Electoral district of Mudgee

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Mudgee was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales first created in 1859, partly replacing Wellington and Bligh and named after and including Mudgee. Following the abolition of Goldfields West in 1880, it elected three members simultaneously, with voters casting three votes and the three leading candidates being elected. In 1894 it was divided into the single-member electorates of Mudgee and Rylstone. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation it was absorbed into Wammerawa, along with Castlereagh and Liverpool Plains. Mudgee was recreated for the 1927 election. It was abolished in 1968 and replaced by Burrendong. [1] [2] [3]

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Members for Mudgee

Single-member (1859–1880)
MemberPartyTerm
  Lyttleton Bayley   [4] None1859–1859
  Samuel Terry   [5] None1859–1869
  Henry Stephen   [6] None1869–1871
  Henry Parkes   [7] None1872–1872
  Joseph Innes   [8] None1872–1873
  Joseph O'Connor   [9] None1873–1874
  Stephen Goold   [10] None1874–1876
  Richard Rouse   [11] None1876–1877
  John Robertson   [12] None1877–1878
  Richard Rouse   [11] None1879–1879
  David Buchanan   [13] None1879–1880
Three members (1880–1894)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  David Buchanan   [13] None1880–1885  Samuel Terry   [5] None1880–1881  Louis Beyers   [14] None1880–1882


 		 John Robertson   [12] None1882–1886
  Adolphus Taylor   [15] None1882–1887
  Thomas Frederic Browne   [16] None1885–1887
  William Wall   [17] None1886–1887
  Reginald Black   [18] Free Trade 1887–1891  Protectionist 1887–1894  John Haynes   [19] Free Trade 1887–1894
  Robert Jones   [20] Ind. Free Trade 1891–1894
Single-member (1894–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  Robert Jones   [20] Free Trade 1894–1898
  Edwin Richards   [21] Protectionist 1898–1901
  Progressive 1901–1907
  Robert Jones   [20] Liberal Reform 1907–1910
  Bill Dunn   [22] Labor 1910–1920
 
Single-member (1927–1968)
MemberPartyTerm
  Bill Dunn   [22] Labor 1927–1932
  David Spring   [23] Country 1932–1935
  Bill Dunn   [22] Labor 1935–1950
  Frederick Cooke   [24] Country 1950–1953
  Leo Nott   [25] Labor 1953–1968

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Mudgee [ edit ]
1965 New South Wales state election: Mudgee  [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Leo Nott 8,11550.6−3.3
Liberal Richard Evans 4,50928.1+2.4
Country Emile Moufarrige3,42321.3+3.0
Total formal votes16,04798.9+0.4
Informal votes1841.1−0.4
Turnout 16,23196.0+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Leo Nott 8,35552.1−3.5
Liberal Richard Evans 7,69247.9+3.5
Labor hold Swing −3.5

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Mudgee". 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 18 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mr Lyttleton Holyoake Bayley (1827-1910)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Mr Samuel Henry Terry (1833-1887)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Sir Matthew Henry Stephen (1828-1920)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  7. ↑ "Sir Henry Parkes (1815-1896)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 April 2019.
  8. ↑ "Sir Joseph George Long Innes (1834-1896)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Mr Joseph Graham O'Connor (1839-1913)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Mr Stephen Styles Goold (1817-1876)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  11. 1 2 "Mr Richard Rouse (1842-1903)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  12. 1 2 "Sir John Robertson (1816–1891)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  13. 1 2 "Mr David Buchanan (1823-1890)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  14. ↑ "Mr Hugo Louis Beyers (1845-1910)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  15. ↑ "Mr Adolphus George Taylor (1857-1900)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  16. ↑ "Mr Thomas Frederic De Courcy Browne (1838-1899)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  17. ↑ "Mr William Chandos Wall". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  18. ↑ "Mr Reginald James Black (1845-1928)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  19. ↑ "Mr John Haynes (1850–1917)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  20. 1 2 3 "Mr Robert (Perceval) Jones (1845–1927)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  21. ↑ "Mr Edwin Richards (1856-1927)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  22. 1 2 3 "Mr (Captain) William Fraser Dunn (1877-1951)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  23. ↑ "Mr David Hugh Spring (1872–1947)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  24. ↑ "Mr Frederick George Cooke (1897-1965)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  25. ↑ "Mr Leo Mervyn Nott (1915-1992)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  26. ↑ Green, Antony. "1965 Mudgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.


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