1858 New England And Macleay Colonial By-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Electoral district of New England and Macleay, New England and Macleay on 26 November 1858 because of the resignation of Abram Moriarty, for reasons that included the difficulty of serving a far distant electorate. Dates Candidates * Alexander Dick (politician), Alexander Dick was a Sydney solicitor, who had advertised himself as a candidate, however he sent a letter to the returning officer declining to go to the poll. * James Eames advertised himself as a candidate, however this appears to have been a joke, and there was no seconder for his nomination. * James Hart (Australian politician), James Hart was a Sydney solicitor. * Merion Moriarty, the father of Abram, advertised himself as a candidate, however was not nominated. * Thomas Rusden was a squatter in the New England district and the former member for the district, who had been defeated at the Results of the 1858 New South Wales coloni ...
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New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney. The Assembly is presided over by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. The Assembly has 93 members, elected by single-member constituency, which are commonly known as seats. Voting is by the optional preferential system. Members of the Legislative Assembly have the post-nominals MP after their names. From the creation of the assembly up to about 1990, the post-nominals "MLA" (Member of the Legislative Assembly) were used. The Assembly is often called ''the bearpit'' on the basis of the house's reputation for confrontational style during heated moments and the "savage political theatre and the bloodlust of its professional players" attributed in part to executive dominance. History The Legislativ ...
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