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Electoral district of Yass Plains 
Summary
Yass Plains was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales between 1859 and 1894. It largely replaced the electoral district of King and Georgiana. It was largely replaced by Yass in 1894.[1][2][3]
Members for Yass Plains edit
| Member | Party | Term | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Laidlaw | None | 1859–1860 | |
| Henry O'Brien | None | 1860–1861 | |
| Peter Faucett | None | 1861–1865 | |
| Robert Isaacs | None | 1865–1869 | |
| Michael Fitzpatrick | None | 1869–1881 | |
| Louis Heydon | None | 1882–1886 | |
| Thomas Colls | None | 1886–1887 | |
| Protectionist | 1887–1894 | ||
Election results edit
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | Thomas Colls (re-elected) | 709 | 56.7 | ||
| Free Trade | William Affleck | 210 | 16.8 | ||
| Protectionist | Bernard Grogan | 199 | 15.9 | ||
| Labour | Gustavus Herfort | 132 | 10.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,250 | 97.7 | |||
| Informal votes | 30 | 2.3 | |||
| Turnout | 1,280 | 56.9 | |||
| Protectionist hold | |||||
References edit
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Yass Plains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Yass Plains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.