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Morpeth, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1859   Edward Close None
1860 by   Samuel Cohen None
1860   David Buchanan None
1862 by   Edward Close None
1864   James Campbell None
1869
1872
1874   Robert Wisdom None
1877
1880
1882
1885
1887   John Bowes Protectionist
1889   Myles McRae Protectionist
1891   John Bowes Protectionist

Election results

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Elections in the 1890s

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1891

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Wednesday 17 June [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist John Bowes (elected) 509 53.6
Free Trade William Arnold 357 37.6
Protectionist John Courtney 50 5.3
Free Trade Malcolm Martin 33 3.5
Total formal votes 949 98.4
Informal votes 15 1.6
Turnout 964 75.4
Protectionist hold  

Elections in the 1880s

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1889

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Saturday 9 February [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Myles McRae (elected) 375 37.5
Protectionist John Bowes 356 35.6
Free Trade John Clarke 270 27.0
Total formal votes 1,001 98.8
Informal votes 12 1.2
Turnout 1,013 77.2
Protectionist hold  

1887

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Wednesday 16 February [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist John Bowes (elected) 541 58.2
Free Trade Myles McRae 388 41.8
Total formal votes 929 98.7
Informal votes 12 1.3
Turnout 941 75.3

1885

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Thursday 22 October [7]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Wisdom (re-elected) 536 56.7
Robert Pierce 409 43.3
Total formal votes 945 99.8
Informal votes 2 0.2
Turnout 947 79.7

1882

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Wednesday 13 December [8]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Wisdom (re-elected) 554 62.9
Archibald Jacob (defeated) 327 37.1
Total formal votes 881 97.5
Informal votes 23 2.5
Turnout 904 77.8
Archibald Jacob was the sitting member for Gloucester.

1880

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Thursday 18 November [9]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Wisdom (re-elected) unopposed

Elections in the 1870s

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1877

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Monday 29 October [10]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Wisdom (re-elected) unopposed  

1874

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Thursday 17 December 1874 [11]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Wisdom (elected) 300 56.9
Pierce O'Keeffe 177 33.6
Myles McRae 50 9.5
William Bellamy 0 0.0
Total formal votes 527 95.6
Informal votes 24 4.4
Turnout 551 71.7

1872

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Tuesday 20 February [12]
Candidate Votes %
James Campbell (re-elected) 309 66.7
John Keating 144 31.1
J D Nelson 10 2.2
Total formal votes 463 89.6
Informal votes 54 10.4
Turnout 517 65.2

Elections in the 1860s

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1869

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Friday 17 December 1869 [13]
Candidate Votes %
James Campbell (re-elected) 397 65.3
John Keating 211 34.7
Total formal votes 608 97.6
Informal votes 15 2.4
Turnout 623 75.9

1864

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Tuesday 13 December 1864 [14]
Candidate Votes %
James Campbell (elected) 315 59.8
John Keating 212 40.2
Total formal votes 527 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 527 61.1

1862 by-election

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This section is an excerpt from 1862 Morpeth colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1862 Morpeth by-election
Thursday 18 September [15][16]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Close (elected) 330 68.5
David Buchanan (defeated) 152 31.5
Total formal votes 482 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 482 61.5
David Buchanan was insolvent and resigned.[15]

1860

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Friday 14 December [17]
Candidate Votes %
David Buchanan (elected) 285 54.4
Samuel Cohen (defeated) 239 45.6
Total formal votes 524 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 524 64.8

1860 by-election

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This section is an excerpt from 1860 Morpeth colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1860 Morpeth by-election
Tuesday 7 August [18]
Candidate Votes %
Samuel Cohen (elected) 312 59.8
David Buchanan 210 40.2
Total formal votes 522 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 522 64.5
Edward Close resigned.[18]

Elections in the 1850s

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1859

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Friday 24 June [19]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Close (elected) 280 54.8
Samuel Gordon 231 45.2
Total formal votes 231 100.0
Informal votes 511 0.0
Turnout 511 68.2

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1889 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1887 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1885 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1880 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  12. ^ Green, Antony. "1872 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "1869-70 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  14. ^ Green, Antony. "1864-5 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  15. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1862 Morpeth by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Morpeth election — declaration of the poll". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 20 September 1862. p. 2. Retrieved 20 June 2021 – via Trove.
  17. ^ Green, Antony. "1860 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  18. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1860 Morpeth by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  19. ^ Green, Antony. "1859 Morpeth". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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