Electoral district of Gough

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Gough was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after the Gough County, which includes the town of Glen Innes. It was created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90. [1] It consisted of the abolished seat of Glenn Innes and part of Inverell.

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In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Northern Tablelands, along with Armidale and Tenterfield. [2] [3] [4]

Members for Gough

MemberPartyTerm
  Follett Thomas Liberal Reform 1904–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920

Election results

1917 New South Wales state election: Gough [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Follet Thomas 3,63352.10.0
Labor Lou Cunningham 3,33747.90.0
Total formal votes6,97098.5+1.0
Informal votes1051.5-1.0
Turnout 7,07565.6-12.9
Nationalist hold Swing 0.0

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References

  1. "1904 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 Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. "Mr Follett Johns Thomas (1863–1942)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  5. Green, Antony. "1917 Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.