Electoral results for the district of Eden-Bombala

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Eden-Bombala, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1894   William Wood Independent Labour
1895   Protectionist
1898   National Federal
1901   Independent

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Eden-Bombala [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Wood 86860.9+4.0
Independent Liberal Bernard McTernan55839.1
Total formal votes1,42699.4+1.4
Informal votes80.6-1.4
Turnout 1,43462.8-4.8
Member changed to Independent from Progressive  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Eden-Bombala [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Federal William Wood 77756.9
Independent Federalist Henry Dawson 55940.9
Independent Federalist Samuel Woods302.2
Total formal votes1,36698.0
Informal votes282.0
Turnout 1,39467.6
National Federal hold 

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Eden-Bombala [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist William Wood 54444.9
Ind. Protectionist Coulson Murphy48540.1
Free Trade John Griffin18215.0
Total formal votes1,21199.3
Informal votes80.7
Turnout 1,21966.3
Protectionist hold 

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Eden-Bombala [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Labour William Wood 33424.5
Ind. Protectionist Coulson Murphy30922.6
Free Trade David Myers26719.6
Ind. Protectionist Samuel Woods18113.3
Ind. Protectionist Edmund Comans16211.9
Independent Charles Stiles745.4
Ind. Protectionist Maurice Roche201.5
Independent John O'Reilly120.9
Independent Moses Cohen70.5
Total formal votes1,36688.4
Informal votes17911.6
Turnout 1,54581.8
Independent Labour win(new seat)

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References

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  2. Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 June 2021.
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  5. Green, Antony. "1898 Eden-Bombala". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  6. Green, Antony. "1895 Eden-Bombala". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. Green, Antony. "1894 Eden-Bombala". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 April 2020.