Electoral results for the district of Molong
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
[edit]Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1901
[edit]Party | 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
[edit]1898
[edit]Party | 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
[edit]Party | 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
[edit]Party | 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
[edit]Party | 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
[edit]1889
[edit]Party | 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
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Protectionist | Andrew Ross (re-elected) | unopposed |
1885
[edit]Candidate | 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
[edit]Candidate | 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
[edit]Candidate | 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
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 October 2020.
- ^ "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.
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