1881 Queanbeyan 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 Queanbeyan on 27 January 1881. The election was triggered by the resignation of James Thompson,Mr James Banford Thompson (1832-1901) 646 Yes 12 April 2019 taking up the government position of Railway Land Valuator.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223689424 Appointment J B Thompson to be Railway Land Valuator New South Wales Government Gazette 49 4 February 1881 28 May 2021 758 Trove Dates Date Event 11 January 1881 James Thompson appointed to Legislative Council and Postmaster-General. 12 January 1881 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article223688272 Writ of election: Queanbeyan New South Wales Government Gazette 18 12 January 1881 2021-05-28 221 Trove 24 January 1881 Nominations 27 January 1881 Polling day 8 February 1881 Return of writ Candidates John Gale was the publisher of a local paper, The Queanbeyan Age.Gale, John (1831–1929) E J Lea-Scarlett gale-john-3586 20 August 2019 Percy Hodgkinson was a surveyor, land agent and auctioneer in Queanbeyan, who was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1880 election.1880 Queanbeyan 2021-05-28 Thomas Rutledge was a pastoralist who was an unsuccessful candidate at the 1877 election.1877 Queanbeyan 2021-05-28 Result [[1881 Queanbeyan colonial by-election|1881 Queanbeyan by-election]]Thursday 27 January1881 Queanbeyan by-election 1880 Queanbeyan_1 2021-05-28 Thomas Rutledge (elected) 502 50.7 Percy Hodgkinson 413 41.7 John Gale 76 7.7 991 97.3 27 2.7 1,018 59.5 James Thompson resigned. See also Electoral results for the district of Queanbeyan List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:1881 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1880s in New South Wales