Electoral district of Moruya

Moruya was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894 to 1904, named after Moruya. Its only member was William Millard, who held it for the Free Trade Party. It was replaced by Clyde.[1]

Members for Moruya

Member		Party	Term
	William Millard [2]	Free Trade	1894–1901
		Liberal Reform	1901–1904

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Moruya[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: Moruya [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Reform	William Millard	956	65.6	+12.5
	Independent	Joynton Smith	440	30.2
	Progressive	Theophilus Cox	62	4.3	-42.1
Total formal votes			1,458	99.6	+0.5
Informal votes			6	0.4	-0.5
Turnout			1,464	70.6	-2.2
	Liberal Reform hold

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Moruya[edit]

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Moruya [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Free Trade	William Millard	812	53.0
	National Federal	Albert Chapman	709	46.3
	Independent	John Brogan	10	0.7
Total formal votes			1,531	99.1
Informal votes			14	0.9
Turnout			1,545	72.8
	Free Trade hold

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Moruya[edit]

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Moruya [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Free Trade	William Millard	733	56.8
	Protectionist	William Boot	557	43.2
Total formal votes			1,290	99.6
Informal votes			5	0.4
Turnout			1,295	71.7
	Free Trade hold

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Moruya[edit]

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Moruya [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Free Trade	William Millard	708	44.4
	Protectionist	Henry Clarke	448	28.1
	Ind. Protectionist	William Boot	339	21.3
	Ind. Protectionist	John Brogan	49	3.1
	Ind. Protectionist	John Roseby	41	2.6
	Ind. Free Trade	Thomas Garrard	10	0.6
Total formal votes			1,595	98.8
Informal votes			19	1.2
Turnout			1,614	83.5
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Moruya". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
2. "Mr William Millard (1844–1921)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
3. Green, Antony. "1901 Moruya". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
4. Green, Antony. "1898 Moruya". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1895 Moruya". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1894 Moruya". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.