In December 1885 the Elections and Qualifications Committee overturned the
1885 general election for Young, in which
Gerald Spring
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and
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had been declared elected, with William Watson having a margin of 2 votes over
James Mackinnon.
The petition made 2 main complaints (1) the returning officer at
Bendick Murrell had marked the ballot papers with the electoral number of the voter, allowing anyone to ascertain how each elector had voted and (2) votes for Mackinnon were improperly rejected as informal.
The members of the committee were
Robert Smith (Chairman),
John Burns
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,
Henry Clarke,
John Purves,
George Reid
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,
Septimus Stephen and
John Sutherland.
The Elections and Qualifications Committee declared that William Watson had not been elected the member for Young, however no by-election was conducted. Instead the committee declared that James Mackinnon had been elected with a margin of 48 votes. No reasons were published.
Dates
Result
The Elections and Qualifications Committee overturned the 1885 general election for Young.
See also
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Electoral results for the district of Young
Young, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales
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References
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1885 elections in Australia
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1880s in New South Wales