Electoral district of Gwydir

The Gwydir was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859, when Liverpool Plains and Gwydir was divided, and named after and including the Gwydir River. In 1894 it was abolished and largely replaced by Moree and Barwon. It was re-created in the 1904 re-distirbution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.^[1] It consisted of the abolished seat of Moree and part of Inverell. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and largely merged, along with Tamworth, into Namoi.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Members for Gwydir

First incarnation (1859–1894)
Member		Party	Term
	Richard Jenkins	None	1859–1860
	Francis Rusden	None	1860–1864
	Thomas Dangar	None	1864–1880
	William Campbell	None	1880–1886
	Thomas Hassall	None	1886–1887
	Thomas Hassall	Protectionist	1887–1894
Second incarnation (1904–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	George Jones	Labor	1904–1913
	John Crane	Liberal Reform	1913–1917
	John Crane	Nationalist	1917–1920

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Gwydir ^[5]
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

1913 New South Wales state election: Gwydir ^[6]
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

1910 New South Wales state election: The Gwydir ^[7]
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

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: The Gwydir ^[8]
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

1904 New South Wales state election: The Gwydir ^[9]
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

District abolished

Elections in the 1890s

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Friday 3 July ^[10]
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

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Monday 28 January ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Thomas Hassall (elected)	unopposed
	Protectionist hold

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Thursday 10 February ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Thomas Hassall (re-elected)	unopposed

1886 by-election

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1885

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

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

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

1877

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

1874-75

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

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

1869-70

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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1864-65

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Tuesday 24 January 1865 ^[20]
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

1860 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Wednesday 19 December ^[21]
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

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Thursday 7 July ^[22]
Candidate		Votes	%
Richard Jenkins (re-elected)		unopposed

References

^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
^ "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1917 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1913 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1910 The Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1907 The Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1904 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1891 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1889 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1887 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1885 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1882 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1880 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1877 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1872 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1869-70 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1864-5 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1860 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1859 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

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[1] "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[2] "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[Green_Gwydir-4] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1917_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1917_Gwydir-5] Green, Antony. "1917 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1913_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1913_Gwydir-6] Green, Antony. "1913 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1910_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Gwydir_1910-8] Green, Antony. "1910 The Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[Results_of_the_1907_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_The_Gwydir_1907-9] Green, Antony. "1907 The Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

[Results_of_the_1904_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1904_Gwydir-10] Green, Antony. "1904 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1891_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1891_Gwydir-11] Green, Antony. "1891 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1889_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1889_Gwydir-12] Green, Antony. "1889 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1887_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1887_Gwydir-13] Green, Antony. "1887 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1885_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1885_Gwydir-14] Green, Antony. "1885 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1882_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1882_Gwydir-15] Green, Antony. "1882 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1880_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1880_Gwydir-16] Green, Antony. "1880 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1877_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1877_Gwydir-17] Green, Antony. "1877 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1874–75_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1874-75_Gwydir-18] Green, Antony. "1874-5 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1872_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1872_Gwydir-19] Green, Antony. "1872 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1869–70_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1869-70_Gwydir-20] Green, Antony. "1869-70 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1864–65_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1864-65_Gwydir-21] Green, Antony. "1864-5 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1860_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1860_Gwydir-22] Green, Antony. "1860 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

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v t e Electoral results for the former electoral districts of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly
North coast	Byron Casino Grafton Manning Hastings Hastings and Macleay Hastings and Manning Macleay Macquarie Murwillumbah Raleigh Richmond Rous
Hunter & Central Coast	Durham East Maitland Hamilton Hunter Kahibah Kurri Kurri Lower Hunter Morpeth Newcastle East Newcastle West North Eastern Boroughs Northumberland Northumberland and Hunter Northumberland Boroughs Patrick's Plains Paterson Peats Robertson Singleton Tuggerah West Maitland Wickham Wollombi Waratah Williams
Sydney North	Baulkham Hills Belmore Carlingford Central Cumberland Collaroy Cumberland Cumberland Boroughs Cumberland (North Riding) Earlwood Eastwood Ermington Fuller Gladesville Gordon Kirribilli Ku-ring-gai Middle Harbour Minchinbury Moorebank Mosman Mulgoa Nepean Neutral Bay Northcott North Sydney Seven Hills St Leonards St Marys Sherbrooke Sydney Hamlets The Hills Toongabbie Warringah Western Suburbs Windsor
Sydney City	Bligh Darling Harbour Darlinghurst East Sydney Elizabeth King McKell Phillip Port Jackson Pyrmont Sydney City Sydney-Belmore Sydney-Bligh Sydney-Cook Sydney-Denison Sydney-Fitzroy Sydney-Flinders Sydney-Gipps Sydney-King Sydney-Lang Sydney-Phillip Sydney-Pyrmont University of Sydney West Sydney
Sydney east	Alexandria Paddington Paddington-Waverley Randwick Surry Hills Waterloo Waverley Woollahra
Sydney south	Annandale Arncliffe Ashfield Ashfield-Croydon Balmain North Balmain South Bass Hill Burragorang Clyde Concord Cook's River Croydon Cumberland (South Riding) Darlington Dulwich Hill Enmore East Camden Eastern Suburbs Georges River Glebe Hurstville Ingleburn Lakemba Leichhardt Marrickville Menai Merrylands Narellan Newtown-Annandale Newtown-Camperdown Newtown-Erskine Newtown-St Peters Petersham Redfern Rozelle St George Smithfield South Sydney Sutherland Wentworthville West Camden Woronora Yaralla
Wollongong & south coast	Allowrie Bulli Bondi Botany Burwood Camperdown Corrimal Eden Eden-Bombala Illawarra Kembla Maneroo Moruya Munmorah St Vincent Shoalhaven United Counties of Murray and St Vincent Wollongong-Kembla
North west	Alma Armidale Bathurst (County) The Bogan Bourke Broken Hill Burrendong Carcoar Castlereagh Cobar Cook and Westmoreland Coonamble East Macquarie Glen Innes Gloucester Gloucester and Macquarie Goldfields North Gough Gunnedah Gwydir Hartley Inverell Liverpool Plains Liverpool Plains and Gwydir Moree Mudgee Namoi Narrabri New England New England and Macleay Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh Quirindi Roxburgh Rylstone Sturt Tenterfield Uralla-Walcha Western Boroughs Wilcannia Willyama
South west	Argyle Ashburnham Balranald Belubula Bingara Blayney Boorowa Bowral Braidwood Burrangong Burrinjuck Condoublin Corowa Cowra The Darling Deniliquin Forbes Goldfields South Goldfields West Grenfell Gundagai Hay Hume King and Georgiana Lachlan Lachlan and Lower Darling Lyndhurst Molong Murray-Darling Murrumbidgee Queanbeyan Southern Boroughs Southern Highlands Temora Tumut Wentworth Wynyard Yass Yass Plains Young
Queensland	Brisbane Burnett Clarence and Darling Downs Darling Downs East Moreton Ipswich Lachlan and Lower Darling Leichhardt, Queensland Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis Stanley Boroughs Stanley County West Moreton

v t e Members of the Parliament of New South Wales
Legislative Assembly	1856–1858 1858–1859 1859–1860 1860–1864 1864–1869 1869–1872 1872–1874 1874–1877 1877–1880 1880–1882 1882–1885 1885–1887 1887–1889 1889–1891 1891–1894 1894–1895 1895–1898 1898–1901 1901–1904 1904–1907 1907–1910 1910–1913 1913–1917 1917–1920 1920–1922 1922–1925 1925–1927 1927–1930 1930–1932 1932–1935 1935–1938 1938–1941 1941–1944 1944–1947 1947–1950 1950–1953 1953–1956 1956–1959 1959–1962 1962–1965 1965–1968 1968–1971 1971–1973 1973–1976 1976–1978 1978–1981 1981–1984 1984–1988 1988–1991 1991–1995 1995–1999 1999–2003 2003–2007 2007–2011 2011–2015 2015–2019 2019–2023 2023–2027
Legislative Council	1823–1843 1843–1851 1851–1856 1856–1861 1861–1864 1864–1869 1869–1872 1872–1874 1874–1877 1877–1880 1880–1882 1882–1885 1885–1887 1887–1889 1889–1891 1891–1894 1894–1895 1895–1898 1898–1901 1901–1904 1904–1907 1907–1910 1910–1913 1913–1917 1917–1920 1920–1922 1922–1925 1925–1927 1927–1930 1930–1932 1932–1934 1934–1937 1937–1940 1940–1943 1943–1946 1946–1949 1949–1952 1952–1955 1955–1958 1958–1961 1961–1964 1964–1967 1967–1970 1970–1973 1973–1976 1976–1978 1978–1981 1981–1984 1984–1988 1988–1991 1991–1995 1995–1999 1999–2003 2003–2007 2007–2011 2011–2015 2015–2019 2019–2023 2023–2027