Electoral results for the district of West Macquarie

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West Macquarie, 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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MemberPartyPeriod
1859   John McPhillamy None
1859 by   Henry Mort None
1860   Richard Driver None
1864
1869   Edmund Webb None
1872
1875   Charles Pilcher None
1877
1880
1882   Thomas Hellyer None
1884 by   Lewis Lloyd None
1885
1887   Fergus Smith Free Trade
1889   Paddy Crick Protectionist
1890 by
1891
1895
1898 National Federal
1901   Progressive

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1901 New South Wales state election: West Macquarie   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Paddy Crick 1,15259.2+3.6
Liberal Reform Otto Jaeger79540.8-2.3
Total formal votes1,94799.0+0.8
Informal votes191.0-0.8
Turnout 1,96652.6-4.7
Progressive hold 

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Federal Paddy Crick 88855.6
Free Trade John Hurley 68943.1
Independent Federalist Edward Goldsby201.3
Total formal votes1,59798.3
Informal votes281.7
Turnout 1,62557.3
National Federal hold 

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Paddy Crick 87655.0
Free Trade John Hurley 71645.0
Total formal votes1,59298.9
Informal votes181.1
Turnout 1,61061.4
Protectionist hold 

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Paddy Crick 82045.7
Free Trade R W Peacock47226.3
Labour John Bridgeman25914.5
Ind. Free Trade Charles Jeanneret 20811.6
Independent J O'Donoghue341.9
Total formal votes1,79395.9
Informal votes764.1
Turnout 1,86971.6
Protectionist win(new seat)

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Saturday 20 June  [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Paddy Crick (re-elected)51054.3
Free Trade Charles Boyd42945.7
Total formal votes93997.8
Informal votes212.2
Turnout 96074.9
Protectionist hold 

1890 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1890 West Macquarie colonial by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1890 West Macquarie by-election
Saturday 6 December  [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Paddy Crick (re-elected)49656.0+0.9
Free Trade Charles Boyd  [lower-alpha 1] 39044.0-0.9
Total formal votes886100.0+1.8
Informal votes00.0-1.8
Turnout 88674.4+1.2
Protectionist hold 
Paddy Crick (Free Trade) was expelled. [9]

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Saturday 16 February  [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Paddy Crick (elected)47055.1
Free Trade Bernhard Wise 38344.9
Total formal votes85398.2
Informal votes161.8
Turnout 86973.2
  Protectionist gain from Free Trade  

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Thursday 17 February  [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Fergus Smith (elected)34048.3
Protectionist Paddy Crick 25536.2
Protectionist John Hughes10915.5
Total formal votes70498.9
Informal votes81.1
Turnout 71264.2

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Thursday 22 October  [16]
CandidateVotes%
Lewis Lloyd (re-elected)35556.3
James Fitzpatrick27643.7
Total formal votes63198.0
Informal votes132.0
Turnout 64459.5

1884 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1884 West Macquarie colonial by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1884 West Macquarie by-election
Wednesday 2 July  [17]
CandidateVotes%
Lewis Lloyd (elected)37567.2
William Richardson18332.8
Total formal votes55898.6
Informal votes81.4
Turnout 56653.9
Thomas Hellyer resigned. [17]

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Wednesday 13 December  [18]
CandidateVotes%
Thomas Hellyer (elected)unopposed
The sitting member Charles Pilcher unsuccessfully contested West Sydney.

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Saturday 27 November  [19]
CandidateVotes%
Charles Pilcher (re-elected)46153.3
Alfred Pechey 40446.7
Total formal votes86597.5
Informal votes222.5
Turnout 88279.3

Elections in the 1870s

1877

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Wednesday 31 October  [20]
CandidateVotes%
Charles Pilcher (re-elected)31459.3
Alexander Rae21640.8
Total formal votes53098.0
Informal votes112.0
Turnout 54147.3

1875

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Monday 4 January 1875  [21]
CandidateVotes%
Charles Pilcher (elected)42558.7
Henry Rotton 29941.3
Total formal votes72497.8
Informal votes162.2
Turnout 74057.7
The sitting member for West Macquarie was Edmund Webb who unsuccessfully contested Bathurst.

1872

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Saturday 24 February  [22]
CandidateVotes%
Edmund Webb (re-elected)32078.6
George Thornton 8721.4
Total formal votes40798.3
Informal votes71.7
Turnout 41440.2

Elections in the 1860s

1869

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Wednesday 15 December 1869  [23]
CandidateVotes%
Edmund Webb (elected)39757.6
Richard Driver (defeated)29242.4
Total formal votes68998.0
Informal votes142.0
Turnout 70374.9

1864

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Saturday 24 December 1864  [24]
CandidateVotes%
Richard Driver (re-elected)unopposed

1860

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Monday 10 December  [25]
CandidateVotes%
Richard Driver (elected)18867.1
John Clements (defeated)9232.9
Total formal votes280100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 28038.4

Elections in the 1850s

1859 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1859 West Macquarie colonial by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1859 West Macquarie by-election
Wednesday 21 December  [26] [27]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Mort (elected)show of hands
Richard Driver
John McPhillamy resigned. [26]

1859

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § West Macquarie.[ edit ]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Tuesday 14 June  [28]
CandidateVotes%
John McPhillamy (elected)26483.0
Thomas Hawkins 5417.0
Total formal votes318100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 31860.9

Notes

  1. ↑ Boyd's party affiliation is taken from reports in the Sydney Morning Herald, [10] the Daily Telegraph, [11] [12] and the National Advocate, [13] which record Boyd as campaigning as a Free Trader, while Antony Green lists him as an independent stating that his party affiliation was unclear from the reports Green had examined. [9]

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