Molong, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1880 and abolished in 1904[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1880 | Andrew Ross | None | |
1882 | |||
1885 | |||
1887 | Ind. Protectionist | ||
1889 | Protectionist | ||
1891 | |||
1894 | |||
1895 | |||
1898 | National Federal | ||
1901 | Progressive / Independent Liberal |
Election results
editElections in the 1900s
edit1901
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Andrew Ross | 671 | 55.2 | +10.6 | |
Liberal Reform | John Withington | 544 | 44.8 | +13.6 | |
Total formal votes | 1,215 | 99.1 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.9 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,226 | 56.6 | −4.9 | ||
Progressive hold |
Elections in the 1890s
edit1898
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Federal | Andrew Ross | 558 | 44.7 | ||
Free Trade | Harrington McCulloch | 389 | 31.1 | ||
Independent Federalist | William Shield | 302 | 24.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,249 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 10 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,259 | 61.6 | |||
National Federal hold |
1895
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Andrew Ross | 548 | 45.3 | ||
Free Trade | Harrington McCulloch | 412 | 34.1 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | John Wynne | 108 | 8.9 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | William Melville | 85 | 7.0 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Charles Lauer | 56 | 4.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,209 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,220 | 64.2 | |||
Protectionist hold |
1894
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Andrew Ross | 504 | 37.4 | ||
Free Trade | Harrington McCulloch | 311 | 23.1 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | William Melville | 253 | 18.8 | ||
Independent Labour | Charles Lauer | 247 | 18.4 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Arthur Sherwin | 20 | 1.5 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | John Ardill | 11 | 0.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,346 | 94.3 | |||
Informal votes | 82 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,428 | 77.2 | |||
Protectionist hold |
1891
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Andrew Ross (re-elected) | 844 | 62.4 | ||
Labour | Cornelius Lindsay | 319 | 23.6 | ||
Free Trade | John Hurley | 189 | 14.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,352 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 35 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,387 | 65.2 | |||
Protectionist hold |
Elections in the 1880s
edit1889
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Andrew Ross (elected) | unopposed | |||
Total formal votes | 25,142 | 99.8 | |||
Informal votes | 47 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,977 | 61.2 | |||
Member changed to Protectionist from Ind. Protectionist |
1887
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Protectionist | Andrew Ross (re-elected) | unopposed |
1885
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Andrew Ross (re-elected) | 695 | 54.8 | |
Fergus Smith | 573 | 45.2 | |
Total formal votes | 1,268 | 98.3 | |
Informal votes | 22 | 1.7 | |
Turnout | 1,290 | 69.1 |
1882
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Andrew Ross (re-elected) | 656 | 75.8 | |
Willoughby Andrew | 210 | 24.3 | |
Total formal votes | 866 | 98.1 | |
Informal votes | 17 | 1.9 | |
Turnout | 883 | 47.5 |
1880
editCandidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Andrew Ross (elected) | 520 | 50.3 | |
John Smith | 514 | 49.7 | |
Total formal votes | 1,034 | 97.7 | |
Informal votes | 24 | 2.3 | |
Turnout | 1,058 | 57.0 | |
(new seat) |
References
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- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Dr Andrew Ross (1829-1910)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1889 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1887 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1885 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1880 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2020.