May 1860 Tumut colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Tumut on 10 May 1860 because of the resignation of George Lang.[1]

Dates

Date	Event
10 April 1860	George Lang resigned.[1]
18 April 1860	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
3 May 1860	Nominations
10 May 1860	Polling day
22 May 1860	Writ due to be returned
4 June 1860	Poll held in Adelong

Result

1860 The Tumut by-election
Thursday 10 May [3]

Candidate		Votes	%
Daniel Deniehy (elected)		172	55.3
John Egan		139	44.7
Total formal votes		311	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		311	40.0

The by-election was overturned by the Election and Qualifications Committee due to voting irregularities.[3]

Aftermath

While Daniel Deniehy was declared elected he was also elected at the East Macquarie by-election held on the same day,[4] Deniehy took his seat as the member for East Macquarie and doesn't appear in the records kept by the Legislative Assembly as a member for Tumut.[5][6]

See also

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

References

1. "Mr George Dunmore Lang (1832-1875)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
2. "Writ of election: Tumut". New South Wales Government Gazette (76). 19 April 1860. p. 762. Retrieved 31 October 2020 – via Trove.
3. Green, Antony. "May 1860 The Tumut by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
4. Green, Antony. "1860 East Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
5. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
6. "Mr Daniel Henry Deniehy (1828-1865)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2016.