A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Paterson on 18 March 1875 caused by the death of William Arnold.[1]
Date | Event |
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1 March 1875 | Death of William Arnold.[1] |
5 March 1875 | Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2] |
11 March 1875 | Nominations |
18 March 1875 | Polling day |
22 March 1875 | Return of writ |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Herbert Brown (elected) | 149 | 53.2 | |
James Brunker | 81 | 28.9 | |
Robert Park | 27 | 9.6 | |
Marshall Burdekin | 19 | 6.8 | |
John Jurley | 2 | 0.7 | |
John Nowlan | 2 | 0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 280 | 97.2 | |
Informal votes | 8 | 2.8 | |
Turnout | 288 | 52.3 |