Electoral district of Castlereagh

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Castlereagh, or The Castlereagh until 1910, was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales originally created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90. [1] It consisted of the abolished seat of Coonamble and part of the abolished seat of Dubbo and was named after the Castlereagh River. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Wammerawa, along with Mudgee and Liverpool Plains. It was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1991, [2] [3] [4] replaced by Barwon in the north-west, including the towns of Narrabri and Gilgandra, and by Upper Hunter in the south-east, including the town of Mudgee. [5]

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Members for Castlereagh

First incarnation (1904–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  Hugh Macdonald Labour 1904–1906
  John Treflé Labour 1906–1915
  Guy Arkins Labor 1915–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920
 
Second incarnation (1927–1991)
MemberPartyTerm
  Harold Thorby Country 1927–1930
  Joseph Clark Labor 1930–1932
  Alfred Yeo Country 1932–1941
  Jack Renshaw Labor 1941–1980
  Jim Curran Labor 1980–1981
  Roger Wotton National 1981–1991

Election results

1988 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Roger Wotton 19,48267.0+11.1
Labor Michael Williams7,42525.6-13.1
Democrats Peter Lyons2,1517.4+5.7
Total formal votes29,05897.8-1.1
Informal votes6622.2+1.1
Turnout 29,72093.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Roger Wotton 20,51571.9+13.3
Labor Michael Williams8,00828.1-13.3
National hold Swing +13.3

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