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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Northumberland on 30 April 1880 because Thomas Hungerford resigned attend to personal business matters.

Dates

Candidates

• Joseph Creer was a cabinet maker and Newcastle councillor. This was his first candidacy for the Legislative Assembly.

• Sir William Gordon was a surgeon from Murrurundi. This was his tenth and final time standing unsuccessfully for the Legislative Assembly.

• George Maclean was a free selector. He had previously stood unsuccessfully for the Liverpool Plains by-election in 1876.

• Ninian Melville was chairman of the Working Men's Defence Association and campaigned on a platform of protectionism and opposition to assisted immigration. He had twice been defeated for East Sydney in 1877 at the by-election in August and the general election in October.

Result

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Northumberland
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

References

1. Ellis, Ian. "Hungerford, Thomas (1823–1904)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
2. "Mr Thomas Hungerford (1823-1904)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
3. "Writ of election: Northumberland". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 132. 16 April 1880. p. 1807. Retrieved 1 June 2021 – via Trove.
4. ^ "Electorate of Northumberland". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 29 April 1880. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 1 June 2021 – via Trove.
5. Green, Antony. "Index to Candidates: Copland to Crittenden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
6. Green, Antony. "Index to Candidates: Ghalayini to Gorrick". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
7. Green, Antony. "1876 Liverpool Plains by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
8. Mansfield, Bruce E. (1974). "Melville, Ninian (1843 - 1897)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
9. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of East Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
10. Green, Antony. "1880 Northumberland by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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