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]
Date | Event |
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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 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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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 |