1868 Upper Hunter colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Upper Hunter on 3 July 1868 due to the resignation of sitting member James White,[1] who left the colony to travel to England, Europe and the United States.[2][3]

Dates
DateEvent
8 May 1868 James White resigned.[1]
18 May 1868 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[4]
2 June 1868 Nominations
6 June 1868 Polling day
15 June 1868 Return of writ
24 June 1868 Poll held at Jerry's Plains as no poll was held there on 6 June.[5]
21 August 1868 Election proclaimed valid despite not being returned by 15 June.[6]

Results
1868 Upper Hunter by-election
Saturday 6 June [7][lower-alpha 1]
Candidate Votes %
Archibald Bell (elected) 591 59.1
Thomas Dangar 383 38.3
William Gordon 20 2.0
Sydney Drewe 6 0.6
Total formal votes 1,000 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,000 40.3

See also

Notes
  1. The declaration of the poll had Archibald Bell  with a majority of 248 votes,[8] however the final results for Jerry's Plains do not appear to have been reported and are not included in the table.[7]

References
  1. "Mr James White (1828-1890)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  2. Rutledge, Martha. "White, James (1828–1890)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 31 October 2013 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  3. Mennell, Philip (1892). "White, Hon. James" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  4. "Writ of election: Upper Hunter". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 121. 18 May 1868. p. 1445. Retrieved 16 November 2019 – via Trove.
  5. "To the electors of Upper Hunter". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 140. 12 June 1868. p. 1714. Retrieved 27 November 2019 – via Trove.
  6. "Proclamation: election of Archibald Bell valid". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 205. 21 August 1868. p. 2825. Retrieved 27 November 2019 – via Trove.
  7. Green, Antony. "1868 Upper Hunter by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  8. "Scone: declaration of the poll". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 11 July 1868. p. 4. Retrieved 27 November 2019 – via Trove.
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