A by-election for the seat of Singleton in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 14 August 1894 because Albert Gould (Free Trade) had been appointed Minister for Justice in the Reid ministry.[1][2] Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested and four ministers were re-elected unopposed, James Brunker (East Maitland), Joseph Carruthers (St George), Jacob Garrard (Sherbrooke) and James Young (The Manning). A poll was required in Bathurst (Sydney Smith), Hartley (Joseph Cook), Singleton and Sydney-King (George Reid) however all were comfortably re-elected.[3]
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Electoral district of Singleton in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 63.0 % ( 18.2%) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Dates
edit| Date | Event |
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| 17 July 1894 | 1894 New South Wales colonial election |
| 3 August 1894 | Reid ministry appointed.[4] |
| 4 August 1894 | Writ of election issued by the Governor.[5][a] |
| 10 August 1894 | Day of nomination |
| 14 August 1894 | Polling day |
| 24 August 1894 | Return of writ |
Result
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Free Trade | Albert Gould (re-elected) | 1,008 | 69.0 | +22.4 | |
| Labour | Robert Connelly | 452 | 31.0 | +9.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,460 | 98.3 | −0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 25 | 1.7 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,485 | 63.0 [b] | −18.2 | ||
| Free Trade hold | |||||
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Ordinarily the writ for a by-election would be issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, however the ministers were appointed before Parliament convened and the writs were issued by the Governor.
- ^ Estimate based on a roll of 2,359 at the July 1894 election.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1894 Singleton by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Sir Albert John Gould (1847–1936)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1894 to 1895 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ "Appointment of ministers". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 506. 3 August 1894. p. 4891. Retrieved 25 September 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Writ of election: Singleton". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 507. 4 August 1894. p. 4894. Retrieved 21 April 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 November 2019.