1898 Parramatta colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Parramatta on 26 October 1898 as the election of William Ferris, with a margin of 4 votes, was overturned by the Election and Qualifications Committee due to "many gross irregularities".[1]

Dates
DateEvent
27 July 1898 1898 New South Wales election
1 September 1898 Dowell O'Reilly filed a petition against the election.[2]
18 October 1898 Parramatta election declared void.[3]
19 October 1898 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[4]
24 October 1898 Nominations
26 October 1898 Polling day
31 October 1898 Return of writ

Results
1898 Parramatta by-election
Wednesday 26 October [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Ferris (re-elected) 1,035 54.8 +10.0
Free Trade Dowell O'Reilly 853 45.2 +0.6
Total formal votes 1,888 99.7 +0.4
Informal votes 5 0.3 -0.4
Turnout 1,893 67.6 -2.6
Member changed to Protectionist from Ind. Protectionist Swing

See also

References
  1. Green, Antony. "1898 Parramatta by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  2. "Government Gazette Notices". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 784. 6 September 1898. p. 7155. Retrieved 11 September 2020 – via Trove.
  3. "The Parramatta election petition: the election declared void". The Sydney Morning Herald. 19 October 1898. p. 7. Retrieved 11 September 2020 – via Trove.
  4. "Writ of election: Parramatta". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 913. 19 October 1898. p. 8365. Retrieved 11 September 2020 – via Trove.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.