A by-election was held for the

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electorate of

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on 10 September 1904 because

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had been appointed Chief Secretary in the

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. Until 1907, members appointed to a ministerial position were required to face a by-election. These were generally uncontested. On this occasion a poll was required in

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( Samuel Moore), Glebe and

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( Charles Lee) and all were comfortably re-elected. The four other ministers,

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(

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), James Ashton (

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(

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) and

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(

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), were re-elected unopposed. Vincent Taylor was considered a vexatious candidate. He was a candidate at the 1901 election for Sydney-King, receiving 4 votes. and the for the Belmore Ward of the

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, receiving just 3 votes.

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was appointed Chief Secretary in the

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These were the final ministerial by-elections as the

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was amended to exempt any office of the executive government created by an Act of

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from being an office of profit under the crown, disqualifying a person from sitting in parliament.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Glebe 1904 1904 elections in Australia New South Wales state by-elections 1900s in New South Wales

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