1894 Singleton colonial by-election

By-election in New South Wales, Australia April 2021 April 2021 1894 Singleton colonial by-election Robert Connelly Free Trade Party Albert Gould Free Trade Party Albert Gould MLA 31.0% 452 Australian Labor Party (New South Wales Branch) ALP 69.0% parliamentary 1,008 Free Trade Party x160px Albert Gould 14 August 1894 1895 1895 New South Wales colonial election July 1894 1894 New South Wales colonial election no Electoral district of Singleton in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales New South Wales 63.0 % ( 18.2%)A by-election for the seat of Singleton in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 14 August 1894 because Albert Gould (Free Trade) had been appointed Minister for Justice in the Reid ministry.Sir Albert John Gould (1847–1936) 897 Yes 13 May 2019 Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested and four ministers were re-elected unopposed, James Brunker (East Maitland), Joseph Carruthers (St George), Jacob Garrard (Sherbrooke) and James Young (The Manning). A poll was required in Bathurst (Sydney Smith), Hartley (Joseph Cook), Singleton and Sydney-King (George Reid) however all were comfortably re-elected.1894 to 1895 by-elections 1894 ByElections 2021-04-21 Dates Date Event 17 July 1894 1894 New South Wales colonial election 3 August 1894 Reid ministry appointed.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222188942 Appointment of ministers New South Wales Government Gazette 506 3 August 1894 2020-09-25 4891 Trove 4 August 1894 Writ of election issued by the Governor.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article222188947 Writ of election: Singleton New South Wales Government Gazette 507 4 August 1894 2021-04-21 4894 TroveOrdinarily the writ for a by-election would be issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, however the ministers were appointed before Parliament convened and the writs were issued by the Governor. 10 August 1894 Day of nomination 14 August 1894 Polling day 24 August 1894 Return of writ Result [[1894 Singleton colonial by-election|1894 Singleton by-election]]Tuesday 14 August1894 Singleton by-election 1894 Singleton_1 2020-09-25 Free Trade Albert Gould (re-elected) 1,008 69.0 +22.4 Labour NSW Robert Connelly 452 31.0 +9.4 1,460 98.3 -0.6 25 1.7 +0.6 1,485 63.0Estimate based on a roll of 2,359 at the July 1894 election.Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election Green 1894 Singleton -18.2 free trade No Albert Gould (Free Trade) was appointed Minister for Justice in the Reid ministry. See also Electoral results for the district of Singleton List of New South Wales state by-elections Notes References Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election Green 1894 Singleton 1894 Singleton 22 November 2019 expanded Category:1894 elections in Australia Category:New South Wales state by-elections Category:1890s in New South Wales Category:August 1894 in Australia