1859_Mudgee_colonial_by-election

1859 Mudgee colonial by-election

1859 Mudgee colonial by-election

By-election in New South Wales, Australia

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Mudgee on 19 December 1859 because of the resignation of Lyttleton Bayley. Bayley had been appointed to the Legislative Council in January 1859, shortly after arriving in the colony and the following month was appointed Attorney General in the Cowper Government. The government fell in October 1859 and Bayley resigned from parliament the following month.[1]

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  1. [1]
    Walsh, G P. "Bayley, Sir Lyttleton Holyoake (1827–1910)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Writ of election: Mudgee". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 240. 28 November 1859. p. 2599. Retrieved 11 October 2019 – via Trove.
  3. [3]
    Green, Antony. "1859 results Mudgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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