1891 Illawarra colonial by-election

A by-election for the seat of Illawarra in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 3 October 1891 because the Elections and Qualifications Committee declared that the election of John Nicholson and Andrew Lysaght Sr. at the election for Illawarra in June was void because of there were insufficient printed ballot papers and handwritten papers were used.^[1]^[2]

Dates

Date	Event
24 June 1891	Illawarra election.^[3]
11 July 1891	Alexander Artis filed a petition against the election.^[4]
16 September 1891	Illawarra by-election declared void.^[2]
22 September 1891	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[5]
28 September 1891	Nominations
3 October 1891	Polling day
19 October 1891	Return of writ

1891 Illawarra by-election
Saturday 3 October ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	John Nicholson (elected 1)	1,432	37.3
	Free Trade	Archibald Campbell (elected 2)	1,055	27.5
	Protectionist	Andrew Lysaght Sr. defeated	1,009	26.3
	Free Trade	Joseph Mitchell	344	9.0
Total formal votes			3,840	99.4
Informal votes			24	0.6
Turnout			3,864	59.4
	Labour hold 1
	Free Trade gain 1 from Protectionist

^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1891 Illawarra by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b "The members for Illawarra". Illawarra Mercury. 19 September 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 29 September 2020 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1891 Illawarra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
^ "Petition against the election of John Nicholson and Andrew Lysaght". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 466. 20 July 1891. pp. 5627–8. Retrieved 29 September 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Writ of election: Illawarra". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 611. 22 September 1891. p. 7555. Retrieved 29 September 2020 – via Trove.