By-election in New South Wales, Australia
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Newtown on 13 January 1883. The election was triggered by the appointment of Henry Copeland as Secretary for Public Works in the Stuart ministry.[1]
George Reid comfortably retained his seat at the East Sydney by-election held the week before,[2] while the six other ministers, Alexander Stuart (Illawarra), George Dibbs (St Leonards), Henry Cohen (West Maitland), James Farnell (New England), Francis Wright (Redfern) and Joseph Abbott (Gunnedah), were re-elected unopposed.[3]
Dates
Results
1883 Newtown by-election
Saturday 13 January [5]
Candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Joseph Mitchell (elected)
|
1,249
|
50.7
|
Henry Copeland (defeated)
|
1,217
|
49.4
|
Total formal votes
|
2,466
|
100.0
|
Informal votes
|
0
|
0.0
|
Turnout
|
2,466
|
64.7
|
Aftermath
The next by-election was held the following week for East Sydney and Henry Copeland was comfortably elected.[6]
See also
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