1858 City of Adelaide colonial by-election

1858 City of Adelaide colonial by-election

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Electoral district of City of Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly
Registered	2,911
Turnout	1,231 (42.3%)
MS Candidate Judah Moss Solomon M Smith FPTP  vote 819 310 Percentage 72.5% 27.5% Swing 72.5 pp 27.5 pp
MHA before election Robert Richard Torrens Elected MHA Judah Moss Solomon

The 1858 City of Adelaide colonial by-election was held on 16 September 1858 to elect one of six members for City of Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly, after sitting member Robert Richard Torrens resigned on 1 July 1858. The by-election was held the same day as the Mount Barker colonial by-election.

Judah Moss Solomon won the by-election with 73 per cent of the vote.

Background

The by-election was trigged after Robert Richard Torrens resigned on 1 July 1858.

1857 election result

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1857 South Australian colonial election (House of Assembly) § City of Adelaide.[ edit ]

1857 South Australian colonial election: City of Adelaide ^[1]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
Robert Richard Torrens (elected 1)		1,208	16.0	+16.0
Richard Davies Hanson (elected 2)		1,179	15.6	+15.6
Francis Stacker Dutton (elected 3)		1,145	15.2	+15.2
Boyle Travers Finniss (elected 4)		1,103	14.6	+14.6
John Bentham Neales (elected 5)		959	12.7	+12.7
William Henville Burford (elected 6)		620	8.2	+8.2
Patrick Boyce Coglin		413	5.5	+5.5
William Parkin		325	4.3	+4.3
W Pearce		310	4.1	+4.1
EC Homersham		272	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes		1,703	94.9	+94.9
Informal votes		92	5.1	+5.1
Turnout		1,795	52.8	+52.8

Results

1858 City of Adelaide colonial by-election ^[2]

Candidate		Votes	%	±
Judah Moss Solomon		819	72.5	+72.5
M Smith		310	27.5	+27.5
Total formal votes		516	98.7	+2.1
Informal votes		7	1.3	–2.2
Turnout		523	70.9	–9.3

See also

• List of South Australian House of Assembly by-elections

References

1. Jaencsh, Dean (March 2007). "History of South Australian Elections, 1857–2006, House of Assembly, Volume 1" (PDF). pp. 26–27 – via Internet Archive.
2. Jaencsh, Dean (March 2007). "History of South Australian Elections, 1857–2006, House of Assembly, Volume 1" (PDF). p. 27 – via Internet Archive.

• "Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007" (PDF). Parliament of South Australia. 24 April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2011.