Electoral results for the district of Patrick's Plains

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Patrick's Plains, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894. [1] [2] [3]

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MemberPartyTerm
1859   William Russell None
1860   William Lesley None
1861 by   Joseph Harpur None
1864   Bowie Wilson None
1866 by
1869   James Hoskins None
1872   William Browne None
1874
1877
1880   John Brown None
1882   Albert Gould None
1885
1887   Free Trade
1889
1891

Election results

Elections in the 1890s

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Friday 19 June [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Albert Gould (re-elected)79058.1
Protectionist Alfred De Lissa57041.9
Total formal votes1,36099.3
Informal votes100.7
Turnout 1,37070.7
Free Trade hold 

Elections in the 1880s

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Saturday 9 February [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Albert Gould (elected)66751.8
Protectionist William Browne 62048.2
Total formal votes1,28799.1
Informal votes120.9
Turnout 1,29972.4
Free Trade hold 

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 10 February [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Albert Gould (re-elected)unopposed

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 10 February [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Albert Gould (re-elected)unopposed

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Wednesday 28 October [7]
CandidateVotes%
Albert Gould (re-elected)67655.2
William Browne 54844.8
Total formal votes1,22499.0
Informal votes121.0
Turnout 1,23678.6

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 7 December [8]
CandidateVotes%
Albert Gould (elected)39338.4
William Browne 35935.1
James Hutchinson23022.5
John Elliott414.0
Total formal votes1,02397.8
Informal votes232.2
Turnout 1,04667.0

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 25 November [9]
CandidateVotes%
John Brown (elected)49350.3
William Browne (defeated)48749.7
Total formal votes98097.3
Informal votes272.7
Turnout 1,00766.2

Elections in the 1870s

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Tuesday 30 October [10]
CandidateVotes%
William Browne (re-elected)46863.6
William Durham26836.4
Total formal votes73697.1
Informal votes222.9
Turnout 75852.8

1874

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Wednesday 16 December 1874 [11]
CandidateVotes%
William Browne (re-elected)66475.0
Alexander Bowman 22125.0
Total formal votes88598.1
Informal votes171.9
Turnout 90258.4

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Tuesday 27 February [12]
CandidateVotes%
William Browne (elected)53561.9
Alexander Bowman 33038.2
Total formal votes86597.6
Informal votes212.4
Turnout 88654.0

Elections in the 1860s

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 23 December 1869 [13]
CandidateVotes%
James Hoskins (re-elected)48254.2
Bowie Wilson (defeated)40745.8
Total formal votes889100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 91054.9

1866 by-election

1866 Patrick's Plains by-election
Thursday 8 February [14]
CandidateVotes%
Bowie Wilson (re-elected)33970.5
E E Darvall14229.5
Total formal votes481100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 48129.4
Bowie Wilson was appointed Secretary for Lands in the second Martin ministry. [14]

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Friday 9 December 1864 [15]
CandidateVotes%
Bowie Wilson (re-elected)31456.3
John Waller 24443.7
Total formal votes558100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 57937.8

1861 by-election

1861 Patrick's Plains by-election
Thursday 4 July [16]
CandidateVotes%
Joseph Harpur (elected)unopposed 
William Lesley resigned. [16]

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 13 December [17]
CandidateVotes%
William Lesley (elected)26158.1
William Russell (defeated)17739.4
Walter Rotton112.5
Total formal votes449100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 46947.5

Elections in the 1850s

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Patrick's Plains
Thursday 30 June [18]
CandidateVotes%
William Russell (elected)26457.4
James Dickson 19642.6
Total formal votes460100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 46053.3

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