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Wilcannia, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1889 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3][4]

Election Member Party
1889   Edward Dickens Protectionist
1891
1894   Richard Sleath Labour
1895
1898
1901   Independent Labour

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1901[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: Wilcannia[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Richard Sleath 637 47.9 -24.1
Labour John Buzacott 414 31.1
Independent Liberal Thomas Bell 280 21.0
Total formal votes 1,331 99.3 -0.3
Informal votes 10 0.8 +0.3
Turnout 1,341 52.5 +9.9
Member changed to Independent Labour from Labour  

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

1898[edit]

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Wilcannia[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Sleath 770 72.0
National Federal Edmond O'Donnell 300 28.0
Total formal votes 1,070 99.5
Informal votes 5 0.5
Turnout 1,075 42.6
Labour hold  

1895[edit]

1894[edit]

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Wilcannia[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Richard Sleath 971 67.7
Protectionist Edward Dickens 463 32.3
Total formal votes 1,434 98.3
Informal votes 25 1.7
Turnout 1,459 77.8
Labour gain from Protectionist  

1891[edit]

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Wilcannia
Saturday 20 June [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Edward Dickens (re-elected) unopposed  
Protectionist hold  

1889[edit]

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Wilcannia
Wednesday 13 February [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Edward Dickens (elected) 209 68.3
Free Trade Charles Fartiere 97 31.7
Total formal votes 306 97.8
Informal votes 7 2.2
Turnout 313 25.6
Protectionist win (new seat)
Wilcannia and Sturt were new seats split off from Wentworth which previously returned two members.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Mr Richard Sleath (1863–1922)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Mr Edward Bulwer Lytton Dickens (1852-1902)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1889 Wilcannia". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2020.

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