July 1865 West Sydney colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of West Sydney on 7 July 1865 because of the resignation of John Darvall to return to England.^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
22 June 1865	John Darvall resigned.[2]
28 June 1865	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[3]
5 July 1865	Nominations
7 July 1865	Polling day
12 July 1865	Return of writ

Result

1865 West Sydney by-election
Friday 7 July ^[4]

Candidate		Votes	%
Geoffrey Eagar (elected)		1,314	53.8
William Love		1,130	46.2
Total formal votes		2,444	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		2,444	31.3

See also

• Electoral results for the district of West Sydney
• List of New South Wales state by-elections