Electoral results for the district of Patrick's Plains

Patrick's Plains, 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]

Member	Party	Term
1859	William Russell	None
1860	William Lesley	None
1861 by	Joseph Harpur	None
1864	Bowie Wilson	None
1866 by	Bowie Wilson	None
1869	James Hoskins	None
1872	William Browne	None
1874
1877
1880	John Brown	None
1882	Albert Gould	None
1885		None
1887		Free Trade
1889
1891

Election results

Elections in the 1890s

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Friday 19 June ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Albert Gould (re-elected)	790	58.1
	Protectionist	Alfred De Lissa	570	41.9
Total formal votes			1,360	99.3
Informal votes			10	0.7
Turnout			1,370	70.7
	Free Trade hold

Elections in the 1880s

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Saturday 9 February ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Albert Gould (elected)	667	51.8
	Protectionist	William Browne	620	48.2
Total formal votes			1,287	99.1
Informal votes			12	0.9
Turnout			1,299	72.4
	Free Trade hold

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 10 February ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Albert Gould (re-elected)	unopposed

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 10 February ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Albert Gould (re-elected)	unopposed

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Wednesday 28 October ^[7]
Candidate	Votes	%
Albert Gould (re-elected)	676	55.2
William Browne	548	44.8
Total formal votes	1,224	99.0
Informal votes	12	1.0
Turnout	1,236	78.6

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 7 December ^[8]
Candidate	Votes	%
Albert Gould (elected)	393	38.4
William Browne	359	35.1
James Hutchinson	230	22.5
John Elliott	41	4.0
Total formal votes	1,023	97.8
Informal votes	23	2.2
Turnout	1,046	67.0

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 25 November ^[9]
Candidate	Votes	%
John Brown (elected)	493	50.3
William Browne (defeated)	487	49.7
Total formal votes	980	97.3
Informal votes	27	2.7
Turnout	1,007	66.2

Elections in the 1870s

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Tuesday 30 October ^[10]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Browne (re-elected)	468	63.6
William Durham	268	36.4
Total formal votes	736	97.1
Informal votes	22	2.9
Turnout	758	52.8

1874

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Wednesday 16 December 1874 ^[11]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Browne (re-elected)	664	75.0
Alexander Bowman	221	25.0
Total formal votes	885	98.1
Informal votes	17	1.9
Turnout	902	58.4

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Tuesday 27 February ^[12]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Browne (elected)	535	61.9
Alexander Bowman	330	38.2
Total formal votes	865	97.6
Informal votes	21	2.4
Turnout	886	54.0

Elections in the 1860s

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 23 December 1869 ^[13]
Candidate	Votes	%
James Hoskins (re-elected)	482	54.2
Bowie Wilson (defeated)	407	45.8
Total formal votes	889	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	910	54.9

1866 by-election

1866 Patrick's Plains by-election
Thursday 8 February ^[14]
Candidate	Votes	%
Bowie Wilson (re-elected)	339	70.5
E E Darvall	142	29.5
Total formal votes	481	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	481	29.4

Bowie Wilson was appointed Secretary for Lands in the second Martin ministry.^[14]

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Friday 9 December 1864 ^[15]
Candidate	Votes	%
Bowie Wilson (re-elected)	314	56.3
John Waller	244	43.7
Total formal votes	558	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	579	37.8

1861 by-election

**1861 Patrick's Plains by-election**
Thursday 4 July ^[16]
Candidate		Votes	%
Joseph Harpur (elected)		unopposed

William Lesley resigned.^[16]

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 13 December ^[17]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Lesley (elected)	261	58.1
William Russell (defeated)	177	39.4
Walter Rotton	11	2.5
Total formal votes	449	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	469	47.5

Elections in the 1850s

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 30 June ^[18]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Russell (elected)	264	57.4
James Dickson	196	42.6
Total formal votes	460	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	460	53.3

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Patrick's Plains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1891 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1889 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1887 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1885 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1882 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1880 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1877 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1872 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1869-70 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1866 Patrick's Plains by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
^ Green, Antony. ""1864-5 Patrick's Plains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1861 Patrick's Plains by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1860 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ Green, Antony. "1859 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[Green_Patrick's_Plains-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Patrick's Plains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 October 2020.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2020.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1891_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1891_Patrick-4] Green, Antony. "1891 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[Results_of_the_1889_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1889_Patrick-5] Green, Antony. "1889 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[Results_of_the_1887_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1887_Patrick-6] Green, Antony. "1887 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[Results_of_the_1885_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1885_Patrick-7] Green, Antony. "1885 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[Results_of_the_1882_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1882_Patrick-8] Green, Antony. "1882 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[Results_of_the_1880_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1880_Patrick-9] Green, Antony. "1880 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[Results_of_the_1877_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1877_Patrick-10] Green, Antony. "1877 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[Results_of_the_1874–75_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1874-75_Patrick-11] Green, Antony. "1874-5 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[Results_of_the_1872_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1872_Patrick-12] Green, Antony. "1872 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[Results_of_the_1869–70_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1869-70_Patrick-13] Green, Antony. "1869-70 Patrick's Plain". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[1866_Patrick's_Plains_colonial_by-election_Green-14] Green, Antony. "1866 Patrick's Plains by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[Results_of_the_1864–65_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1864-65_Patrick-15] Green, Antony. ""1864-5 Patrick's Plains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

[1861_Patrick's_Plains_colonial_by-election_Green-16] Green, Antony. "1861 Patrick's Plains by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

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