1857 East Torrens colonial by-election

none September 2025 1857 East Torrens colonial by-election South Australia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg parliamentary no 1857 South Australian colonial election 1857 6 October 1857 1858 East Torrens colonial by-election 1858 178 141 (79.2%) FPTP Electoral district of East Torrens in the South Australian House of Assembly Lavington Glyde.jpeg 160 120 160 0 20 888 Lavington Glyde 71 51.4% 51.4 pp Independent politicians in Australia JB 888 J Baker 67 48.6% 48.6 pp MHA George Marsden Waterhouse Lavington Glyde The 1857 East Torrens colonial by-election was held on 6 October 1857 to elect one of two members for East Torrens in the South Australian House of Assembly, after sitting member George Marsden Waterhouse resigned on 8 September 1857. Lavington Glyde won the by-election with 51 per cent of the vote. Background The by-election was trigged after George Marsden Waterhouse resigned on 8 September 1857. 1857 election result 1857 South Australian colonial election: East Torrenshttps://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 26–27 Charles Bonney (elected 1) Unopposed N/A George Waterhouse (elected 2) Unopposed N/A Results 1857 East Torrens 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 Lavington Glyde Independent 71 51.4 +51.4 J Baker Independent 67 48.6 +48.6 138 97.9 +97.9 3 2.1 +2.1 141 79.2 +79.2 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:1857 elections in Australia Category:South Australian state by-elections