1864 East Macquarie colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 6 October 1864 because of the resignation of William Suttor Sr.^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
11 September 1864	William Suttor Sr. resigned.[1]
19 September 1864	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
3 October 1864	Nominations
6 October 1864	Polling day
15 October 1864	Return of writ

Result

1864 East Macquarie by-election
Thursday 6 October ^[3]

Candidate		Votes	%
David Buchanan (elected)		375	52.2
Joseph West		343	48.8
Total formal votes		718	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		718	32.0

See also

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