Electoral district of Morpeth
Appearance
Morpeth was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859 and partly replacing Northumberland Boroughs and including Morpeth. It was abolished in 1894,[1][2][3] and divided between Gloucester, Durham and East Maitland.[4]
Members for Morpeth
[edit]Member | Party | Period | |
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Edward Close | None | 1859–1860 | |
Samuel Cohen | None | 1860–1860 | |
David Buchanan | None | 1860–1862 | |
Edward Close | None | 1862–1864 | |
James Campbell | None | 1864–1874 | |
Robert Wisdom | None | 1874–1887 | |
John Bowes | Protectionist | 1887–1889 | |
Myles McRae | Protectionist | 1889–1891 | |
John Bowes | Protectionist | 1891–1894 |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | John Bowes (elected) | 509 | 53.6 | ||
Free Trade | William Arnold | 357 | 37.6 | ||
Protectionist | John Courtney | 50 | 5.3 | ||
Free Trade | Malcolm Martin | 33 | 3.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 949 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 15 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 964 | 75.4 | |||
Protectionist hold |
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Morpeth 1859-1894". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 August 1893. p. 6583. Retrieved 12 April 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.