Electoral district of Bingara

Last updated September 05, 2025

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]

Members for Bingara

	Party affiliation	Period
Samuel Moore	Free Trade	1894–1901
Samuel Moore	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]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George McDonald	3,113	51.5	+3.7
	Labor	Alfred McClelland	2,935	48.5	+0.7
Total formal votes			6,048	98.4	+1.0
Informal votes			95	1.6	−1.0
Turnout			6,143	65.5	−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]

References

↑ "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 August 2020.
↑ "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. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
↑ Green, Antony. "1917 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
↑ Green, Antony. "1916 Bingara by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 August 2020.

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[1] "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[Green_Bingara-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. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 7 August 2020.

[Results_of_the_1917_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1917_Bingara-5] Green, Antony. "1917 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[1916_Bingara_state_by-election_Green-6] Green, Antony. "1916 Bingara by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 August 2020.

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Electoral district of Bingara

Contents

Members for Bingara

Election results

References