1880 Northumberland 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 Northumberland on 30 April 1880 because Thomas Hungerford resigned attend to personal business matters.Ellis Ian Hungerford, Thomas (1823–1904) hungerford-thomas-3820 27 October 2014 Dates Date Event 14 April 1880 Thomas Hungerford resigned.Mr Thomas Hungerford (1823-1904) 535 Yes 23 June 2019 15 April 1880 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221627375 Writ of election: Northumberland New South Wales Government Gazette 132 16 April 1880 2021-06-01 1807 Trove 28 April 1880 Nominations.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18949568 Electorate of Northumberland. The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser 29 April 1880 1 June 2021 4–5 Trove 30 April 1880 Polling day between 9 am and 4 pm. 10 May 1880 Return of writ Candidates Joseph Creer was a cabinet maker and Newcastle councillor. This was his first candidacy for the Legislative Assembly.Index to Candidates: Copland to Crittenden CandidateIndexes CandidateIndex13 2021-06-01 Sir William Gordon was a surgeon from Murrurundi. This was his tenth and final time standing unsuccessfully for the Legislative Assembly.Index to Candidates: Ghalayini to Gorrick CandidateIndexes CandidateIndex22 2021-06-01 George Maclean was a free selector. He had previously stood unsuccessfully for the Liverpool Plains by-election in 1876.1876 Liverpool Plains by-election 1877-5 Liverpool Plains_1 2021-06-01 Ninian Melville was chairman of the Working Men's Defence Association and campaigned on a platform of protectionism and opposition to assisted immigration.Mansfield Bruce E. 1974 melville-ninian-4184 Melville, Ninian (1843 - 1897) 2021-06-01 He had twice been defeated for East Sydney in 1877 at the by-election in August and the general election in October.Elections for the District of East Sydney DistrictIndexes EastSydney 2021-06-01 Result [[1880 Northumberland colonial by-election|1880 Northumberland by-election]]Friday 30 April1880 Northumberland by-election 1877 Northumberland_1 2021-06-01 Ninian Melville (elected) 1240 42.0 Joseph Creer 931 31.6 Sir William Gordon 749 25.4 George Maclean 30 1.0 2,950 96.3 112 3.7 3,062 60.6 Thomas Hungerford resigned. See also Electoral results for the district of Northumberland List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:1880 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1880s in New South Wales