1879 East Macquarie colonial by-election

By-election in New South Wales, Australia May 2021 May 2021 A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Macquarie on 15 August 1879 because of the resignation of William Suttor Jr.Mr William Henry Suttor (Junior) (1834–1905) 682 Yes 19 April 2019 Dates Date Event 23 July 1879 William Suttor Jr resigned. 24 July 1879 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223434093 Writ of election: East Macquarie New South Wales Government Gazette 268 24 July 1879 4 September 2020 3273 Trove 11 August 1879 Nominations 5 August 1879 Polling day 29 August 1879 Return of writ Candidates Edward Combes had been the member for Orange, until his seat was declared vacant because the Elections and Qualifications Committee held that his position of Executive Commissioner for New South Wales at the Paris International Exhibition was an office of profit under the crown.combes-edward-3248 Combes, Edward (1830-1895) Nairn Bede 15 November 2019 Thomas Dalveen was a publican from Bathurst.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13455038 Bathurst The Sydney Morning Herald 26 July 1879 4 September 2020 5 Trove This was his third attempt at election, having previously been unsuccessful at East Macquarie in 1878,1878 results East Macquarie 1877 MacquarieEast_2 4 September 2020 and Orange in March 1879.1879 results Orange 1877 Orange_1 4 September 2020 He would stand four more times over the following four years, but was unsuccessful on each occasion.Index to Candidates: Croal to Darby CandidateIndexes CandidateIndex14 4 September 2020 Result [[1879 East Macquarie colonial by-election|1879 East Macquarie by-election]]Friday 15 August1879 results East Macquarie 1877 MacquarieEast_3 4 September 2020 Edward Combes (elected) 784 72.1 Thomas Dalveen 303 27.9 1,087 100.0 0 0.0 1,087 51.5 William Suttor Jr. resigned. See also Electoral results for the district of East Macquarie List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:1879 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1870s in New South Wales Category:August 1879 in Australia