Electoral district of Morpeth

Last updated March 26, 2025

Morpeth was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859 and partly replacing Northumberland Boroughs and including the suburb of Morpeth in the city of Maitland. The Morpeth electoral district was abolished in 1894,^[1]^[2]^[3] and divided between Gloucester, Durham and East Maitland.^[4]

Members for Morpeth

	Party	Period
Edward Close	None	1859–1860
Samuel Cohen	None	1860–1860
David Buchanan	None	1860–1862
Edward Close	None	1862–1864
James Campbell	None	1864–1874
Robert Wisdom	None	1874–1887
John Bowes	Protectionist	1887–1889
Myles McRae	Protectionist	1889–1891
John Bowes	Protectionist	1891–1894

Election results

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Wednesday 17 June ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	John Bowes (elected)	509	53.6
	Free Trade	William Arnold	357	37.6
	Protectionist	John Courtney	50	5.3
	Free Trade	Malcolm Martin	33	3.5
Total formal votes			949	98.4
Informal votes			15	1.6
Turnout			964	75.4
	Protectionist hold

References

↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Morpeth 1859-1894". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
↑ "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette . 23 August 1893. p. 6583. Retrieved 12 April 2020– via Trove.
↑ Green, Antony. "1891 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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[Elections_Morpeth_1859-1894-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Morpeth 1859-1894". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.

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

[Maps_&_sketches-4] "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette . 23 August 1893. p. 6583. Retrieved 12 April 2020– via Trove.

[Results_of_the_1891_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1891_Morpeth-5] Green, Antony. "1891 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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Electoral district of Morpeth

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Members for Morpeth

Election results

References