Electoral district of Raleigh

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Raleigh was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1894, partly replacing Macleay, and named after Raleigh County. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Oxley, along with Gloucester. It was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1981 and partly replaced by Coffs Harbour. [1] [2] [3]

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Members for Raleigh

First incarnation (1894–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  Patrick Hogan Protectionist 1894–1895
  John McLaughlin Independent 1895–1901
  George Briner Progressive 1901–1907
  Independent Liberal 1907–1913
  Country Party Association 1913–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
 
Second incarnation (1927–1981)
MemberPartyTerm
  Roy Vincent Country 1927–1953
  Radford Gamack Country 1953–1959
  Jim Brown Country 1959–1981

Election results

1978 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Country Jim Brown 13,58455.3-8.0
Labor Joseph Moran10,97544.7+8.0
Total formal votes24,55998.80.0
Informal votes3061.20.0
Turnout 24,86594.4-0.5
National Country hold Swing -8.0

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References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Raleigh". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 19 October 2020.
  2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 December 2019.
  3. "Mr Robert Henry Levien (1849–1938)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  4. Green, Antony. "1978 Raleigh". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.