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1904 Glebe state by-election
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Election result for Glebe, New South Wales, Australia
April 2021
April 2021
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Glebe on 10 September 1904 because James Hogue had been appointed Chief Secretary in the Carruthers ministry.Mr James Alexander Hogue (1846–1920) 885 Yes 8 June 2019 Until 1907, members appointed to a ministerial position were required to face a by-election. These were generally uncontested. On this occasion a poll was required in Bingara (Samuel Moore), Glebe and Tenterfield (Charles Lee) and all were comfortably re-elected. The four other ministers, Joseph Carruthers (St George), James Ashton (Goulburn), Broughton O'Conor (Sherbrooke) and Charles Wade (Gordon), were re-elected unopposed.1904 to 1907 by-elections 1904 ByElections 13 September 2020
Vincent Taylor was considered a vexatious candidate.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14639577 Ministerial elections: Glebe The Sydney Morning Herald 7 September 1904 13 September 2020 7 Trove He was a candidate at the 1901 election for Sydney-King, receiving 4 votes,1901 Sydney-King 31 March 2020 and then for the Belmore Ward of the Sydney City Council, receiving just 3 votes.
Dates
Date Event 27 August 1904 James Hogue appointed Chief Secretary.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226484697 Appointment of ministers Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 480 30 August 1904 13 September 2020 6603 Trove 30 August 1904 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article226484504 Writ of election: Glebe Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 485 30 August 1904 13 September 2020 6647 Trove 6 September 1904 Nominations. 10 September 1904 Polling day 20 September 1904 Return of writ
Result
[[1904 Glebe state by-election|1904 Glebe by-election]]Saturday 10 September1904 Glebe by-election 1904 Glebe_1 13 September 2020https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article237842220 State elections: electoral district of The Glebe The Daily Telegraph 13 September 1904 13 September 2020 1 Trove
Liberal Reform
James Hogue (re-elected)
1,684
95.0
independent
Vincent Taylor
88
5.0
1,772
99.4
10
0.6
1,782
20.6estimate based on an electoral roll of 8,632 at the August 1904 election.1904 The Glebe 1904 Glebe 10 December 2019
Liberal Reform
No
James Hogue was appointed Chief Secretary in the Carruthers ministry.
Aftermath
These were the final ministerial by-elections as the Constitution of New South Wales was amended to exempt any office of the executive government created by an Act of Parliament from being an office of profit under the crown, disqualifying a person from sitting in parliament.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article220931078 Parliamentary Elections Act 1906 Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales 59 15 May 1907 13 September 2020 2717–34 Trove
See also
Electoral results for the district of Glebeexist List of New South Wales ministerial by-elections * List of New South Wales ministerial by-elections
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