1890 West Sydney colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of West Sydney on 26 July 1890 because of the death of Alfred Lamb (Free Trade).[1]

Dates

DateEvent
13 October 1890 Alfred Lamb died.[1]
16 October 1890 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
22 October 1890 Nominations
25 October 1890 Polling day
30 October 1890 Return of writ

Candidates

Result

1890 West Sydney by-election
Wednesday 25 October[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Adolphus Taylor 3,455 63.8
Free Trade John Taylor 1,963 36.2
Total formal votes 5,418 97.9
Informal votes 116 2.1
Turnout 5,534 51.2
Independent gain from Free Trade  

See also

References

  1. "Mr Alfred Lamb (1845-1890)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: West Sydney". New South Wales Government Gazette (586). 16 October 1890. p. 8015. Retrieved 6 November 2020 via Trove.
  3. "Mr Adolphus George Taylor (1857-1900)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  4. "John Taylor". Sydney's Aldermen. City of Sydney. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  5. Green, Antony. "1880 Balmain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  6. Green, Antony. "1882 Balmain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  7. Green, Antony. "1890 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  8. "The West Sydney election". The Daily Telegraph. 21 October 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 6 November 2020 via Trove.
  9. Nairn, Bede (1969). "Brennan, Peter Joseph (1843–1906)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 3. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 6 November 2020 via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
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