1867 East Macquarie colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 26 August 1867 because of the resignation of David Buchanan.[1]

Dates
Date Event
1 August 1867 David Buchanan resigned.[1]
1 August 1867 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
15 August 1867 Nominations
26 August 1867 Polling day
10 September 1867 Return of writ

Result
1867 East Macquarie by-election
Monday 26 August [3]
Candidate Votes %
John Suttor (elected) 914 70.7
Robert Forster 378 29.3
Total formal votes 1,292 37.8
Informal votes 43 3.2
Turnout 1,335 63.0

See also

References
  1. "Mr David Buchanan (1823-1890)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: East Macquarie". New South Wales Government Gazette (131). 2 August 1867. p. 1831. Retrieved 3 September 2020 – via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1867 East Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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