A by-election was held in the New South Wales state electoral district of Monara, also called Monaro, on 30 March 1865. No poll was required as William Grahame was the only candidate nominated. The by-election was triggered by the resignation of James Martin. At the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election, Martin had been defeated at elections for East Sydney (22 November), Tumut (10 December) and Wellington (21 December), before being elected to both Monara (24 December) and The Lachlan (28 December). Martin chose to resign from Monara.
Dates Date Event 24 December 1864 Election for Monara 28 December 1864 Election for The Lachlan 7 March 1865 James Martin resigned. 15 March 1867 Writ of election issued by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. 30 March 1867 Nominations at Cooma 10 April 1867 Polling day 26 April 1867 Return of writ
Result
James Martin had been elected to 2 seats and resigned from Monara to represent The Lachlan.
See also Electoral results for the district of Monaro List of New South Wales state by-elections
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