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Electoral district of Bourke

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1892 map of Bourke electoral district

Bourke was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1880 to 1904, including the town of Bourke. It elected two members simultaneously between 1882 and 1894, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected.

Members for Bourke

(1880–1882, 1 member)
Member Party Term
  Russell Barton None 1880–1882
(1882–1889, 2 members)
Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Russell Barton None 1882–1886   Richard Machattie None 1882–1885
  William Sawers None 1885–1886
  Thomas Waddell Free Trade 1887–1889   Alexander Wilson Free Trade 1887–1889
(1889–1894, 3 members)
Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Thomas Waddell Protectionist 1889–1891   William Willis Protectionist 1889–1894   William Davis Protectionist 1889–1891
  James Howe Protectionist 1891–1891   Hugh Langwell Independent Labor 1891–1894
  Thomas Waddell Protectionist 1891–1894
(1894–1904, 1 member)
Member Party Term
  Edward Millen Free Trade 1894–1898
  William Davis Protectionist 1898–1901
  Progressive 1901–1904