Colonial election for New South Wales, Australia in 1877
New South Wales colonial election, 24 October – 12 November 1877 [1] Legislative Assembly << 1874–75–1880 >> |
Enrolled voters | | | |
Votes cast | 98,503 | | Turnout | 48.31 | +1.10 |
Informal votes | 680 | | Informal | 1.01 | −0.19 |
Summary of votes by party |
Party | Primary votes | % | Swing | Seats | Change |
Total | 98,503 | | | 73 | |
The 1877 New South Wales colonial election was for 73 members representing 61 electoral districts. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system. In this election there were 8 multi-member districts returning 20 members and 53 single member districts. In the multi-member districts each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies. 17 districts were uncontested. There was no recognisable party structure at this election.[1]
There were four districts that did not have a residential or property qualification, Goldfields North (1,200), Goldfields South (1,500), Goldfields West (10,000) and University of Sydney (158). The average number of enrolled voters per seat in the other districts was 2,342 ranging from The Paterson (556) to The Bogan (7,401).[2] The electoral boundaries were established under the Electoral Act 1858 (NSW).[3][4]
Election results
Argyle
Balranald
Bathurst
The Bogan
Braidwood
Camden
1877 New South Wales colonial election: Camden
Tuesday 30 October [10] Candidate | Votes | % |
Thomas Garrett (re-elected 1) | 762 | 41.4 |
Arthur Onslow (re-elected 2) | 683 | 37.1 |
Thomas Fisher | 397 | 21.6 |
Total formal votes | 1,842 | 100.0 |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
Turnout | 1,255 | 53.1 |
Canterbury
Carcoar
The Clarence
Central Cumberland
The other sitting member William Long successfully contested Parramatta.[15]
East Macquarie
East Maitland
East Sydney
1877 New South Wales colonial election: East Sydney
Wednesday 24 October [18] Candidate | Votes | % |
John Macintosh (re-elected 1) | 4,112 | 19.0 |
John Davies (re-elected 2) | 3,761 | 17.4 |
James Greenwood (elected 3) | 3,493 | 16.1 |
Alexander Stuart (re-elected 4) | 2,930 | 13.5 |
Sir Henry Parkes (defeated) | 2,843 | 13.1 |
Sedgwick Cowper | 1,335 | 6.2 |
Francis Dixon | 1,302 | 6.0 |
Isaac Josephson | 1,029 | 4.8 |
Ninian Melville | 540 | 2.5 |
Josiah Mason | 173 | 0.8 |
William Cover | 77 | 0.4 |
George Perry | 60 | 0.3 |
Total formal votes | 21,655 | 100.0 |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
Turnout | 7,156 | 54.1 |
Eden
The Glebe
Goldfields South
Goldfields West
Goldfields North
Goulburn
The Gwydir
Hartley
1877 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Thursday 1 November [26] Candidate | Votes | % |
John Hurley (b 1844) (re-elected) | 695 | 57.8 |
Patrick Higgins | 508 | 42.2 |
Total formal votes | 1,203 | 97.8 |
Informal votes | 27 | 2.2 |
Turnout | 1,230 | 63.0 |
The Hastings
The Hawkesbury
The Hume
The Hunter
Illawarra
Kiama
The Lachlan
Liverpool Plains
The Lower Hunter
Monara
Morpeth
Mudgee
The Murray
The Murrumbidgee
Narellan
The Nepean
The sitting member was Patrick Shepherd who did not contest the election. John Smith was the sitting member for Wellington.
New England
Newcastle
1877 New South Wales colonial election: Newcastle
Friday 26 October [44] Candidate | Votes | % |
Richard Bowker (elected) | 784 | 54.7 |
George Lloyd (defeated) | 402 | 28.0 |
Thomas Hungerford | 230 | 16.0 |
William Brookes | 18 | 1.3 |
Total formal votes | 1,434 | 98.4 |
Informal votes | 24 | 1.7 |
Turnout | 1,458 | 77.1 |
Newtown
Northumberland
Orange
Paddington
Parramatta
1877 New South Wales colonial election: Parramatta
Saturday 27 October [15] Candidate | Votes | % |
Hugh Taylor (re-elected 1) | 571 | 33.9 |
William Long (re-elected 2) | 426 | 25.3 |
Walter Cooper | 370 | 22.0 |
George Young | 265 | 15.8 |
John Bergan | 51 | 3.0 |
Total formal votes | 1,683 | 98.9 |
Informal votes | 19 | 1.1 |
Turnout | 988 | 85.7 |
The other sitting member Charles Byrnes did not contest the election. William Long was the member for Central Cumberland.[15]
The Paterson
Patrick's Plains
Queanbeyan
Shoalhaven
St Leonards
Tenterfield
The Tumut
University of Sydney
The Upper Hunter
Wellington
The sitting member was John Smith who unsuccessfully contested Nepean.
West Macquarie
West Maitland
West Sydney
1877 New South Wales colonial election: West Sydney
Thursday 25 October [61] Candidate | Votes | % |
James Merriman (elected 1) | 2,929 | 15.9 |
Angus Cameron (re-elected 2) | 2,373 | 12.9 |
Daniel O'Connor (elected 3) | 2,249 | 12.2 |
John Harris (elected 4) | 2,117 | 11.5 |
Henry Dangar (defeated) | 2,010 | 10.9 |
Sir John Robertson (defeated) | 1,892 | 10.3 |
Thomas White | 1,602 | 8.7 |
George Dibbs (defeated) | 1,394 | 7.6 |
Jacob Garrard | 675 | 3.7 |
Benjamin Palmer | 627 | 3.4 |
Joseph O'Connor | 404 | 2.2 |
Archibald Hamilton | 111 | 0.6 |
Henry Fisher | 74 | 0.4 |
Total formal votes | 18,457 | 100.0 |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
Turnout | 6,542 | 64.8 |
The Williams
1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Williams
Thursday 1 November [62] Candidate | Votes | % |
William Johnston (re-elected) | 516 | 51.0 |
John Booth (defeated) | 495 | 49.0 |
Total formal votes | 1,011 | 96.1 |
Informal votes | 41 | 3.9 |
Turnout | 1,052 | 70.7 |
William Johnston had won the seat at the 1877 by-election. John Booth was one of the sitting members for East Macquarie.
Windsor
Wollombi
Yass Plains
See also
References
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- ^ Electoral Act 1858 (NSW).
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Bathurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Canterbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Carcoar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Clarence". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 East Maitland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Goldfields South". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Hartley". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Hawkesbury". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Hume". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Hunter". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Illawarra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Kiama". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Lachlan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Liverpool Plains". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Lower Hunter". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Murrumbidgee". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Narellan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Nepean". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 New England". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Newcastle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Newtown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Paddington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Paterson". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Shoalhaven". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 St Leonards". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 University of Sydney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Upper Hunter". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Wellington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 West Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 The Williams". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Windsor". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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