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Electoral results for the district of Carcoar

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Carcoar, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1859   William Watt None
1860
1862 by   William Dalley None
1864   Barnard Stimpson None
1869   Richard Driver None
1872   Thomas West None
1874   Solomon Meyer None
1876 by   Andrew Lynch None
1877 Member Party
1880   Ezekiel Baker None   Andrew Lynch None
1881 by   George Campbell None
1882
1884 by   Ezekiel Baker None
1885   Charles Garland None
1887   Free Trade   Charles Jeanneret Free Trade
1889   John Plumb Free Trade
1891   Denis Donnelly Protectionist   Charles Jeanneret Free Trade

Election results

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Elections in the 1890s

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1891

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1891 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Friday 19 June [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Denis Donnelly (elected 1) 1,124 25.9
Free Trade Charles Jeanneret (elected 2) 1,110 25.6
Free Trade John Plumb (defeated) 1,103 25.4
Protectionist Alfred Fremlin 921 21.2
Protectionist Ezekiel Baker 81 1.9
Total formal votes 4,339 98.8
Informal votes 51 1.2
Turnout 2,327 63.2
  Protectionist gain 1 from Free Trade
  Free Trade hold 1

Elections in the 1880s

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1889

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1889 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Saturday 9 February [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Charles Garland (elected 1) 1,174 27.7
Free Trade John Plumb (elected 2) 1,146 27.0
Protectionist Denis Donnelly 972 22.9
Protectionist Alfred Fremlin 953 22.5
Total formal votes 4,245 99.5
Informal votes 23 0.5
Turnout 2,294 61.5
  Free Trade hold 2  

1887

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1887 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Saturday 12 February [6]
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

1885

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1885 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Friday 23 October [7]
Candidate Votes %
Charles Garland (elected 1) 1,034 39.5
Ezekiel Baker (re-elected 2) 932 35.6
Francis Freehill 655 25.0
Total formal votes 2,621 99.4
Informal votes 17 0.6
Turnout 1,725 55.7

1884 by-election

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1884 Carcoar by-election
Friday 21 November [8]
Candidate Votes %
Ezekiel Baker (elected) 715 45.9
Thomas Fitzpatrick 426 27.3
Charles Garland 417 26.7
Total formal votes 1,558 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,558 50.2
Andrew Lynch died.[8]

1882

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1882 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Wednesday 6 December [9]
Candidate Votes %
George Campbell (re-elected 1) 1,074 40.7
Andrew Lynch (re-elected 2) 833 31.6
Thomas Fitzpatrick 732 27.7
Total formal votes 2,639 99.3
Informal votes 19 0.7
Turnout 1,566 54.8

1881 by-election

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1881 Carcoar by-election
Thursday 1 December [10]
Candidate Votes %
George Campbell (elected) 846 58.1
Ezekiel Baker (defeated) 610 41.9
Total formal votes 1,456 96.4
Informal votes 55 3.6
Turnout 1,511 56.2
The sitting member Ezekiel Baker was expelled from the Assembly on allegations of bribery and corruption.[11]

1880

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1880 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Monday 22 November [12]
Candidate Votes %
Ezekiel Baker (re-elected 1) 1,320 43.6
Andrew Lynch (re-elected 2) 883 29.2
William Suttor 825 27.3
Total formal votes 3,028 99.1
Informal votes 29 1.0
Turnout 1,724 64.6
  (1 new seat)
Ezekiel Baker was the sitting member for the abolished district of Goldfields South.

Elections in the 1870s

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1877

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1877 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Tuesday 30 October [13]
Candidate Votes %
Andrew Lynch (re-elected) unopposed  

1876 by-election

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1876 Carcoar by-election
Wednesday 14 June [14]
Candidate Votes %
Andrew Lynch (elected) unopposed  
Solomon Meyer resigned.[14]

1874-75

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1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Monday 28 December 1874 [15]
Candidate Votes %
Solomon Meyer (elected) 523 50.4
T R Icely 514 49.6
Total formal votes 1,037 97.5
Informal votes 27 2.5
Turnout 1,064 52.0

1872

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1872 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Monday 26 February [16]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas West (elected) unopposed

Elections in the 1860s

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1869-70

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1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Thursday 23 December 1869 [17]
Candidate Votes %
Richard Driver (elected) unopposed

1864-65

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1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Wednesday 21 December 1864 [18]
Candidate Votes %
Barnard Stimpson (elected) unopposed

1862 by-election

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1862 Carcoar by-election
Thursday 16 October [19]
Candidate Votes %
William Dalley (elected) unopposed  
William Watt resigned.[19]

1860

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1860 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Tuesday 11 December [20]
Candidate Votes %
William Watt (re-elected) 202 55.0
James Murphy 165 45.0
Total formal votes 367 98.9
Informal votes 4 1.1
Turnout 371 46.5

Elections in the 1850s

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1859

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1859 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Tuesday 21 June [21]
Candidate Votes %
William Watt (elected) unopposed

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  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 20 August 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1889 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1887 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1885 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  8. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1884 Carcoar by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1881 Carcoar by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  11. ^ Nairn, Bede (1969). "Baker, Ezekiel Alexander (1823–1912)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 3. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943.
  12. ^ Green, Antony. "1880 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  14. ^ a b Green, Antony. "Carcoar by-election 1876". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  15. ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  16. ^ Green, Antony. "1872 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  17. ^ Green, Antony. "1869-70 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  18. ^ Green, Antony. "1864-5 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  19. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1861 Carcoar by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  20. ^ Green, Antony. "1860 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  21. ^ Green, Antony. "1859 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.