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1860 East Macquarie colonial by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 10 May 1860 because of the resignation of Thomas Hawkins.[1]

Dates

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Date Event
1 April 1860 Thomas Hawkins resigned.[1]
13 April 1860 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
30 April 1860 Nominations
10 May 1860 Polling day
23 May 1860 Return of writ

Result

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1860 East Macquarie by-election
Thursday 10 May [3]
Candidate Votes %
Daniel Deniehy (elected) 496 68.7
John McGuigan 215 29.8
Henry Dangar 11 1.5
Total formal votes 722 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 722 54.6

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Mr Thomas Jarman Hawkins (1809-1885)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Writ of election: East Macquarie". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 70. 14 April 1860. p. 729. Retrieved 3 September 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "1860 East Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2020.