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By-election in New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Newcastle on 14 April 1891 because of the death of James Fletcher (Protectionist).[1][2]
The East Sydney by-election was held on the same day.
Date | Event |
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19 March 1891 | Death of James Fletcher.[1] |
31 March 1891 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[3] |
10 April 1891 | Day of nomination |
14 April 1891 | Polling day |
21 April 1881 | Return of writ |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | William Grahame (elected) | 2,081 | 45.6 | ||
Labor | John Fegan | 2,065 | 45.2 | ||
Free Trade | Peter Bennett | 420 | 9.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,566 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 69 | 1.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,635 | 63.7 | −0.5 | ||
Protectionist hold |
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