1894 Singleton colonial by-election

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1894 Singleton colonial by-election
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  July 1894 14 August 1894 1895  

Electoral district of Singleton in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales
Turnout63.0 % (Decrease2.svg 18.2%)
 First partySecond party
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ALP
Candidate Albert Gould Robert Connelly
Party Free Trade Labor
Popular vote1,008452
Percentage69.0%31.0%

MLA before election

Albert Gould
Free Trade

Elected MLA

Albert Gould
Free Trade

A by-election for the seat of Singleton in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 14 August 1894 because Albert Gould (Free Trade) had been appointed Minister for Justice in the Reid ministry. [1] [2] Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested and four ministers were re-elected unopposed, James Brunker (East Maitland), Joseph Carruthers (St George), Jacob Garrard (Sherbrooke) and James Young (The Manning). A poll was required in Bathurst (Sydney Smith), Hartley (Joseph Cook), Singleton and Sydney-King (George Reid) however all were comfortably re-elected. [3]

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Dates

DateEvent
17 July 1894 1894 New South Wales colonial election
3 August 1894Reid ministry appointed. [4]
4 August 1894 Writ of election issued by the Governor. [5] [a]
10 August 1894Day of nomination
14 August 1894Polling day
24 August 1894Return of writ

Result

1894 Singleton by-election
Tuesday 14 August [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Albert Gould (re-elected)1,00869.0+22.4
Labour Robert Connelly45231.0+9.4
Total formal votes1,46098.3−0.6
Informal votes251.7+0.6
Turnout 1,48563.0 [b] −18.2
Free Trade hold 

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Notes

  1. Ordinarily the writ for a by-election would be issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, however the ministers were appointed before Parliament convened and the writs were issued by the Governor.
  2. Estimate based on a roll of 2,359 at the July 1894 election. [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1894 Singleton by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. "Sir Albert John Gould (1847–1936)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  3. Green, Antony. "1894 to 1895 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  4. "Appointment of ministers". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 506. 3 August 1894. p. 4891. Retrieved 25 September 2020 via Trove.
  5. "Writ of election: Singleton". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 507. 4 August 1894. p. 4894. Retrieved 21 April 2021 via Trove.
  6. Green, Antony. "1894 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 November 2019.