A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Mudgee on 19 December 1859 because of the resignation of Lyttleton Bayley. Bayley had been appointed to the Legislative Council in January 1859, shortly after arriving in the colony and the following month was appointed Attorney General in the Cowper Government. The government fell in October 1859 and Bayley resigned from parliament the following month.[1]

Dates

Date Event
28 November 1859 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2]
16 December 1859 Nominations
19 December 1859 Polling day
23 December 1859 Return of writ

Results

1859 Mudgee by-election
Monday 19 December [3]
Candidate Votes %
Samuel Terry (elected) 342 47.6
T H Sinden 376 52.4
Total formal votes 718 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 718 35.6

See also

References

  1. ↑ Walsh, G P. "Bayley, Sir Lyttleton Holyoake (1827–1910)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. ↑ "Writ of election: Mudgee". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 240. 28 November 1859. p. 2599. Retrieved 11 October 2019 – via Trove.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "1859 results Mudgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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