
Total formal votes 1,000 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,000 40.3

See also

Notes
  1. The declaration of the poll had Archibald Bell  with a majority of 248 votes,[8] however the final results for Jerry's Plains do not appear to have been reported and are not included in the table.[7]

References
  1. "Mr James White (1828-1890)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. Rutledge, Martha. "White, James (1828–1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 31 October 2013.
  3. Mennell, Philip (1892). "White, Hon. James" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  4. "Writ of election: Upper Hunter". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 121. 18 May 1868. p. 1445. Retrieved 16 November 2019 – via Trove.
  5. "To the electors of Upper Hunter". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 140. 12 June 1868. p. 1714. Retrieved 27 November 2019 – via Trove.
  6. "Proclamation: election of Archibald Bell valid". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 205. 21 August 1868. p. 2825. Retrieved 27 November 2019 – via Trove.
  7. Green, Antony. "1868 Upper Hunter by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  8. "Scone: declaration of the poll". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 11 July 1868. p. 4. Retrieved 27 November 2019 – via Trove.
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