Electoral results for the district of Wentworth

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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]

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Single-member (1880–1885)
ElectionMemberParty
1880   William Brodribb None
1882 by   Edward Quin None
1882 MemberParty
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

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Wentworth [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Scobie 64963.3+32.3
Independent Harry Harben25825.2
Independent Thomas Boynton858.3
Independent Liberal Alexander Cameron343.3
Total formal votes1,02699.1+0.3
Informal votes90.9−0.3
Turnout 1,03560.7+17.0
Labour gain from Progressive  
The sitting member was Sir Joseph Abbott (Protectionist) who did not contest the election.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Federal Sir Joseph Abbott 57769.0
Labour Robert Scobie 25931.0
Total formal votes83698.8
Informal votes101.2
Turnout 84643.7
National Federal hold 

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Sir Joseph Abbott 51565.9
Labour Robert Scobie 26634.1
Total formal votes78198.9
Informal votes91.1
Turnout 79051.0
Protectionist hold 

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Sir Joseph Abbott 47655.4
Labour Robert Scobie 38344.6
Total formal votes85997.4
Informal votes232.6
Turnout 88258.5
Member changed to Protectionist from Independent  
Joseph Abbott had been appointed as Speaker in 1890, was listed as an independent and elected unopposed. While he retained the role of Speaker he was opposed for this election and stood as a Protectionist.

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Thursday 18 June [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Joseph Abbott (elected)unopposed 
Member changed to Independent from Protectionist  
Joseph Abbott had been elected as a Protectionist however on his appointment as Speaker in 1890 he was listed as an independent.

Elections in the 1880s

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Thursday 31 January [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Joseph Abbott (elected)unopposed
Protectionist hold 
Wentworth previously returned two members, however it was split, with two new seats, Sturt and Wilcannia. One sitting member for Wentworth Joseph Abbott (Protectionist) was nominated for both Wentworth and East Sydney. The other member for Wentworth was Thomas Browne (Protectionist) who unsuccessfully contested Mudgee.

1887 by-election

1887 Wentworth by-election
Wednesday 28 September [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Thomas Browne (elected)73552.2
Free Trade John Griffin67247.8
Total formal votes1,407100
Informal votes00.00
Turnout 1,40725.1
Protectionist hold 
William MacGregor (Protectionist) resigned. [10]

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Saturday 26 February [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Joseph Abbott (re-elected 1)93934.5
Ind. Free Trade William MacGregor (re-elected 2)77928.6
Protectionist Thomas Browne (defeated)63623.4
Protectionist William Fergusson (defeated)36913.6
Total formal votes2,72398.6
Informal votes381.4
Turnout 1,58329.1
William MacGregor one of two sitting members for Wentworth. The other sitting member Edward Quin did not contest the election. Joseph Abbott was the member for Gunnedah, Thomas Browne was the member for Mudgee and William Fergusson was the member for Glen Innes.

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Saturday 31 October [13]
CandidateVotes%
Edward Quin (re-elected)unopposed 
William MacGregor (elected)unopposed 
 (1 new seat)

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Monday 18 December [14]
CandidateVotes%
Edward Quin (re-elected)51150.1
Evan Evans50949.9
Total formal votes1,02097.7
Informal votes242.3
Turnout 1,04435.1

1882 by-election

1882 Wentworth by-election
Monday 23 January [15]
CandidateVotes%
Edward Quin (elected)21650.7
Evan Evans21049.3
Total formal votes426100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 42622.4
William Brodribb resigned to accept an appointment to the Legislative Council. [15]

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Thursday 2 December [16]
CandidateVotes%
William Brodribb (elected)unopposed
 (new seat)

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