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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 The Clarence on 7 April 1880 following the resignation of Thomas Bawden.

Dates

Date	Event
17 March 1880	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
2 April 1880	Nominations
7 April 1880	Polling day
20 April 1880	Return of writ

Results

1880 The Clarence by-election
Wednesday 7 April
Candidate		Votes	%
Charles Fawcett (elected)		1,362	42.7
John Purves		1,246	39.1
Samuel Davison		679	18.2
Total formal votes		3,187	98.5
Informal votes		50	1.5
Turnout		3,237	58.3

See also

References

"Mr Thomas Bawden (1833-1897)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
"Writ of election: The Clarence". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 98. 17 March 1880. p. 1289. Retrieved 8 October 2019 – via Trove.
Green, Antony. "1880 results The Clarence". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

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