1884 Northumberland colonial by-election

A by-election for the seat of Northumberland in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 26 May 1884 because of the resignation of Atkinson Tighe due to ill health.^[1]^[2]

Dates[]

Date	Event
7 May 1884	Atkinson Tighe resigned.^[3]
8 May 1884	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[4]
22 May 1884	Day of nomination
26 May 1884	Polling day
3 June 1884	Return of writ

William Christie was a surveyor from Sydney who stood unsuccessfully for Tenterfield in 1880, Northumberland and Gloucester in 1882.^[5]

Thomas Hungerford was a free trader and a former member for Northumberland who had decided to stand for The Upper Hunter at the 1882 election but was defeated.^[6]

Richard Luscombe was a co-founder of the Protection and Political Reform League with the other sitting member for Northumberland, Ninian Melville.^[7]

^ O'Donnell, Dan (1976). "Tighe, Atkinson Alfred Patrick (1827–1905)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 17 January 2021 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1884 Northumberland by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ "Mr Atkinson Alfred Patrick Tighe (1827-1905)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Northumberland". New South Wales Government Gazette (211). 8 May 1884. p. 2977. Retrieved 23 May 2021 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "Index to Candidates: Chedid to Coady". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ "Mr Thomas Hungerford (1823-1904)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
^ "Mr Richard Charles Luscombe". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2019.

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