1865 East Sydney colonial by-election

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A by-election was held for the

West Sydney (John Darvall and John Robertson). Each minister was comfortably re-elected. Only The Paterson (William Arnold) was uncontested.[2]

Frederick Birmingham was a surveyor and engineer from Parramatta,[3] who was an unsuccessful candidate for Parramatta at the election in November 1864, polling just 16 votes (1.3%)[4]

Dates

Date Event
3 February 1865 Fourth Cowper ministry appointed.[5]
8 February 1865 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[6]
15 February 1865 Nominations
17 February 1865 Polling day
21 February 1865 Return of writ

Result

1865 East Sydney by-election
Friday 17 February [7]
Candidate Votes %
Charles Cowper (re-elected) 933 87.0
Frederick Birmingham 140 13.0
Total formal votes 1,073 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,073 12.0

See also

References

  1. ^ "Sir Charles Cowper [1] (1807–1875)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1865 to 1869 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Parramatta". The Empire. 20 February 1865. p. 5. Retrieved 7 September 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1864-5 Parramatta". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  5. New South Wales Government Gazette
    . No. 24. New South Wales, Australia. 3 February 1865. p. 323. Retrieved 7 September 2020 – via Trove.
  6. New South Wales Government Gazette
    . No. 26. 8 February 1865. p. 345. Retrieved 7 September 2020 – via Trove.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1865 East Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2020.