Electoral results for the district of Morpeth
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Morpeth, 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 | Edward Close | None | |
1860 by | Samuel Cohen | None | |
1860 | David Buchanan | None | |
1862 by | Edward Close | None | |
1864 | James Campbell | None | |
1869 | |||
1872 | |||
1874 | Robert Wisdom | None | |
1877 | |||
1880 | |||
1882 | |||
1885 | |||
1887 | John Bowes | Protectionist | |
1889 | Myles McRae | Protectionist | |
1891 | John Bowes | Protectionist |
Election results
Elections in the 1890s
1891
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 |
Elections in the 1880s
1889
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Myles McRae (elected) | 375 | 37.5 | ||
Protectionist | John Bowes | 356 | 35.6 | ||
Free Trade | John Clarke | 270 | 27.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,001 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 12 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,013 | 77.2 | |||
Protectionist hold |
1887
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | John Bowes (elected) | 541 | 58.2 | ||
Free Trade | Myles McRae | 388 | 41.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 929 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 12 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 941 | 75.3 |
1885
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Wisdom (re-elected) | 536 | 56.7 | |
Robert Pierce | 409 | 43.3 | |
Total formal votes | 945 | 99.8 | |
Informal votes | 2 | 0.2 | |
Turnout | 947 | 79.7 |
1882
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Wisdom (re-elected) | 554 | 62.9 | |
Archibald Jacob (defeated) | 327 | 37.1 | |
Total formal votes | 881 | 97.5 | |
Informal votes | 23 | 2.5 | |
Turnout | 904 | 77.8 |
1880
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Wisdom (re-elected) | unopposed |
Elections in the 1870s
1877
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Wisdom (re-elected) | unopposed |
1874
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Wisdom (elected) | 300 | 56.9 | |
Pierce O'Keeffe | 177 | 33.6 | |
Myles McRae | 50 | 9.5 | |
William Bellamy | 0 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 527 | 95.6 | |
Informal votes | 24 | 4.4 | |
Turnout | 551 | 71.7 |
1872
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Campbell (re-elected) | 309 | 66.7 | |
John Keating | 144 | 31.1 | |
J D Nelson | 10 | 2.2 | |
Total formal votes | 463 | 89.6 | |
Informal votes | 54 | 10.4 | |
Turnout | 517 | 65.2 |
Elections in the 1860s
1869
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Campbell (re-elected) | 397 | 65.3 | |
John Keating | 211 | 34.7 | |
Total formal votes | 608 | 97.6 | |
Informal votes | 15 | 2.4 | |
Turnout | 623 | 75.9 |
1864
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Campbell (elected) | 315 | 59.8 | |
John Keating | 212 | 40.2 | |
Total formal votes | 527 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 527 | 61.1 |
1862 by-election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Edward Close (elected) | 330 | 68.5 | |
David Buchanan (defeated) | 152 | 31.5 | |
Total formal votes | 482 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 482 | 61.5 |
1860
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
David Buchanan (elected) | 285 | 54.4 | |
Samuel Cohen (defeated) | 239 | 45.6 | |
Total formal votes | 524 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 524 | 64.8 |
1860 by-election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Samuel Cohen (elected) | 312 | 59.8 | |
David Buchanan | 210 | 40.2 | |
Total formal votes | 522 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 522 | 64.5 |
Elections in the 1850s
1859
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Edward Close (elected) | 280 | 54.8 | |
Samuel Gordon | 231 | 45.2 | |
Total formal votes | 231 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 511 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 511 | 68.2 |
References
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- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1889 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1887 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1872 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1869-70 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1864-5 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1862 Morpeth by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Morpeth election — declaration of the poll". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 20 September 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2021 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1860 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1859 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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