Colonial election for New South Wales, Australia in July 1894
New South Wales colonial election, 17 July 1894 [ 1] Legislative Assembly << 1891 –1895 >>
Enrolled voters 255,802 Votes cast 200,956 Turnout 78.56 +19.48 Informal votes 3,310 Informal 1.62 −0.38 Summary of votes by party Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change Free Trade 60,966 30.34 −6.15 50 +6 Protectionist 55,652 27.69 −8.81 37 −15 Labor 33,143 16.49 −4.13 15 −20 Ind. Free Trade 23,324 11.61 +7.91 11 +7 Ind. Protectionist 14,434 7.18 +5.17 4 ±0 Independent Labor 11,504 5.72 +5.30 8 +7 Independent 1,933 0.96 −0.71 0 −1 Total 200,956 125
The1894 New South Wales colonial election was for 125electoral districts , with each district returning one member. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority orfirst-past-the-post voting system. There were three significant changes from the 1891 election, the abolition of multi-member constituencies, the abolition ofplural voting where an elector had property or residence in more than one electorate and that polls for every district were held on the same day.[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 1] Lismore (1,360) toMarrickville (2,924).[ 5]
Thomas Rose (Protectionist) was one of two sitting members for Argyle. The second member,William Holborow (Free Trade), did not contest the election.
Henry Copeland (Protectionist) andEdmund Lonsdale (Free Trade) were sitting members forNew England . The third member for New England,James Inglis (Free Trade) did not contest the election.
The Barwon consisted of part ofBourke and parts of the abolished districts ofThe Bogan andThe Namoi .[ 3] [ 4] William Willis (Protectionist) was one of the members for Bourke.
Bourke was reduced in size and parts were given to the new districts ofCobar andThe Barwon .[ 3] [ 4] Hugh Langwell (Independent Labour) was one of the members for Bourke. Of the other two members,Thomas Waddell (Protectionist) successfully contested Cobar andWilliam Willis (Protectionist) successfully contested The Barwon.
Cobar consisted of part ofBourke and parts of the abolished districts ofThe Bogan andForbes .[ 3] [ 4] Thomas Waddell (Protectionist) was one of the members for Bourke.
The sitting member,Robert Vaughn had been elected as aLabour member at the1891 election but stood as aProtectionist candidate for this election.
The result was overturned by the Elections and Qualifications Committee which conducted are-count in October 1894 .[ 46]
The Hastings and The Macleay [ edit ] Sydney Burdekin (Free Trade) was the sitting member for The Hawkesbury.
Archibald Campbell (Free Trade) was one of two sitting members for Illawarra. The second member,John Nicholson (Labour) successfully contested the election for the new seat ofWoronora .
Marrickville was one of four new seats split out of the abolished seat ofNewtown , the others beingNewtown-Camperdown ,Newtown-Erskine andNewtown-St Peters . The four sitting members for members for Newtown contested the other three seats.
Newtown was split into four, Newtown-Camperdown,Newtown-Erskine ,Newtown-St Peters andMarrickville .Joseph Abbott (Free Trade) was a sitting members for Newtown, while the other three sitting members contested Newtown-St Peters and Newtown-Erskine.
Newtown was split into four,Newtown-Camperdown , Newtown-Erskine,Newtown-St Peters andMarrickville .Edmund Molesworth (Free Trade) andJohn Hindle (Labour) were both sitting members for Newtown, while the other two sitting members contested Newtown-Camperdown and Newtown-St Peters.
Newtown was split into four,Newtown-Camperdown ,Newtown-Erskine , Newtown-St Peters andMarrickville .Francis Cotton (Labour) was a sitting member for Newtown. The other three sitting members for Newtown contested Newtown-Camperdown and Newtown-Erskine.William Rigg (Independent Free Trade) was theMayor of Newtown .John Bowes (Protectionist) was the sitting member for the abolished seat ofMorpeth .
Hugh Taylor (Free Trade) was the sitting member for Parramatta.
Joseph Palmer Abbott had been appointed asSpeaker in 1890, was listed as an independent and elected unopposed. While he retained the role of Speaker he was opposed for this election and stood as a Protectionist.
Yass Plains was renamed Yass.Thomas Colls (Protectionist) was the sitting member for Yass Plains.
BothJohn Gough andJames Mackinnon had been elected asLabour candidates, however they refused to sign the pledge.
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