In September 1891 the Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the
1891 Canterbury election. There were 4 seats available.
Joseph Carruthers
Sir Joseph Hector McNeil Carruthers (21 December 185710 December 1932) was an Australian politician who served as Premier of New South Wales from 1904 to 1907.
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() had been comfortably re-elected at the head of the poll with 7,231 votes, 19.8%. The following 4 candidates were separated by 105 votes, with
John Wheeler () defeating
James Eve
James Eve (1837 – 25 September 1911) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born at Maldon in Essex to farmer James Eve and Lilian Dowsett. He arrived in New South Wales around 1861, worked for a period as a porter and then bec ...
() for the final seat with a margin of 5 votes. The next best candidate,
John Grant () was a further 487 behind, with 3,857 votes, 10.6%.
The committee declared that John Wheeler () had not been elected the member for Canterbury, however no by-election was conducted. Instead the committee declared that James Eve () based on its own count of the result.
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The Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1891 Canterbury election and declared that John Wheeler () had not been elected the member for Canterbury. No by-election was conducted, instead the committee declared that James Eve
James Eve (1837 – 25 September 1911) was an English-born Australian politician.
He was born at Maldon in Essex to farmer James Eve and Lilian Dowsett. He arrived in New South Wales around 1861, worked for a period as a porter and then bec ...
() had been elected.
See also
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Electoral results for the district of Canterbury
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List of New South Wales state by-elections
This is a list of by-elections for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. A by-election may be held when a member's seat becomes vacant through resignation, death or some other reasons. These are referred to as casual vacancies.
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1891 elections in Australia
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1890s in New South Wales