1878 East Macquarie colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 1 February 1878 because of the resignation of Sir John Robertson who had also been elected to Mudgee on the same day.[1]

Dates
Date Event
14 January 1878 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
28 January 1878 Nominations
1 February 1878 Polling day
12 February 1878 Return of writ

Result
1878 East Macquarie by-election
Friday 1 February [1]
Candidate Votes %
Edmund Webb (elected) 556 61.0
Thomas Dalveen 356 39.0
Total formal votes 912 97.7
Informal votes 21 2.3
Turnout 933 45.2

See also

References
  1. Green, Antony. "1878 results East Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
  2. "Writ of election: East Macquarie". New South Wales Government Gazette (19). 14 January 1878. p. 189. Retrieved 4 September 2020 – via Trove.
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