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Electoral results for the district of Richmond (New South Wales)

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The Richmond, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1880 and abolished in 1913.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1880   Charles Fawcett None
1882   Samuel Gray None Member Party
1885   Thomas Ewing None   Patrick Hogan None
1887   Protectionist   Frederick Crouch Protectionist Member Party
1889   Bruce Nicoll Protectionist   John Perry Protectionist
1891
1894   Robert Pyers Ind. Protectionist
1895   Protectionist
1898
1901   Progressive
1904   John Perry Progressive
1907   Liberal Reform
1910

Election results

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Elections in the 1910s

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1910

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1910 New South Wales state election: The Richmond[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Perry 3,687 60.9
Labour William Gillies 2,366 39.1
Total formal votes 6,053 97.2
Informal votes 172 2.8
Turnout 6,225 72.0
Liberal Reform hold  

Elections in the 1900s

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1907

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1907 New South Wales state election: The Richmond[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Perry (b 1845) 3,007 60.3 +22.3
Independent Thomas Temperley 1,984 39.8
Total formal votes 4,991 96.8
Informal votes 163 3.2
Turnout 5,154 69.3
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Progressive Swing +22.3

1904

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1904 New South Wales state election: The Richmond[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive John Perry (b 1845) 1,330 38.0
Liberal Reform Thomas Temperley 1,290 36.9
Independent Robert Campbell 763 21.8
Independent Liberal Philip Morton 117 3.3
Total formal votes 3,500 99.0
Informal votes 37 1.1
Turnout 3,537 55.8
Progressive hold  
The Richmond lost much of the district to Tenterfield and was expanded to include all of the abolished seat of Ballina and parts of the abolished seats of Lismore and The Tweed. The member for The Richmond was Robert Pyers (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested Tenterfield. The member for Ballina was John Perry (b 1845). The member for Lismore was John Coleman (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested Rous, defeating the member for The Tweed, Richard Meagher (Independent), who stood as a Progressive candidate.

1901

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1901 New South Wales state election: The Richmond[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Robert Pyers 854 73.2 −6.0
Liberal Reform Thomas McFadden 222 19.0
Independent Liberal John Harper 91 7.8
Total formal votes 1,167 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 10 0.9 −0.3
Turnout 1,177 53.0 +3.7
Progressive hold  

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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1898 New South Wales colonial election: The Richmond[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Robert Pyers 665 79.2
Ind. Free Trade John Willard 175 20.8
Total formal votes 840 98.8
Informal votes 10 1.2
Turnout 850 49.3
National Federal hold  

1895

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1895 New South Wales colonial election: The Richmond[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Robert Pyers 517 53.2
Ind. Protectionist Robert Page 392 40.4
Ind. Protectionist Donald Cameron 38 3.9
Ind. Protectionist George Martin 24 2.5
Total formal votes 971 98.3
Informal votes 17 1.7
Turnout 988 59.5
Protectionist hold  

1894

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1894 New South Wales colonial election: The Richmond[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Protectionist Robert Pyers 612 46.2
Ind. Protectionist Robert Page 309 23.3
Ind. Protectionist Allan Cameron 300 22.7
Ind. Protectionist James Stock 79 6.0
Ind. Protectionist Samuel Northcote 24 1.8
Total formal votes 1,324 98.7
Informal votes 17 1.3
Turnout 1,341 80.5
Ind. Protectionist win (previously 3 members)

1891

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1891 New South Wales colonial election: The Richmond
Wednesday 24 June [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Protectionist Thomas Ewing (re-elected 1) 2,464 23.3
Ind. Protectionist Bruce Nicoll (re-elected 2) 2,109 20.0
Ind. Protectionist John Perry (re-elected 3) 1,965 18.6
Protectionist James Stock 1,621 15.4
Protectionist Samuel Northcote 930 8.8
Protectionist Richard Luscombe 836 7.9
Protectionist George Martin 632 6.0
Total formal votes 10,557 98.8
Informal votes 125 1.2
Turnout 3,989 55.8
  3 Members changed to Ind. Protectionist from Protectionist
Thomas Ewing, Bruce Nicoll and John Perry whilst Protectionists, supported the Free Trade government of Sir Henry Parkes.[11]

Elections in the 1880s

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1889

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1889 New South Wales colonial election: The Richmond
Wednesday 13 February [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Ewing (elected 1) 2,862 33.3
Protectionist Bruce Nicoll (elected 2) 2,525 29.4
Protectionist John Perry (elected 3) 1,973 23.0
Protectionist William Bourke 1,231 14.3
Total formal votes 8,591 99.7
Informal votes 24 0.3
Turnout 3,262 55.0
  Protectionist hold 2 and win 1 (1 new seat)

1887

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1887 New South Wales colonial election: The Richmond
Saturday 26 February [13]
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

1885

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1885 New South Wales colonial election: The Richmond
Wednesday 28 October [14]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Ewing (elected 1) 1,922 40.9
Patrick Hogan (elected 2) 1,454 30.9
Frederick Crouch 1,280 27.2
George Dibbs 46 1.0
Total formal votes 4,702 99.2
Informal votes 40 0.8
Turnout 2,796 59.9
  (1 new seat)

1882

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1882 New South Wales colonial election: The Richmond
Saturday 9 December [15]
Candidate Votes %
Samuel Gray (elected) 1,046 60.4
Patrick Hogan 686 39.6
Total formal votes 1,732 97.4
Informal votes 47 2.6
Turnout 1,779 60.8

1880

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1880 New South Wales colonial election: The Richmond
Wednesday 24 November [16]
Candidate Votes %
Charles Fawcett (re-elected) unopposed
  (new seat)
The Richmond was created from the northern part of The Clarence and Charles Fawcett was the member for The Clarence.

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the district of The Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 The Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1907 The Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  11. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1891 Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  12. ^ Green, Antony. "1889 Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "1887 Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  14. ^ Green, Antony. "1885 Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  15. ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  16. ^ Green, Antony. "1880 Richmond". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2020.