Electoral results for the district of West Macquarie

West Macquarie, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]

Member Party Period
1859   John McPhillamy None
1859 by   Henry Mort None
1860   Richard Driver None
1864
1869   Edmund Webb None
1872
1875   Charles Pilcher None
1877
1880
1882   Thomas Hellyer None
1884 by   Lewis Lloyd None
1885
1887   Fergus Smith Free Trade
1889   Paddy Crick Protectionist
1890 by
1891
1895
1898 National Federal
1901   Progressive

Election results edit

Elections in the 1900s edit

1901 edit

1901 New South Wales state election: West Macquarie[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Paddy Crick 1,152 59.2 +3.6
Liberal Reform Otto Jaeger 795 40.8 -2.3
Total formal votes 1,947 99.0 +0.8
Informal votes 19 1.0 -0.8
Turnout 1,966 52.6 -4.7
Progressive hold  

Elections in the 1890s edit

1898 edit

1898 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Paddy Crick 888 55.6
Free Trade John Hurley 689 43.1
Independent Federalist Edward Goldsby 20 1.3
Total formal votes 1,597 98.3
Informal votes 28 1.7
Turnout 1,625 57.3
National Federal hold  

1895 edit

1895 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Paddy Crick 876 55.0
Free Trade John Hurley 716 45.0
Total formal votes 1,592 98.9
Informal votes 18 1.1
Turnout 1,610 61.4
Protectionist hold  

1894 edit

1894 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Paddy Crick 820 45.7
Free Trade R W Peacock 472 26.3
Labour John Bridgeman 259 14.5
Ind. Free Trade Charles Jeanneret 208 11.6
Independent J O'Donoghue 34 1.9
Total formal votes 1,793 95.9
Informal votes 76 4.1
Turnout 1,869 71.6
Protectionist win (new seat)

1891 edit

1891 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Saturday 20 June [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Paddy Crick (re-elected) 510 54.3
Free Trade Charles Boyd 429 45.7
Total formal votes 939 97.8
Informal votes 21 2.2
Turnout 960 74.9
Protectionist hold  

1890 by-election edit

1890 West Macquarie by-election
Saturday 6 December [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Paddy Crick (re-elected) 496 56.0 +0.9
Free Trade Charles Boyd [a] 390 44.0 -0.9
Total formal votes 886 100.0 +1.8
Informal votes 0 0.0 -1.8
Turnout 886 74.4 +1.2
Protectionist hold  
Paddy Crick (Free Trade) was expelled.[9]

Elections in the 1880s edit

1889 edit

1889 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Saturday 16 February [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Paddy Crick (elected) 470 55.1
Free Trade Bernhard Wise 383 44.9
Total formal votes 853 98.2
Informal votes 16 1.8
Turnout 869 73.2
  Protectionist gain from Free Trade  

1887 edit

1887 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Thursday 17 February [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Fergus Smith (elected) 340 48.3
Protectionist Paddy Crick 255 36.2
Protectionist John Hughes 109 15.5
Total formal votes 704 98.9
Informal votes 8 1.1
Turnout 712 64.2

1885 edit

1885 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Thursday 22 October [16]
Candidate Votes %
Lewis Lloyd (re-elected) 355 56.3
James Fitzpatrick 276 43.7
Total formal votes 631 98.0
Informal votes 13 2.0
Turnout 644 59.5

1884 by-election edit

1884 West Macquarie by-election
Wednesday 2 July [17]
Candidate Votes %
Lewis Lloyd (elected) 375 67.2
William Richardson 183 32.8
Total formal votes 558 98.6
Informal votes 8 1.4
Turnout 566 53.9
Thomas Hellyer resigned.[17]

1882 edit

1882 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Wednesday 13 December [18]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Hellyer (elected) unopposed
The sitting member Charles Pilcher unsuccessfully contested West Sydney.

1880 edit

1880 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Saturday 27 November [19]
Candidate Votes %
Charles Pilcher (re-elected) 461 53.3
Alfred Pechey 404 46.7
Total formal votes 865 97.5
Informal votes 22 2.5
Turnout 882 79.3

Elections in the 1870s edit

1877 edit

1877 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Wednesday 31 October [20]
Candidate Votes %
Charles Pilcher (re-elected) 314 59.3
Alexander Rae 216 40.8
Total formal votes 530 98.0
Informal votes 11 2.0
Turnout 541 47.3

1875 edit

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Monday 4 January 1875 [21]
Candidate Votes %
Charles Pilcher (elected) 425 58.7
Henry Rotton 299 41.3
Total formal votes 724 97.8
Informal votes 16 2.2
Turnout 740 57.7
The sitting member for West Macquarie was Edmund Webb who unsuccessfully contested Bathurst.

1872 edit

1872 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Saturday 24 February [22]
Candidate Votes %
Edmund Webb (re-elected) 320 78.6
George Thornton 87 21.4
Total formal votes 407 98.3
Informal votes 7 1.7
Turnout 414 40.2

Elections in the 1860s edit

1869 edit

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Wednesday 15 December 1869 [23]
Candidate Votes %
Edmund Webb (elected) 397 57.6
Richard Driver (defeated) 292 42.4
Total formal votes 689 98.0
Informal votes 14 2.0
Turnout 703 74.9

1864 edit

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Saturday 24 December 1864 [24]
Candidate Votes %
Richard Driver (re-elected) unopposed

1860 edit

1860 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Monday 10 December [25]
Candidate Votes %
Richard Driver (elected) 188 67.1
John Clements (defeated) 92 32.9
Total formal votes 280 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 280 38.4

Elections in the 1850s edit

1859 by-election edit

1859 West Macquarie by-election
Wednesday 21 December [26][27]
Candidate Votes %
Henry Mort (elected) show of hands
Richard Driver
John McPhillamy resigned.[26]

1859 edit

1859 New South Wales colonial election: West Macquarie
Tuesday 14 June [28]
Candidate Votes %
John McPhillamy (elected) 264 83.0
Thomas Hawkins 54 17.0
Total formal votes 318 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 318 60.9

Notes edit

  1. ^ Boyd's party affiliation is taken from reports in the Sydney Morning Herald,[10] the Daily Telegraph,[11][12] and the National Advocate,[13] which record Boyd as campaigning as a Free Trader, while Antony Green lists him as an independent stating that his party affiliation was unclear from the reports Green had examined.[9]

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  9. ^ a b c Green, Antony. "1890 West Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  10. ^ "The West Macquarie Election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 November 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 5 May 2021 – via Trove.
  11. ^ "The West Macquarie Election". The Daily Telegraph. 17 November 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 5 May 2021 – via Trove.
  12. ^ "Mr Boyd's candidature". The Daily Telegraph. 28 November 1890. p. 5. Retrieved 5 May 2021 – via Trove.
  13. ^ "The West Macquarie Election". The National Advocate. 29 November 1890. p. 2. Retrieved 5 May 2021 – via Trove.
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