Castlereagh, or The Castlereagh until 1910, was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales originally created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[1] It consisted of the abolished seat of Coonamble and part of the abolished seat of Dubbo and was named after the Castlereagh River. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Wammerawa, along with Mudgee and Liverpool Plains. It was recreated in 1927 and abolished in 1991,[2][3][4] replaced by Barwon in the north-west, including the towns of Narrabri and Gilgandra, and by Upper Hunter in the south-east, including the town of Mudgee.[5]
Members for Castlereagh edit
| First incarnation (1904–1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Hugh Macdonald | Labour | 1904–1906 | |
| John Treflé | Labour | 1906–1915 | |
| Guy Arkins | Labor | 1915–1917 | |
| Nationalist | 1917–1920 | ||
| Second incarnation (1927–1991) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Harold Thorby | Country | 1927–1930 | |
| Joseph Clark | Labor | 1930–1932 | |
| Alfred Yeo | Country | 1932–1941 | |
| Jack Renshaw | Labor | 1941–1980 | |
| Jim Curran | Labor | 1980–1981 | |
| Roger Wotton | National | 1981–1991 | |
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Roger Wotton | 19,482 | 67.0 | +11.1 | |
| Labor | Michael Williams | 7,425 | 25.6 | -13.1 | |
| Democrats | Peter Lyons | 2,151 | 7.4 | +5.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 29,058 | 97.8 | -1.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 662 | 2.2 | +1.1 | ||
| Turnout | 29,720 | 93.1 | |||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Roger Wotton | 20,515 | 71.9 | +13.3 | |
| Labor | Michael Williams | 8,008 | 28.1 | -13.3 | |
| National hold | Swing | +13.3 | |||
References edit
- ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Castlereagh". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "1991 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1988 Castlereagh". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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