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1881 Queanbeyan Colonial By-election
A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Electoral district of Queanbeyan, Queanbeyan on 27 January 1881. The election was triggered by the resignation of James Banford Thompson, James Thompson, taking up the government position of Railway Land Valuator. Dates Candidates * John Gale (journalist), John Gale was the publisher of a local paper, The Queanbeyan Age. * Percy Hodgkinson was a surveyor, land agent and auctioneer in Queanbeyan, who was an unsuccessful candidate at the Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election#Queanbeyan, 1880 election. * Thomas Rutledge (1817-1904), Thomas Rutledge was a pastoralist who was an unsuccessful candidate at the Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election#Queanbeyan, 1877 election. Result James Banford Thompson, James Thompson resigned. See also *Electoral results for the district of Queanbeyan *List of New South Wales state by-elections References {{DEFAUL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
