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1867 Mitchell colonial by-election

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 18, 2023
Entity authorityQ16920903 ↗
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The 1867 Mitchell colonial by-election was a by-election held on 4 January 1867 in the electoral district of Mitchell for the Queensland Legislative Assembly.

History

On 22 November 1866, Theodore Harden, the member for Mitchell, resigned. Edward Lamb won the resulting by-election on 4 January 1867.

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