Colonial election for New South Wales, Australia in 1874-75
New South Wales colonial election, 8 December 1874 – 12 January 1875 [1] Legislative Assembly << 1872–1877 >> |
Enrolled voters | | | |
Votes cast | 60,031 | | Turnout | 47.21 | −1.23 |
Informal votes | 762 | | Informal | 1.20 | +0.20 |
Summary of votes by party |
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
Total | 60,031 | | | 72 | |
The 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election was for 72 members representing 60 electoral districts. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system. In this election there were 8 multi-member districts returning 20 members and 52 single member districts. In the multi-member districts each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies. 12 districts were uncontested.[1]
There were three districts that did not have a residential or property qualification, Goldfields North (750), Goldfields South (1,400) and Goldfields West (20,000). The average number of enrolled voters per seat in the other districts was 2,078 ranging from The Paterson (551) to Mudgee (7,401).[2] The electoral boundaries were established under the Electoral Act 1858 (NSW).[3][4]
Election results
Argyle
Balranald
Bathurst
The sitting member for Bathurst Edward Combes did not contest the election. Edmund Webb was the sitting member for West Macquarie.
The Bogan
Braidwood
Camden
Canterbury
Carcoar
The Clarence
Central Cumberland
East Macquarie
East Maitland
East Sydney
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: East Sydney
Wednesday 9 December 1874 [17] Candidate | Votes | % |
Henry Parkes (re-elected 1) | 3,828 | 17.9 |
John Macintosh (re-elected 2) | 3,651 | 17.1 |
Alexander Stuart (elected 3) | 3,083 | 14.4 |
John Davies (elected 4) | 2,394 | 11.2 |
Angus Cameron | 2,189 | 10.3 |
Charles Moore (defeated) | 1,960 | 9.2 |
William Forster (defeated) | 1,502 | 7.0 |
John Young | 1,140 | 5.3 |
Edward Flood | 804 | 3.8 |
James Pemell | 661 | 3.1 |
Daniel O'Connell | 68 | 0.3 |
John Douglass | 50 | 0.2 |
Nathaniel Pawsey | 23 | 0.1 |
Total formal votes | 21,353 | 100.0 |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
Turnout | 6,430 | 56.4 |
Eden
The Glebe
Goldfields North
Goldfields South
Goldfields West
Goulburn
The Gwydir
Hartley
The Hastings
The Hawkesbury
The Hume
The Hunter
Illawarra
Kiama
The Lachlan
Liverpool Plains
The Lower Hunter
Monara
Morpeth
Mudgee
The Murray
The Murrumbidgee
Narellan
The Nepean
New England
Newcastle
Newtown
Northumberland
Orange
Paddington
Parramatta
The Paterson
Patrick's Plains
Queanbeyan
Shoalhaven
St Leonards
Tenterfield
The Tumut
The Upper Hunter
Wellington
West Macquarie
The sitting member for West Macquarie was Edmund Webb who unsuccessfully contested Bathurst.
West Maitland
West Sydney
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Wednesday 16 December 1874 [60] Candidate | Votes | % |
John Robertson (re-elected 1) | 2,705 | 17.6 |
George Dibbs (elected 2) | 2,294 | 15.0 |
Henry Dangar (elected 3) | 2,207 | 14.4 |
Angus Cameron (elected 4) | 2,129 | 13.9 |
George Thornton | 1,888 | 12.3 |
Joseph Wearne (defeated) | 1,746 | 11.4 |
Joseph O'Connor (defeated) | 1,659 | 10.8 |
Walter Cooper (defeated) | 436 | 2.8 |
Joseph Raphael (defeated) | 267 | 1.7 |
Total formal votes | 15,331 | 100.0 |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
Turnout | 5,574 | 63.0 |
The Williams
Windsor
Wollombi
Yass Plains
See also
References
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Turnout". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Electoral Act 1858 (NSW).
- ^ "1858 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Argyle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Balranald". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Bathurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Braidwood". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Camden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Canterbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Clarence". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Central Cumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 East Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 East Maitland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 East Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Eden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Glebe". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Goldfields North". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Goldfields South". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Goldfields West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Goulburn". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Hartley". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Hawkesbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Hume". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Hunter". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Illawarra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Kiama". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Lachlan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Liverpool Plains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Lower Hunter". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Monaro". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Mudgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Murray". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Murrumbidgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Narellan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Nepean". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 New England". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Newcastle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Newtown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Northumberland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Orange". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Paddington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Parramatta". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Paterson". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Queanbeyan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Shoalhaven". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 St Leonards". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Tenterfield". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Tumut". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Upper Hunter". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Wellington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 West Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 West Maitland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 West Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 The Williams". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Windsor". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Wollombi". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Yass Plains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
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