1884 West Macquarie colonial by-election

By-election in New South Wales, Australia May 2021 May 2021 A by-election for the seat of West Macquarie in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 2 July 1884 because of the resignation of Thomas Hellyer. Dates Date Event 17 June 1884 Thomas Hellyer resigned.760 Mr Thomas Henry Hellyer Yes 9 April 2019 18 June 1884 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221673998 Writ of election: West Macquarie New South Wales Government Gazette 285 18 June 1884 2021-05-23 3945 Trove 28 June 1884 Day of nomination at Perth.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28371010 Nominations for West Macquarie The Sydney Morning Herald 30 June 1884 23 May 2021 8 Trove 2 July 1884 Polling day 8 July 1884 Return of writ Candidates Lewis Lloyd was a copper miner and justice of the peace who did not initially canvass the electorate and only came forward when Charles Pilcher withdrew.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article135852209 The West Macquarie election Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate 4 July 1884 23 May 2021 2 Trove Charles Pilcher was the former member for West Macquarie before standing unsuccessfully for East Sydney in 1882. He withdrew prior to the nominations. William Richardson was a commission agent from Sydney who was supported by the Protection and Political Reform League and Richard Luscombe, the newly elected member for Northumberland, was active in his campaign. He had previously stood unsuccessfully for The Hastings and Manning in 1880 and The Hunter in 1882.Index to Candidates: Read to Roberts CandidateIndexes CandidateIndex47 2021-05-23 Result [[1884 West Macquarie colonial by-election|1884 West Macquarie by-election]]Wednesday 2 July1884 West Macquarie by-election 1882 West Macquarie_1 2021-05-23 Lewis Lloyd (elected) 375 67.2 William Richardson 183 32.8 558 98.6 8 1.4 566 53.9 Thomas Hellyer resigned. See also Electoral results for the district of West Macquarie List of New South Wales state by-elections References expanded Category:1884 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1880s in New South Wales