1893 Central Cumberland colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Central Cumberland on 6 May 1893 because of the resignation of John Nobbs (Free Trade) due to bankruptcy.^[1]

Dates

Date	Event
26 April 1893	John Nobbs resigned.^[2]
27 April 1893	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.^[3]
29 April 1893	Nominations
6 May 1893	Polling day from 8 am until 4 pm
13 May 1893	Return of writ

1893 Central Cumberland by-election
Saturday 6 May ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	George McCredie (elected)	2,417	66.2
	Free Trade	John Nobbs (defeated)	1,292	34.8
Total formal votes			3,709	98.9
Informal votes			40	1.1
Turnout			3,749	37.8 ^[a]
	Free Trade hold

^ Kass, Terry (1988). "Nobbs, John (1845–1921)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 11. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
^ "Mr John Nobbs (1845–1921)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
^ "Writ of election: Central Cumberland". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 278. 27 April 1893. p. 3361. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via Trove.
^ "Central Cumberland election". Evening News. 28 April 1893. p. 3. Retrieved 26 August 2020 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1893 Central Cumberland by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1891 Central Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2020.

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