A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Windsor on 12 March 1860 because of the resignation of William Dalley.[1]

Dates

DateEvent
25 February 1860 William Dalley resigned.[1]
29 February 1860 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
9 March 1860 Nominations
12 March 1860 Polling day
15 March 1860 Return of writ

Candidates

Result

1860 Windsor by-election
Monday 12 March [7]
Candidate Votes %
William Walker (elected) 264 70.8
Julius Berncastle 102 29.2
Total formal votes 373 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 373 59.6

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Mr William Bede Dalley (1831–1888)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Writ of election: Windsor". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 44. 29 February 1860. p. 429. Retrieved 5 January 2021 – via Trove.
  3. ↑ Mennell, Philip (1892). "Berncastle, Julius" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ↑ Gibbney, H J; Smith, Ann (1987). A Biographical register 1788-1939 : Notes from the Name Index of the Australian Dictionary of Biography (PDF). Canberra: Australian National University. p. 54. ISBN 0731500989. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1860 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Crew, Vernon (1976). "Walker, William (1828–1908)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1860 Windsor by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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