1857 Onkaparinga colonial by-election

none September 2025 1857 Onkaparinga colonial by-election South Australia Flag of the United Kingdom.svg parliamentary no 1857 South Australian colonial election 1857 23 December 1857 1860 South Australian colonial election 1860 738 523 (70.9%) FPTP Electoral district of Onkaparinga in the South Australian House of Assembly William Townsend 3.jpeg 300 120 160 10 95 888 William Townsend 275 53.3% 24.4 pp Independent politicians in Australia AL 888 A Lorimer 241 46.7% 46.7 pp MHA William Bower Dawes William Townsend The 1857 Onkaparinga colonial by-election was held on 23 December 1857 to elect one of two members for Onkaparinga in the South Australian House of Assembly, after sitting member William Bower Dawes resigned on 24 November 1857. William Townsend won the by-election with 53 per cent of the vote. Background The by-election was trigged after William Bower Dawes resigned on 24 November 1857. 1857 election result Results of the 1857 South Australian colonial election (House of Assembly) Onkaparinga y Results 1857 Onkaparinga 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 Townsend Independent 275 53.3 +24.4 A Lorimer Independent 241 46.7 +46.7 516 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:1857 elections in Australia Category:South Australian state by-elections