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Results Of The 1889 New South Wales Colonial Election
The 1889 New South Wales colonial election was for 137 members representing 74 Electoral districts of New South Wales, electoral districts. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system. In this election there were 37 multi-member districts returning 100 members. In these multi-member districts each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies. 10 districts were uncontested. The average number of enrolled voters per seat was 1,955, ranging from Electoral district of Boorowa, Boorowa (1,142) to Electoral district of Canterbury, Canterbury (4,129). Election results Albury Argyle , , , colspan="2" , hold 2 , colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" , , - Balmain , , , colspan="2" , hold 4 , colspan="3" style="text-align:center;" , , - Balranald , , , colspan="2" , Member changed to from , rowspan="2" co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1889 New South Wales Colonial Election
The 1889 New South Wales colonial election was held between 1 February and 16 February 1889. This election was for all of the 137 seats in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in 37 single-member constituencies, nineteen 2-member constituencies, ten 3-member constituencies and eight 4-member constituencies, all with a first past the post system. Part 1 (section 13) of the Electoral Act of 1880 had awarded the right to vote to 'every male subject of Her Majesty of the full age of twenty-one years and absolutely free being a natural born or naturalized'. The previous parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 19 January 1889 by the Governor of New South Wales, Governor, Charles Wynn-Carington, 1st Marquess of Lincolnshire, Lord Carrington, on the advice of the Premier of New South Wales, Premier, George Dibbs. Dibbs had assumed office shortly before the election after the previous Premier, Henry Parkes, Sir Henry Parkes, lost a vote on the floor of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Solomon Hyam
Solomon Herbert Hyam (16 May 1837 – 7 November 1901) was an Australian politician. He was born at Sarah's Valley near Jamberoo to landowner and innkeeper Michael Hyam and Charlotte Rebecca Broughton. He was home schooled and became a commercial agent in Sydney, where he was bankrupted in 1860 and joined his father's law business. In 1866 he returned to commerce, and from 1874 was a produce merchant. In 1861 he married Sarah Priestley, with whom he had six children. A Balmain alderman from 1874 to 1879, he was mayor from 1876 to 1879. He was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balmain in 1885, but lost his seat in 1887. In 1892 he was appointed to the New South Wales Legislative Council, where he remained until his death at Katoomba Katoomba is the main town and council seat of the City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia, and is the administrative centre of Blue Mountains City Council. Situated on the Great Western Highway and the Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Channing A'Beckett
William Channing A'Beckett (1846 – 16 June 1929) was an Australian politician. He was born in Sydney to Arthur Martin A'Beckett, a doctor who served in the New South Wales Legislative Council, and Emma Louise Elwin. He was sent to England to be educated, returning to Australia to farm in New South Wales in 1865. On 23 February 1884 he married Jessie Gertrude Smith, with whom he had five children. He owned property in the Wellington area, and in 1889 was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade member for Bogan Bogan ( ) is Australian and New Zealand slang to describe a person whose speech, clothing, behaviour, or attitudes are considered unrefined or unsophisticated. Depending on the context, the term can be used pejoratively or in a humorous, self- .... Defeated in 1891, he was re-elected in a by-election in 1892 but did not contest the 1894 election. A'Beckett died at Wellington in 1929. References {{DEFAULTSORT:A'becket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Alison (politician)
William Alison (1856 – 12 September 1931) was a Scottish-born Australian politician. He was born in Strathaven to pastoralists William and Eliza Alison. He was educated at Bury St Edmunds, and arrived in New South Wales in 1871. He eventually owned property near Nyngan, and was prominent in the Pastoralists' Union, serving as inaugural vice-president and later president. On 29 June 1887 he married Ellen Maud Milson, with whom he had three children. In 1889 Alison was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Protectionist member for Bogan, but he did not contest the 1891 election. Alison died at Moss Vale Moss Vale is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia. Moss Vale is the administrative centre of Wingecarribee Shire local government area. It is located south-west of Sydney and north-east of Canberra. The Illawarra Hi ... in 1931. References 1856 births 1931 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
George Cass
George Edwin Cass (c. 1844 – 6 April 1892) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Greenwich; his father was an engineer also named George Edwin Cass. The younger Cass moved to New South Wales around 1864, becoming a commercial agent. In September 1871 he married Catherine McCubbin near Coonamble Coonamble is a town on the central-western plains of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the Castlereagh Highway north-west of Gilgandra. At the 2016 census, Coonamble had a population of 2,750. It is the regional hub for wheat growing and ...; they had nine children. Cass owned a number of regional newspapers at Coonamble, Nyngan, New South Wales, Nyngan and Dubbo. In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Electoral district of Bogan, Bogan. He was defeated in 1887, but returned in 1889 as a Protectionist Party, Protectionist. He held the seat until his death at Enmore, New South Wales, Enmore in 1892. Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Electoral District Of Bogan
The Bogan was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859 and named after the Bogan River. It elected two members between 1880 and 1889 and three members between 1889 and 1894. It was abolished in 1894 and partly replaced by Cobar, Dubbo Dubbo (; ) is a city in the Orana (New South Wales), Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 at June 2021. The city is located at the intersection of the ... and Coonamble. Members Election results Notes References Former electoral districts of New South Wales Constituencies established in 1859 Constituencies disestablished in 1894 1859 establishments in Australia 1894 disestablishments in Australia {{NewSouthWales-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Francis Bathurst Suttor
Sir Francis Bathurst Suttor (30 April 1839 – 4 April 1915) was an Australian pastoralist, politician, and sheep and horse breeder. Early life Suttor was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, the son of pastoralist William Henry Suttor and his wife, Charlotte Augusta Anne ''née'' Francis. Francis Bathurst Suttor was a grandson of George Suttor. F. B. Suttor was educated at The King's School, Parramatta, and from age 19 managed his father's properties near Bathurst. He took up the properties Redbank and Katella near Wellington, New South Wales in 1863, and later Bradwardine at Bathurst. In July 1863 Suttor married Emily Jane (1841–1911), daughter of Thomas Jarman Hawkins (1909-1885) of Walmer, Bathurst. Suttor made a study of sheep-breeding; in 1868 he bought 100 merino ewes from C. C. Cox of Brombee and the use of the sire Brombee Pet for two months; Suttor maintained the high standards of Mudgee sheep. With ewes bought from James Alexander Gibson Suttor founded a stud of T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
William Paul (Australian Politician)
William Henry Paul (11 August 1846 – 21 July 1947) was an Australian politician. He was born in Richmond to shoemaker Samuel Paul and Betsy Walkham. A saddler by trade, he settled in Bathurst and in 1867 married Elizabeth Bray, with whom he had seven children. His business was successful and he eventually became an auctioneer. In 1889 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Free Trade Free trade is a trade policy that does not restrict imports or exports. In government, free trade is predominantly advocated by political parties that hold Economic liberalism, economically liberal positions, while economic nationalist politica ... member for Bathurst. He was defeated in 1891. Paul died at Bathurst in 1947. References 1846 births 1947 deaths Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Free Trade Party politicians Australian men centenarians {{Australia-FreeTrade-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Electoral District Of Bathurst
Bathurst is an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Paul Toole of the National Party of Australia – NSW, Nationals. Bathurst is a regional electorate that encompasses the entirety of the local government areas of Bathurst Region, the City of Lithgow, Blayney Shire, Oberon Shire plus the southern part of Mid-Western Regional Council (including Rylstone, New South Wales, Rylstone, Kandos, New South Wales, Kandos and Ilford, New South Wales, Ilford). History Bathurst was created in 1859, partly replacing Electoral district of Western Boroughs, Western Boroughs. Between 1920 and 1927, it absorbed parts of Electoral district of Hartley (New South Wales), Hartley and Electoral district of Orange, Orange and elected three members under proportional representation. In 1927 Bathurst, Hartley and Orange were recre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robert Wilkinson (Australian Politician)
Robert Bliss Wilkinson (1838 – 26 April 1928) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Northampton to engineer David Wilkinson and Elizabeth Bliss. He attended Hanwell College before migrating to Victoria in 1852. From 1853 he worked for the Castlemaine and Maryborough branches of the Bank of Victoria. He ran a station near Wagga Wagga from 1865 in partnership with J.S. Lavender; they sold out after a few years and became stock agents in 1870, running out of Sydney, Hay, Wagga Wagga and Bourke. On 15 November 1882 he married Alice Georgiana Foss Jarrett; they had no children, but a second marriage on 26 February 1890 to Annie Louise Leitch (''née'' Lavender) resulted in three children. Robert Bliss and Annie Louisa Wilkinson are buried directly alongside Alice Georgiana Foss Wilkinson behind St. Thomas' church in South Strathfield (formerly known as Enfield). In 1880 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly for Balranald. A Free Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Allen Lakeman
Allen Lakeman (1847–9 – 7 May 1910) was a New Zealand-born Australian politician who was one of two parliamentary members for the New South Wales electorate of Balranald from February 1887 to June 1891. Lakeman operated various businesses at Hay and was prominent in local affairs, serving as an alderman and mayor from 1880 to 1882. Biography Early years Allen Lakeman was born in about 1847–9 at New Plymouth, in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, the son of William Lakeman and Martha (''née'' Allen). His father was a storekeeper. The Lakeman family left New Zealand for the colony of New South Wales when Allen was an infant.Obituary: Mr. Allen Lakeman ''Narandera Argus and Riverine Advertiser'', 13 May 1910, page 5. The family lived at |
Electoral District Of Balranald
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. Members for Balranald Election results References Balranald Balranald 1859 establishments in Australia Balranald Balranald is a town within the Local government in Australia, local government area of Balranald Shire, in the Murray (New South Wales), Murray region of far south-western New South Wales, Australia. The town of Balranald is located where the ... 1894 disestablishments in Australia {{NewSouthWales-gov-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
