The Gwydir was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859, when Liverpool Plains and Gwydir was divided, and named after and including the Gwydir River. In 1894 it was abolished and largely replaced by Moree and Barwon. It was re-created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[1] It consisted of the abolished seat of Moree and part of Inverell. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and largely merged, along with Tamworth, into Namoi.[2][3][4]
Members for Gwydir
editFirst incarnation (1859–1894) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
Richard Jenkins | None | 1859–1860 | |
Francis Rusden | None | 1860–1864 | |
Thomas Dangar | None | 1864–1880 | |
William Campbell | None | 1880–1886 | |
Thomas Hassall | None | 1886–1887 | |
Protectionist | 1887–1894 | ||
Second incarnation (1904–1920) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
George Jones | Labour | 1904–1913 | |
John Crane | Farmers and Settlers | 1913–1917 | |
Nationalist | 1917–1920 |
Election results
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | John Crane | 3,542 | 59.2 | +4.4 | |
Labor | William Scully | 2,440 | 40.8 | -4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 5,982 | 99.4 | +2.0 | ||
Informal votes | 38 | 0.6 | −2.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,020 | 61.0 | −2.2 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +4.4 |
References
edit- ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1917 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.