Electoral district of Gloucester

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Gloucester was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1880, partly replacing Williams, and named after Gloucester (which it included) or Gloucester County (which it overlapped). [1] In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Oxley, along with Raleigh. [2] It was recreated in 1927, [3] and abolished in 1988 and replaced by Myall Lakes and Port Stephens. [4] [5] [6] [7]

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Members for Gloucester

First incarnation (1880–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  Archibald Jacob   [8] None1880–1882
  Robert White   [9] None1882–1887
  Jonathan Seaver   [10] Free Trade 1887–1891
  John Hart   [11] Free Trade 1891–1894
  Richard Price   [12] Protectionist 189–1901
  Independent 1901–1904
  James Young   [13] Liberal Reform 1904–1907
  Richard Price   [12] Liberal Reform 1907–1917
  Independent 1917–1920
 
Second incarnation (1927–1988)
MemberPartyTerm
  Walter Bennett   [14] Nationalist 1927–1931
  United Australia 1931–1934
  Charles Bennett   [14] United Australia 1934–1941
  Ray Fitzgerald   [15] Independent 1941–1950
  Country 1950–1962
  Leon Punch   [16] Country, National 1962–1985
  Wendy Machin   [17] National 1985–1988

Election results

This section is an excerpt from 1985 Gloucester state by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1985 Gloucester by-election
Saturday 1 February  [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Wendy Machin 21,46168.32
Independent Rodney Hickman7,09622.59
Nuclear Disarmament Marie-Anne Hockings2,5898.24
Small Business and Enterprise PartyKusala Fitzroy-Mendis1610.51
Small Business and Enterprise PartyStanley Fitzroy-Mendis1040.33
Total formal votes31,41197.62
Informal votes7652.38
Turnout 32,17681.02
National hold Swing  
National MP Leon Punch resigned. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ "The Electoral Act". The Maitland Mercury . 20 July 1880. p. 6. Retrieved 22 August 2019– via Trove.
  2. ↑ "New electoral districts". The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer . 1 July 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2019– via Trove.
  3. ↑ "Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Acts, 1912-18-26". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 139. 26 October 1926. p. 4529. Retrieved 22 August 2019– via Trove.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony (October 1998). "Changing Boundaries, Changing Fortunes: an analysis of the NSW Elections of 1988 and 1991" (PDF). Occasional Paper No 7. NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Gloucester". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  8. ↑ "Mr Archibald Hamilton Jacob (1829–1900)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Mr Robert Hoddle Driberg White (1838-1900)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Mr Jonathan Charles Billing Pockerage Seaver (1855- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  11. ↑ "Mr John Shadrach Hart (1838-1912)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  12. 1 2 "Mr Richard Atkinson Price (1864–1936)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  13. ↑ "Mr James Henry Young (1834-1908)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  14. 1 2 "Mr Charles Edward Bennett (1894–1968)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  15. ↑ "Mr Raymond Leo Fitzgerald (1879-1963)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  16. ↑ "The Hon. Leon Ashton Punch (1928–1991)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  17. ↑ "Ms Wendy Susan Machin (1958- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  18. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1985 Gloucester by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 September 2020.


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