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1882 Gundagai 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 Gundagai on 23 November 1882 because of the death of William Forster. Parliament was dissolved on the same day as the polling and so Bruce Smith could not take his seat.

Dates

Date Event
30 October 1882 William Forster died.
2 November 1882 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
17 November 1882 Nominations
23 November 1882 Polling day
5 December 1882 Return of writ

Result

1882 Gundagai by-election
Thursday 23 November 
Candidate Votes %
Bruce Smith (elected) 380 70.5
George Wallace 92 17.1
Robert Barbour 67 12.4
Total formal votes 539 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 539 30.9

See also

References

  1. ^ "Mr William Forster (1818–1882)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Gundagai by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  3. "Writ of election: Gundagai". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 442. 6 November 1882. p. 5885. Retrieved 21 September 2020 – via Trove.
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