Tumut was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the Tumut area, one of 62 new districts established under the Electoral Act 1858 (NSW),[1] in the 1858 redistribution.[2] It replaced part of the district of Murrumbidgee which was reduced from 2 to 1 member. It was abolished in 1904 and replaced by Wynyard.[3][4][5]
Members for Tumut
[edit]Member | Party | Period | |
---|---|---|---|
George Lang | None | 1859–1860 | |
Daniel Deniehy [a] | None | 1860 | |
Charles Cowper, Jr. | None | 1860–1863 | |
James Martin | None | 1863–1864 | |
Charles Cowper, Jr. | None | 1864–1866 | |
Edward Brown | None | 1866–1872 | |
James Hoskins | None | 1872–1882 | |
Thomas O'Mara | None | 1882–1885 | |
Travers Jones | None | 1885–1887 | |
Protectionist | 1887–1891 | ||
Edward Brown | Free Trade | 1891–1894 | |
Travers Jones | Protectionist | 1894–1898 | |
Robert Donaldson | Independent | 1898–1901 | |
Progressive | 1901–1904 |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Robert Donaldson | 1,127 | 57.3 | +23.6 | |
Labour | James Elphick | 740 | 37.6 | +5.6 | |
Liberal Reform | Charles Royle | 100 | 5.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,967 | 99.4 | +2.5 | ||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.6 | −2.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,978 | 73.8 | +1.4 | ||
Member changed to Progressive from Independent |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Daniel Deniehy was declared elected at the by-election in May 1860, however he was also elected at the East Macquarie by-election held on the same day and his election to Tumut was subsequently declared void by the Elections and Qualifications Committee.[6] He took his seat as the member for East Macquarie and doesn't appear in the records kept by the Legislative assembly as a member for Tumut.[3][7]
References
[edit]- ^ Electoral Act 1858 (NSW).
- ^ "1858 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Tumut". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1860 Tumut by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
- ^ "Mr Daniel Henry Deniehy (1828-1865)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Tumut". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.