1860 Windsor colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Windsor on 12 March 1860 because of the resignation of William Dalley.[1]

Dates
DateEvent
25 February 1860 William Dalley resigned.[1]
29 February 1860 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
9 March 1860 Nominations
12 March 1860 Polling day
15 March 1860 Return of writ

Candidates

Dr Julius Berncastle was a surgeon who specialised in the treatment of eyes (oculist) and ears (aurist).[3][4] He had stood as a candidate at the 1860 election for West Sydney but had attracted less than 1% of the vote.[5]

William Walker was a solicitor and member of the Anti-Transportation League who had campaigned for John Darvall at the 1856 election for Cumberland North Riding and for Thomas Smith at the 1857 Cumberland North Riding by-election.[6]

Result
1860 Windsor by-election
Monday 12 March [7]
Candidate Votes %
William Walker (elected) 264 70.8
Julius Berncastle 102 29.2
Total formal votes 373 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 373 59.6

See also

References
  1. "Mr William Bede Dalley (1831–1888)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. "Writ of election: Windsor". New South Wales Government Gazette (44). 29 February 1860. p. 429. Retrieved 5 January 2021 – via Trove.
  3. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Berncastle, Julius" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  4. Gibbney, H J; Smith, Ann (1987). A Biographical register 1788-1939 : Notes from the Name Index of the Australian Dictionary of Biography (PDF). Canberra: Australian National University. p. 54. ISBN 0731500989. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. Green, Antony. "1860 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. Crew, Vernon (1976). "Walker, William (1828–1908)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 6. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 5 January 2021 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  7. Green, Antony. "1860 Windsor by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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