July 1865 West Sydney colonial by-election

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.[1]

Dates

Date Event
22 June 1865 John Darvall resigned.[2]
28 June 1865 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[3]
5 July 1865 Nominations
7 July 1865 Polling day
12 July 1865 Return of writ

Result

1865 West Sydney by-election
Friday 7 July [4]
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.