Electoral district of Glen Innes

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Glen Innes was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after Glen Innes. It was created in 1880 and gained a second member in 1889, with voters casting two votes with the two leading candidates being elected. In 1894, it became a single-member electorate and, in 1904, it was abolished and replaced by Gough.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Members for Glen Innes

Single-member (1880–1889)
Member		Party	Term
	William Fergusson	None	1880–1887
	George Matheson	Free Trade	1887–1889
Two members (1889–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Alexander Hutchison	Protectionist	1889–1894		Francis Wright	Protectionist	1889–1894
Single-member (1894–1904)
Member		Party	Term
	Francis Wright	Protectionist	1894–1901
	Francis Wright	Protectionist	1901–1903
	Follett Thomas	Liberal Reform	1903–1904

Election results

1903 Glen Innes by-election
Wednesday 28 October ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Follett Thomas (elected)	865	58.1	+27.1
	Progressive	Alexander Hay	624	41.9	+1.8
Total formal votes			1,489	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			10	0.7	−0.5
Turnout			1,499	66.6 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}	+1.1
	Liberal Reform gain from Progressive

Francis Wright died.^[4]

Notes

↑ Estimate based on a roll of 2,252 at the 1901 election.^[5]

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References

↑ "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.
↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Glen Innes". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 September 2020.
1 2 Green, Antony. "1903 Glen Innes by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 September 2020.
↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Glen Innes". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 September 2020.

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[6] Estimate based on a roll of 2,252 at the 1901 election.^[5]

[1] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.

[2] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[Green_Glen_Innes-3] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Glen Innes". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 September 2020.

[1903_Glen_Innes_state_by-election_Green-4] 1 2 Green, Antony. "1903 Glen Innes by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 September 2020.

[Results_of_the_1901_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1901_Glen_Innes-5] Green, Antony. "1901 Glen Innes". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 September 2020.

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