Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election
New South Wales colonial election, 4 – 26 February 1887 [1] | ||||||
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Enrolled voters | ||||||
Votes cast | 128,787 | Turnout | 57.84 | −3.26 | ||
Informal votes | 2,275 | Informal | 1.74 | −0.27 | ||
Summary of votes by party | ||||||
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change | |
Free Trade | 78,238 | 60.75 | n/a | 79 | n/a | |
Protectionist | 42,354 | 32.89 | n/a | 37 | n/a | |
Ind. Free Trade | 4,159 | 3.23 | n/a | 4 | n/a | |
Ind. Protectionist | 3,105 | 2.41 | n/a | 4 | n/a | |
Independent | 931 | 0.72 | n/a | 0 | n/a | |
Total | 252,004 | 124 |
The 1887 New South Wales colonial election was for 124 members representing 74 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 87 members and 37 single member districts giving a total of 124 members. In the multi-member districts each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies. 13 districts were uncontested. This was the first election at which there were recognisable political parties.[1] The average number of enrolled voters per seat was 1,984, ranging from Boorowa (1,103) to Canterbury (3,161).[2]
Election results
Albury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | George Day (re-elected) | 513 | 58.6 | ||
Free Trade | William Smith | 363 | 41.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 876 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 18 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 894 | 61.8 |
Argyle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Holborow (re-elected 1) | 975 | 35.7 | ||
Free Trade | Edward Ball (elected 2) | 970 | 35.5 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Rose | 789 | 28.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,734 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,723 | 62.5 |
Balmain
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Jacob Garrard (re-elected 1) | 3,012 | 26.6 | ||
Free Trade | John Hawthorne (re-elected 2) | 2,915 | 25.8 | ||
Free Trade | Frank Smith (elected 3) | 2,717 | 24.0 | ||
Protectionist | Solomon Hyam (defeated) | 1,585 | 14.0 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Belgrave | 723 | 6.4 | ||
Protectionist | Aaron Wheeler | 353 | 3.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,305 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 108 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,640 | 58.7 |
Balranald
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Protectionist | Allen Lakeman (elected 1) | 946 | 40.4 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Robert Wilkinson (re-elected 2) | 777 | 33.2 | ||
Independent | Alexander Cameron | 621 | 26.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,344 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 43 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,589 | 39.4 |
The other sitting member John Cramsie did not contest the election.
Bathurst
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | William Cortis (elected) | 773 | 59.9 | ||
Protectionist | Francis Suttor (defeated) | 517 | 40.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,290 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 18 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,308 | 70.2 |
The Bogan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Kelly (elected 1) | 1,422 | 31.4 | ||
Free Trade | Joseph Penzer (elected 2) | 1,352 | 29.9 | ||
Protectionist | George Cass (defeated) | 1,179 | 26.1 | ||
Protectionist | Rene Berteaux | 570 | 12.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,523 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 19 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,359 | 48.4 |
The other sitting member Patrick Jennings did not contest the election.
Boorowa
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Slattery (re-elected) | unopposed |
Bourke
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Thomas Waddell (elected 1) | 1,220 | 38.7 | ||
Free Trade | Alexander Wilson (elected 2) | 996 | 31.6 | ||
Protectionist | William Willis | 934 | 29.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,150 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 21 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,047 | 46.2 |
The sitting members were Russell Barton and William Sawers, both of whom resigned on 2 December 1886.[10] A writ was issued for a by-election,[11] which was held on 21 January 1887, with the result Thomas Waddell 1019, William Willis 833 and Alexander Wilson 682.[12] The writ was not returned however as the parliament was dissolved on 26 January.[10]
Braidwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | Alexander Ryrie (re-elected) | 535 | 58.3 | ||
Free Trade | John Lingen | 383 | 41.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 918 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 23 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 939 | 62.6 |
Camden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Thomas Garrett (re-elected 1) | 1,740 | 33.3 | ||
Free Trade | William McCourt (elected 2) | 1,591 | 30.5 | ||
Free Trade | John Kidd (defeated) | 1,485 | 28.4 | ||
Protectionist | James Hanrahan | 407 | 7.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,223 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 58 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,086 | 62.0 |
Canterbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Joseph Carruthers (elected 1) | 4,302 | 19.8 | ||
Free Trade | Alexander Hutchison (elected 2) | 3,013 | 13.9 | ||
Free Trade | William Henson (re-elected 3) | 2,385 | 11.0 | ||
Free Trade | William Davis | 2,264 | 10.4 | ||
Free Trade | James Wilshire | 2,179 | 10.0 | ||
Free Trade | William Cameron | 2,101 | 9.7 | ||
Free Trade | John Wheeler | 2,028 | 9.3 | ||
Protectionist | John Watkin | 1,507 | 6.9 | ||
Free Trade | Richard McCoy | 1,477 | 6.8 | ||
Free Trade | George Wallace | 504 | 2.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,760 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 160 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,776 | 53.6 |
Three of the sitting members, Mark Hammond, William Judd and Septimus Stephen, did not contest the election.
Carcoar
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Charles Garland (re-elected 1) | 1,160 | 38.7 | ||
Free Trade | Charles Jeanneret (elected 2) | 1,014 | 33.8 | ||
Protectionist | Francis Freehill | 824 | 27.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,998 | 100.0 | |||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,940 | 55.2 |
The other sitting member Ezekiel Baker did not contest the election.
The Clarence
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | John McFarlane (elected) | 646 | 55.7 | ||
Free Trade | John Purves (defeated) | 513 | 44.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,159 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 13 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,172 | 60.1 |
Central Cumberland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Varney Parkes (re-elected 1) | 2,404 | 25.8 | ||
Free Trade | Andrew McCulloch (re-elected 2) | 2,119 | 22.7 | ||
Free Trade | Frank Farnell (elected 3) | 1,861 | 19.9 | ||
Free Trade | John Nobbs | 1,775 | 19.0 | ||
Protectionist | Nathaniel Bull (defeated) | 1,173 | 12.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,332 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 67 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,040 | 51.3 |
Durham
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Herbert Brown (re-elected) | 591 | 57.9 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | John Wade | 429 | 42.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,020 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 30 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,050 | 70.4 |
East Macquarie
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Sydney Smith (re-elected 1) | 951 | 42.2 | ||
Free Trade | James Tonkin (elected 2) | 795 | 35.2 | ||
Protectionist | Paddy Crick | 510 | 22.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,256 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,264 | 45.1 |
The other sitting member John Shepherd unsuccessfully contested Paddington.
East Maitland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | James Brunker (re-elected) | unopposed |
East Sydney
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Sydney Burdekin (re-elected 1) | 4,238 | 23.8 | ||
Free Trade | George Reid (re-elected 2) | 4,108 | 23.1 | ||
Free Trade | William McMillan (elected 3) | 4,025 | 22.6 | ||
Free Trade | John Street (elected 4) | 3,605 | 20.2 | ||
Protectionist | William Traill | 1,846 | 10.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,822 | 99.7 | |||
Informal votes | 63 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 6,883 | 63.2 |
The two other sitting members Edmund Barton was appointed to the Legislative Council and Henry Copeland successfully contested New England.
Eden
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Henry Clarke (re-elected) | unopposed | |||
Protectionist | James Garvan (re-elected) | unopposed |
Forbes
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Alfred Stokes (re-elected 1) | 788 | 36.6 | ||
Free Trade | Henry Cooke (elected 2) | 706 | 32.8 | ||
Protectionist | Joseph Reymond | 657 | 30.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,151 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 16 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,273 | 52.8 |
The other sitting member Walter Coonan did not contest the election.
The Glebe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Wilkinson (re-elected 1) | 1,332 | 36.0 | ||
Free Trade | Michael Chapman (elected 2) | 1,261 | 34.0 | ||
Free Trade | John Meeks (defeated) | 503 | 13.6 | ||
Free Trade | William Bailey | 384 | 10.4 | ||
Protectionist | Stephen Byrne | 225 | 6.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,705 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 84 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,448 | 67.0 |
Glen Innes
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | George Matheson (elected) | 604 | 51.6 | ||
Protectionist | Alexander Hutchison | 567 | 48.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,171 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 20 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,191 | 42.1 |
The sitting member William Fergusson unsuccessfully contested Wentworth.
Gloucester
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Jonathan Seaver (elected) | 434 | 45.4 | ||
Free Trade | John Hart | 267 | 27.9 | ||
Free Trade | John McLaughlin | 207 | 21.7 | ||
Protectionist | George Perry | 48 | 5.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 956 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 14 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 970 | 59.2 |
The sitting member Robert White did not contest the election. John McLaughlin had been unsuccessful in contesting Paddington on 9 February.
Goulburn
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Teece (re-elected) | unopposed |
Grafton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | John See (re-elected) | unopposed |
Grenfell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Robert Vaughn (re-elected) | 431 | 53.3 | ||
Free Trade | A L Park | 378 | 46.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 809 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 15 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 824 | 51.6 |
Gundagai
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Free Trade | John Want (re-elected) | 701 | 55.3 | ||
Protectionist | Robert Newman | 566 | 44.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,267 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 19 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,286 | 49.2 |
Gunnedah
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Goodwin (elected) | 616 | 62.7 | ||
Free Trade | J Poole | 367 | 37.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 983 | 95.4 | |||
Informal votes | 47 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,030 | 50.3 |
The sitting member Joseph Abbott successfully contested Wentworth.
The Gwydir
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Hassall (re-elected) | unopposed |
Hartley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Hurley (elected) | 619 | 44.8 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Richard Inch | 333 | 24.1 | ||
Protectionist | John Young | 245 | 17.7 | ||
Protectionist | Brisbane Doyle | 184 | 13.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,381 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 30 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,411 | 64.1 |
The sitting member Walter Targett unsuccessfully contested The Hastings and Manning.
The Hastings and Manning
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Charles Roberts (re-elected 1) | 1,195 | 40.7 | ||
Free Trade | James Young (re-elected 2) | 1,107 | 37.7 | ||
Protectionist | Walter Targett (defeated) | 635 | 21.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,937 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 15 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,628 | 55.5 |
Walter Targett was the member for Hartley
The Hawkesbury
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Alexander Bowman (re-elected) | 758 | 46.3 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | John Griffin | 657 | 40.1 | ||
Independent | Thomas Primrose | 222 | 13.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,637 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 38 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,675 | 73.4 |
The Hume
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | William Lyne (re-elected) | unopposed | |||
Protectionist | James Hayes (re-elected) | unopposed |
The Hunter
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Burns (re-elected) | unopposed |
Illawarra
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Francis Woodward (elected) | 939 | 55.7 | ||
Protectionist | Andrew Lysaght (defeated) | 748 | 44.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,687 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 29 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,716 | 59.7 |
Inverell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Samuel Moore (re-elected) | 763 | 60.1 | ||
Protectionist | George Cruickshank | 507 | 39.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,270 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 21 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,291 | 63.0 |
Kiama
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Angus Cameron (re-elected) | unopposed |
The Macleay
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Robert Smith (re-elected) | 945 | 58.0 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Enoch Rudder | 684 | 42.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,629 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 31 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,660 | 54.8 |
Molong
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Protectionist | Andrew Ross (re-elected) | unopposed |
Monaro
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Protectionist | Thomas O'Mara (elected 1) | 1,148 | 38.0 | ||
Protectionist | Henry Dawson (re-elected 2) | 783 | 25.9 | ||
Protectionist | Harold Stephen (defeated) | 637 | 21.1 | ||
Free Trade | Herbert Elles | 453 | 15.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,021 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,732 | 55.7 |
Morpeth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | John Bowes (elected) | 541 | 58.2 | ||
Free Trade | Myles McRae | 388 | 41.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 929 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 12 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 941 | 75.3 |
The sitting member Robert Wisdom did not contest the election.
Mudgee
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Adolphus Taylor (re-elected 1) | 1,219 | 20.2 | ||
Protectionist | William Wall (re-elected 2) | 1,071 | 17.8 | ||
Free Trade | Reginald Black (elected 3) | 1,056 | 17.5 | ||
Protectionist | Richard Rouse | 990 | 16.4 | ||
Free Trade | John Haynes | 884 | 14.7 | ||
Protectionist | John Carden | 805 | 13.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,025 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 40 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,231 | 56.7 |
The other sitting member Thomas Browne unsuccessfully contested Wentworth.
The Murray
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | John Chanter (re-elected 1) | 836 | 35.7 | ||
Protectionist | Robert Barbour (re-elected 2) | 759 | 32.4 | ||
Free Trade | William Virgoe | 750 | 32.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,345 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 26 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,377 | 47.8 |
The Murrumbidgee
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | James Gormly (re-elected 1) | 2,226 | 31.5 | ||
Protectionist | John Gale (elected 2) | 1,897 | 26.9 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | George Dibbs (re-elected 3) | 1,630 | 23.1 | ||
Free Trade | Robert Reynolds | 1,310 | 18.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,063 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 31 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,214 | 40.5 |
The other sitting member Alexander Bolton did not contest the election.
The Namoi
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Thomas Dangar (elected) | 762 | 65.0 | ||
Free Trade | George Dale | 411 | 35.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,173 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 20 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,193 | 47.4 |
The sitting member Charles Collins did not contest the election.
The Nepean
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Samuel Lees (elected) | 701 | 50.7 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Thomas Smith (defeated) | 683 | 49.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,384 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 21 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,405 | 75.5 |
New England
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | James Inglis (re-elected 1) | 1,371 | 46.1 | ||
Protectionist | Henry Copeland (re-elected 2) | 999 | 33.6 | ||
Protectionist | Charles Givney | 603 | 20.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,973 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 31 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,108 | 53.9 |
Newcastle
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | James Ellis (elected 1) | 2,724 | 41.2 | ||
Protectionist | James Fletcher (re-elected 2) | 2,281 | 34.5 | ||
Free Trade | George Lloyd (defeated) | 1,603 | 24.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,608 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 44 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,890 | 75.4 |
Newtown
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Foster (re-elected 1) | 2,404 | 29.6 | ||
Free Trade | Frederick Gibbes (re-elected 2) | 2,321 | 28.6 | ||
Free Trade | Nicholas Hawken (elected 3) | 2,106 | 26.0 | ||
Protectionist | James Smith (defeated) | 1,284 | 15.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,115 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 57 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,446 | 56.3 |
Northumberland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Ninian Melville (re-elected 1) | 2,399 | 23.2 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Walker (elected 2) | 2,323 | 22.5 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Joseph Creer (re-elected 3) | 2,069 | 20.0 | ||
Protectionist | John Osborne | 1,952 | 18.9 | ||
Free Trade | Nicholas Downing | 1,010 | 9.8 | ||
Protectionist | Andrew Love | 578 | 5.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,331 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 71 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,117 | 75.1 | |||
(1 new seat) |
Orange
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Dalton (re-elected 1) | 997 | 37.4 | ||
Free Trade | William Clarke (re-elected 2) | 920 | 34.5 | ||
Protectionist | George Hawke | 751 | 28.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,668 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 21 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,857 | 69.2 |
Paddington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Neild (re-elected 1) | 2,601 | 22.3 | ||
Free Trade | Alfred Allen (elected 2) | 2,271 | 19.5 | ||
Free Trade | William Trickett (re-elected 3) | 2,230 | 19.1 | ||
Free Trade | John McLaughlin | 2,139 | 18.3 | ||
Free Trade | John Shepherd (defeated) | 1,630 | 14.0 | ||
Protectionist | William Allen | 715 | 6.1 | ||
Independent | Edwin Bottrell | 89 | 0.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,675 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 151 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,159 | 66.6 |
The other sitting member Robert Butcher did not contest the election. John Shepherd was the member for East Macquarie. John McLaughlin also unsuccessfully contested Gloucester.
Parramatta
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Hugh Taylor (re-elected) | unopposed |
Patrick's Plains
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Albert Gould (re-elected) | unopposed |
Queanbeyan
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Edward O'Sullivan (re-elected) | 707 | 56.8 | ||
Free Trade | George Tompsitt | 537 | 43.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,244 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 20 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,264 | 48.5 |
Redfern
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Sutherland (re-elected 1) | 3,582 | 23.2 | ||
Free Trade | James Farnell (elected 2) | 2,644 | 17.1 | ||
Free Trade | William Stephen (elected 3) | 2,599 | 16.8 | ||
Free Trade | William Schey (elected 4) | 2,407 | 15.6 | ||
Protectionist | Arthur Renwick (defeated) | 1,938 | 12.6 | ||
Protectionist | James Howe | 1,803 | 11.7 | ||
Protectionist | Alfred Fremlin | 467 | 3.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,440 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 103 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,053 | 58.8 | |||
(1 new seat) |
The other sitting member Thomas Williamson did not contest the election.
The Richmond
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Ewing (re-elected 1) | 2,153 | 42.0 | ||
Protectionist | Frederick Crouch (elected 2) | 1,950 | 38.0 | ||
Free Trade | James Barrie | 659 | 12.9 | ||
Free Trade | R Lopez | 366 | 7.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,128 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 27 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,828 | 54.7 |
The other sitting member Patrick Hogan did not contest the election.
Shoalhaven
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Martin (elected) | 853 | 51.7 | ||
Protectionist | William Lovegrove | 798 | 48.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,651 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 15 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,666 | 76.9 |
The sitting member Frederick Humphery did not contest the election.
South Sydney
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Alban Riley (elected 1) | 3,426 | 20.2 | ||
Free Trade | Bernhard Wise (elected 2) | 3,067 | 18.1 | ||
Free Trade | George Withers (elected 3) | 2,845 | 16.8 | ||
Protectionist | James Toohey (re-elected 4) | 1,999 | 11.8 | ||
Protectionist | John Davies (defeated) | 1,394 | 8.2 | ||
Protectionist | Alfred Miller | 1,356 | 8.0 | ||
Protectionist | Archibald Forsyth (defeated) | 1,110 | 6.5 | ||
Protectionist | Edward Bennett | 1,085 | 6.4 | ||
Independent | Michael Simmons | 685 | 4.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,967 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 126 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,602 | 68.6 |
The other sitting member Joseph Olliffe did not contest the election.
St Leonards
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected) | unopposed | |||
Free Trade | Isaac Ives (re-elected) | unopposed |
Tamworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Robert Levien (re-elected 1) | 928 | 28.0 | ||
Protectionist | William Dowel (elected 2) | 829 | 25.0 | ||
Free Trade | William Tribe | 784 | 23.6 | ||
Free Trade | Eustace Pratt | 776 | 23.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,317 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 32 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,784 | 58.2 |
The other sitting member Michael Burke did not contest the election.
Tenterfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Charles Lee (re-elected) | 672 | 65.8 | ||
Protectionist | William Richardson | 350 | 34.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,022 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 27 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,049 | 45.1 |
Tumut
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Travers Jones (re-elected) | 662 | 52.2 | ||
Free Trade | Nathaniel Emanuel | 607 | 47.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,269 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 26 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,295 | 74.3 |
The Upper Hunter
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John McElhone (elected 1) | 984 | 36.7 | ||
Free Trade | Robert FitzGerald (re-elected 2) | 599 | 22.4 | ||
Protectionist | William Abbott | 549 | 20.5 | ||
Free Trade | Thomas Hungerford (defeated) | 548 | 20.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,680 | 99.8 | |||
Informal votes | 6 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,637 | 57.0 |
Wellington
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | David Ferguson (re-elected) | 547 | 64.4 | ||
Free Trade | W J Hill | 303 | 35.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 850 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 16 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 866 | 64.5 |
Wentworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Joseph Abbott (re-elected 1) | 939 | 34.5 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | William MacGregor (re-elected 2) | 779 | 28.6 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Browne (defeated) | 636 | 23.4 | ||
Protectionist | William Fergusson (defeated) | 369 | 13.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,723 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 38 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,583 | 29.1 |
The other sitting member Edward Quin did not contest the election. Joseph Abbott was the member for Gunnedah, Thomas Browne was the member for Mudgee and William Fergusson was the member for Glen Innes.
West Macquarie
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Fergus Smith (elected) | 340 | 48.3 | ||
Protectionist | Paddy Crick | 255 | 36.2 | ||
Protectionist | John Hughes | 109 | 15.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 704 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 712 | 64.2 |
The sitting member Lewis Lloyd did not contest the election.
West Maitland
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Richard Thompson (re-elected) | unopposed |
West Sydney
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Francis Abigail (re-elected 1) | 3,688 | 19.9 | ||
Free Trade | Alexander Kethel (re-elected 2) | 3,450 | 18.6 | ||
Free Trade | George Merriman (elected 3) | 3,049 | 16.4 | ||
Free Trade | Daniel O'Connor (re-elected 4) | 2,988 | 16.1 | ||
Protectionist | John Young (defeated) | 2,246 | 12.1 | ||
Protectionist | Arthur Nelson | 1,212 | 6.5 | ||
Protectionist | William Westman | 977 | 5.3 | ||
Free Trade | William Pritchard | 972 | 5.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,582 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 189 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,429 | 64.5 |
Wollombi
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Richard Stevenson (re-elected) | 578 | 55.5 | ||
Free Trade | George Watt | 463 | 44.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,041 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 17 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,058 | 55.3 |
Yass Plains
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Colls (re-elected) | 691 | 56.9 | ||
Free Trade | Henry Donaldson | 524 | 43.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,215 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 22 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,247 | 63.9 |
Young
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | James Gordon (elected 1) | 1,095 | 30.7 | ||
Protectionist | James Mackinnon (re-elected 2) | 1,053 | 29.5 | ||
Protectionist | Gerald Spring (defeated) | 922 | 25.8 | ||
Free Trade | William Lucas | 498 | 14.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,568 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 24 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,206 | 64.4 |
See also
- Candidates of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election
- Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, 1887–1889
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