1858 City of Adelaide colonial by-election

none 1858 City of Adelaide colonial by-election South Australia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg parliamentary no 1857 South Australian colonial election 1857 16 September 1858 1859 City of Adelaide colonial by-election 1859 2,911 1,231 (42.3%) FPTP Electoral district of City of Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly Judah Moss Solomon.jpeg 300 120 160 45 110 888 Judah Moss Solomon 819 72.5% 72.5 pp Independent politicians in Australia MS 888 M Smith 310 27.5% 27.5 pp MHA Robert Richard Torrens Judah Moss Solomon The 1858 City of Adelaide colonial by-election was held on 16 September 1858 to elect one of six members for City of Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly, after sitting member Robert Richard Torrens resigned on 1 July 1858. The by-election was held the same day as the Mount Barker by-election. Judah Moss Solomon won the by-election with 73 per cent of the vote. Background The by-election was trigged after Robert Richard Torrens resigned on 1 July 1858. 1857 election result Results of the 1857 South Australian colonial election (House of Assembly) City of Adelaide y Results 1858 City of 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 Judah Moss Solomon 819 72.5 +72.5 M Smith 310 27.5 +27.5 516 98.7 +2.1 7 1.3 –2.2 523 70.9 –9.3 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 Category:September 1858 in Australia