1907 Blayney state by-election
Election result for Blayney, New South Wales, Australia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Blayney on 12 January 1907 because Paddy Crick (Progressive) resigned from Parliament after findings of corruption made by a Royal Commission.[1] Crick had also been expelled from the Legislative Assembly for outrageous behaviour in the chamber, however he was returned in the resulting by-election.[1]
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Electoral district of Blayney in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||
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The Royal Commission handed down an interim report in May 1906,[2] which found that 50% of the sums received by a land agent Peter Close were paid to Crick whilst he was Minister for Lands. The Legislative Assembly proposed to immediately deal with Crick, however the Speaker ruled that the Assembly could not deal with the matter as it might prejudice his criminal trial. Instead the assembly amended its standing orders and suspended Crick pending the outcome of his criminal trial.[3] The jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict,[4] and the Attorney General declined to prosecute the matter again as evidence before the Royal Commission had been ruled inadmissible in his criminal trial.[3] Crick then submitted his resignation from parliament, however before it was accepted the assembly passed a motion that he was guilty of conduct that rendered him ineligible to sit as a member.[1] Rutledge and Nairn stated this was due to old scores being paid off,[1] while Anne Twomey stated that this motion was passed to influence future voters not to vote for Crick.[3] In any event Crick did not nominate for the by-election.