1904 Bingara state by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Bingara on 14 September 1904 because Samuel Moore had been appointed Secretary for Mines in the Carruthers ministry.[1] Until 1907, members appointed to a ministerial position were required to face a by-election. These were generally uncontested. On this occasion a poll was required in Bingara, Glebe (James Hogue) and Tenterfield (Charles Lee) and all were comfortably re-elected. The four other ministers, Joseph Carruthers (St George), James Ashton (Goulburn), Broughton O'Conor (Sherbrooke) and Charles Wade (Gordon), were re-elected unopposed.[2]

Dates

Date	Event
27 August 1904	Samuel Moore appointed Secretary for Mines.[3]
30 August 1904	Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.[4]
8 September 1904	Nominations
14 September 1904	Polling day
20 September 1904	Return of writ

Result

1904 Bingara by-election
Wednesday 14 September [5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Samuel Moore	2,261	79.8
	Labour	Frank Foster	572	20.2
Total formal votes			2,833	100.0
Informal votes			0	0.0
Turnout			2,833	73.8 [lower-alpha 1]
	Liberal Reform hold		Swing	N/A

See also

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

Notes

1. estimate based on an electoral roll of 6,471 at the August 1904 election.[7]

References

1. "The Hon. Samuel Wilkinson Moore (1854-1935)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
2. Green, Antony. "1904 to 1907 by-elections". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
3. "Appointment of ministers". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (480). 30 August 1904. p. 6603. Retrieved 13 September 2020 – via Trove.
4. "Writ of election: Bingara". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (485). 30 August 1904. p. 6648. Retrieved 10 October 2020 – via Trove.
5. Green, Antony. "1904 Bingara by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
6. "The election". Bundarra & Tingha Advocate. 17 September 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2020 – via Trove.
7. Green, Antony. "1904 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2020.