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1860 East Macquarie colonial by-election

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By-election in New South Wales, Australia

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 10 May 1860 because of the resignation of Thomas Hawkins.

Dates

Date Event
1 April 1860 Thomas Hawkins resigned.
13 April 1860 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
30 April 1860 Nominations
10 May 1860 Polling day
23 May 1860 Return of writ

Result

1860 East Macquarie by-election
Thursday 10 May 
Candidate Votes %
Daniel Deniehy (elected) 496 68.7
John McGuigan 215 29.8
Henry Dangar 11 1.5
Total formal votes 722 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 722 54.6

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mr Thomas Jarman Hawkins (1809-1885)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: East Macquarie". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 70. 14 April 1860. p. 729. Retrieved 3 September 2020 – via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1860 East Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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