1882 Northumberland colonial by-election explained

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Northumberland on 18 January 1882 because of the resignation of William Turner.^[1] Members of parliament were unpaid at the time. Turner was paid by a subscription, said to be £ per member of the Reform League. Subscriptions however proved to be inadequate to support him and he resigned from parliament.^[2]

Dates

Date	Event
20 December 1881	William Turner resigned.
23 December 1881	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[3]
16 January 1882	Nominations at Waratah
18 January 1882	Polling day
20 February 1882	Return of writ

Candidates

• William Grisdale was an auctioneer and Newcastle Alderman. This was his first time standing for the Legislative Assembly and he died the following month.
• Thomas Hungerford was a pastoralist and a former member for Northumberland who had been defeated by William Turner at the 1880 election.^[4]

Result

William Turner resigned.

See also

• Electoral results for the district of Northumberland
• List of New South Wales state by-elections

Notes and References

1. Mr William Turner (1837-1916) . 712 . Yes . 26 June 2019.
2. News: Death of Mr W Turner . . 26 April 1916 . 29 May 2021 . 9 . Trove.
3. News: Writ of election: Northumberland . . 563 . 23 December 1881 . 2021-05-29 . 6759 . Trove.
4. Mr Thomas Hungerford (1823-1904) . 535 . Yes . 23 June 2019.