1895 Boorowa colonial by-election

1895 Boorowa colonial by-election
Electoral district of Boorowa in the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales
Turnout	76.2% ( 3.9%)
MLA before election; Thomas Slattery; Protectionist	Elected MLA ; Kenneth Mackay; Protectionist

A by-election for the seat of Boorowa in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was held on 24 January 1895 because Thomas Slattery (Protectionist) resigned to concentrate on his legal practice.^[1]

Dates[edit]

Date	Event
1 January 1895	Thomas Slattery resigned.^[2]
2 January 1895	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[3]
15 January 1895	Day of nomination
24 January 1895	Polling day
20 February 1895	Return of writ

1895 Boorowa by-election
Thursday 24 January ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Kenneth Mackay (elected)	746	53.6	-
	Labour	James Toomey	647	46.4	-
Total formal votes			1,393	99.2	+1.6
Informal votes			11	0.8	-1.6
Turnout			1,404	76.2 ^[a]	-3.9
	Protectionist hold

^ Nairn, Bede (1988). "Slattery, Thomas Michael (1844–1920)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ "Mr Thomas Michael Slattery (1844-1920)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Boorowa". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 11. 2 January 1895. p. 123. Retrieved 21 April 2021 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1895 Boorowa by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1894 Boorowa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

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