Electoral results for the district of The Hastings (New South Wales)

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The Hastings, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1880. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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ElectionMemberParty
1859   Henry Flett None
1860
1864   William Forster None
1869   Horace Dean None
1870 by
1870 re-count   Robert Smith None
1872
1874
1877

Election results

Elections in the 1870s

1877

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[ edit ]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Saturday 3 November  [7]
CandidateVotes%
Robert Smith (re-elected)1,01894.2
Thomas Amos635.8
Total formal votes1,081100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,09334.5

1874

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[ edit ]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Thursday 24 December 1874  [8]
CandidateVotes%
Robert Smith (re-elected)unopposed

1872

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[ edit ]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Thursday 29 February  [9]
CandidateVotes%
Robert Smith (re-elected)90747.0
Eugene Fattorini58630.4
James Garvan 43522.6
Total formal votes1,928100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,92859.9

1870 re-count

This section is an excerpt from 1870 The Hastings colonial election re-count § Result.[ edit ]
1870 The Hastings election re-count
Friday 23 September  [10] [11]
CandidateVotes%
Robert Smith (elected)N/A
The Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1870 The Hastings by-election and declared that Horace Dean was not qualified to be elected. No by-election was conducted, instead the committee declared that Robert Smith had been elected. [10]

1870 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1870 The Hastings colonial by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1870 The Hastings by-election
Monday 4 July  [12] [13]
CandidateVotes%
Horace Dean (elected)95368.4
Robert Smith 44131.6
Total formal votes1,394100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,39447.5
The Committee of Elections and Qualifications held that the election of Horace Dean was void because he held an office of profit under the crown at the time of his nomination. [12]

Elections in the 1860s

1869

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[ edit ]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Thursday 23 December 1869  [14]
CandidateVotes%
Horace Dean (elected)47432.0
Robert Smith 44430.0
Henry Flett 30720.7
William Forster 25317.1
Geoffrey Eagar 20.1
Ebenezer Vickery 10.1
Total formal votes1,481100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,49156.4

1864

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[ edit ]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Saturday 24 December 1864  [15]
CandidateVotes%
William Forster (elected)53047.4
Henry Flett (defeated)32829.3
Horace Dean 26023.3
Total formal votes1,118100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,13362.4

1860

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[ edit ]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Friday 21 December  [16]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Flett (re-elected)27853.8
Frederick Panton19136.9
Robert Ross407.7
Isaac Aaron 81.6
Total formal votes517100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 53632.5

Elections in the 1850s

1859

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[ edit ]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Friday 1 July  [17]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Flett (elected)32140.8
J Andrews27835.4
Frederick Panton18623.7
James McCarthy10.1
Total formal votes786100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 78656.3

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of The Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mr Henry Flett (1810-1877)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mr William Forster (1818–1882)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mr Horace Dean (1814-1887)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  6. ↑ "Mr Robert Burdett Smith CMG (1837-1895)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1877 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1872 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  10. 1 2 "The Hastings election". The Sydney Morning Herald . 24 September 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 21 September 2020– via Trove.
  11. ↑ Green, Antony. "1870 The Hastings election re-count". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  12. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1870 The Hastings by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  13. ↑ The petition on 11 August stated a higher result, Dean 1,226 votes, Smith 482 votes. "The Hastings petition". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 197. 16 August 1870. p. 1755. Retrieved 21 September 2020– via Trove.
  14. ↑ Green, Antony. "1869-70 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  15. ↑ Green, Antony. "1864-5 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  16. ↑ Green, Antony. "1860 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  17. ↑ Green, Antony. "1859 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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