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By-election in New South Wales, Australia

1895 Boorowa colonial by-election
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Electoral district of Boorowa in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales
Turnout76.2% (Decrease 3.9%)
  First party Second party
  ALP
Candidate Kenneth Mackay James Toomey
Party Protectionist Labor
Popular vote 746 647
Percentage 53.6% 46.5%
MLA before election

Thomas Slattery
Protectionist

Elected MLA

Kenneth Mackay
Protectionist

A by-election for the seat of Boorowa in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 24 January 1895 because Thomas Slattery (Protectionist) resigned to concentrate on his legal practice.

Dates

Date Event
1 January 1895 Thomas Slattery resigned.
2 January 1895 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
15 January 1895 Day of nomination
24 January 1895 Polling day
20 February 1895 Return of writ

Result

1895 Boorowa by-election
Thursday 24 January 
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Kenneth Mackay (elected) 746 53.6 -
Labour James Toomey 647 46.4 -
Total formal votes 1,393 99.2 +1.6
Informal votes 11 0.8 −1.6
Turnout 1,404 76.2  −3.9
Protectionist hold  

See also

Notes

  1. Estimate based on a roll of 1,842 at the July 1894 election.

References

  1. Nairn, Bede (1988). "Slattery, Thomas Michael (1844–1920)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  2. "Mr Thomas Michael Slattery (1844-1920)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  3. "Writ of election: Boorowa". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 11. 2 January 1895. p. 123. Retrieved 21 April 2021 – via Trove.
  4. Green, Antony. "1895 Boorowa by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  5. Green, Antony. "1894 Boorowa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
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