Colonial election for New South Wales, Australia in October 1885
New South Wales colonial election, 16 – 31 October 1885 [1] Legislative Assembly << 1882 –1887 >>
Enrolled voters
Votes cast
129,888
Turnout
61.10
+4.41
Informal votes
2,669
Informal
2.01
−0.09
Summary of votes by party
Party
Primary votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
Total
23,899
122
The 1885 New South Wales colonial election was for 122 members representing 72 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 35 multi-member districts returning 85 members and 37 single member districts giving a total of 122 members. In the multi-member districts each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies. 7 districts were uncontested. There was no recognisable party structure at this election.[1] East Maitland (1,018) to Canterbury (2,630).[2]
Election results [ edit ] The sitting member Sir Henry Parkes successfully contested St Leonards .
Balmain [ edit ] The other sitting member William Hutchinson did not contest the election.
Balranald [ edit ] Bathurst [ edit ] The Bogan [ edit ] Boorowa [ edit ] Braidwood [ edit ] Angus Cameron was a sitting member for West Sydney however he had been defeated for that seat on Tuesday 13 October.
Canterbury [ edit ]
1885 New South Wales colonial election : Canterbury [13]
Candidate
Votes
%
Mark Hammond (re-elected 1)
2,760
16.1
William Henson (re-elected 2)
2,479
14.5
Septimus Stephen (re-elected 3)
2,432
14.2
William Judd (elected 4)
2,311
13.5
Alban Riley
2,178
12.7
Alexander Hutchison
1,955
11.4
Richard McCoy
1,911
11.2
Thomas Robertson
1,104
6.4
Total formal votes
17,130
99.3
Informal votes
125
0.7
Turnout
6,042
57.4
(1 new seat)
Carcoar [ edit ] The other sitting member George Campbell did not contest the election.
The Clarence [ edit ] Central Cumberland [ edit ] East Macquarie [ edit ] The other sitting member Edward Combes did not contest the election.
East Maitland [ edit ] East Sydney [ edit ] The Glebe [ edit ] Glen Innes [ edit ] Gloucester [ edit ] Goulburn [ edit ] Grafton [ edit ] Grenfell [ edit ] Gundagai [ edit ] The sitting member James Watson did not contest the election.
Gunnedah [ edit ] The Gwydir [ edit ] Thomas Dangar was the sitting member for The Namoi .
Hartley [ edit ] The Hastings and Manning [ edit ] The Hawkesbury [ edit ] The Hume [ edit ] The other sitting member Leyser Levin did not contest the election.
The Hunter [ edit ] Illawarra [ edit ] The sitting member Alexander Stuart did not contest the election.
Inverell [ edit ] The Macleay [ edit ] The sitting members Septimus Badgery and David Ryrie did not contest the election. Thomas O'Mara was the sitting member for Tumut .
Morpeth [ edit ] The other sitting member David Buchanan did not contest the election.
The Murray [ edit ] The Murrumbidgee [ edit ] The sitting members Auber Jones and George Loughnan did not contest the election. George Dibbs was the Premier and a member for St Leonards where he was successfully challenged by Sir Henry Parkes on Friday 16 October.
The Namoi [ edit ] The sitting member Thomas Dangar unsuccessfully contested The Gwydir .
The Nepean [ edit ] Newcastle [ edit ] New England [ edit ] The sitting member James Farnell was appointed to the Legislative Council and did not contest the election.
Newtown [ edit ] Northumberland [ edit ] Joseph Gorrick was the sitting member for Wollombi .
Paddington [ edit ] Parramatta [ edit ] Patrick's Plains [ edit ] Queanbeyan [ edit ] The sitting member George De Salis did not contest the election.
Redfern [ edit ] The other sitting member Alfred Fremlin did not contest the election.
The Richmond [ edit ] The sitting member Samuel Gray did not contest the election
Shoalhaven [ edit ] South Sydney [ edit ] The other sitting member John Harris did not contest the election.
St Leonards [ edit ] Sir Henry Parkes was the member for Argyle who contested St Leonards to successfully challenge the Premier George Dibbs . Dibbs was returned to Parliament by successfully contesting The Murrumbidgee on Saturday 31 October.
Tamworth [ edit ] Tenterfield [ edit ] The sitting member Thomas O'Mara unsuccessfully contested Monaro .
The Upper Hunter [ edit ] The other sitting member John McLaughlin did not contest the election.
Wellington [ edit ] Wentworth [ edit ] West Macquarie [ edit ] West Maitland [ edit ] The sitting member Henry Cohen did not contest the election.
West Sydney [ edit ] Wollombi [ edit ] The sitting member Joseph Gorrick unsuccessfully contested Northumberland .
Yass Plains [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ]
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New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Central Cumberland" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Durham" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 East Macquarie" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 East Maitland" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 East Sydney" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Eden" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Forbes" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Glebe" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Glen Innes" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Gloucester" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Goulburn" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Grafton" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 December 2019 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Grenfell" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Gundagai" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Gunnedah" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Gwydir" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Hartley" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Hastings and Manning" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Hawkesbury" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Hume" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Hunter" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Illawarra" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Inverell" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Kiama" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Macleay" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Molong" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Monaro" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Morpeth" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Mudgee" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Murray" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Murrumbidgee" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Namoi" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Nepean" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Newcastle" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 New England" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Newtown" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Northumberland" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Orange" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Paddington" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Parramatta" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 September 2019 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Patrick's Plain" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2021 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Queanbeyan" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Redfern" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Richmond" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Shoalhaven" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 South Sydney" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 St Leonards" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Tamworth" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Tenterfield" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Tumut" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Upper Hunter" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Wellington" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Wentworth" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 West Macquarie" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 West Maitland" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 West Sydney" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Wollombi" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Yass Plains" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .^ Green, Antony . "1885 Young" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020 .
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