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.


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