1890 West Sydney colonial by-election
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 |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[]
- ^ a b "Mr Alfred Lamb (1845-1890)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "Writ of election: West Sydney". New South Wales Government Gazette (586). 16 October 1890. p. 8015. Retrieved 6 November 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Mr Adolphus George Taylor (1857-1900)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "John Taylor". Sydney's Aldermen. City of Sydney. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1880 Balmain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Balmain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The West Sydney election". The Daily Telegraph. 21 October 1890. p. 4. Retrieved 6 November 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ 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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