1861 East Sydney colonial by-election

By-election in New South Wales, Australia June 2021 June 2021 A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Sydney on 29 May 1861 because Henry Parkes had resigned having accepted a government commission with a salary of 1000 yes no to travel to England to lecture on immigration with William Bede Dalley.A W Martin Parkes, Sir Henry (1815–96) parkes-sir-henry-4366 29 January 2019 Dates Date Event 13 May 1861 Henry Parkes resigned.Sir Henry Parkes (1815–1896) 426 Yes 5 April 2019 14 May 1861 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230062791 Writs of election: East Sydney New South Wales Government Gazette 112 15 May 1861 6 September 2020 1058 Trove 27 May 1861 Nominations 29 May 1861 Polling day 1 June 1861 Return of writ Result [[1861 East Sydney colonial by-election|1861 East Sydney by-election]]Wednesday 29 May1861 East Sydney by-election 1860 EastSydney_1 6 September 2020 William Forster (elected) 1273 48.7 James Neale 1179 45.1 Charles Fowler 77 3.0 Thomas Duigan 56 2.1 James Martin 25 1.0 Thomas Argent 2 0.1 2,612 100.0 0 0.0 2,612 35.5 Henry Parkes resigned having accepted a government commission. See also Electoral results for the district of East Sydney List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:1861 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1860s in New South Wales