1873 East Macquarie colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 1 December 1873 because Sir James Martin's seat was declared vacant on accepting appointment as Chief Justice of New South Wales.[1]

Dates

Date	Event
11 November 1873	Sir James Martin's seat declared vacant.[1]
12 November 1873	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
24 November 1873	Nominations
1 December 1873	Polling day
16 December 1873	Return of writ

Result

1873 East Macquarie by-election
Monday 1 December [3]

Candidate		Votes	%
Walter Cooper (elected)		513	46.8
Henry Rotton		357	32.5
Bernhardt Holtermann		224	20.4
John Smeed		3	0.3
Total formal votes		1,097	94.7
Informal votes		61	5.3
Turnout		1,158	39.2

See also

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

References

1. "Sir James Martin [1] (1820–1886)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2011.
2. "Writ of election: East Macquarie". New South Wales Government Gazette (259). 13 November 1873. p. 3141. Retrieved 3 September 2020 – via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "1873 results East Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2020.