Electoral district of Yass
Appearance
Yasswas anelectoral districtof theLegislative Assemblyin theAustralianstate ofNew South Walesbetween 1894 and 1920. It included the town ofYass.It largely replaced theelectoral district of Yass Plains.In 1920, with the introduction ofproportional representation,it was absorbed along withBurrangongintoCootamundra.It was recreated in 1930 and replaced byBurrinjuckin 1950.[1][2][3]
Members for Yass
[edit]First incarnation (1894—1920) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
William Affleck | Free Trade | 1894–1901 | |
Liberal Reform | 1901–1904 | ||
Niels Nielsen | Labor | 1904–1913 | |
Greg McGirr | Labor | 1913–1920 | |
Second incarnation (1930—1950) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
George Ardill | Nationalist | 1930–1931 | |
United Australia | 1931–1941 | ||
Bill Sheahan | Labor | 1941–1950 |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Sheahan | 8,393 | 60.4 | −39.6 | |
Country | John MacKay | 3,957 | 28.5 | +28.5 | |
Liberal | Noel Barber | 1,384 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
Independent | John Cusack | 163 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 13,897 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 137 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 14,043 | 95.5 | |||
Laborhold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
References
[edit]- ^Green, Antony."Elections for the District of Yass".New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007.Parliament of New South Wales.Retrieved12 March2020.
- ^"Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856"(PDF).NSW Parliamentary Record.Parliament of New South Wales.Retrieved14 December2019.
- ^"Former Members".Members of Parliament.Parliament of New South Wales.Retrieved2 December2019.
- ^Green, Antony."1947 Yass".New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007.Parliament of New South Wales.Retrieved3 May2020.
Categories:
- Former electoral districts of New South Wales
- Constituencies established in 1894
- 1894 establishments in Australia
- Constituencies disestablished in 1920
- 1920 disestablishments in Australia
- Constituencies established in 1930
- 1930 establishments in Australia
- Constituencies disestablished in 1950
- 1950 disestablishments in Australia
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