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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Carcoar on 21 November 1884 because of the death of Andrew Lynch.

Dates

Candidates

• Ezekiel Baker had been the member for Carcoar from 1880 until 1881 and was Secretary for Mines when he was expelled from the Assembly on allegations of bribery and corruption in relation to the affairs of the Milburn Creek Copper Mining Co. Ltd. He was defeated at the subsequent by-election in December 1881. Charges against him were subsequently dropped and Baker petitioned parliament to rescind its censure of him, which was agreed in May 1884.

• Thomas Fitzpatrick was a squatter from Junee, who was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1882 election.

• Charles Garland was an assurance agent and miner, who had interests in mines in Leadville and on the Palmer River in Far North Queensland. He was also the proprietor of the Carcoar Chronicle, and Baker accused Garland of vilifying him in that paper in relation to the Milburn Creek case.

Fitzpatrick won the show of hands however a poll was demanded.

Result

See also

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

References

1. ^ "Mr Andrew Lynch (1819-1884)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Carcoar". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 587. 8 November 1884. p. 7575. Retrieved 22 August 2020 – via Trove.
3. ^ Nairn, Bede (1969). "Baker, Ezekiel Alexander (1823–1912)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 3. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
4. Green, Antony. "1881 Carcoar by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
5. "Mr Thomas Fitzpatrick (1835-1920)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
6. Green, Antony. "1882 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
7. ^ "Mr Charles Launcelot Garland (1854-1930)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
8. ^ "The Carcoar nomination". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 November 1884. p. 7. Retrieved 22 August 2020 – via Trove.
9. Green, Antony. "1884 Carcoar by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2020.

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