1858 Port Adelaide colonial by-election

none September 2025 1858 Port Adelaide colonial by-election South Australia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg parliamentary no 1857 South Australian colonial election 1857 11 October 1858 1860 South Australian colonial election 1860 1,064 342 (32.1%) FPTP Electoral district of Port Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly Independent politicians in Australia EGC 888 Edward Gascoigne Collinson 183 56.1% 56.1 pp Emanuel Solomon.jpeg 350 120 160 45 155 888 Emanuel Solomon 143 43.9% 43.9 pp MHA John Bristow Hughes Edward Gascoigne Collinson The 1858 Port Adelaide colonial by-election was held on 11 October 1858 to elect one of two members for Port Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly, after sitting member John Bristow Hughes resigned on 24 September 1858. Edward Gascoigne Collinson won the by-election with 56 per cent of the vote. Background The by-election was trigged after John Bristow Hughes resigned on 24 September 1858. 1857 election result Results of the 1857 South Australian colonial election (House of Assembly) Port Adelaide y Results 1858 Port Adelaide colonial by-electionhttps://ia600203.us.archive.org/25/items/history-of-south-australian-elections-1857-2006-house-of-assembly-volume-1/HISTORY%20OF%20SOUTH%20AUSTRALIAN%20ELECTIONS%20-%C2%A01857%20-%202006%C2%A0House%20of%20Assembly%2C%C2%A0Volume%201%C2%A0by%20Dean%20Jaensch%20%28PDF%207MB%29.pdf History of South Australian Elections, 1857–2006, House of Assembly, Volume 1 Dean Jaencsh March 2007 Internet Archive 27 Edward Gascoigne Collinson 183 56.1 +56.1 Emanuel Solomon 143 43.9 +43.9 326 92.2 –5.4 16 4.7 +2.3 342 32.1 –31.2 See also List of South Australian House of Assembly by-elections References http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf Statistical Record of the Legislature 1836–2007 24 April 2007 Parliament of South Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20110312023915/http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/AboutParliament/From1836/Documents/StatisticalRecordoftheLegislature1836to20093.pdf 12 March 2011 dead Category:1858 elections in Australia Category:South Australian state by-elections