1883 Upper Hunter colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Upper Hunter on 6 March 1883 because of the resignation of John McElhone after a heated argument with the member for Mudgee Adolphus Taylor in which McElhone challenged Taylor to resign and both would contest Taylor's seat.[1][2] The Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate reported that despite McElhone saying he would not stand for Upper Hunter, he had been nominated without his authority.[3]

Dates
Date Event
22 February 1883 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[4]
3 March 1883 Nominations
6 March 1883 Polling day
13 March 1883 Return of writ

Results
1883 Upper Hunter by-election [5]
Candidate Votes %
John McElhone 516 37.80
Robert Fitzgerald 460 33.70
James Wilshire 216 15.82
Alexander Bowman 173 12.67
Informal votes 0 0.00
Turnout 1,365 51.16

McElhone was defeated at the by-election for Mudgee which was conducted on the same day.[1]

See also

References
  1. Green, Antony. "1883 results Mudgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  2. Rutledge, Martha. "Taylor, Adolphus George (1857 – 1900)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 1 May 2019 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  3. "Upper Hunter nomination". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 5 March 1883. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "Writ of election: Upper Hunter". New South Wales Government Gazette (68). 22 February 1883. p. 1007. Retrieved 10 October 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. Green, Antony. "1883 results Upper Hunter". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
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