Electoral results for the district of Wentworth

Wentworth, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1859 and abolished in 1904.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Single-member (1880–1885)
Election	Member		Party
1880		William Brodribb	None
1882 by		Edward Quin	None
1882				Member		Party
1885					William MacGregor	None
1887		(Sir) Joseph Abbott	Protectionist		William MacGregor	Ind. Free Trade
1887 by					Thomas Browne	Protectionist
1889
1891			Independent
1894			Protectionist
1895
1898
1901		Robert Scobie	Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Wentworth ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Scobie	649	63.3	+32.3
	Independent	Harry Harben	258	25.2
	Independent	Thomas Boynton	85	8.3
	Independent Liberal	Alexander Cameron	34	3.3
Total formal votes			1,026	99.1	+0.3
Informal votes			9	0.9	−0.3
Turnout			1,035	60.7	+17.0
	Labour gain from Progressive

The sitting member was Sir Joseph Abbott (Protectionist) who did not contest the election.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Federal	Sir Joseph Abbott	577	69.0
	Labour	Robert Scobie	259	31.0
Total formal votes			836	98.8
Informal votes			10	1.2
Turnout			846	43.7
	National Federal hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	Sir Joseph Abbott	515	65.9
	Labour	Robert Scobie	266	34.1
Total formal votes			781	98.9
Informal votes			9	1.1
Turnout			790	51.0
	Protectionist hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	Sir Joseph Abbott	476	55.4
	Labour	Robert Scobie	383	44.6
Total formal votes			859	97.4
Informal votes			23	2.6
Turnout			882	58.5
	Member changed to Protectionist from Independent

Joseph Abbott had been appointed as Speaker in 1890, was listed as an independent and elected unopposed. While he retained the role of Speaker he was opposed for this election and stood as a Protectionist.

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Thursday 18 June ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Joseph Abbott (elected)	unopposed
	Member changed to Independent from Protectionist

Joseph Abbott had been elected as a Protectionist however on his appointment as Speaker in 1890 he was listed as an independent.

Elections in the 1880s

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Thursday 31 January ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Joseph Abbott (elected)	unopposed
	Protectionist hold

Wentworth previously returned two members, however it was split, with two new seats, Sturt and Wilcannia. One sitting member for Wentworth Joseph Abbott (Protectionist) was nominated for both Wentworth and East Sydney. The other member for Wentworth was Thomas Browne (Protectionist) who unsuccessfully contested Mudgee.

1887 by-election

1887 Wentworth by-election
Wednesday 28 September ^[10]^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	Thomas Browne (elected)	735	52.2
	Free Trade	John Griffin	672	47.8
Total formal votes			1,407	100
Informal votes			0	0.00
Turnout			1,407	25.1
	Protectionist hold

William MacGregor (Protectionist) resigned.^[10]

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Saturday 26 February ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	Joseph Abbott (re-elected 1)	939	34.5
	Ind. Free Trade	William MacGregor (re-elected 2)	779	28.6
	Protectionist	Thomas Browne (defeated)	636	23.4
	Protectionist	William Fergusson (defeated)	369	13.6
Total formal votes			2,723	98.6
Informal votes			38	1.4
Turnout			1,583	29.1

William MacGregor one of two sitting members for Wentworth. The other sitting member Edward Quin did not contest the election. Joseph Abbott was the member for Gunnedah, Thomas Browne was the member for Mudgee and William Fergusson was the member for Glen Innes.

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Saturday 31 October ^[13]
Candidate		Votes	%
Edward Quin (re-elected)		unopposed
William MacGregor (elected)		unopposed
		(1 new seat)

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Monday 18 December ^[14]
Candidate	Votes	%
Edward Quin (re-elected)	511	50.1
Evan Evans	509	49.9
Total formal votes	1,020	97.7
Informal votes	24	2.3
Turnout	1,044	35.1

1882 by-election

1882 Wentworth by-election
Monday 23 January ^[15]
Candidate	Votes	%
Edward Quin (elected)	216	50.7
Evan Evans	210	49.3
Total formal votes	426	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	426	22.4

William Brodribb resigned to accept an appointment to the Legislative Council.^[15]

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Thursday 2 December ^[16]
Candidate		Votes	%
William Brodribb (elected)		unopposed
		(new seat)

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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^ Green, Antony. "1898 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1895 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1894 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1891 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1889 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1887 results Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
^ "The Wentworth election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 October 1887. p. 8. Retrieved 4 November 2020 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1887 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1885 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1882 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1882 Wentworth by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1880 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

[Green_Wentworth-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[5B_record-2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[Results_of_the_1901_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1901_Wentworth-4] Green, Antony. "1901 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1898_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1898_Wentworth-5] Green, Antony. "1898 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1895_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1895_Wentworth-6] Green, Antony. "1895 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1894_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1894_Wentworth-7] Green, Antony. "1894 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1891_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1891_Wentworth-8] Green, Antony. "1891 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1889_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1889_Wentworth-9] Green, Antony. "1889 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

[1887_Wentworth_colonial_by-election_Green-10] Green, Antony. "1887 results Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

[11] "The Wentworth election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 October 1887. p. 8. Retrieved 4 November 2020 – via Trove.

[Results_of_the_1887_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1887_Wentworth-12] Green, Antony. "1887 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1885_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1885_Wentworth-13] Green, Antony. "1885 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1882_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1882_Wentworth-14] Green, Antony. "1882 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

[1882_Wentworth_colonial_by-election_Green-15] Green, Antony. "1882 Wentworth by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 November 2020.

[Results_of_the_1880_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1880_Wentworth-16] Green, Antony. "1880 Wentworth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2020.

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