Electoral district of Tumut

Summary

Tumut was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales in the Tumut area, one of 62 new districts established under the Electoral Act 1858 (NSW),[1] in the 1858 redistribution.[2] It replaced part of the district of Murrumbidgee which was reduced from 2 to 1 member. It was abolished in 1904 and replaced by Wynyard.[3][4][5]

Members for Tumut edit

Member Party Period
  George Lang None 1859–1860
  Daniel Deniehy[a] None 1860
  Charles Cowper, Jr. None 1860–1863
  James Martin None 1863–1864
  Charles Cowper, Jr. None 1864–1866
  Edward Brown None 1866–1872
  James Hoskins None 1872–1882
  Thomas O'Mara None 1882–1885
  Travers Jones None 1885–1887
  Protectionist 1887–1891
  Edward Brown Free Trade 1891–1894
  Travers Jones Protectionist 1894–1898
  Robert Donaldson Independent 1898–1901
  Progressive 1901–1904

Election results edit

1901 New South Wales state election: Tumut [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Robert Donaldson 1,127 57.3 +23.6
Labour James Elphick 740 37.6 +5.6
Liberal Reform Charles Royle 100 5.1
Total formal votes 1,967 99.4 +2.5
Informal votes 11 0.6 -2.5
Turnout 1,978 73.8 +1.4
Member changed to Progressive from Independent  

Notes edit

  1. ^ Daniel Deniehy was declared elected at the by-election in May 1860, however he was also elected at the East Macquarie by-election held on the same day and his election to Tumut was subsequently declared void by the Elections and Qualifications Committee.[6] He took his seat as the member for East Macquarie and doesn't appear in the records kept by the Legislative assembly as a member for Tumut.[3][7]

References edit

  1. ^ Electoral Act 1858 (NSW).
  2. ^ "1858 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Tumut". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1860 Tumut by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Mr Daniel Henry Deniehy (1828-1865)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Tumut". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 March 2020.