A by-election was held for the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is the lower of the two houses of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The upper house is the New South Wales Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament Ho ...
electorate of
Liverpool Plains
The Liverpool Plains are an extensive agricultural area covering about of the north-western slopes of New South Wales in Australia.
These plains are a region of prime agricultural land bounded to the east by the Great Dividing Range, to the s ...
on 28 October 1911 because the Elections and Qualifications Committee declared that the election of
John Perry at the
by-election on 16 August 1911 was void.
Perry had been declared as winning the seat, with a margin of 3 votes and 91 informal votes, and
William Ashford
William Ashford (1746–1824) was an English painter who worked exclusively in Ireland, where he lived from the age of 18, having initially gone there to take up a post with the Ordnance Office. His earliest paintings were flower pieces and st ...
challenged the result before the Elections and Qualifications Committee.
The Committee recounted the votes and held that Perry and Ashford had tied on 2,915 votes each. The provision for a tie only referred to the returning officer as having a casting vote, and he had already concluded his task in returning the writ.
The Committee declared that the election was void.
Dates
Results
The Elections and Qualifications Committee declared the August by-election void.
See also
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Electoral results for the district of Liverpool Plains
Liverpool Plains, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales
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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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References
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1911 elections in Australia
New South Wales state by-elections
1910s in New South Wales