1883 Upper Hunter colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Upper Hunter on 6 March 1883 because of the resignation of John McElhone after a heated argument with the member for Mudgee Adolphus Taylor in which McElhone challenged Taylor to resign and both would contest Taylor's seat.[1][2] The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate reported that despite McElhone saying he would not stand for Upper Hunter, he had been nominated without his authority.[3]

Dates

Date Event
22 February 1883 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[4]
3 March 1883 Nominations
6 March 1883 Polling day
13 March 1883 Return of writ

Results

1883 Upper Hunter by-election[5]
Candidate Votes %
John McElhone 516 37.80
Robert Fitzgerald 460 33.70
James Wilshire 216 15.82
Alexander Bowman 173 12.67
Informal votes 0 0.00
Turnout 1,365 51.16

McElhone was defeated at the by-election for Mudgee which was conducted on the same day.[1]

See also

References

  1. Green, Antony. "1883 results Mudgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. Rutledge, Martha. "Taylor, Adolphus George (1857 – 1900)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 1 May 2019 via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  3. "Upper Hunter nomination". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 5 March 1883. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2019 via Trove.
  4. "Writ of election: Upper Hunter". New South Wales Government Gazette (68). 22 February 1883. p. 1007. Retrieved 10 October 2019 via Trove.
  5. Green, Antony. "1883 results Upper Hunter". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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