23 January 1883 East Sydney colonial by-election

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A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of East Sydney on 23 January 1883 because John McElhone had also been elected to Upper Hunter and chose to resign from East Sydney.^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
30 November 1882	Election for East Sydney.^[2]
11 January 1883	First by-election for East Sydney.^[3]
17 January 1883	John McElhone resigned as member for East Sydney.^[1]
18 January 1883	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[4]
22 January 1883	Nominations
23 January 1883	Polling day
24 January 1883	Return of writ

Henry Copeland was appointed Secretary for Public Works in the Stuart ministry,^[5] however he was defeated in the subsequent by-election for Newtown.^[6] This was the first by-election following his defeat.

Arthur Renwick was a doctor of medicine who was a former member for East Sydney who had been defeated at the 1882 election.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Mr John McElhone (1833-1898)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1882 East Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "First January 1883 East Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^ "Writ of election: East Sydney". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 416. 19 January 1883. p. 5253. Retrieved 10 September 2020 – via Trove.
^ "The Hon. Henry Copeland (1839-1904)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1883 Newtown by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "Second January 1883 East Sydney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 September 2020.

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