1881 Queanbeyan colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Queanbeyan on 27 January 1881. The election was triggered by the resignation of James Thompson,[1][2] taking up the government position of Railway Land Valuator.[3]

Dates
DateEvent
11 January 1881 James Thompson appointed to Legislative Council and Postmaster-General.[1]
12 January 1881 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[4]
24 January 1881 Nominations
27 January 1881 Polling day
8 February 1881 Return of writ

Candidates
  • Percy Hodgkinson was a surveyor, land agent and auctioneer in Queanbeyan, who was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1880 election.[6]

Result
1881 Queanbeyan by-election
Thursday 27 January [2]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Rutledge (elected) 502 50.7
Percy Hodgkinson 413 41.7
John Gale 76 7.7
Total formal votes 991 97.3
Informal votes 27 2.7
Turnout 1,018 59.5

See also

References
  1. "Mr James Banford Thompson (1832-1901)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. Green, Antony. "1881 Queanbeyan by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. "Appointment J B Thompson to be Railway Land Valuator". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 49. 4 February 1881. p. 758. Retrieved 28 May 2021 – via Trove.
  4. "Writ of election: Queanbeyan". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 18. 12 January 1881. p. 221. Retrieved 28 May 2021 – via Trove.
  5. Lea-Scarlett, E J. "Gale, John (1831–1929)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. Green, Antony. "1880 Queanbeyan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  7. Green, Antony. "1877 Queanbeyan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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