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A by-election was to be held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Bathurst County on 19 June 1856 because John Plunkett had been elected to two seats and chose to represent Argyle and resigned from Bathurst County.
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- ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sydney City". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1858 Sydney City". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- 1 2 Green, Antony. "Sydney City by-election 2 1856". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- 1 2 Green, Antony. "1856 Sydney City by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 June 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1856 Sydney City". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ↑ "This city election". The Sydney Morning Herald . 24 March 1856. p. 4. Retrieved 30 September 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ "Public meeting: Representation of Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald . 8 January 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ "Our Sydney "Bunch" of oligarchs". Freeman's Journal . 16 February 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ "Representation of Sydney". The Sydney Morning Herald . 22 January 1856. p. 5. Retrieved 30 September 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Cochrane, Peter (1 January 2006). Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy. Melbourne Univ. Publishing. ISBN 9780522853315.
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