Electoral results for the district of Gwydir

Gwydir, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1859 until 1894 and from 1904 until 1920.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1859   Richard Jenkins None
1860   Francis Rusden None
1865   Thomas Dangar None
1865 by
1869
1872
1874
1877
1880   William Campbell None
1882
1885
1886 by   Thomas Hassall None
1887   Protectionist
1889
1891
 
Election Member Party
1904   George Jones Labour
1907
1910
1913   John Crane Farmers and Settlers
1917   Nationalist

Election results

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Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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1917 New South Wales state election: Gwydir[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Crane 3,542 59.2 +4.4
Labor William Scully 2,440 40.8 −4.4
Total formal votes 5,982 99.4 +2.0
Informal votes 38 0.6 −2.0
Turnout 6,020 61.0 −2.2
Nationalist hold Swing +4.4

1913

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1913 New South Wales state election: Gwydir[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farmers and Settlers John Crane[a] 3,737 54.8
Labor George Jones 3,081 45.2
Total formal votes 6,818 97.4
Informal votes 182 2.6
Turnout 7,000 63.2
Farmers and Settlers gain from Labor  

1910

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1910 New South Wales state election: The Gwydir[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Jones 2,634 63.0
Liberal Reform Edward Spear 1,547 37.0
Total formal votes 4,181 96.8
Informal votes 138 3.2
Turnout 4,319 46.6
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1900s

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1907

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1907 New South Wales state election: The Gwydir[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Jones 2,302 60.6
Independent Liberal Thomas Hogan 1,495 39.4
Total formal votes 3,797 95.7
Informal votes 169 4.3
Turnout 3,966 54.8
Labour hold  

1904

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1904 New South Wales state election: The Gwydir[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Jones 1,970 50.3
Liberal Reform Percy Stirton 1,945 49.7
Total formal votes 3,915 99.1
Informal votes 34 0.9
Turnout 3,949 60.2
Labour win (new seat)
The Gwydir was a new seat and comprised the abolished seat of Moree and part of Inverell. The member for Moree was Percy Stirton (Liberal Reform) and George Jones (Labour) was the member for Inverell.

District recreated

1894 - 1904

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District abolished

Elections in the 1890s

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1891

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1891 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Friday 3 July [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Hassall (elected) 841 56.4
Labour Leonard Court 649 43.6
Total formal votes 1,490 97.1
Informal votes 45 2.9
Turnout 1,535 52.3
Protectionist hold  

Elections in the 1880s

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1889

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1889 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Monday 28 January [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Hassall (elected) unopposed
Protectionist hold  

1887

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1887 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Thursday 10 February [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Hassall (re-elected) unopposed

1886 by-election

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1886 Gwydir by-election
Thursday 10 June [12]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Hassall (elected) 482 58.1
Thomas Mayne 211 25.5
James Wearne 136 16.4
Total formal votes 829 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 829 38.1
William Campbell resigned.[12]

1885

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1885 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Friday 23 October [13]
Candidate Votes %
William Campbell (re-elected) 376 54.3
Thomas Dangar (defeated) 317 45.7
Total formal votes 693 96.3
Informal votes 27 3.8
Turnout 720 36.7
Thomas Dangar was the sitting member for The Namoi.

1882

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1882 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Wednesday 13 December [14]
Candidate Votes %
William Campbell (re-elected) 405 68.4
Thomas Hassall 187 31.6
Total formal votes 592 98.2
Informal votes 11 1.8
Turnout 603 35.8

1880

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1880 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Tuesday 30 November [15]
Candidate Votes %
William Campbell (elected) unopposed
The sitting member Thomas Dangar successfully contested The Namoi.

Elections in the 1870s

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1877

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1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Monday 5 November [16]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Dangar (re-elected) unopposed  

1874-75

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1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Saturday 26 December 1874 [17]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Dangar (re-elected) 540 58.2
Captain W H Mosely 388 41.8
Total formal votes 928 98.5
Informal votes 14 1.5
Turnout 942 37.3

1872

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1872 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Thursday 21 March [18]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Dangar (re-elected) 213 29.9
Adolph Goldman 163 22.9
John Macansh 161 22.6
Alexander Bowman 103 14.5
David Jones 73 10.2
Total formal votes 713 97.3
Informal votes 20 2.7
Turnout 733 38.5

Elections in the 1860s

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1869-70

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1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Friday 24 December 1869 [19]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Dangar (re-elected) 369 83.1
Edward Sharp 75 16.9
Total formal votes 444 97.4
Informal votes 12 2.6
Turnout 456 29.5

1865 by-election

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1865 Gwydir by-election
Thursday 29 June and Thursday 20 July [20][22]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Dangar (re-elected) 246 59.7
John Single 165 40.0
Thomas Dangar Sr[c] 1 0.2
Total formal votes 412 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 412 36.3
The election of Thomas Dangar was declared void by the Committee of Elections and Qualifications because he had a contract to carry mail, which was an office of profit under the Crown.[22]

1865

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1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Tuesday 24 January 1865 [24]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Dangar (elected) 145 52.2
John Single 92 33.1
Francis Rusden (defeated) 41 14.8
Total formal votes 278 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 278 29.5

1860

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1860 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Wednesday 19 December [25]
Candidate Votes %
Francis Rusden (elected) 38 59.4
Richard Jenkins (defeated) 26 40.6
Total formal votes 64 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 64 10.6

Elections in the 1850s

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1859

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1859 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Thursday 7 July [26]
Candidate Votes %
Richard Jenkins (re-elected) unopposed

Notes

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  1. ^ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
  2. ^ The New South Wales Election Results database is incomplete as it is based on the report of The Maitland Mercury of 11 July 1865 which did not include returns from 5 polling places, Bingera, Gideon's Inn, Mugundie, Wellbedunga and Yetman.[21]
  3. ^ The proposer intended to refer to Thomas Gordon Gibbons Dangar but was not aware he had more than one name and the nomination was recorded as being of his step father Thomas Dangar Sr, the former member for the Upper Hunter.[23]

References

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  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1887 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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  14. ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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  19. ^ Green, Antony. "1869-70 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  20. ^ "Gwydir election: final state of the poll". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 August 1865. p. 5. Retrieved 23 September 2020 – via Trove.
  21. ^ "The Gwydir election". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 11 July 1865. p. 2. Retrieved 22 September 2020 – via Trove.
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