The 1887 New South Wales colonial election was for 124 members representing 74 electoral districts. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system. In this election there were 35 multi-member districts returning 87 members and 37 single member districts giving a total of 124 members. In the multi-member districts each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies. 13 districts were uncontested. This was the first election at which there were recognisable political parties. [1] The average number of enrolled voters per seat was 1,984, ranging from Boorowa (1,103) to Canterbury (3,161). [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | George Day (re-elected) | 513 | 58.6 | ||
Free Trade | William Smith | 363 | 41.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 876 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 18 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 894 | 61.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Holborow (re-elected 1) | 975 | 35.7 | ||
Free Trade | Edward Ball (elected 2) | 970 | 35.5 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Rose | 789 | 28.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,734 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,723 | 62.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Jacob Garrard (re-elected 1) | 3,012 | 26.6 | ||
Free Trade | John Hawthorne (re-elected 2) | 2,915 | 25.8 | ||
Free Trade | Frank Smith (elected 3) | 2,717 | 24.0 | ||
Protectionist | Solomon Hyam (defeated) | 1,585 | 14.0 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Belgrave | 723 | 6.4 | ||
Protectionist | Aaron Wheeler | 353 | 3.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,305 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 108 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,640 | 58.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Protectionist | Allen Lakeman (elected 1) | 946 | 40.4 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Robert Wilkinson (re-elected 2) | 777 | 33.2 | ||
Independent | Alexander Cameron | 621 | 26.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,344 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 43 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,589 | 39.4 |
The other sitting member John Cramsie did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Cortis (elected) | 773 | 59.9 | ||
Protectionist | Francis Suttor (defeated) | 517 | 40.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,290 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 18 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,308 | 70.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Kelly (elected 1) | 1,422 | 31.4 | ||
Free Trade | Joseph Penzer (elected 2) | 1,352 | 29.9 | ||
Protectionist | George Cass (defeated) | 1,179 | 26.1 | ||
Protectionist | Rene Berteaux | 570 | 12.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,523 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 19 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,359 | 48.4 |
The other sitting member Patrick Jennings did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Slattery (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Thomas Waddell (elected 1) | 1,220 | 38.7 | ||
Free Trade | Alexander Wilson (elected 2) | 996 | 31.6 | ||
Protectionist | William Willis | 934 | 29.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,150 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 21 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,047 | 46.2 |
The sitting members were Russell Barton and William Sawers, both of whom resigned on 2 December 1886. [10] A writ was issued for a by-election, [11] which was held on 21 January 1887, with the result Thomas Waddell 1019, William Willis 833 and Alexander Wilson 682. [12] The writ was not returned however as the parliament was dissolved on 26 January. [10]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Alexander Ryrie (re-elected) | 535 | 58.3 | ||
Free Trade | John Lingen | 383 | 41.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 918 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 23 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 939 | 62.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Thomas Garrett (re-elected 1) | 1,740 | 33.3 | ||
Free Trade | William McCourt (elected 2) | 1,591 | 30.5 | ||
Free Trade | John Kidd (defeated) | 1,485 | 28.4 | ||
Protectionist | James Hanrahan | 407 | 7.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,223 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 58 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,086 | 62.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Joseph Carruthers (elected 1) | 4,302 | 19.8 | ||
Free Trade | Alexander Hutchison (elected 2) | 3,013 | 13.9 | ||
Free Trade | William Henson (re-elected 3) | 2,385 | 11.0 | ||
Free Trade | William Davis (elected 4) | 2,264 | 10.4 | ||
Free Trade | James Wilshire | 2,179 | 10.0 | ||
Free Trade | William Cameron | 2,101 | 9.7 | ||
Free Trade | John Wheeler | 2,028 | 9.3 | ||
Protectionist | John Watkin | 1,507 | 6.9 | ||
Free Trade | Richard McCoy | 1,477 | 6.8 | ||
Free Trade | George Wallace | 504 | 2.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,760 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 160 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,776 | 53.6 |
Three of the sitting members, Mark Hammond, William Judd and Septimus Stephen, did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Charles Garland (re-elected 1) | 1,160 | 38.7 | ||
Free Trade | Charles Jeanneret (elected 2) | 1,014 | 33.8 | ||
Protectionist | Francis Freehill | 824 | 27.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,998 | 100.0 | |||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,940 | 55.2 |
The other sitting member Ezekiel Baker did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | John McFarlane (elected) | 646 | 55.7 | ||
Free Trade | John Purves (defeated) | 513 | 44.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,159 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 13 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,172 | 60.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Varney Parkes (re-elected 1) | 2,404 | 25.8 | ||
Free Trade | Andrew McCulloch (re-elected 2) | 2,119 | 22.7 | ||
Free Trade | Frank Farnell (elected 3) | 1,861 | 19.9 | ||
Free Trade | John Nobbs | 1,775 | 19.0 | ||
Protectionist | Nathaniel Bull (defeated) | 1,173 | 12.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,332 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 67 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,040 | 51.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Herbert Brown (re-elected) | 591 | 57.9 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | John Wade | 429 | 42.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,020 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 30 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,050 | 70.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Sydney Smith (re-elected 1) | 951 | 42.2 | ||
Free Trade | James Tonkin (elected 2) | 795 | 35.2 | ||
Protectionist | Paddy Crick | 510 | 22.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,256 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,264 | 45.1 |
The other sitting member John Shepherd unsuccessfully contested Paddington.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | James Brunker (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Sydney Burdekin (re-elected 1) | 4,238 | 23.8 | ||
Free Trade | George Reid (re-elected 2) | 4,108 | 23.1 | ||
Free Trade | William McMillan (elected 3) | 4,025 | 22.6 | ||
Free Trade | John Street (elected 4) | 3,605 | 20.2 | ||
Protectionist | William Traill | 1,846 | 10.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,822 | 99.7 | |||
Informal votes | 63 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 6,883 | 63.2 |
The two other sitting members Edmund Barton was appointed to the Legislative Council and Henry Copeland successfully contested New England.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Henry Clarke (re-elected) | unopposed | |||
Protectionist | James Garvan (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Alfred Stokes (re-elected 1) | 788 | 36.6 | ||
Free Trade | Henry Cooke (elected 2) | 706 | 32.8 | ||
Protectionist | Joseph Reymond | 657 | 30.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,151 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 16 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,273 | 52.8 |
The other sitting member Walter Coonan did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Wilkinson (re-elected 1) | 1,332 | 36.0 | ||
Free Trade | Michael Chapman (elected 2) | 1,261 | 34.0 | ||
Free Trade | John Meeks (defeated) | 503 | 13.6 | ||
Free Trade | William Bailey | 384 | 10.4 | ||
Protectionist | Stephen Byrne | 225 | 6.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,705 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 84 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 2,448 | 67.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | George Matheson (elected) | 604 | 51.6 | ||
Protectionist | Alexander Hutchison | 567 | 48.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,171 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 20 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,191 | 42.1 |
The sitting member William Fergusson unsuccessfully contested Wentworth.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Jonathan Seaver (elected) | 434 | 45.4 | ||
Free Trade | John Hart | 267 | 27.9 | ||
Free Trade | John McLaughlin | 207 | 21.7 | ||
Protectionist | George Perry | 48 | 5.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 956 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 14 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 970 | 59.2 |
The sitting member Robert White did not contest the election. John McLaughlin had been unsuccessful in contesting Paddington on 9 February.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Teece (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | John See (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Robert Vaughn (re-elected) | 431 | 53.3 | ||
Free Trade | A L Park | 378 | 46.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 809 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 15 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 824 | 51.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Free Trade | Jack Want (re-elected) | 701 | 55.3 | ||
Protectionist | Robert Newman | 566 | 44.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,267 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 19 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,286 | 49.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Goodwin (elected) | 616 | 62.7 | ||
Free Trade | J Poole | 367 | 37.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 983 | 95.4 | |||
Informal votes | 47 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,030 | 50.3 |
The sitting member Joseph Abbott successfully contested Wentworth.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Hassall (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Hurley (elected) | 619 | 44.8 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Richard Inch | 333 | 24.1 | ||
Protectionist | John Young | 245 | 17.7 | ||
Protectionist | Brisbane Doyle | 184 | 13.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,381 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 30 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,411 | 64.1 |
The sitting member Walter Targett unsuccessfully contested The Hastings and Manning.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Charles Roberts (re-elected 1) | 1,195 | 40.7 | ||
Free Trade | James Young (re-elected 2) | 1,107 | 37.7 | ||
Protectionist | Walter Targett (defeated) | 635 | 21.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,937 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 15 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,628 | 55.5 |
Walter Targett was the member for Hartley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Alexander Bowman (re-elected) | 758 | 46.3 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | John Griffin | 657 | 40.1 | ||
Independent | Thomas Primrose | 222 | 13.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,637 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 38 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,675 | 73.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | William Lyne (re-elected) | unopposed | |||
Protectionist | James Hayes (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Burns (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Francis Woodward (elected) | 939 | 55.7 | ||
Protectionist | Andrew Lysaght Sr. (defeated) | 748 | 44.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,687 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 29 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,716 | 59.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Samuel Moore (re-elected) | 763 | 60.1 | ||
Protectionist | George Cruickshank | 507 | 39.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,270 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 21 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,291 | 63.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Angus Cameron (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Robert Smith (re-elected) | 945 | 58.0 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Enoch Rudder | 684 | 42.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,629 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 31 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,660 | 54.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Protectionist | Andrew Ross (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Protectionist | Thomas O'Mara (elected 1) | 1,148 | 38.0 | ||
Protectionist | Henry Dawson (re-elected 2) | 783 | 25.9 | ||
Protectionist | Harold Stephen (defeated) | 637 | 21.1 | ||
Free Trade | Herbert Elles | 453 | 15.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,021 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,732 | 55.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | John Bowes (elected) | 541 | 58.2 | ||
Free Trade | Myles McRae | 388 | 41.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 929 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 12 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 941 | 75.3 |
The sitting member Robert Wisdom did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Adolphus Taylor (re-elected 1) | 1,219 | 20.2 | ||
Protectionist | William Wall (re-elected 2) | 1,071 | 17.8 | ||
Free Trade | Reginald Black (elected 3) | 1,056 | 17.5 | ||
Protectionist | Richard Rouse | 990 | 16.4 | ||
Free Trade | John Haynes | 884 | 14.7 | ||
Protectionist | John Carden | 805 | 13.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,025 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 40 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,231 | 56.7 |
The other sitting member Thomas Browne unsuccessfully contested Wentworth.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | John Chanter (re-elected 1) | 836 | 35.7 | ||
Protectionist | Robert Barbour (re-elected 2) | 759 | 32.4 | ||
Free Trade | William Virgoe | 750 | 32.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,345 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 26 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,377 | 47.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | James Gormly (re-elected 1) | 2,226 | 31.5 | ||
Protectionist | John Gale (elected 2) | 1,897 | 26.9 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | George Dibbs (re-elected 3) | 1,630 | 23.1 | ||
Free Trade | Robert Reynolds | 1,310 | 18.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,063 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 31 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,214 | 40.5 |
The other sitting member Alexander Bolton did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Thomas Dangar (elected) | 762 | 65.0 | ||
Free Trade | George Dale | 411 | 35.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,173 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 20 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,193 | 47.4 |
The sitting member Charles Collins did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Samuel Lees (elected) | 701 | 50.7 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Thomas Smith (defeated) | 683 | 49.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,384 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 21 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,405 | 75.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | James Inglis (re-elected 1) | 1,371 | 46.1 | ||
Protectionist | Henry Copeland (re-elected 2) | 999 | 33.6 | ||
Protectionist | Charles Givney | 603 | 20.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,973 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 31 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 2,108 | 53.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | James Ellis (elected 1) | 2,724 | 41.2 | ||
Protectionist | James Fletcher (re-elected 2) | 2,281 | 34.5 | ||
Free Trade | George Lloyd (defeated) | 1,603 | 24.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,608 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 44 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,890 | 75.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Foster (re-elected 1) | 2,404 | 29.6 | ||
Free Trade | Frederick Gibbes (re-elected 2) | 2,321 | 28.6 | ||
Free Trade | Nicholas Hawken (elected 3) | 2,106 | 26.0 | ||
Protectionist | James Smith (defeated) | 1,284 | 15.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,115 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 57 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 3,446 | 56.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Ninian Melville (re-elected 1) | 2,399 | 23.2 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Walker (elected 2) | 2,323 | 22.5 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Joseph Creer (re-elected 3) | 2,069 | 20.0 | ||
Protectionist | John Osborne | 1,952 | 18.9 | ||
Free Trade | Nicholas Downing | 1,010 | 9.8 | ||
Protectionist | Andrew Love | 578 | 5.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,331 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 71 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,117 | 75.1 | |||
(1 new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Dalton (re-elected 1) | 997 | 37.4 | ||
Free Trade | William Clarke (re-elected 2) | 920 | 34.5 | ||
Protectionist | George Hawke | 751 | 28.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,668 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 21 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,857 | 69.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Neild (re-elected 1) | 2,601 | 22.3 | ||
Free Trade | Alfred Allen (elected 2) | 2,271 | 19.5 | ||
Free Trade | William Trickett (re-elected 3) | 2,230 | 19.1 | ||
Free Trade | John McLaughlin | 2,139 | 18.3 | ||
Free Trade | John Shepherd (defeated) | 1,630 | 14.0 | ||
Protectionist | William Allen | 715 | 6.1 | ||
Independent | Edwin Bottrell | 89 | 0.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,675 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 151 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,159 | 66.6 |
The other sitting member Robert Butcher did not contest the election. John Shepherd was the member for East Macquarie. John McLaughlin also unsuccessfully contested Gloucester.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Hugh Taylor (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Albert Gould (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Edward O'Sullivan (re-elected) | 707 | 56.8 | ||
Free Trade | George Tompsitt | 537 | 43.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,244 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 20 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,264 | 48.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Sutherland (re-elected 1) | 3,582 | 23.2 | ||
Free Trade | James Farnell (elected 2) | 2,644 | 17.1 | ||
Free Trade | William Stephen (elected 3) | 2,599 | 16.8 | ||
Free Trade | William Schey (elected 4) | 2,407 | 15.6 | ||
Protectionist | Arthur Renwick (defeated) | 1,938 | 12.6 | ||
Protectionist | Peter Howe | 1,803 | 11.7 | ||
Protectionist | Alfred Fremlin | 467 | 3.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,440 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 103 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,053 | 58.8 | |||
(1 new seat) |
The other sitting member Thomas Williamson did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Ewing (re-elected 1) | 2,153 | 42.0 | ||
Protectionist | Frederick Crouch (elected 2) | 1,950 | 38.0 | ||
Free Trade | James Barrie | 659 | 12.9 | ||
Free Trade | R Lopez | 366 | 7.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,128 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 27 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,828 | 54.7 |
The other sitting member Patrick Hogan did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Martin (elected) | 853 | 51.7 | ||
Protectionist | William Lovegrove | 798 | 48.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,651 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 15 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,666 | 76.9 |
The sitting member Frederick Humphery did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Alban Riley (elected 1) | 3,426 | 20.2 | ||
Free Trade | Bernhard Wise (elected 2) | 3,067 | 18.1 | ||
Free Trade | George Withers (elected 3) | 2,845 | 16.8 | ||
Protectionist | James Toohey (re-elected 4) | 1,999 | 11.8 | ||
Protectionist | John Davies (defeated) | 1,394 | 8.2 | ||
Protectionist | Alfred Miller | 1,356 | 8.0 | ||
Protectionist | Archibald Forsyth (defeated) | 1,110 | 6.5 | ||
Protectionist | Edward Bennett | 1,085 | 6.4 | ||
Independent | Michael Simmons | 685 | 4.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,967 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 126 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,602 | 68.6 |
The other sitting member Joseph Olliffe did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Sir Henry Parkes (re-elected) | unopposed | |||
Free Trade | Isaac Ives (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Robert Levien (re-elected 1) | 928 | 28.0 | ||
Protectionist | William Dowel (elected 2) | 829 | 25.0 | ||
Free Trade | William Tribe | 784 | 23.6 | ||
Free Trade | Eustace Pratt | 776 | 23.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,317 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 32 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,784 | 58.2 |
The other sitting member Michael Burke did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Charles Lee (re-elected) | 672 | 65.8 | ||
Protectionist | William Richardson | 350 | 34.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,022 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 27 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,049 | 45.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Travers Jones (re-elected) | 662 | 52.2 | ||
Free Trade | Nathaniel Emanuel | 607 | 47.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,269 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 26 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,295 | 74.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | John McElhone (elected 1) | 984 | 36.7 | ||
Free Trade | Robert FitzGerald (re-elected 2) | 599 | 22.4 | ||
Protectionist | William Abbott | 549 | 20.5 | ||
Free Trade | Thomas Hungerford (defeated) | 548 | 20.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,680 | 99.8 | |||
Informal votes | 6 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,637 | 57.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | David Ferguson (re-elected) | 547 | 64.4 | ||
Free Trade | W J Hill | 303 | 35.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 850 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 16 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 866 | 64.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Fergus Smith (elected) | 340 | 48.3 | ||
Protectionist | Paddy Crick | 255 | 36.2 | ||
Protectionist | John Hughes | 109 | 15.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 704 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 712 | 64.2 |
The sitting member Lewis Lloyd did not contest the election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Richard Thompson (re-elected) | unopposed |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Francis Abigail (re-elected 1) | 3,688 | 19.9 | ||
Free Trade | Alexander Kethel (re-elected 2) | 3,450 | 18.6 | ||
Free Trade | George Merriman (elected 3) | 3,049 | 16.4 | ||
Free Trade | Daniel O'Connor (re-elected 4) | 2,988 | 16.1 | ||
Protectionist | John Young (defeated) | 2,246 | 12.1 | ||
Protectionist | Arthur Nelson | 1,212 | 6.5 | ||
Protectionist | William Westman | 977 | 5.3 | ||
Free Trade | William Pritchard | 972 | 5.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,582 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 189 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,429 | 64.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Richard Stevenson (re-elected) | 578 | 55.5 | ||
Free Trade | George Watt | 463 | 44.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,041 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 17 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,058 | 55.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Colls (re-elected) | 691 | 56.9 | ||
Free Trade | Henry Donaldson | 524 | 43.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,215 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 22 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,247 | 63.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | James Gordon (elected 1) | 1,095 | 30.7 | ||
Protectionist | James Mackinnon (re-elected 2) | 1,053 | 29.5 | ||
Protectionist | Gerald Spring (defeated) | 922 | 25.8 | ||
Free Trade | William Lucas | 498 | 14.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,568 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 24 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,206 | 64.4 |
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