East Macquarie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales between 1859 and 1894, in the Bathurst region. It was represented by two members, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected.[1][2][3]
Members for East Macquarie
edit| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Suttor, Sr. [4] | None | 1859–1859 | William Cummings | None | 1859–1874 | ||
| Thomas Hawkins | None | 1859–1860 | |||||
| Daniel Deniehy | None | 1860–1860 | |||||
| William Suttor, Sr. [4] | None | 1860–1864 | |||||
| David Buchanan [5] | None | 1864–1867 | |||||
| John Suttor | None | 1867–1872 | |||||
| James Martin [6] | None | 1872–1873 | |||||
| Walter Cooper | None | 1873–1874 | |||||
| John Booth | None | 1875–1877 | |
William Suttor, Jr. | None | 1875–1879 | |
| John Robertson [7] | None | 1877–1878 | |||||
| Edmund Webb | None | 1878–1881 | |||||
| |
Edward Combes [8] | None | 1879–1885 | ||||
| Alfred Pechey | None | 1882–1882 | |||||
| Sydney Smith | None | 1882–1894 | |||||
| John Shepherd | None | 1885–1887 | |||||
| Free Trade | 1887–1894 | James Tonkin | Free Trade | 1887–1894 | |||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | Sydney Smith (re-elected 1) | 961 | 37.8 | ||
| Free Trade | James Tonkin (re-elected 2) | 893 | 35.1 | ||
| Protectionist | Alfred Hales | 688 | 27.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,542 | 99.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 12 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,621 | 62.4 | |||
| Free Trade hold 2 | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of East Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr William Henry Suttor (Senior) (1805–1877)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr David Buchanan (1823–1890)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Sir James Martin [1] (1820–1886)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Sir John Robertson (1816–1891)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr Edward Combes CMG (1830-1895)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Macquarie East". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
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