Electoral district of New England

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New England
New South WalesLegislative Assembly
State New South Wales
Created1859
Abolished1894
DemographicRural

New England was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the then colony of New South Wales.

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Initially created in 1859 in the New England region of northern New South Wales, it partly replaced the Electoral district of New England and Macleay.

Originally electing one member, New England elected two members from 1880 to 1891 and three members from 1891 to 1894. With the introduction of single-member electorates in 1894, New England was replaced by Armidale, Uralla-Walcha and Bingara. [1] [2] [3]

Members for New England

Single-member (1859–1880)
MemberPartyTerm
  James Hart None1859–1860
  George Markham None1860–1862
  Robert Forster None1862–1864
  Theophilus Cooper None1864–1869
  Charles Weaver None1869–1871
  Samuel Terry None1871–1880
Two members (1880–1891)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  Henry Copeland None1880–1882  William Proctor None1880–1887
  James Farnell None1882–1885
  James Inglis None1885–1887
  Free Trade 1887–1891  Henry Copeland Protectionist 1887–1891
Three members (1891–1894)
MemberPartyTermMemberPartyTermMemberPartyTerm
  James Inglis Free Trade 1891–1894  Henry Copeland Protectionist 1891–1894  Edmund Lonsdale Free Trade 1891–1894

Election results

1891 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Thursday 25 June [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade James Inglis (re-elected 1)1,73119.5
Protectionist Henry Copeland (re-elected 2)1,56317.6
Free Trade Edmund Lonsdale (elected 3)1,54417.4
Protectionist Charles Wilson 1,39915.7
Free Trade George Meallin1,35315.2
Protectionist William Proctor 1,31114.7
Total formal votes8,90199.5
Informal votes420.5
Turnout 3,24760.8
  Free Trade hold 1, win 1 (1 new seat)
  Protectionist hold 1

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References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of New England". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 October 2020.
  2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  4. Green, Antony. "1891 New England". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 April 2020.