A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 1 December 1873 because Sir James Martin's seat was declared vacant on accepting appointment as Chief Justice of New South Wales.[1]

Dates

DateEvent
11 November 1873 Sir James Martin's seat declared vacant.[1]
12 November 1873 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
24 November 1873 Nominations
1 December 1873 Polling day
16 December 1873 Return of writ

Result

1873 East Macquarie by-election
Monday 1 December [3]
Candidate Votes %
Walter Cooper (elected) 513 46.8
Henry Rotton 357 32.5
Bernhardt Holtermann 224 20.4
John Smeed 3 0.3
Total formal votes 1,097 94.7
Informal votes 61 5.3
Turnout 1,158 39.2

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Sir James Martin [1] (1820–1886)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Writ of election: East Macquarie". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 259. 13 November 1873. p. 3141. Retrieved 3 September 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "1873 results East Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
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