Wentworth, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1859 and abolished in 1904. [1] [2] [3]
Single-member (1880–1885) | |||||
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Election | Member | Party | |||
1880 | William Brodribb | None | |||
1882 by | Edward Quin | None | |||
1882 | Member | Party | |||
1885 | William MacGregor | None | |||
1887 | (Sir) Joseph Abbott | Protectionist | Ind. Free Trade | ||
1887 by | Thomas Browne | Protectionist | |||
1889 | |||||
1891 | Independent | ||||
1894 | Protectionist | ||||
1895 | |||||
1898 | |||||
1901 | Robert Scobie | Labor |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Robert Scobie | 649 | 63.3 | +32.3 | |
Independent | Harry Harben | 258 | 25.2 | ||
Independent | Thomas Boynton | 85 | 8.3 | ||
Independent Liberal | Alexander Cameron | 34 | 3.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,026 | 99.1 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.9 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,035 | 60.7 | +17.0 | ||
Labour gain from Progressive |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Federal | Sir Joseph Abbott | 577 | 69.0 | ||
Labour | Robert Scobie | 259 | 31.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 836 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 10 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 846 | 43.7 | |||
National Federal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | Sir Joseph Abbott | 515 | 65.9 | ||
Labour | Robert Scobie | 266 | 34.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 781 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 9 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 790 | 51.0 | |||
Protectionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | Sir Joseph Abbott | 476 | 55.4 | ||
Labour | Robert Scobie | 383 | 44.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 859 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 23 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 882 | 58.5 | |||
Member changed to Protectionist from Independent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | Joseph Abbott (elected) | unopposed | |||
Member changed to Independent from Protectionist |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | Joseph Abbott (elected) | unopposed | |||
Protectionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | Thomas Browne (elected) | 735 | 52.2 | ||
Free Trade | John Griffin | 672 | 47.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,407 | 100 | |||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Turnout | 1,407 | 25.1 | |||
Protectionist hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | Joseph Abbott (re-elected 1) | 939 | 34.5 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | William MacGregor (re-elected 2) | 779 | 28.6 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Browne (defeated) | 636 | 23.4 | ||
Protectionist | William Fergusson (defeated) | 369 | 13.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,723 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 38 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,583 | 29.1 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Edward Quin (re-elected) | unopposed | ||
William MacGregor (elected) | unopposed | ||
(1 new seat) |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Edward Quin (re-elected) | 511 | 50.1 | |
Evan Evans | 509 | 49.9 | |
Total formal votes | 1,020 | 97.7 | |
Informal votes | 24 | 2.3 | |
Turnout | 1,044 | 35.1 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Edward Quin (elected) | 216 | 50.7 | |
Evan Evans | 210 | 49.3 | |
Total formal votes | 426 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 426 | 22.4 |
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
William Brodribb (elected) | unopposed | ||
(new seat) |
Wentworth was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the far south west of the Australian state of New South Wales and named after and including the town of Wentworth. It established in 1880 and partly replacing Lachlan. From 1885 until 1889 it elected two members. The population in Wentworth had grown significantly since the 1880 redistribution, especially as a result of the growth of mining at Broken Hill, with the electoral roll growing from 1,901 in 1880 to 5,617 in 1887. Under the formula for seats, Wentworth was due to return 3 members, however because of the large area covered by the district, in 1889 it was split into 3, Wentworth, Sturt and Wilcannia. Wentworth retained the eponymous town, along with the towns of Menindie and Pooncaira. Sturt contained the mining boom towns of Broken Hill, Silverton and Milparinka while Wilcannia was the only town in that district.
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