1859 City of Adelaide colonial by-election

none September 2025 1859 City of Adelaide colonial by-election South Australia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg parliamentary no 1858 City of Adelaide colonial by-election 1858 13 May 1859 1860 South Australian colonial election 1860 3,384 993 (29.3%) FPTP Electoral district of City of Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly Independent politicians in Australia WO 888 William Owen 668 74.6% Neville Blyth.jpg 180 120 160 20 30 888 Neville Blyth 224 25.0% Independent politicians in Australia JP 888 Joseph Peacock 3 0.3% MHA William Henville Burford William Owen The 1859 City of Adelaide colonial by-election was held on 13 May 1859 to elect one of six members for City of Adelaide in the South Australian House of Assembly, after sitting member William Henville Burford resigned on 29 April 1859. William Owen won the by-election with 41 per cent of the vote. Background The by-election was trigged after William Henville Burford resigned on 29 April 1859. 1857 election result Results of the 1857 South Australian colonial election (House of Assembly) City of Adelaide y 1858 by-election result 1858 City of Adelaide colonial by-election Results y Results 1859 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 William Owen 668 74.6 +74.6 Neville Blyth 224 25.0 +25.0 Joseph Peacock 3 0.3 +0.3 895 90.1 –8.6 98 9.9 +8.6 993 29.3 –41.6 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:1859 elections in Australia Category:South Australian state by-elections