1881 Queanbeyan colonial by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Queanbeyan on 27 January 1881. The election was triggered by the resignation of James Thompson,[1][2] taking up the government position of Railway Land Valuator.[3]

Dates

Date Event
11 January 1881 James Thompson appointed to Legislative Council and Postmaster-General.[1]
12 January 1881 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[4]
24 January 1881 Nominations
27 January 1881 Polling day
8 February 1881 Return of writ

Candidates

  • Percy Hodgkinson was a surveyor, land agent and auctioneer in Queanbeyan, who was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1880 election.[6]

Result

1881 Queanbeyan by-election
Thursday 27 January [2]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Rutledge (elected) 502 50.7
Percy Hodgkinson 413 41.7
John Gale 76 7.7
Total formal votes 991 97.3
Informal votes 27 2.7
Turnout 1,018 59.5

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Mr James Banford Thompson (1832-1901)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1881 Queanbeyan by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Appointment J B Thompson to be Railway Land Valuator". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 49. 4 February 1881. p. 758. Retrieved 28 May 2021 – via Trove.
  4. ^ "Writ of election: Queanbeyan". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 18. 12 January 1881. p. 221. Retrieved 28 May 2021 – via Trove.
  5. ^ Lea-Scarlett, E J. "Gale, John (1831–1929)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1880 Queanbeyan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Queanbeyan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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