Electoral results for the district of Argyle

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Argyle, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has existed from the establishment of the Legislative Assembly in 1855 until the district's abolition in 1904. [1] [2]

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ElectionMemberParty
1856   John Plunkett None
1857 by   Daniel Deniehy None
1858
1859   Terence Murray None
1860
1862 by   Samuel Emmanuel None
1864   Phillip Dignam None
1869   Edward Butler None
1872
1874
1877   William Davies NoneMemberParty
1880   William Holborow None  Phillip G. Myers None
1881 by   John Gannon None
1882
1885 by   Henry Parkes None
1885   Francis Tait None
1887   Free Trade   Edward Ball Free Trade
1889   Thomas Rose Protectionist
1891
1894   Thomas Rose Protectionist
1895
1898   National Federal
1901   Progressive

Election results

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Argyle [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Thomas Rose 1,05967.3+12.2
Liberal Reform Francis Isaac51432.7-12.2
Total formal votes1,57399.4−0.1
Informal votes90.6+0.1
Turnout 1,58259.7−4.6
Progressive hold 

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Federal Thomas Rose 76855.2
Free Trade Francis Isaac62444.8
Total formal votes0100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 00.0
National Federal hold 

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Thomas Rose 75158.6
Free Trade Benjamin Short 53141.4
Total formal votes1,28298.8
Informal votes161.2
Turnout 1,29866.8
Protectionist hold 

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Thomas Rose 85956.4
Free Trade Henry Gannon66543.6
Total formal votes1,52498.3
Informal votes261.7
Turnout 1,55078.6
Protectionist win(previously 2 members)
Thomas Rose (Protectionist) was one of two sitting members for Argyle. The second member, William Holborow (Free Trade), did not contest the election.

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Saturday 20 June [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Thomas Rose (elected 1)1,16226.8
Free Trade William Holborow (elected 2)1,07424.8
Protectionist Edward Graham1,06124.5
Free Trade Edward Ball 1,04224.0
Total formal votes4,33999.6
Informal votes190.4
Turnout 2,25273.4
  Free Trade hold 2 

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Saturday 2 February [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade William Holborow (elected 1)98225.9
Free Trade Edward Ball (elected 2)95025.1
Protectionist Thomas Rose 94124.9
Protectionist Solomon Meyer91224.1
Total formal votes3,78599.6
Informal votes170.5
Turnout 1,91066.0
  Free Trade hold 2 

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Friday 11 February [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade William Holborow (re-elected 1)97535.7
Free Trade Edward Ball (elected 2)97035.5
Protectionist Thomas Rose 78928.9
Total formal votes2,73499.6
Informal votes110.4
Turnout 1,72362.5

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Thursday 22 October [10]
CandidateVotes%
William Holborow (re-elected 1)1,16543.7
Francis Tait (elected 2)78429.4
Edward Ball 71626.9
Total formal votes2,66599.8
Informal votes60.2
Turnout 1,44953.8
The sitting member Sir Henry Parkes successfully contested St Leonards.

1885 by-election

1885 Argyle by-election
31 March 1885 [11]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Parkes (elected)81651.3%
John Osborne 77548.7%
Total formal votes1,59197.5
Informal votes412.5
Turnout 1,63256.0
John Gannon resigned due to ill health. [11]

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Monday 11 December [12]
CandidateVotes%
John Gannon (re-elected 1)1,32345.7
William Holborow (re-elected 2)82528.5
George Ranken 74825.8
Total formal votes2,89699.6
Informal votes120.4
Turnout 1,61058.4

1881 by-election

1881 Argyle by-election
9 December [13]
CandidateVotes%
John Gannon (elected)93353.1
Louis Heydon 82546.9
Total formal votes1,75898.5
Informal votes261.5
Turnout 1,78463.3
Phillip G. Myers died. [13]

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Friday 26 November [14]
CandidateVotes%
William Holborow (elected 1)1,02627.5
Phillip G. Myers (elected 2)99226.6
Louis Heydon 78020.9
John Walsh68318.3
William Connolly2546.8
Total formal votes3,73599.2
Informal votes290.8
Turnout 1,97671.3
 (1 new seat)
The sitting member William Davies did not contest the election.

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Thursday 1 November [15]
CandidateVotes%
William Davies (elected)89061.7
Charles Heydon 55338.3
Total formal votes1,44397.5
Informal votes372.5
Turnout 1,48060.9

1874

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Saturday 2 January 1875 [16]
CandidateVotes%
Edward Butler (re-elected)unopposed

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Friday 8 March [17]
CandidateVotes%
Edward Butler (re-elected)unopposed

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Friday 17 December 1869 [18]
CandidateVotes%
Edward Butler (elected)unopposed

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Friday 16 December 1864 [19]
CandidateVotes%
Phillip Dignam (elected)56952.5
Samuel Emmanuel (defeated)51547.5
Total formal votes1,084100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,08456.5

1862 by-election

1862 Argyle by-election
Thursday 30 October [20]
CandidateVotes%
Samuel Emmanuel (elected)unopposed 
Terence Murray was appointed President of the Legislative Council. [20]

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Saturday 8 December [21]
CandidateVotes%
Terence Murray (re-elected)unopposed 

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Saturday 18 June [22]
CandidateVotes%
Terence Murray (re-elected)38974.5
Richard Driver 13325.5
Total formal votes389100.0
Informal votes5220.0
Turnout 52239.6

1858

1858 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
23 January [23]
CandidateVotes%
Daniel Deniehy (re-elected)unopposed 

1857 by-election

1857 Argyle by-election
Tuesday 17 February [24]
CandidateVotes%
Daniel Deniehy (elected)unopposed 
John Plunkett was appointed President of the Legislative Council. [24]

1856

1856 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle [25]
CandidateVotes%
John Plunkett (elected)18252.9
John Chisholm16247.1
Columbus Fitzpatrick 00.0
Total formal votes344100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 34464.4
Polling was conducted on 31 March 1856. Plunkett served in the old Legislative Council as an appointed member. After failed attempts to win election for Sydney City and North Eastern Boroughs, Plunkett was elected to represent Bathurst (County) on the same day as winning Argyle. After attending the first sitting of Parliament representing both seats, and even attempting to use both votes in the ballot for Speaker, Plunkett resigned as MP for Bathurst (County) and represented Argyle. Sitting Legislative Councillor for County of Argyle was Charles Nicholson who did not contest the election.

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