Electoral results for the district of The Hastings (New South Wales)
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election results for Hastings, New South Wales, Australia
The Hastings, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1880.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings Thursday 29 February [9]
Candidate
Votes
%
Robert Smith (re-elected)
907
47.0
Eugene Fattorini
586
30.4
James Garvan
435
22.6
Total formal votes
1,928
100.0
Informal votes
0
0.0
Turnout
1,928
59.9
1870 re-count[]
This section is an excerpt from 1870 The Hastings colonial election re-count § Result.[]
1870 The Hastings election re-count Friday 23 September [10][11]
Candidate
Votes
%
Robert Smith (elected)
N/A
The Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1870 The Hastings by-election and declared that Horace Dean was not qualified to be elected. No by-election was conducted, instead the committee declared that Robert Smith had been elected.[10]
1870 by-election[]
This section is an excerpt from 1870 The Hastings colonial by-election § Result.[]
1870 The Hastings by-election Monday 4 July [12][13]
Candidate
Votes
%
Horace Dean (elected)
953
68.4
Robert Smith
441
31.6
Total formal votes
1,394
100.0
Informal votes
0
0.0
Turnout
1,394
47.5
The Committee of Elections and Qualifications held that the election of Horace Dean was void because he held an office of profit under the crown at the time of his nomination.[12]
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^Green, Antony. "1874-5 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^Green, Antony. "1872 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^ ab"The Hastings election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 September 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 21 September 2020 – via Trove.
^Green, Antony. "1870 The Hastings election re-count". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ abGreen, Antony. "1870 The Hastings by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^The petition on 11 August stated a higher result, Dean 1,226 votes, Smith 482 votes."The Hastings petition". New South Wales Government Gazette (197). 16 August 1870. p. 1755. Retrieved 21 September 2020 – via Trove.
^Green, Antony. "1869-70 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^Green, Antony. "1864-5 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^Green, Antony. "1860 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^Green, Antony. "1859 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.