1890 West Sydney colonial by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of West Sydney on 26 July 1890 because of the death of Alfred Lamb (Free Trade).[1]

Dates[]

Date Event
13 October 1890 Alfred Lamb died.[1]
16 October 1890 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
22 October 1890 Nominations
25 October 1890 Polling day
30 October 1890 Return of writ

Candidates[]

  • Adolphus Taylor was the editor of the Truth and had been the member for Mudgee from 1882 until 1887.[3][4]
  • John Taylor was a timber merchant who had been an alderman on the Sydney City Council since 1877 and before that an alderman and mayor of Balmain Council.[5] He had unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for Balmain at the 1880,[6] and 1882 elections.[7]
  • was the president of the Trades and Labor Council and was its endorsed candidate, however he ultimately did not nominate after some of the maritime unions supported Adolphus Taylor.[8][9][10]

Result[]

1890 West Sydney by-election
Wednesday 25 October [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Adolphus Taylor (elected) 3,455 63.8
Free Trade John Taylor 1,963 36.2
Total formal votes 5,418 97.9
Informal votes 116 2.1
Turnout 5,534 51.2
Independent gain from Free Trade  

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Mr Alfred Lamb (1845-1890)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Writ of election: West Sydney". New South Wales Government Gazette (586). 16 October 1890. p. 8015. Retrieved 6 November 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Mr Adolphus George Taylor (1857-1900)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  4. ^ Rutledge, Martha. "Taylor, Adolphus George (1857-1900)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 28 April 2021 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  5. ^ "John Taylor". Sydney's Aldermen. City of Sydney. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1880 Balmain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Balmain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  8. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1890 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  9. ^ "The West Sydney election". The Daily Telegraph. 21 October 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 6 November 2020 – via Trove.
  10. ^ Nairn, Bede (1969). "Brennan, Peter Joseph (1843–1906)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 6 November 2020 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
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