The Mitchell colonial by-election, 1866 was a
by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
held on 22 February 1866 in the
electoral district of Mitchell for the
Queensland Legislative Assembly.
History
On 1 January 1866,
John Gore Jones
John Gore Jones (1820–1868) was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly.
Politics
On 14 January 1862, St. George Richard Gore, member for Warwick, resigned to contest a ministerial by ...
, the member for
Mitchell
Mitchell may refer to:
People
*Mitchell (surname)
*Mitchell (given name)
Places Australia
* Mitchell, Australian Capital Territory, a light-industrial estate
* Mitchell, New South Wales, a suburb of Bathurst
* Mitchell, Northern Territo ...
, resigned.
Theodore Harden won the resulting by-election on 22 February 1866.
See also
*
Members of the Queensland Legislative Assembly, 1863–1867
This is a list of members of the 2nd Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1863 to 1867, as elected at the 1863 colonial elections held between 30 May 1863 and 27 June 1863 (due to problems of distance and communications, it was not possible t ...
References
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1866 elections in Australia
Queensland state by-elections
1860s in Queensland