Electoral district of Rous

Rous was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, 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 parts of Lismore and The Tweed. It was named after Rous County, between the Tweed and Richmond Rivers and Henry John Rous, who explored the rivers. In 1913, it was replaced by Byron.[2][3][4]

Members for Rous

Member		Party	Period
	John Coleman [5]	Liberal Reform	1904–1905
	George Hindmarsh [6]	Liberal Reform	1905–1913

Election results

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Rous[edit]

1910 New South Wales state election: Rous [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Reform	George Hindmarsh	4,744	56.06
	Labour	Alfred Taylor	3,719	43.94
Total formal votes			8,463	98.71
Informal votes			111	1.29
Turnout			8,574	68.28
	Liberal Reform hold

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Rous[edit]

1907 New South Wales state election: Rous [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Reform	George Hindmarsh	3,454	52.3
	Independent	John Sheridan	2,020	30.6
	Independent	Richard Balmer	1,128	17.1
Total formal votes			6,602	96.0
Informal votes			277	4.0
Turnout			6,879	68.5
	Liberal Reform hold

1905 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1905 Rous state by-election § Result[edit]

By-election 1905: Rous [9][10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Reform	George Hindmarsh	2,832	51.10
	Other	Richard Meagher	2,710	48.90
Total formal votes			5,542	99.57
Informal votes			24	0.43
Turnout			5,566
	Liberal Reform hold		Swing

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Rous[edit]

1904 New South Wales state election: Rous [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Reform	John Coleman	2,892	52.9
	Progressive	Richard Meagher	2,577	47.1
Total formal votes			5,469	99.4
Informal votes			34	0.6
Turnout			5,503	72.4
	Liberal Reform win		(new seat)

Rous was a new district and consisted of parts of the abolished seats of Lismore and The Tweed. John Coleman (Liberal Reform) was the member for Lismore. Richard Meagher was the independent member for The Tweed, who stood as a Progressive candidate.

References

1. "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
2. "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
5. "Mr John William Coleman (1862–1905)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
6. "Mr George Thomas Hindmarsh (1861–1916)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
7. Green, Antony. "1910 Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
8. Green, Antony. "1907 Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
9. Green, Antony. "1905 Rous by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
10. "Rous by-election". The Northern Star. 13 February 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 29 August 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
11. Green, Antony. "1904 Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.