A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Northumberland on 30 April 1880 because Thomas Hungerford resigned attend to personal business matters. [1]
Date | Event |
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14 April 1880 | Thomas Hungerford resigned. [2] |
15 April 1880 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [3] |
28 April 1880 | Nominations. [4] |
30 April 1880 | Polling day between 9 am and 4 pm. |
10 May 1880 | Return of writ |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Ninian Melville (elected) | 1,240 | 42.0 | |
Joseph Creer | 931 | 31.6 | |
Sir William Gordon | 749 | 25.4 | |
George Maclean | 30 | 1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 2,950 | 96.3 | |
Informal votes | 112 | 3.7 | |
Turnout | 3,062 | 60.6 | |
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