June 1863 East Maitland colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Maitland on 18 June 1863 because of the death of James Dickson.^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
28 April 1863	James Dickson died.[1]
8 June 1863	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
17 June 1863	Nominations.[3]
18 June 1863	Polling day
22 June 1863	Return of writ

Result

June 1863 East Maitland by-election
Thursday, 18 June ^[4]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Darvall (elected)		194	50.7
Archibald Hamilton		189	49.4
Total formal votes		383	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		383	49.9

See also

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