The West Moreton colonial by-election, January 1861 was a by-election held on 12 January 1861 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
By-elections, also spelled bye-elections, are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.
West Moreton was the name of two incarnations of an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland.
On 21 December 1860, Alfred Broughton, member for West Moreton, resigned. Henry Challinor won the resulting by-election on 12 January 1861. [1]
Alfred Delves Broughton was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Henry Challinor was a physician and politician in the Colony of Queensland.
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The electoral district of Moreton was a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Queensland. It was first created in a redistribution ahead of the 1878 colonial election, and existed until the 1912 state election.
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The East Moreton colonial by-election, 1860 was a by-election held on 27 October 1860 in the electoral district of East Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The West Moreton colonial by-election, May 1861 was a by-election held on 31 May 1861 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The West Moreton colonial by-election, 1862 was a by-election held on 15 December 1862 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
The West Moreton colonial by-election, 1866 was a by-election held on 11 September 1866 in the electoral district of West Moreton for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
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