Electoral district of Gwydir

The Gwydir was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859, when Liverpool Plains and Gwydir was divided, and named after and including the Gwydir River. In 1894 it was abolished and largely replaced by Moree and Barwon. It was re-created in the 1904 re-distirbution 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 Moree and part of Inverell. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and largely merged, along with Tamworth, into Namoi.[2][3][4]

Members for Gwydir
First incarnation (1859–1894)
MemberPartyTerm
  Richard Jenkins None 1859–1860
  Francis Rusden None 1860–1864
  Thomas Dangar None 1864–1880
  William Campbell None 1880–1886
  Thomas Hassall None 1886–1887
  Protectionist 1887–1894
Second incarnation (1904–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  George Jones Labor 1904–1913
  John Crane Liberal Reform 1913–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Gwydir[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Gwydir [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Nationalist John Crane 3,542 59.2 +4.4
Labor William Scully 2,440 40.8 -4.4
Total formal votes 5,982 99.4 +2.0
Informal votes 38 0.6 -2.0
Turnout 6,020 61.0 -2.2
Nationalist hold Swing+4.4

1913
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Gwydir[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Gwydir [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Farmers and Settlers John Crane [lower-alpha 1] 3,737 54.8
Labor George Jones 3,081 45.2
Total formal votes 6,818 97.4
Informal votes 182 2.6
Turnout 7,000 63.2
Farmers and Settlers gain from Labor  

1910
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § The Gwydir[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: The Gwydir [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour George Jones 2,634 63.00
Liberal Reform Edward Spear 1,547 37.00
Total formal votes 4,181 96.80
Informal votes 138 3.20
Turnout 4,319 46.60
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1900s

1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § The Gwydir[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: The Gwydir [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour George Jones 2,302 60.6
Independent Liberal Thomas Hogan 1,495 39.4
Total formal votes 3,797 95.7
Informal votes 169 4.3
Turnout 3,966 54.8
Labour hold  

1904
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § The Gwydir[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: The Gwydir [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour George Jones 1,970 50.3
Liberal Reform Percy Stirton 1,945 49.7
Total formal votes 3,915 99.1
Informal votes 34 0.9
Turnout 3,949 60.2
Labour win (new seat)
The Gwydir was a new seat and comprised the abolished seat of Moree and part of Inverell. The member for Moree was Percy Stirton (Liberal Reform) and George Jones (Labour) was the member for Inverell.

District recreated

1894 - 1904

District abolished

Elections in the 1890s

1891
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § The Gwydir[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Friday 3 July 1891 [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Protectionist Thomas Hassall (elected) 841 56.4
Labour Leonard Court 649 43.6
Total formal votes 1,490 97.1
Informal votes 45 2.9
Turnout 1,535 52.3

Elections in the 1880s

1889
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § The Gwydir[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Monday 4 February 1889 [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Protectionist Thomas Hassall (elected) unopposed
Protectionist hold  

1887
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § The Gwydir[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Thursday 17 February 1887 [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Protectionist Thomas Hassall (re-elected) unopposed

1886 by-election
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1885
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § The Gwydir[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Friday 23 October [13]
Candidate Votes %
William Campbell (re-elected) 376 54.3
Thomas Dangar (defeated) 317 45.7
Total formal votes 693 96.3
Informal votes 27 3.8
Turnout 720 36.7
Thomas Dangar was the sitting member for The Namoi.

1882
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § The Gwydir[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Wednesday 13 December [14]
Candidate Votes %
William Campbell (re-elected) 405 68.4
Thomas Hassall 187 31.6
Total formal votes 592 98.2
Informal votes 11 1.8
Turnout 603 35.8

1880
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § The Gwydir[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Tuesday 30 November [15]
Candidate Votes %
William Campbell (elected) unopposed
The sitting member Thomas Dangar successfully contested The Namoi.

Elections in the 1870s

1877
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § The Gwydir[edit]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Monday 5 November [16]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Dangar (re-elected) unopposed

1874-75
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § The Gwydir[edit]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Saturday 26 December 1874 [17]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Dangar (re-elected) 540 58.2
Captain W H Mosely 388 41.8
Total formal votes 928 98.5
Informal votes 14 1.5
Turnout 942 37.3

1872
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § The Gwydir[edit]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Thursday 21 March [18]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Dangar (re-elected) 213 29.9
Adolph Goldman 163 22.9
John Macansh 161 22.6
Alexander Bowman 103 14.5
David Jones 73 10.2
Total formal votes 713 97.3
Informal votes 20 2.7
Turnout 733 38.5

Elections in the 1860s

1869-70
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § The Gwydir[edit]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Friday 24 December 1869 [19]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Dangar (re-elected) 369 83.1
Edward Sharp 75 16.9
Total formal votes 444 97.4
Informal votes 12 2.6
Turnout 456 29.5

1865 by-election
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1864-65
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § The Gwydir[edit]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Saturday 24 December 1864 [20]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Dangar (elected) 145 52.2
John Single 92 33.1
Francis Rusden (defeated) 41 14.8
Total formal votes 278 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 278 29.5

1860
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § The Gwydir[edit]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Wednesday 19 December [21]
Candidate Votes %
Francis Rusden (elected) 38 59.4
Richard Jenkins (defeated) 26 40.6
Total formal votes 64 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 64 10.6

Elections in the 1850s

1859
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § The Gwydir[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: The Gwydir
Thursday 7 July [22]
Candidate Votes %
Richard Jenkins (re-elected) unopposed

Notes
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