A by-election for the seat of Sydney-King in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 11 August 1894 because George Reid (Free Trade) had been appointed Premier and Colonial Treasurer, forming the Reid ministry.[1][2] Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested and four ministers were re-elected unopposed, James Brunker (East Maitland), Joseph Carruthers (St George), Jacob Garrard (Sherbrooke) and James Young (The Manning). A poll was required in Bathurst (Sydney Smith), Hartley (Joseph Cook), Singleton (Albert Gould) and Sydney-King however all were comfortably re-elected.[3]

Dates

DateEvent
17 July 1894 1894 New South Wales colonial election
3 August 1894 Reid ministry appointed.[4]
4 August 1894 Writ of election issued by the Governor.[5][lower-alpha 1]
8 August 1894 Day of nomination
11 August 1894 Polling day
24 August 1894 Return of writ

Result

1894 Sydney-King by-election
Saturday 11 August [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade George Reid (re-elected) 801 80.3 +19.4
Independent Adolphus Taylor 190 19.0
Independent Harry Foran 6 0.6
Total formal votes 997 99.4 +1.0
Informal votes 6 0.6 -1.0
Turnout 1,003 53.0 [lower-alpha 2] -19.3
Free Trade hold  

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Ordinarily the writ for a by-election would be issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, however the ministers were appointed before Parliament convened and the writs were issued by the Governor.
  2. ↑ Estimate based on a roll of 1,892 at the 1894 election.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-King by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Sir George Houston Reid (1845–1918)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 to 1895 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. ↑ "Appointment of ministers". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 506. 3 August 1894. p. 4891. Retrieved 25 September 2020 – via Trove.
  5. ↑ "Writ of election: Sydney-King". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 507. 4 August 1894. p. 4893. Retrieved 20 April 2021 – via Trove.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Sydney-King". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
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