Balranald was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales established from part of Lachlan and Lower Darling in 1859 and named after and including Balranald. From 1880 to 1894, it elected two members. In 1894, it was abolished and partly replaced by Deniliquin and Hay.[1][2][3]
Members for Balranald
edit| Single-member (1859–1880) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |||||
| Augustus Morris | None | 1859–1864 | |||||
| Joseph Phelps | None | 1864–1877 | |||||
| Colin Simson | None | 1877–1880 | |||||
| Two members (1880–1894) | |||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| Robert Wilkinson | None | 1880–1887 | John Cramsie | None | 1880–1887 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | 1887–1889 | Allen Lakeman | Ind. Protectionist | 1887–1889 | |||
| Free Trade | 1889–1894 | Protectionist | 1889–1891 | ||||
| James Newton | Labour | 1891–1894 | |||||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Newton (elected 1) | 828 | 30.5 | ||
| Free Trade | Robert Wilkinson (elected 2) | 705 | 26.0 | ||
| Protectionist | Allen Lakeman | 650 | 23.9 | ||
| Protectionist | A L P Cameron | 532 | 19.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,715 | 99.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 22 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,639 | 43.2 | |||
| Labour gain 1 from Protectionist | |||||
| Free Trade hold 1 | |||||
References
edit- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Balranald". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Balranald". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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