Electoral results for the district of Rous

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Rous, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1904 and abolished in 1913. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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ElectionMemberParty
1904   John Coleman Liberal Reform
1905 by George Hindmarsh
1907
1910

Election results

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Rous [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform George Hindmarsh 4,74456.1
Labour Alfred Taylor3,71943.9
Total formal votes8,46398.7
Informal votes1111.3
Turnout 8,57468.3
Liberal Reform hold 

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Rous [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform George Hindmarsh 3,45452.3
Independent John Sheridan2,02030.6
Independent Richard Balmer1,12817.1
Total formal votes6,60296.0
Informal votes2774.0
Turnout 6,87968.5
Liberal Reform hold 

1905 by-election

1905 Rous by-election
Saturday 11 February [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform George Hindmarsh 2,83251.1-1.8
Independent Richard Meagher 2,71048.9+1.8
Total formal votes5,54299.6+0.2
Informal votes240.4-0.2
Turnout 5,56673.2 [lower-alpha 1] +0.8
Liberal Reform hold Swing
John Coleman (Liberal Reform) died. [7]

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Rous [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform John Coleman 2,89252.9
Independent Richard Meagher 2,57747.1
Total formal votes5,46999.4
Informal votes340.6
Turnout 5,50372.4
Liberal Reform win(new seat)
Rous was a new district and consisted of parts of the abolished seats of Lismore and The Tweed. John Coleman (Liberal Reform) was the member for Lismore. Richard Meagher was the independent member for The Tweed.

Notes

  1. based on an electoral roll of 7,600 at the 1904 election. [9]

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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 22 October 2020.
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  6. Green, Antony. "1907 Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  7. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1905 Rous by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  8. "Rous by-election". The Northern Star . 13 February 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 29 August 2019 via Trove.
  9. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1904 Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.