1867 East Macquarie colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 26 August 1867 because of the resignation of David Buchanan to return to Scotland.[1][2]

Dates

Date Event
1 August 1867 David Buchanan resigned.[1]
1 August 1867 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[3]
15 August 1867 Nominations
26 August 1867 Polling day
10 September 1867 Return of writ

Result

1867 East Macquarie by-election
Monday 26 August [4]
Candidate Votes %
John Suttor (elected) 914 70.7
Robert Forster 378 29.3
Total formal votes 1,292 37.8
Informal votes 43 3.2
Turnout 1,335 63.0

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mr David Buchanan (1823-1890)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Mr David Buchanan". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 3 August 1867. p. 4. Retrieved 11 June 2021 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Writ of election: East Macquarie". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 131. 2 August 1867. p. 1831. Retrieved 3 September 2020 – via Trove.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1867 East Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2020.