Electoral district of Bingara

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Bingara was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894, partly from New England, and named after and including Bingara. [1] It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation. [2] [3] [4]

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Members for Bingara

MemberParty affiliationPeriod
  Samuel Moore Free Trade 1894–1901
  Liberal Reform 1901–1910
  George McDonald Labor 1910–1916
  Independent 1916–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920

Election results

1917 New South Wales state election: Bingara [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George McDonald 3,11351.5+3.7
Labor Alfred McClelland 2,93548.5+0.7
Total formal votes6,04898.4+1.0
Informal votes951.6-1.0
Turnout 6,14365.5-5.0
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor / Independent  
George McDonald had been elected as a Labor member in the 1913 election. He resigned from the party and his seat as a protest at the behaviour of the Easter 1916 NSW Labor conference and retained the seat at the by-election as an Independent. [6]

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References

  1. "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  2. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  3. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. Green, Antony. "1917 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. Green, Antony. "1916 Bingara by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 August 2020.