Young was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after and including the town of Young.[1][2][3] It elected two members between 1880 and 1894 and one member from 1894 to 1904, when it was replaced by Burrangong.[4] The sitting member George Burgess (Labour) successfully contested Burrangong.[5] In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, Burrangong was absorbed by the three member district of Cootamundra. Proportional representation was abandoned in 1927 and Young was recreated. It was abolished in 1981 and the district was split with Young being absorbed by Burrinjuck while the towns of Cowra and Forbes were absorbed by a re-created Lachlan.[6]
Members for Young
[edit]Two members (1880—1894) | |||||||
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Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
James Watson | None | 1880–1882 | William Watson | None | 1880–1882 | ||
Gerald Spring | None | 1882–1887 | James Mackinnon | None | 1882–1885 | ||
William Watson | None | 1885–1885 | |||||
James Mackinnon | None | 1885–1887 | |||||
James Gordon | Free Trade | 1887–1889 | Protectionist | 1887–1891 | |||
John Gough | Protectionist | 1889–1891 | |||||
Labour | 1891–1894 | Labour | 1891–1894 | ||||
Single-member (1894—1904) | |||||||
Member | Party | Term | |||||
Chris Watson | Labour | 1894–1901 | |||||
George Burgess | Labour | 1901–1904 | |||||
Single-member (1927—1981) | |||||||
Member | Party | Term | |||||
Albert Reid | Country | 1927–1930 | |||||
Clarrie Martin | Labor | 1930–1932 | |||||
Albert Reid | Country | 1932–1941 | |||||
Fred Cahill | Labor | 1941–1959 | |||||
George Freudenstein | Country | 1959–1981 |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Country | George Freudenstein | 11,625 | 53.0 | −5.4 | |
Labor | Timothy West | 10,287 | 47.0 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 21,912 | 98.4 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 351 | 1.6 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,263 | 94.7 | −0.3 | ||
National Country hold | Swing | -5.4 |
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Young". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "1980 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Young". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.