1858 Mount Barker colonial by-election

1858 Mount Barker colonial by-election
16 September 1858
Electoral district of Mount Barker in the South Australian House of Assembly
Registered1,153
Turnout565 (36.4%)
 
HR
Candidate William Rogers H Russell
FPTP vote 272 249
Percentage 52.2% 47.8%
Swing 52.2 pp 52.2 pp
MHA before election

Friedrich Eduard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff

 Elected MHA

William Rogers

The 1858 Mount Barker colonial by-election was held on 16 September 1858 to elect one of two members for Mount Barker in the South Australian House of Assembly, after sitting member Friedrich Eduard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff resigned on 12 March 1858. The by-election was held the same day as the City of Adelaide by-election.

William Rogers won the by-election with 52 per cent of the vote.

Background

The by-election was trigged after Friedrich Eduard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff resigned on 12 March 1858.

1857 election result

This section is an excerpt from 1857 South Australian House of Assembly election § Mount Barker.[edit]
1857 South Australian colonial election: Mount Barker[1]
Candidate Votes % ±
Friedrich Eduard Heinrich Wulf Krichauff (elected 1) 352 34.4 +34.4
John Dunn, sen. (elected 2) 332 32.4 +32.4
Richard Bullock Andrews 183 17.9 +17.9
A Lorimer 118 11.5 +11.5
W Patterson 39 3.8 +3.8
Turnout 612 60.4 +60.4

Results

1858 Mount Barker colonial by-election[2]
Candidate Votes % ±
William Rogers 272 52.2 +52.2
H Russell 249 47.8 +47.8
Total formal votes 565 36.4 N/A
Informal votes 44 7.8 N/A
Turnout 565 36.4 –24.0

See also

References

  1. ^ Jaencsh, Dean (March 2007). "History of South Australian Elections, 1857–2006, House of Assembly, Volume 1" (PDF). pp. 26–27 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Jaencsh, Dean (March 2007). "History of South Australian Elections, 1857–2006, House of Assembly, Volume 1" (PDF). p. 27 – via Internet Archive.
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