1882 Northumberland colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Northumberland on 18 January 1882 because of the resignation of William Turner.^[1] Members of parliament were unpaid at the time. Turner was paid by a subscription, said to be £0.08 per member of the Reform League. Subscriptions however proved to be inadequate to support him and he resigned from parliament.^[2]

Dates

Date	Event
20 December 1881	William Turner resigned.[1]
23 December 1881	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[3]
16 January 1882	Nominations at Waratah
18 January 1882	Polling day
20 February 1882	Return of writ

Candidates

• William Grisdale was an auctioneer and Newcastle Alderman. This was his first time standing for the Legislative Assembly and he died the following month.

• Thomas Hungerford was a pastoralist and a former member for Northumberland who had been defeated by William Turner at the 1880 election.^[4]

Result

1882 Northumberland by-election
Wednesday 18 January ^[5]

Candidate		Votes	%
Thomas Hungerford (elected)		1,339	53.7
William Grisdale		1,155	46.3
Total formal votes		2,494	98.4
Informal votes		40	1.6
Turnout		2,534	71.0

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Northumberland
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

References

1. "Mr William Turner (1837-1916)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
2. "Death of Mr W Turner". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 26 April 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Trove.
3. "Writ of election: Northumberland". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 563. 23 December 1881. p. 6759. Retrieved 29 May 2021 – via Trove.
4. "Mr Thomas Hungerford (1823-1904)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
5. Green, Antony. "1882 Northumberland by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 May 2021.