1883 Newtown colonial by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Newtown on 13 January 1883. The election was triggered by the appointment of Henry Copeland as Secretary for Public Works in the Stuart ministry. [1]

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George Reid comfortably retained his seat at the East Sydney by-election held the week before, [2] while the six other ministers, Alexander Stuart (Illawarra), George Dibbs (St Leonards), Henry Cohen (West Maitland), James Farnell (New England), Francis Wright (Redfern) and Joseph Abbott (Gunnedah), were re-elected unopposed. [3]

Dates

DateEvent
5 January 1883Henry Copeland accepts appointment as Secretary for Public Works. [1]
6 January 1883 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [4]
11 January 1883Nominations
13 January 1883Polling day
16 January 1883Return of writ

Results

1883 Newtown by-election
Saturday 13 January [5]
CandidateVotes%
Joseph Mitchell (elected)1,24950.7
Henry Copeland (defeated)1,21749.4
Total formal votes2,466100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 2,46664.7

Aftermath

The next by-election was held the following week for East Sydney and Henry Copeland was comfortably elected. [6]

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References

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  2. Green, Antony. "1883 East Sydney by-election 1". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. Green, Antony. "1882 to 1885 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  4. "Writ of election: Newtown". New South Wales Government Gazette (13). 6 January 1883. p. 144. Retrieved 12 November 2019 via Trove.
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