1895 Boorowa colonial by-election

1895 Boorowa colonial by-election

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Electoral district of Boorowa in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales
Turnout	76.2% ( 3.9%)
First party Second party   ALP Candidate Kenneth Mackay James Toomey Party Protectionist Labor Popular vote 746 647 Percentage 53.6% 46.5%
MLA before election Thomas Slattery Protectionist Elected MLA Kenneth Mackay Protectionist

A by-election for the seat of Boorowa in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 24 January 1895 because Thomas Slattery (Protectionist) resigned to concentrate on his legal practice. ^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
1 January 1895	Thomas Slattery resigned. [2]
2 January 1895	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [3]
15 January 1895	Day of nomination
24 January 1895	Polling day
20 February 1895	Return of writ

Result

1895 Boorowa by-election
Thursday 24 January  ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Kenneth Mackay (elected)	746	53.6	-
	Labour	James Toomey	647	46.4	-
Total formal votes			1,393	99.2	+1.6
Informal votes			11	0.8	−1.6
Turnout			1,404	76.2  [a]	−3.9
	Protectionist hold

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Boorowa
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

Notes

1. Estimate based on a roll of 1,842 at the July 1894 election. ^[5]

References

1. Nairn, Bede (1988). "Slattery, Thomas Michael (1844–1920)". Australian Dictionary of Biography . Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN   978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN   1833-7538. OCLC   70677943 . Retrieved 21 April 2021.
2. "Mr Thomas Michael Slattery (1844-1920)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
3. "Writ of election: Boorowa". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 11. 2 January 1895. p. 123. Retrieved 21 April 2021– via Trove.
4. Green, Antony. "1895 Boorowa by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 19 April 2021.
5. Green, Antony. "1894 Boorowa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 November 2019.