The Rockhampton colonial by-election, 1869 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 6 December 1869 in the

electoral district of Rockhampton Rockhampton is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of Queensland. Wedged between the electoral districts of Keppel to the east and Mirani to the west, Rockhampton encompasses the bulk of the regional ...

for the

Queensland Legislative Assembly The Legislative Assembly of Queensland is the sole chamber of the unicameral Parliament of Queensland established under the Constitution of Queensland. Elections are held every four years and are done by full preferential voting. The Assembly h ...

History

On 19 November 1869, Archibald Archer, member for Rockhampton, resigned.

Henry Milford Henry John Bede Milford was a politician in Queensland, Australia. He was a Member of both the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life and career Born in England in 1832 or 1833, Milford moved ...

won the resulting by-election on 6 December 1869, but did not take his seat in parliament. Eventually this triggered another by-election in June 1870; although Milford contested this by-election, he was defeated by

Alexander Fyfe Alexander Fyfe (1826 – 2 May 1903) was a Scottish-born settler of Victoria, Australia, who became a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, Victorian Legislative Council and the Queensland Legislative Assembly. Early life Fyfe was born ...

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{{reflist 1869 elections in Australia Queensland state by-elections 1860s in Queensland

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