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

Notes

References

1. Rathbone, R W. "Darvall, Sir John Bayley (1809 - 1883)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 8 September 2014 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
2. "Sir John Bayley Darvall MA, QC (1809-1883)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
3. "Writ of election: West Sydney". New South Wales Government Gazette (139). 28 June 1865. p. 1433. Retrieved 7 September 2020 – via Trove.
4. Green, Antony. "July 1865 West Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 September 2020.