The Hastings and The Macleay, anelectoral district of theLegislative Assembly in the Australian state ofNew South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1920.[1][2][3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | Henry Morton | 4,528 | 64.4 | +64.4 | |
| Labor | Hercules Rowe | 2,506 | 35.6 | +35.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 7,034 | 99.1 | +0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 63 | 0.9 | −0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 7,097 | 61.4 | −17.0 | ||
| Memberchanged toNationalist fromIndependent | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Henry Morton | 4,515 | 52.9 | ||
| Farmers and Settlers | Robert Davidson [a] | 4,025 | 47.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 8,540 | 98.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 135 | 1.6 | |||
| Turnout | 8,675 | 78.4 | |||
| Independenthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Robert Davidson | 2,661 | 45.1 | −4.3 | |
| Independent | Henry Morton | 2,117 | 35.9 | ||
| Labour | Hugh Bridson | 1,120 | 19.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 5,898 | 97.8 | +1.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 130 | 2.2 | −1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 6,028 | 73.4 | +6.8 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Henry Morton | 3,467 | 54.9 | ||
| Liberal Reform | Robert Davidson (defeated) | 2,849 | 45.1 | −4.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 6,316 | 99.1 | +2.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 57 | 0.9 | −2.3 | ||
| Turnout | 6,373 | 77.6 | +11.0 | ||
| Independentgain fromLiberal Reform | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Robert Davidson | 2,334 | 49.4 | ||
| Independent | Edward Noonan | 2,002 | 42.4 | ||
| Independent | William Newton | 387 | 8.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 4,723 | 96.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 156 | 3.2 | |||
| Turnout | 4,879 | 66.6 | |||
| Liberal Reformhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Robert Davidson | 2,303 | 57.4 | ||
| Progressive | Percival Basche | 1,709 | 42.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 4,012 | 98.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 52 | 1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 4,064 | 62.9 | |||
| Liberal Reformhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Robert Davidson | 578 | 28.9 | ||
| Progressive | Percival Basche | 420 | 21.0 | ||
| Independent | Edward Noonan | 403 | 20.2 | ||
| Independent | Otho Dangar | 376 | 18.8 | ||
| Independent | Hugh Bridson | 220 | 11.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,997 | 99.3 | |||
| Informal votes | 14 | 0.7 | |||
| Turnout | 2,011 | 74.6 | |||
| Liberal Reformgain fromProgressive | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | Francis Clarke | 616 | 47.3 | ||
| Independent | Hugh Bridson | 413 | 31.7 | ||
| Independent | Percival Basche | 273 | 21.0 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,302 | 98.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 17 | 1.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,319 | 53.9 | |||
| Protectionisthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Federal | Edmund Barton (elected) | 960 | 59.3 | ||
| Free Trade | Sydney Smith | 658 | 40.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,618 | 99.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 4 | 0.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,622 | 66.8 | |||
| National Federalhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Federal | Francis Clarke | unopposed | |||
| National Federalhold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | Francis Clarke | 791 | 51.8 | ||
| Free Trade | Walter Vivian | 736 | 48.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,527 | 99.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 14 | 0.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,541 | 69.9 | |||
| Protectionisthold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | Francis Clarke | 668 | 36.7 | ||
| Free Trade | Walter Vivian | 556 | 30.6 | ||
| Ind. Protectionist | Otho Dangar | 494 | 27.2 | ||
| Ind. Protectionist | Enoch Rudder | 61 | 3.4 | ||
| Labour | Henry Stuart | 40 | 2.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,819 | 98.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 26 | 1.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,845 | 82.4 | |||
| Protectionistwin | (new seat) | ||||