1905 Rous state by-election

Election result for Rous, New South Wales, Australia

A by-election was held in the New South Wales state electoral district of Rous on 11 February 1905.^[1] The by-election was triggered by the death of John Coleman (Liberal Reform).^[2]

Dates

Date	Event
8 January 1905	John Coleman died.^[2]
16 January 1905	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[3]
31 January 1905	Nominations
11 February 1905	Polling day
2 March 1905	Return of writ

Result

1905 Rous by-election
Saturday 11 February ^[1]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	George Hindmarsh	2,832	51.1	-1.8
	Independent	Richard Meagher	2,710	48.9	+1.8
Total formal votes			5,542	99.6	+0.2
Informal votes			24	0.4	-0.2
Turnout			5,566	73.2 ^[a]	+0.8
	Liberal Reform hold		Swing

Notes

^ based on an electoral roll of 7,600 at the 1904 election.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1905 Rous by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Mr John William Coleman (1862–1905)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Castlereagh". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 29. 17 January 1906. p. 349. Retrieved 22 October 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Rous by-election". The Northern Star. 13 February 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 29 August 2019 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1904 Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.

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