A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Central Cumberland on 29 August 1891 because of the death of Robert Ritchie (Free Trade). [1]
Date | Event |
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16 August 1891 | Robert Ritchie died. [1] |
20 August 1891 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [2] |
22 August 1891 | Nominations |
29 August 1891 | Polling day from 8 am until 4 pm |
8 September 1891 | Return of writ |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Jacob Garrard (elected) | 1,674 | 39.3 | ||
Labour | John Marshall | 904 | 21.2 | ||
Protectionist | John Gannon | 679 | 16.0 | ||
Protectionist | Cyrus Fuller | 403 | 9.5 | ||
Free Trade | Thomas Taylor | 324 | 7.6 | ||
Free Trade | William Brodie | 272 | 6.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,256 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 109 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,365 | 44.0 | |||
Free Trade hold | |||||
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