Electoral results for the district of East Macquarie

East Macquarie, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party Member Party
1859   William Suttor, Sr. None   William Cummings None
1859 by   Thomas Hawkins None
1860 by   Daniel Deniehy None
1860   William Suttor, Sr. None
1864 by   David Buchanan None
1864
1867 by   John Suttor None
1869
1872   James Martin None
1873 by   Walter Cooper None
1875   John Booth None   William Suttor, Jr. None
1877   John Robertson None
1878 by   Edmund Webb None
1879 by   Edward Combes None
1880
Jan 1882 by   Alfred Pechey None
Jul 1882 by   Sydney Smith None
1882
1885   John Shepherd None
1887   Free Trade   James Tonkin Free Trade
1889
1891
1892 by

Election results edit

Elections in the 1890s edit

1892 by-election edit

1892 East Macquarie by-election
Saturday 13 August [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade James Tonkin (re-elected) 845 61.5
Protectionist John Boyd 528 38.5
Total formal votes 1,373 97.6 -1.9
Informal votes 33 2.4 +1.9
Turnout 1,406 54.1 [a] -8.3
Free Trade hold  
James Tonkin (Free Trade) resigned due to bankruptcy.[4]

1891 edit

1891 New South Wales colonial election: East Macquarie
Friday 19 June [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Sydney Smith (re-elected 1) 961 37.8
Free Trade James Tonkin (re-elected 2) 893 35.1
Protectionist Alfred Hales 688 27.1
Total formal votes 2,542 99.5
Informal votes 12 0.5
Turnout 1,621 62.4
  Free Trade hold 2  

Elections in the 1880s edit

1889 edit

1889 New South Wales colonial election: East Macquarie
Saturday 16 February [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade James Tonkin (re-elected 1) 945 35.6
Free Trade Sydney Smith (re-elected 2) 938 35.4
Protectionist Francis Suttor 770 29.0
Total formal votes 2,653 99.6
Informal votes 12 0.5
Turnout 1,691 64.9
  Free Trade hold 2  

1887 edit

1887 New South Wales colonial election: East Macquarie
Friday 11 February [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Sydney Smith (re-elected 1) 951 42.2
Free Trade James Tonkin (elected 2) 795 35.2
Protectionist Paddy Crick 510 22.6
Total formal votes 2,256 99.5
Informal votes 11 0.5
Turnout 1,264 45.1
John Shepherd unsuccessfully contested Paddington.

1885 edit

1885 New South Wales colonial election: East Macquarie
Monday 26 October [8]
Candidate Votes %
Sydney Smith (re-elected 1) 1,113 43.1
John Shepherd (elected 2) 587 22.7
John Hughes 528 20.4
James Tonkin 355 13.7
Total formal votes 2,583 99.2
Informal votes 21 0.8
Turnout 1,474 65.8

1882 edit

1882 New South Wales colonial election: East Macquarie
Thursday 7 December [9]
Candidate Votes %
Sydney Smith (re-elected 1) unopposed
Edward Combes (re-elected 2) unopposed

July 1882 by-election edit

July 1882 East Macquarie by-election
Tuesday 11 July [10]
Candidate Votes %
Sydney Smith (elected) 710 54.7
Robert Thompson 589 45.3
Total formal votes 1,299 98.3
Informal votes 22 1.7
Turnout 1,321 64.1
Alfred Pechey died.[10]

January 1882 by-election edit

January 1882 East Macquarie by-election
Thursday 19 January [11]
Candidate Votes %
Alfred Pechey (elected) 423 35.1
Sydney Smith 375 31.1
Charles Roberts 357 29.6
Thomas Dalveen 50 4.2
Total formal votes 1,205 96.8
Informal votes 40 3.2
Turnout 1,245 60.1
Edmund Webb was appointed to the Legislative Council.[11]

1880 edit

1880 New South Wales colonial election: East Macquarie
Tuesday 23 November [12]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Combes (re-elected 1) 903 41.7
Edmund Webb (re-elected 2) 737 34.0
Sydney Smith 526 24.3
Total formal votes 2,166 99.4
Informal votes 13 0.6
Turnout 1,280 62.3

Elections in the 1870s edit

1879 by-election edit

1879 East Macquarie by-election
Friday 15 August [13]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Combes (elected) 784 72.1
Thomas Dalveen 303 27.9
Total formal votes 1,087 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,087 51.5
William Suttor Jr. resigned.[13]

1878 by-election edit

1878 East Macquarie by-election
Friday 1 February [14]
Candidate Votes %
Edmund Webb (elected) 556 61.0
Thomas Dalveen 356 39.0
Total formal votes 912 97.7
Informal votes 21 2.3
Turnout 933 45.2
Sir John Robertson resigned because he had also been elected to Mudgee.[14]

1877 edit

1877 New South Wales colonial election: East Macquarie
Monday 5 November [15]
Candidate Votes %
Sir John Robertson (elected 1) 781 38.5
William Suttor Jr. (re-elected 2) 627 30.9
William Cummings 515 25.4
George Stephen 105 5.2
Total formal votes 2,028 99.0
Informal votes 21 1.0
Turnout 1,307 63.4

1875 edit

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: East Macquarie
Tuesday 5 January 1875 [16]
Candidate Votes %
William Suttor Jr. (elected 1) 750 38.4
John Booth (elected 2) 607 31.1
William Cummings (defeated) 546 28.0
James Daley 49 2.5
Total formal votes 1,952 98.5
Informal votes 30 1.5
Turnout 1,432 49.9

1873 by-election edit

1873 East Macquarie by-election
Monday 1 December [17]
Candidate Votes %
Walter Cooper (elected) 513 46.8
Henry Rotton 357 32.5
Bernhardt Holtermann 224 20.4
John Smeed 3 0.3
Total formal votes 1,097 94.7
Informal votes 61 5.3
Turnout 1,158 39.2
Sir James Martin was appointed Chief Justice of New South Wales.[17]

1872 edit

1872 New South Wales colonial election: East Macquarie
Thursday 22 February [18]
Candidate Votes %
William Cummings (re-elected 1) 611 33.8
James Martin (elected 2) 495 27.4
Joseph Innes 424 23.5
John Smith 278 15.4
Total formal votes 1,808 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,808 32.7

Elections in the 1860s edit

1869 edit

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: East Macquarie
Tuesday 21 December 1869 [19]
Candidate Votes %
John Suttor (re-elected 1) 513 45.4
William Cummings (re-elected 2) 426 37.7
Samuel Robinson 190 16.8
Total formal votes 1,129 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 564 24.8

1867 by-election edit

1867 East Macquarie by-election
Monday 26 August [20]
Candidate Votes %
John Suttor (elected) 914 70.7
Robert Forster 378 29.3
Total formal votes 1,292 37.8
Informal votes 43 3.2
Turnout 1,335 63.0
The by-election was caused by the resignation of David Buchanan.[20]

1864 edit

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: East Macquarie
Saturday 24 December 1864 [21]
Candidate Votes %
William Cummings (re-elected 1) 955 39.0
David Buchanan (re-elected 2) 800 32.6
Thomas Lee 623 25.4
Patrick McDonagh 73 3.0
Total formal votes 2,451 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,491 66.4

1864 by-election edit

1864 East Macquarie by-election
Thursday 6 October [22]
Candidate Votes %
David Buchanan (elected) 375 52.2
Joseph West 343 48.8
Total formal votes 718 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 718 32.0
William Suttor Sr. resigned.[22]

1860 edit

1860 New South Wales colonial election: East Macquarie
Tuesday 11 December [23]
Candidate Votes %
William Suttor Sr. (elected 1) 500 40.9
William Cummings (re-elected 2) 373 30.5
Daniel Deniehy (defeated) 350 28.6
Total formal votes 1,223 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 880 39.1

1860 by-election edit

1860 East Macquarie by-election
Thursday 10 May [24]
Candidate Votes %
Daniel Deniehy (elected) 496 68.7
John McGuigan 215 29.8
Henry Dangar 11 1.5
Total formal votes 722 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 722 54.6
Thomas Hawkins resigned.[24]

Elections in the 1850s edit

1859 by-election edit

1859 East Macquarie by-election
Thursday 6 October [25]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Hawkins (elected) 407 57.2
Daniel Deniehy 305 42.8
Total formal votes 712 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 712 53.9
William Suttor Sr. resigned.[25]

1859 edit

1859 New South Wales colonial election: East Macquarie
Monday 13 June [26]
Candidate Votes %
William Cummings (elected 1) 415 28.1
William Suttor Sr. (re-elected 2) 394 26.7
Charles McPhillamy 370 25.1
Charles Whalan 298 20.2
Total formal votes 1,477 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,477 55.9

Notes edit

  1. ^ Estimate based on an electoral roll of 2,600 at the 1891 election.[5]

References edit

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