1906 The Castlereagh state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of The Castlereagh on 24 November 1906 because of the death of Hugh Macdonald (Labour).[1]

Dates
Date Event
18 October 1906 Hugh Macdonald died.[1]
24 October 1906 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
14 November 1906 Nominations
24 November 1906 Polling day, between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm
11 December 1906 Return of writ

Result
1906 The Castlereagh by-election
Saturday 24 November [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Treflé 1,960 54.4
Liberal Reform Patrick Barry 1,632 45.3
Independent Donald Fletcher 12 0.3
Total formal votes 3,604 98.5 -0.1
Informal votes 54 1.5 +0.1
Turnout 3,658 50.5 [lower-alpha 1] -1.6
Labour hold  

See also

Notes
  1. based on an electoral roll of 7,248 at the 1904 election.[4]

References
  1. "Mr Hugh Macdonald (1850-1906)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  2. "Writ of election: Castlereagh". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (245). 24 October 1906. p. 5885. Retrieved 23 August 2020 – via Trove.
  3. Green, Antony. "1906 The Castlereagh by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. Green, Antony. "1904 Castlereagh". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
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