1860 Windsor colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Windsor on 12 March 1860 because of the resignation of William Dalley.[1]

Dates
DateEvent
25 February 1860 William Dalley resigned.[1]
29 February 1860 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[2]
9 March 1860 Nominations
12 March 1860 Polling day
15 March 1860 Return of writ

Candidates

Result
1860 Windsor by-election
Monday 12 March [7]
Candidate Votes %
William Walker (elected) 264 70.8
Julius Berncastle 102 29.2
Total formal votes 373 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 373 59.6

See also

References
  1. "Mr William Bede Dalley (1831–1888)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  2. "Writ of election: Windsor". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 44. 29 February 1860. p. 429. Retrieved 5 January 2021 – via Trove.
  3. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Berncastle, Julius" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  4. Gibbney, H J; Smith, Ann (1987). A Biographical register 1788-1939 : Notes from the Name Index of the Australian Dictionary of Biography (PDF). Canberra: Australian National University. p. 54. ISBN 0731500989. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  5. Green, Antony. "1860 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  6. Crew, Vernon (1976). "Walker, William (1828–1908)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 6. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
  7. Green, Antony. "1860 Windsor by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 January 2021.
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