1879 Orange colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Orange on 4 March 1879. It was triggered because the Elections and Qualifications Committee held that Edward Combes position of Executive Commissioner for New South Wales at the Paris International Exhibition was an office of profit under the crown and his seat was declared vacant.[1]

Dates

Date Event
4 December 1878 Question referred to the Elections and Qualifications Committee on the basis that Mr Coombes had been paid expenses of £1,250.[2]
11 February 1879 Report of the Elections and Qualifications Committee was tabled and seat declared vacant.[3]
12 February 1879 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[4]
28 February 1879 Nominations
4 March 1879 Polling day
18 March 1879 Return of writ

Results

1879 Orange by-election
Tuesday 4 March [5]
Candidate Votes %
Andrew Kerr (elected) 663 57.4
John Ardill 465 40.3
Thomas Dalveen 27 2.3
Total formal votes 1,155 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,155 38.8

See also

References

  1. ^ Nairn, Bede. "Combes, Edward (1830-1895)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Legislative Assembly". The Sydney Morning Herald. 4 December 1878. p. 4. Retrieved 15 November 2019 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "New South Wales Parliament". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 February 1879. p. 3. Retrieved 15 November 2019 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Writ of election: Orange". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 48. 12 February 1879. p. 675. Retrieved 22 October 2019 – via Trove.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1879 Orange by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2019.