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Electoral results for the district of Rous

Rous, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1904 and abolished in 1913.[1][2][3][4]

Election Member Party
1904   John Coleman Liberal Reform
1905 by George Hindmarsh
1907
1910

Election results

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1910

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Rous.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Rous [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform George Hindmarsh 4,744 56.1
Labour Alfred Taylor 3,719 43.9
Total formal votes 8,463 98.7
Informal votes 111 1.3
Turnout 8,574 68.3
Liberal Reform hold  

1907

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Rous.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Rous [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform George Hindmarsh 3,454 52.3
Independent John Sheridan 2,020 30.6
Independent Richard Balmer 1,128 17.1
Total formal votes 6,602 96.0
Informal votes 277 4.0
Turnout 6,879 68.5
Liberal Reform hold  

1905 by-election

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This section is an excerpt from 1905 Rous state by-election § Result.[edit]
1905 Rous by-election
Saturday 11 February [7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform George Hindmarsh 2,832 51.1 −1.8
Independent Richard Meagher 2,710 48.9 +1.8
Total formal votes 5,542 99.6 +0.2
Informal votes 24 0.4 −0.2
Turnout 5,566 73.2 [a] +0.8
Liberal Reform hold Swing
John Coleman (Liberal Reform) died.[7]

1904

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Rous.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Rous [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Coleman 2,892 52.9
Independent Richard Meagher 2,577 47.1
Total formal votes 5,469 99.4
Informal votes 34 0.6
Turnout 5,503 72.4
Liberal Reform win (new seat)
Rous was a new district and consisted of parts of the abolished seats of Lismore and The Tweed. John Coleman (Liberal Reform) was the member for Lismore. Richard Meagher was the independent member for The Tweed.

Notes

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  1. ^ based on an electoral roll of 7,600 at the 1904 election.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Mr John William Coleman (1862–1905)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr George Thomas Hindmarsh (1861–1916)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1907 Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  7. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1905 Rous by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Rous by-election". The Northern Star. 13 February 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 29 August 2019 – via Trove.
  9. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1904 Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
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