1895 Rylstone colonial by-election

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1895 Rylstone colonial by-election
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Electoral district of Rylstone in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales
Turnout69.6%
 Majority partyMinority party
 
FTP
 William Chandos Wall MP.jpg
Candidate John Fitzpatrick William Wall
Party Free Trade Protectionist
Popular vote659608
Percentage51.4%47.5%
 Third party
 
Ind
Candidate Thomas Williams
Party Independent
Popular vote14
Percentage1.1%
MLA before election

John Fitzpatrick
Free Trade

Elected MLA

John Fitzpatrick
Free Trade

A by-election for the seat of Rylstone in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 14 October 1895 because the Committee of Elections and Qualifications declared that the election of John Fitzpatrick at the election for Rylstone in July, with a margin of 6 votes, was void because of gross negligence by the returning officer by not initialing 266 ballot papers (19.6%). [1] [2]

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Dates

DateEvent
24 July 1895Rylstone election. [3]
3 September 1895 William Wall filed a petition against the election. [4]
18 September 1895Rylstone election declared void. [2]
24 September 1895 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [5]
3 October 1895Nominations
14 October 1895Polling day
31 October 1895Return of writ

Result

1895 Rylstone by-election
Monday 14 October  [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade John Fitzpatrick (elected)65951.4
Protectionist William Wall 60847.5
Independent Labour Thomas Williams   [lower-alpha 1] 141.1
Total formal votes1,28197.9
Informal votes282.1
Turnout 1,30969.6  [lower-alpha 2]
Free Trade gain from Protectionist  

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Thomas Williams withdrew prior to the poll. [6] [7]
  2. ↑ Estimate based on a roll of 1,882 at the July 1895 election. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1895 Rylstone by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 April 2021.
  2. 1 2 "The election for Rylstone". The Sydney Morning Herald . 19 September 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 17 April 2021– via Trove.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Rylstone". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Petition against the election of John Fitzpatrick". New South Wales Government Gazette (607). 10 September 1895. pp. 5893–4. Retrieved 17 April 2021– via Trove.
  5. ↑ "Writ of election: Rylstone". New South Wales Government Gazette (639). 25 September 1895. p. 6213. Retrieved 17 April 2021– via Trove.
  6. "Rylstone". The Maitland Daily Mercury . 15 October 1895. p. 8. Retrieved 17 April 2021– via Trove.
  7. "The Rylstone election". Windsor and Richmond Gazette . 19 October 1895. p. 6. Retrieved 17 April 2021– via Trove.
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