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Electoral results for the district of Argyle

Argyle, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has existed from the establishment of the Legislative Assembly in 1855 until the district's abolition in 1904.[1][2]

Election Member Party
1856   John Plunkett None
1857 by   Daniel Deniehy None
1858
1859   Terence Murray None
1860
1862 by   Samuel Emmanuel None
1864   Phillip Dignam None
1869   Edward Butler None
1872
1874
1877   William Davies None Member Party
1880   William Holborow None   Phillip G. Myers None
1881 by   John Gannon None
1882
1885 by   Henry Parkes None
1885   Francis Tait None
1887   Free Trade   Edward Ball Free Trade
1889   Thomas Rose Protectionist
1891
1894   Thomas Rose Protectionist
1895
1898   National Federal
1901   Progressive

Election results edit

1901 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Argyle.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Argyle [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Thomas Rose 1,059 67.3 +12.2
Liberal Reform Francis Isaac 514 32.7 -12.2
Total formal votes 1,573 99.4 -0.1
Informal votes 9 0.6 +0.1
Turnout 1,582 59.7 -4.6
Progressive hold  

1898 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Thomas Rose 768 55.2
Free Trade Francis Isaac 624 44.8
Total formal votes 0 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 0 0.0
National Federal hold  

1895 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Rose 751 58.6
Free Trade Benjamin Short 531 41.4
Total formal votes 1,282 98.8
Informal votes 16 1.2
Turnout 1,298 66.8
Protectionist hold  

1894 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Rose 859 56.4
Free Trade Henry Gannon 665 43.6
Total formal votes 1,524 98.3
Informal votes 26 1.7
Turnout 1,550 78.6
Protectionist win (previously 2 members)
Thomas Rose (Protectionist) was one of two sitting members for Argyle. The second member, William Holborow (Free Trade), did not contest the election.

1891 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Saturday 20 June [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Rose (elected 1) 1,162 26.8
Free Trade William Holborow (elected 2) 1,074 24.8
Protectionist Edward Graham 1,061 24.5
Free Trade Edward Ball 1,042 24.0
Total formal votes 4,339 99.6
Informal votes 19 0.4
Turnout 2,252 73.4
  Free Trade hold 2  

1889 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Saturday 2 February [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Holborow (elected 1) 982 25.9
Free Trade Edward Ball (elected 2) 950 25.1
Protectionist Thomas Rose 941 24.9
Protectionist Solomon Meyer 912 24.1
Total formal votes 3,785 99.6
Informal votes 17 0.5
Turnout 1,910 66.0
  Free Trade hold 2  

1887 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Friday 11 February [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Holborow (re-elected 1) 975 35.7
Free Trade Edward Ball (elected 2) 970 35.5
Protectionist Thomas Rose 789 28.9
Total formal votes 2,734 99.6
Informal votes 11 0.4
Turnout 1,723 62.5

1885 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Thursday 22 October [10]
Candidate Votes %
William Holborow (re-elected 1) 1,165 43.7
Francis Tait (elected 2) 784 29.4
Edward Ball 716 26.9
Total formal votes 2,665 99.8
Informal votes 6 0.2
Turnout 1,449 53.8
The sitting member Sir Henry Parkes successfully contested St Leonards.

1885 by-election edit

This section is an excerpt from 1885 Argyle colonial by-election § Results.[edit]
1885 Argyle by-election
31 March 1885 [11]
Candidate Votes %
Henry Parkes (elected) 816 51.3%
John Osborne 775 48.7%
Total formal votes 1,591 97.5
Informal votes 41 2.5
Turnout 1,632 56.0
John Gannon resigned due to ill health.[11]

1882 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Monday 11 December [12]
Candidate Votes %
John Gannon (re-elected 1) 1,323 45.7
William Holborow (re-elected 2) 825 28.5
George Ranken 748 25.8
Total formal votes 2,896 99.6
Informal votes 12 0.4
Turnout 1,610 58.4

1881 by-election edit

This section is an excerpt from 1881 Argyle colonial by-election § Results.[edit]
1881 Argyle by-election
9 December [13]
Candidate Votes %
John Gannon (elected) 933 53.1
Louis Heydon 825 46.9
Total formal votes 1,758 98.5
Informal votes 26 1.5
Turnout 1,784 63.3
Phillip G. Myers died.[13]

1880 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Friday 26 November [14]
Candidate Votes %
William Holborow (elected 1) 1,026 27.5
Phillip G. Myers (elected 2) 992 26.6
Louis Heydon 780 20.9
John Walsh 683 18.3
William Connolly 254 6.8
Total formal votes 3,735 99.2
Informal votes 29 0.8
Turnout 1,976 71.3
  (1 new seat)
The sitting member William Davies did not contest the election.

1877 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Thursday 1 November [15]
Candidate Votes %
William Davies (elected) 890 61.7
Charles Heydon 553 38.3
Total formal votes 1,443 97.5
Informal votes 37 2.5
Turnout 1,480 60.9

1874 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Saturday 2 January 1875 [16]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Butler (re-elected) unopposed

1872 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Friday 8 March [17]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Butler (re-elected) unopposed

1869 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Friday 17 December 1869 [18]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Butler (elected) unopposed

1864 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Friday 16 December 1864 [19]
Candidate Votes %
Phillip Dignam (elected) 569 52.5
Samuel Emmanuel (defeated) 515 47.5
Total formal votes 1,084 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,084 56.5

1862 by-election edit

This section is an excerpt from 1862 Argyle colonial by-election § Results.[edit]
1862 Argyle by-election
Thursday 30 October [20]
Candidate Votes %
Samuel Emmanuel (elected) unopposed  
Terence Murray was appointed President of the Legislative Council.[20]

1860 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Saturday 8 December [21]
Candidate Votes %
Terence Murray (re-elected) unopposed  

1859 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
Saturday 18 June [22]
Candidate Votes %
Terence Murray (re-elected) 389 74.5
Richard Driver 133 25.5
Total formal votes 389 100.0
Informal votes 522 0.0
Turnout 522 39.6

1858 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1858 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1858 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle
23 January [23]
Candidate Votes %
Daniel Deniehy (re-elected) unopposed  

1857 by-election edit

This section is an excerpt from 1857 Argyle colonial by-election § Results.[edit]
1857 Argyle by-election
Tuesday 17 February [24]
Candidate Votes %
Daniel Deniehy (elected) unopposed  
John Plunkett was appointed President of the Legislative Council.[24]

1856 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1856 New South Wales colonial election § Argyle.[edit]
1856 New South Wales colonial election: Argyle [25]
Candidate Votes %
John Plunkett (elected) 182 52.9
John Chisholm 162 47.1
Columbus Fitzpatrick 0 0.0
Total formal votes 344 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 344 64.4
Polling was conducted on 31 March 1856. Plunkett served in the old Legislative Council as an appointed member. After failed attempts to win election for Sydney City and North Eastern Boroughs, Plunkett was elected to represent Bathurst (County) on the same day as winning Argyle. After attending the first sitting of Parliament representing both seats, and even attempting to use both votes in the ballot for Speaker, Plunkett resigned as MP for Bathurst (County) and represented Argyle. Sitting Legislative Councillor for County of Argyle was Charles Nicholson who did not contest the election.

References edit

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