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1856 Election - Details of By-Elections
District (Vacancies) Nominations Polling Cause Elected Members
West Camden (Unc) 16 Jun 1856 21 Jun 1856 Resignation - Other *James Macarthur
Northumberland Boroughs (Unc) 16 Jun 1856 18 Jun 1856 Ministerial by-election *George Robert Nichols
Sydney Hamlets 16 Jun 1856 17 Jun 1856 Ministerial by-election *Stuart Alexander Donaldson
Bathurst County 16 Jun 1856 19 Jun 1856 Elected to two seats William Henry Suttor
Cumberland (North Riding) 16 Jun 1856 19 Jun 1856 Ministerial by-election *John Bayley Darvall
Stanley Boroughs (Unc) 23 Jun 1856 24 Jun 1856 Ministerial by-election *Thomas Holt
Northumberland Boroughs (Unc) 05 Aug 1856 05 Aug 1856 Qualifications Committee Elias Carpenter Weekes
Cumberland (South Riding) 18 Aug 1856 21 Aug 1856 Elected to two seats John Ryan Brenan
Sydney City (2) 03 Sep 1856 04 Sep 1856 Ministerial by-election 1 - *Charles Cowper
2 - *Robert Campbell
Cook and Westmoreland (Unc) 05 Sep 1856 10 Sep 1856 Ministerial by-election *James Martin
Southern Boroughs (Unc) 05 Sep 1856 10 Sep 1856 Ministerial by-election *Terence Aubrey Murray
Sydney Hamlets 09 Oct 1856 10 Oct 1856 Ministerial by-election John Campbell
Parramatta 10 Oct 1856 11 Oct 1856 Ministerial by-election *Henry Watson Parker
Murrumbidgee (Unc) 14 Oct 1856 27 Oct 1856 Ministerial by-election *John Hay
Cumberland (North Riding) 13 Oct 1856 16 Oct 1856 Ministerial by-election *John Bayley Darvall
Cumberland (South Riding) 14 Oct 1856 17 Oct 1856 Ministerial by-election *William Montagu Manning
Cumberland (South Riding) (Unc) 04 Nov 1856 07 Nov 1856 Qualifications Committee Stuart Alexander Donaldson
Sydney City 29 Dec 1856 30 Dec 1856 Resignation - Financial difficulties William Bede Dalley
Argyle (Unc) 13 Feb 1857 17 Feb 1857 LC Appointment Daniel Henry Deniehy
Cumberland (South Riding) 09 Jun 1857 12 Jun 1857 Resignation - Other James Byrnes
Cook and Westmoreland (Unc) 19 Sep 1857 26 Sep 1857 Ministerial by-election *James Martin
Sydney City (Unc) 22 Sep 1857 24 Sep 1857 Ministerial by-election *Charles Cowper
Southern Boroughs (Unc) 24 Sep 1857 01 Oct 1857 Ministerial by-election *Terence Aubrey Murray
Durham (Unc) 25 Sep 1857 01 Oct 1857 Ministerial by-election *Richard Jones
Northumberland Boroughs 03 Nov 1857 06 Nov 1857 Death James Dickson
Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa (Unc) 19 Nov 1857 17 Dec 1857 Resignation - Other Patrick Leslie
Cumberland (North Riding) 08 Dec 1857 11 Dec 1857 Resignation - Other Thomas Whistler Smith