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By-election in New South Wales, Australia

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of West Sydney on 7 July 1865 because of the resignation of John Darvall to return to England.

Dates

Date Event
22 June 1865 John Darvall resigned.
28 June 1865 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
5 July 1865 Nominations
7 July 1865 Polling day
12 July 1865 Return of writ

Result

1865 West Sydney by-election
Friday 7 July 
Candidate Votes %
Geoffrey Eagar (elected) 1,314 53.8
William Love 1,130 46.2
Total formal votes 2,444 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 2,444 31.3

See also

References

  1. Rathbone, R W. "Darvall, Sir John Bayley (1809 - 1883)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  2. "Sir John Bayley Darvall MA, QC (1809-1883)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  3. "Writ of election: West Sydney". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 139. 28 June 1865. p. 1433. Retrieved 7 September 2020 – via Trove.
  4. Green, Antony. "July 1865 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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