1869-70 Election - Details of By-Elections
| District (Vacancies) |
Nominations |
Polling |
Cause |
Elected Members |
| Liverpool Plains |
21 Jan 1870 |
29 Jan 1870 |
Ministerial by-election |
*Charles Cowper |
| East Sydney |
21 Feb 1870 |
23 Feb 1870 |
Elected to two seats |
John Bowie Wilson |
| West Sydney |
28 Feb 1870 |
02 Mar 1870 |
Resignation - Financial difficulties |
*John Robertson |
| Gold Fields North |
04 Apr 1870 |
18 Apr 1870 |
Elected to two seats |
Robert Henry Mariner Forster |
| Gold Fields South (Unc) |
20 Jun 1870 |
11 Jul 1870 |
Resignation - Other |
*Ezekiel Alexander Baker |
| The Hastings |
13 Jun 1870 |
04 Jul 1870 |
Qualifications Committee |
*Horace Dean |
| West Sydney (Unc) |
22 Aug 1870 |
24 Aug 1870 |
Ministerial by-election |
*John Robertson |
| Wollombi |
05 Sep 1870 |
19 Sep 1870 |
Bankrupt/Insolvent |
*Joseph Eckford |
| The Hastings (Unc) |
23 Sep 1870 |
23 Sep 1870 |
Qualifications Committee |
Robert Burdett Smith |
| Braidwood |
10 Oct 1870 |
17 Oct 1870 |
Qualifications Committee |
Edward Greville |
| Kiama |
31 Oct 1870 |
03 Nov 1870 |
Resignation - Financial difficulties |
*Henry Parkes |
| Monara |
07 Nov 1870 |
17 Nov 1870 |
Death |
James Hart |
| Gold Fields South |
21 Nov 1870 |
12 Dec 1870 |
Qualifications Committee |
*Ezekiel Alexander Baker |
| East Sydney (2) (Unc) |
27 Dec 1870 |
29 Dec 1870 |
Ministerial by-election |
1 - *James Martin
2 - *John Bowie Wilson |
| West Sydney (2) |
28 Dec 1870 |
30 Dec 1870 |
Ministerial by-election |
1 - *John Robertson
2 - *William Charles Windeyer |
| Parramatta (Unc) |
02 Jan 1871 |
04 Jan 1871 |
Ministerial by-election |
*James Byrnes |
| The Bogan (Unc) |
04 Jan 1871 |
16 Jan 1871 |
Ministerial by-election |
*George William Lord |
| Canterbury |
02 Jan 1871 |
06 Jan 1871 |
Resignation - Other |
John Lucas |
| Kiama (Unc) |
09 Jan 1871 |
12 Jan 1871 |
Resignation - Financial difficulties |
John Stewart |
| Liverpool Plains |
27 Dec 1870 |
09 Jan 1871 |
Resignation - Government Job |
Lewis Wolfe Levy |
| Shoalhaven (Unc) |
21 Aug 1871 |
28 Aug 1871 |
Resignation - Government Job |
James Warden |
| New England |
21 Aug 1871 |
28 Aug 1871 |
Resignation - Other |
Samuel Henry Terry |
| Mudgee |
28 Dec 1871 |
02 Jan 1872 |
Resignation - Other |
Henry Parkes |