Electoral district of Namoi
Appearance
Namoi,known asThe Namoiuntil 1910 was anelectoral districtof theLegislative Assemblyin theAustralianstate ofNew South Wales,created in 1880 and named after theNamoi River.It elected two members between 1891 and 1894. In 1894 it was abolished and partly replaced byNarrabri.In 1904, with the downsizing of the Legislative Assembly afterFederation,Namoi was recreated, replacing Narrabri and part ofGunnedah.Between 1920 and 1927, it largely absorbedGwydirandTamworthand elected three members underproportional representation.In 1927, it was replaced by single-member electorates, mainly Namoi, Tamworth andBarwon.Namoi was abolished in 1950.[1][2][3]
Members for Namoi
[edit]Single-member (1880–1891) | |||||||||||
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Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
Thomas Dangar [4] | None | 1880–1885 | |||||||||
Charles Collins [5] | None | 1885–1887 | |||||||||
Thomas Dangar [4] | Free Trade | 1887–1890 | |||||||||
Charles Collins [5] | Free Trade | 1890–1891 | |||||||||
Two members (1891–1894) | |||||||||||
Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||||||
Charles Collins [5] | Free Trade | 1891–1894 | Job Sheldon [6] | Labour | 1891–1894 | ||||||
Single-member (1904–1920) | |||||||||||
Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
Albert Collins [7] | Independent Liberal | 1904–1910 | |||||||||
George Black [8] | Labor | 1910–1916 | |||||||||
Independent Labor | 1916–1917 | ||||||||||
Walter Wearne [9] | Ind. Nationalist | 1917–1920 | |||||||||
Three members (1920–1927) | |||||||||||
Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
Walter Wearne [9] | Progressive | 1920–1922 | Frank Chaffey [10] | Nationalist | 1920–1927 | Patrick Scully [11] | Labor | 1920–1923 | |||
Nationalist | 1922–1927 | ||||||||||
William Scully [12] | Labor | 1923–1927 | |||||||||
Single-member (1927–1950) | |||||||||||
Member | Party | Term | |||||||||
William Scully [12] | Labor | 1927–1932 | |||||||||
Colin Sinclair [13] | Country | 1932–1941 | |||||||||
Raymond Hamilton [14] | Labor | 1941–1950 |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Raymond Hamilton | 6,634 | 51.2 | −8.4 | |
Country | Malcolm Heath | 6,313 | 48.8 | +8.4 | |
Total formal votes | 12,947 | 99.1 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 111 | 0.9 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 13,058 | 95.0 | +7.4 | ||
Laborhold | Swing | -8.4 |
References
[edit]- ^"Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856"(PDF).NSW Parliamentary Record.Parliament of New South Wales.Retrieved18 December2019.
- ^"Former Members".Members of Parliament.Parliament of New South Wales.Retrieved12 December2019.
- ^Green, Antony."Elections for the District of Namoi".New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007.Parliament of New South Wales.Retrieved6 November2019.
- ^ab"Mr Thomas Gordon Gibbons Dangar (1829-1890)".Former members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved23 June2019.
- ^abc"Mr Charles Collins (1850-1898)".Former members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved21 May2019.
- ^"Mr Job Sheldon (1849-1914)".Former members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved10 May2019.
- ^"Mr Albert Ernest Collins (1868–1956)".Former members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved10 May2019.
- ^"Mr George Muir Black (1854–1936)".Former members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved3 May2019.
- ^ab"The Hon. Walter Ernest Wearne (1867–1931)".Former members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved11 May2019.
- ^"The Hon. Captain Frank Augustus Chaffey (1888–1940)".Former members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved22 May2019.
- ^"Mr Patrick Charles Scully (1887–1951)".Former members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved10 May2019.
- ^ab"Mr William James Scully (1885-1966)".Former members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved6 November2019.
- ^"The Hon. Colin Archibald Sinclair (1876-1956)".Former members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved5 May2019.
- ^"Mr Raymond George Hamilton".Former members of theParliament of New South Wales.Retrieved4 May2019.
- ^Green, Antony."1947 Namoi".New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007.Parliament of New South Wales.Retrieved3 May2020.
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