1859 Mudgee colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Mudgee on 19 December 1859 because of the resignation of Lyttleton Bayley. Bayley had been appointed to the Legislative Council in January 1859, shortly after arriving in the colony and the following month was appointed Attorney General in the Cowper Government. The government fell in October 1859 and Bayley resigned from parliament the following month.[1]

Dates

Date	Event
28 November 1859	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly and close of electoral rolls.[2]
16 December 1859	Nominations
19 December 1859	Polling day
23 December 1859	Return of writ

Results

1859 Mudgee by-election
Monday 19 December [3]

Candidate		Votes	%
Samuel Terry (elected)		342	47.6
T H Sinden		376	52.4
Total formal votes		718	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		718	35.6

See also

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

References

1. Walsh, G P. "Bayley, Sir Lyttleton Holyoake (1827–1910)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 11 October 2019 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
2. "Writ of election: Mudgee". New South Wales Government Gazette (240). 28 November 1859. p. 2599. Retrieved 11 October 2019 – via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1859 results Mudgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.