Electoral district of West Maitland
Appearance
West Maitland was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1859 to 1904, including the town of Maitland. It was abolished in 1904 due to the 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 was largely replaced by the new district of Maitland and the balance absorbed by Northumberland.[2][3][4]
Members for West Maitland
[edit]Member | Party | Period | |
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Elias Weekes | None | 1859–1864 | |
Benjamin Lee | None | 1864–1874 | |
Lewis Levy | None | 1874–1874 | |
Henry Cohen | None | 1874–1880 | |
James Fulford | None | 1880–1882 | |
Henry Cohen | None | 1882–1885 | |
Richard Thompson | None | 1885–1887 | |
Free Trade | 1887–1891 | ||
John Gillies | Free Trade | 1891–1894 | |
Ind. Free Trade | 1894–1895 | ||
Free Trade | 1895–1901 | ||
Independent | 1901–1904 |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Gillies | 903 | 78.8 | +14.0 | |
Independent | Richard Proctor | 243 | 21.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,146 | 99.7 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 4 | 0.4 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,150 | 45.5 | −25.1 | ||
Member changed to Independent from Liberal Reform |
References
[edit]- ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of West Maitland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Maitland West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.