1858 Victoria colonial by-election

1858 Victoria colonial by-election

←  1857 5 January 1858 1860  →
Electoral district of Victoria in the South Australian House of Assembly
Candidate George Charles Hawker FPTP  vote Unopposed
MHA before election Robert Rowland Leake Elected MHA George Charles Hawker

The 1857 Victoria colonial by-election was held on 5 January 1858 to elect the member for Victoria in the South Australian House of Assembly, after sitting member Robert Rowland Leake resigned on 8 December 1857.

George Charles Hawker won the by-election unopposed.

Background

The by-election was trigged after Robert Rowland Leake resigned on 8 December 1857.

1857 election result

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

1857 South Australian colonial election: Victoria ^[1]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Rowland Leake (elected 1)		Unopposed	N/A

Results

1858 Victoria colonial by-election ^[2]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Charles Hawker		Unopposed	N/A

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.