1878 East Macquarie colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 1 February 1878 because of the resignation of Sir John Robertson who had also been elected to Mudgee on the same day.[1]

Dates

Date Event
14 January 1878 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
28 January 1878 Nominations
1 February 1878 Polling day
12 February 1878 Return of writ

Result

1878 East Macquarie by-election
Friday 1 February [1]
Candidate Votes %
Edmund Webb (elected) 556 61.0
Thomas Dalveen 356 39.0
Total formal votes 912 97.7
Informal votes 21 2.3
Turnout 933 45.2

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1878 results East Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Writ of election: East Macquarie". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 19. 14 January 1878. p. 189. Retrieved 4 September 2020 – via Trove.