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1893 Macleay colonial by-election
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By-election in New South Wales, Australia
August 2020
August 2020
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Macleay on 29 May 1893 because of the resignation of Otho Dangar (Protectionist) due to insolvency. Mr Otho Orde Dangar (1842-1923) 790 Yes 16 June 2019
Dates
Date Event 5 May 1893 Otho Dangar resigned. 8 May 1893 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222199649 Writ of election: Macleay New South Wales Government Gazette 303 8 May 1893 2020-10-10 3579 Trove 22 May 1893 Nominations.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13932854 The Macleay nomination The Sydney Morning Herald 23 May 1893 23 April 2021 5 Trove 29 May 1893 Polling day 5 June 1893 Return of writ
Result
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Protectionist
Francis Clarke (elected)
1,035
55.0
Independent Protectionist
Otho Dangar (defeated)
846
45.0
1,881
100.0
0
0.0
1,881
59.8estimate based on an electoral roll of 3,148 at the 1891 election.Green 1891 Macleay|1891 Macleay 2020-10-10
Protectionist
Independent Protectionist
The by-election was caused by the resignation of Otho Dangar (Protectionist) due to bankruptcy.
See also
Electoral results for the district of Macleay
List of New South Wales state by-elections
Notes
References
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