1904 Bingara state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Bingara on 14 September 1904 because Samuel Moore had been appointed Secretary for Mines in the Carruthers ministry. ^[1] Until 1904, members appointed to a ministerial position were required to face a by-election. These were generally uncontested. On this occasion a poll was required in Bingara, Glebe (James Hogue) and Tenterfield (Charles Lee) and all were comfortably re-elected. The four other ministers, Joseph Carruthers (St George), James Ashton (Goulburn), Broughton O'Conor (Sherbrooke) and Charles Wade (Gordon), were re-elected unopposed. ^[2]

Dates

Date	Event
27 August 1904	Samuel Moore appointed Secretary for Mines. [3]
30 August 1904	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. [4]
8 September 1904	Nominations
14 September 1904	Polling day
20 September 1904	Return of writ

Result

1904 Bingara by-election
Wednesday 14 September  ^{[5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Samuel Moore (re-elected)	2,261	79.8
	Labour	Frank Foster	572	20.2
Total formal votes			2,833	100.0
Informal votes			0	0.0
Turnout			2,833	73.8  [a]
	Liberal Reform hold		Swing	N/A

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Bingara

Notes

1. Estimate based on an electoral roll of 6,471 at the August 1904 election. ^[7]

References

1. "The Hon. Samuel Wilkinson Moore (1854-1935)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
2. Green, Antony. "1904 to 1907 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 September 2020.
3. "Appointment of ministers". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 480. 30 August 1904. p. 6603. Retrieved 13 September 2020– via Trove.
4. "Writ of election: Bingara". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 485. 30 August 1904. p. 6648. Retrieved 10 October 2020– via Trove.
5. Green, Antony. "1904 Bingara by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 October 2020.
6. "The election". Bundarra & Tingha Advocate . 17 September 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2020– via Trove.
7. Green, Antony. "1904 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 October 2020.