NSW Elections Links Site Links Home Page Elections Index Candidates Index Districts Index By-elections Feedback 1877 Election Links Home Totals Turnout Districts By-Elections Candidates Poll Sequence Prev/Next District << East Macquarie (by) West Macquarie >> Prev/Next Contest << 1878 (by) 1880 >>

East Macquarie - By-election (Roll: 2,111) Nominations: Monday, 11 August 1879, Polling: Friday, 15 August 1879 Candidate Votes Votes % Combes, Edward (Elected) 784 72.13 Dalveen, Thomas Macdonald 303 27.87 Formal Votes 1,087 Informal Votes 0 0.00 Total Votes / Turnout 1,087 51.49 Cause Category: Resignation - Other Notes: Resignation of W H Suttor Source: SMH 19 August 1879, p.5 col.2, with most booth details having been published 16 August, p.5 col.4