1878 Yass Plains colonial by-election
# 1878 Yass Plains colonial by-election

A by-election was held for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Yass Plains on 2 January 1878 because Michael Fitzpatrick was appointed Colonial Secretary in the Farnell ministry. Such ministerial by-elections were usually uncontested and on this occasion the six other ministers were re-elected unopposed.

## Dates

| Date | Event |
| - | - |
| 31 October  1877 | Michael Fitzpatrick re-elected for Yass Plains. |
| 18 December 1877 | Michael Fitzpatrick appointed Colonial Secretary. |
| 19 December 1877 | Writ of election issued by the Governor. |
| 28 December 1877 | Nominations |
| 2 January 1878 | Polling day |
| 18 January 1878 | Return of writ |

## Result

1878 Yass Plains by-election Wednesday 2 January :

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| - | - | - | - |
| Michael Fitzpatrick (re-elected) | Michael Fitzpatrick (re-elected) | 290 | 92.9 |
| Arthur Remmington | Arthur Remmington | 22 | 7.1 |
| Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 312 | 98.7 |
| Informal votes | Informal votes | 4 | 1.3 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 316 | 18.2 |
