1867 East Macquarie colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 26 August 1867 because of the resignation of David Buchanan to return to Scotland.^[1][2]

Dates

Date	Event
1 August 1867	David Buchanan resigned.[1]
1 August 1867	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[3]
15 August 1867	Nominations
26 August 1867	Polling day
10 September 1867	Return of writ

Result

1867 East Macquarie by-election
Monday 26 August ^[4]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Suttor (elected)		914	70.7
Robert Forster		378	29.3
Total formal votes		1,292	37.8
Informal votes		43	3.2
Turnout		1,335	63.0

See also

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