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By-election in New South Wales, Australia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Morpeth on 18 September 1862 because David Buchanan was insolvent and resigned his seat.[1] Buchanan had unsuccessfully sued the Sydney Morning Herald for libel and was required to pay their legal costs.[2] He was unable to pay and declared himself bankrupt.[1]
Date | Event |
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2 September 1862 | David Buchanan resigned.[3] |
Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[4] | |
16 September 1862 | Nominations at Morpeth.[5] |
18 September 1862 | Polling day between 9 am and 4 pm.[6] |
25 September 1862 | Return of writ |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Edward Close (elected) | 330 | 68.5 | |
David Buchanan (defeated) | 152 | 31.5 | |
Total formal votes | 482 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 482 | 61.5 |
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