1860 East Macquarie colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 10 May 1860 because of the resignation of Thomas Hawkins.^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
1 April 1860	Thomas Hawkins resigned.[1]
13 April 1860	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
30 April 1860	Nominations
10 May 1860	Polling day
23 May 1860	Return of writ

Result

1860 East Macquarie by-election
Thursday 10 May ^[3]

Candidate		Votes	%
Daniel Deniehy (elected)		496	68.7
John McGuigan		215	29.8
Henry Dangar		11	1.5
Total formal votes		722	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		722	54.6

See also

• Electoral results for the district of East Macquarie
• List of New South Wales state by-elections