Colonial election for New South Wales, Australia in 1880
New South Wales colonial election, 17 November – 2 December 1880 [1] Legislative Assembly << 1877 –1882 >>
Enrolled voters Votes cast 178,807 Turnout 61.94 +13.63 Informal votes 2,001 Informal 1.96 +0.95 Summary of votes by party Party Primary votes % Swing Seats Change Total 178,807 108
The 1880 New South Wales colonial election was for 108 members representing 72 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 29 multi-member districts returning 68 members and 43 single member districts. In the multi-member districts each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies. 14 districts were uncontested. There was no recognisable party structure at this election.[1] The average number of enrolled voters per seat was 1,549 for a country seat and 2,361 for an urban one,[2] ranging from East Maitland (966) to Bourke (3,478).[3]
The electoral boundaries were established under the Electoral Act 1880 (NSW)[4] which was the first major redistribution since 1858 in which 12 districts were abolished,[a] and 23 new districts were created.[b] an overall increase in the number of districts from 61 to 72, and an increase in the number of members from 73 to 108.[2]
Election results [ edit ] George Day was the sitting member for The Hume
The sitting member William Davies did not contest the election.
Balmain [ edit ] The Sydney Daily Telegraph reported that 60 of the informal votes had written "I Vote for Taylor" on them, where Jacob Garrard won the election by only 12 votes.[8]
Balranald [ edit ] The sitting member Colin Simson did not contest the election.
Bathurst [ edit ] The Bogan [ edit ] The Bogan lost part of the district to the new seat of Forbes . The sitting member Walter Coonan unsuccessfully contested Forbes.
Boorowa [ edit ] Joseph Olliffe had already unsuccessfully contested East Sydney .
Braidwood [ edit ] The other siting member Arthur Onslow did not contest the election. Joseph Leary was the sitting member for The Murrumbidgee .
Canterbury [ edit ] One sitting member John Lucas did not contest the election. The other sitting member Sir Henry Parkes successfully contested East Sydney .
Carcoar [ edit ] Ezekiel Baker was the sitting member for the abolished district of Goldfields South .
The Clarence [ edit ] The Clarence lost part of the district to Grafton and part to The Richmond . The sitting member Charles Fawcett successfully contested The Richmond.
Central Cumberland [ edit ] Durham replaced all of the abolished district of The Paterson and part of the abolished district of The Williams . Herbert Brown was the member for The Paterson and William Johnston was the member for The Williams.
East Macquarie [ edit ] East Maitland [ edit ] The sitting member Henry Badgery successfully contested Monaro .
East Sydney [ edit ] Of the sitting members, James Greenwood and John Macintosh did not contest the election and John Davies successfully contested South Sydney . Sir Henry Parkes was a sitting member for Canterbury .
Forbes replaced part of The Bogan . Walter Coonan was the sitting member for The Bogan.
The Glebe [ edit ] Glen Innes [ edit ] Glen Innes was created from the northern part of New England .
Gloucester [ edit ] Archibald Jacob was the member for the abolished district of The Lower Hunter .
Goulburn [ edit ] Grafton [ edit ] Grafton was created from part of The Clarence .
Grenfell [ edit ] Grenfell partly replaced the abolished district of The Lachlan .
Gundagai [ edit ] Gundagai partly replaced the abolished district of The Lachlan .
Gunnedah [ edit ] The Gwydir [ edit ] The sitting member Thomas Dangar successfully contested The Namoi .
Hartley [ edit ] The Hastings and Manning [ edit ] Replaced the abolished district of The Hastings . The sitting member Robert Smith successfully contested The Macleay .
The Hawkesbury [ edit ] The other sitting member Henry Moses did not contest the election. Henry McQuade was the sitting member for the abolished district of Windsor .
The Hume [ edit ] The sitting member George Day successfully contested Albury
The Hunter [ edit ] Illawarra [ edit ] Inverell [ edit ] The Macleay [ edit ] Robert Smith was the member for the abolished district of The Hastings .
The sitting member John Murphy did not contest the election. Henry Badgery was the member for East Maitland .
Morpeth [ edit ] The sitting member David Buchanan had already unsuccessfully contested West Sydney . Samuel Terry was the member for New England and Louis Beyers was the member for the abolished district of Goldfields West .
The Murray [ edit ] The Murrumbidgee [ edit ] The sitting member Joseph Leary unsuccessfully contested Camden .
The Namoi [ edit ] Thomas Dangar was the sitting member for The Gwydir .
The Nepean [ edit ] New England [ edit ] The sitting member Samuel Terry successfully contested Mudgee . Henry Copeland was the member for the abolished seat of Goldfields North .
Newcastle [ edit ] Newtown [ edit ] Northumberland [ edit ] Paddington [ edit ] Parramatta [ edit ] The other siting member William Long did not contest the election.
Patrick's Plains [ edit ] Queanbeyan [ edit ] Redfern [ edit ] The Richmond [ edit ] The Richmond was created from the northern part of The Clarence and Charles Fawcett was the member for The Clarence.
Shoalhaven [ edit ] South Sydney [ edit ] John Davies was a sitting member for East Sydney .
St Leonards [ edit ] Tamworth [ edit ] Hanley Bennett was the member for the abolished district of Liverpool Plains .
Tenterfield [ edit ] The Upper Hunter [ edit ] Wellington [ edit ] The sitting member John Shepherd did not contest the election. Edmund Barton was the member for the abolished district of University of Sydney .
Wentworth [ edit ] West Macquarie [ edit ] West Maitland [ edit ] West Sydney [ edit ] The other sitting member James Merriman did not contest the election. David Buchanan was the sitting member for Mudgee and subsequently regained a seat in that district.
Wollombi [ edit ] Yass Plains [ edit ] See also [ edit ] ^ The four districts that did not have a residential qualification were abolished, Goldfields North , Goldfields South , Goldfields West and University of Sydney plus the districts of The Hastings , The Lachlan , Liverpool Plains , The Lower Hunter , Narellan , The Paterson , The Williams and Windsor . ^ The new districts were Albury , Balmain , Boorowa , Bourke , Durham , Forbes , Glen Innes , Gloucester , Grafton , Grenfell , Gundagai , Gunnedah , The Hastings and Manning , Inverell , The Macleay , Molong , The Namoi , Redfern , The Richmond , South Sydney , Tamworth , Tumut , Wentworth and Young . References [ edit ] ^ a b Green, Antony . "1880 election totals" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 September 2019 . ^ a b "1880 Redistribution" . Atlas of New South Wales . NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Turnout" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 April 2020 . ^ Electoral Act 1880 (NSW). ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Albury" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Argyle" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Balmain" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ "Balmain" . The Sydney Daily Telegraph . 24 November 1880. p. 2. Retrieved 23 April 2020 – via Trove. ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Balranald" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Bathurst" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Bogan" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Boorowa" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Bourke" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Braidwood" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Camden" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Canterbury" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Carcoar" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Clarence" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Central Cumberland" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Durham" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 East Macquarie" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 East Maitland" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 East Sydney" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Eden" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Forbes" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Glebe" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Glen Innes" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Gloucester" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Goulburn" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Grafton" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Grenfell" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Gundagai" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Gunnedah" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Gwydir" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Hartley" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Hastings and Manning" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Hawkesbury" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Hume" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Hunter" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Illawarra" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Inverell" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Kiama" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Macleay" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Molong" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Monaro" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Morpeth" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Mudgee" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Murray" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Murrumbidgee" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Namoi" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Nepean" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 New England" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Newcastle" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Newtown" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Northumberland" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Orange" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Paddington" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Parramatta" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 September 2019 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Patrick's Plain" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2021 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Queanbeyan" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Redfern" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Richmond" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Shoalhaven" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 South Sydney" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 St Leonards" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Tamworth" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Tenterfield" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Tumut" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Upper Hunter" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Wellington" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Wentworth" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 West Macquarie" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 West Maitland" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 West Sydney" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Wollombi" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Yass Plains" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 . ^ Green, Antony . "1880 Young" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020 .
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