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Results Of The 1901 New South Wales State Election
The 1901 New South Wales state election was for 125 electoral districts, with each district returning one member. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system. In this election, in 32 electorates the winning candidate received less than 50% of the votes, while 13 were uncontested. The average number of enrolled voters per electorate was 2,764, ranging from Wentworth (1,706) to Willoughby (4,854). Of the 125 members of the house prior to the election, 18 had been elected to the new federal parliament, while 7 did not contest the election, and a further 17 were defeated at the election. 81 members (65%) retained a seat after the election. Election results Albury Alma The sitting member was Josiah Thomas (Labour) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Barrier which included Broken Hill. William Williams nominated as an Independent Labor candi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1901 New South Wales State Election
The 1901 New South Wales state election was held on 3 July 1901 for all of the 125 seats in the 19th New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a first past the post voting system. The Parliamentary Electorates Act of 1893 had conferred the right to vote on every male British subject over 21 years of age who was resident in New South Wales for a year or more. The 19th parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 11 June 1901 by the Governor of New South Wales, Governor, William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp, Lord Beauchamp, on the advice of the Premier of New South Wales, Premier, John See. Australian Federation, Federation had seen a re-evaluation of priorities among the main political parties in New South Wales, with the Protectionist Party and the Free Trade Party becoming the Progressive Party (1901), Progressive Party and the Liberal Reform Party (Australia), Liberal Reform Party respectively. Key dates Results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woollahra
Woollahra ( ) is a suburb in the Eastern Suburbs (Sydney), Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Woollahra is located east of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the Municipality of Woollahra. Woollahra is located on the traditional land of the Birrabirragal and Gadigal people of the Eora, Eora Nation. The Municipality of Woollahra takes its name from the suburb but its administrative centre is located in Double Bay. Woollahra is known for its quiet, tree-lined residential streets and village-style shopping centre. History Woollahra is located on the traditional land of the Birrabirragal and Gadigal people of the Eora, Eora Nation. When European settlers arrived in 1788, First Fleet officer Daniel Southwell translated the local Aboriginal Australians, Aboriginal word (Dharug language) ''Woo-la-ra'' (also later spelt by others as ''Willarra'' and ''Wallara'') as meaning "lookout", b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Spruson
Wilfred Joseph Spruson (1870 – 16 August 1939) was an Australian politician and patent attorney. He was born in Sydney, and was an engineer and patent attorney before entering politics. In 1898 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the National Federal member for Sydney-Gipps. He was defeated as an Independent Progressive in 1901. After a further run for Darling Harbour as an independent in 1904, he left politics. For his service to the church and for his charitable works, Spruson was awarded the cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice by Pope Leo XIII in 1902 and was made a Papal Chamberlain by Pope Pius XI in 1929. Spruson died age 69 on 16 August 1939 at his home in Neutral Bay since 1911, ''Bengallala''. ''Bengallala'' was designed for Spruson in the Arts and Crafts The Arts and Crafts movement was an international trend in the Decorative arts, decorative and fine arts that developed earliest and most fully in the British Isles and subsequently spr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quirindi
Quirindi ( or ) is a small town on the North West Slopes region of New South Wales, Australia, in Liverpool Plains Shire. At the , Quirindi had a population of 2,602. It is the nearest link to Gunnedah, New South Wales, Gunnedah to the northwest and Tamworth, New South Wales, Tamworth to the north. The local economy is based on agriculture, with broadacre farming dominant on the black soil plains to the west and livestock grazing in the hilly eastern part of the district. The town is on the Kamilaroi Highway northwest of its junction with the New England Highway at Willow Tree, New South Wales, Willow Tree. History The Indigenous Australians, indigenous Gamilaroi people lived in the area for many thousands of years. The name Quirindi comes from the Gamilaraay language, with a number of meanings having been attributed it, which include "nest in the hills", "place where fish breed" and "dead tree on mountain top". Early spellings of the name included "Cuerindi" and "Kuwherindi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Ross (Australian Politician)
Hugh Ross may refer to: * Hugh Ross (musician) (c. 1898–1990), American choral director and conductor * Hugh McGregor Ross Hugh McGregor Ross (31 August 1917 – 1 September 2014) was an early pioneer in the history of British computing. He was employed by Ferranti from the mid-1960s, where he worked on the Ferranti Pegasus, Pegasus Vacuum tube, thermionic valve ... (1917–2014), computing pioneer and specialist in the Gospel of Thomas * Hugh Ross (Australian politician) (1846–1912), New South Wales Labor politician * Hugh Ross (Northern Ireland politician) (born c. 1944), Northern Ireland Presbyterian minister and member of the Orange Order * Hugh Ross (astrophysicist) (born 1945), astrophysicist and Christian apologist * Hugh Ross (actor) (born 1945), Scottish actor * Hugh Ross (bridge) (1937–2017), American contract bridge player * Hugh Ross (editor), film and television editor and voice actor {{hndis, Ross, Hugh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Rigg (politician)
William Rigg (7 May 1847 – 3 November 1926) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born in Liverpool to joiner George Rigg and Sarah Barclay. The family moved to New South Wales around 1852, and Rigg attended Christ Church School until the age of fifteen, when he began working in the office of the Illawarra Steam Navigation Company. He eventually rose to become chairman of the Board of Directors of the company, and also founded the Clyde Engineering Company. He was six times Mayor of Newtown and served as an alderman for twenty-three years. On 17 September 1873 he married Elizabeth Gregg, with whom he had six children; he later married Harriett Westbrook in England around 1884 and had a daughter. In 1894 Rigg was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Newtown-St Peters; he was generally considered a Free Trader. He held the seat until his defeat in 1901. Rigg died at Darlinghurst Darlinghurst is an inner-city suburb in the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hawkesbury
Hawkesbury or Hawksbury may refer to: People *Baron Hawkesbury, or Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool (1727-1808), English statesman Places Australia * Hawkesbury Island, Queensland, an island *Hawkesbury River, a river in New South Wales *City of Hawkesbury a local government area in New South Wales *Electoral district of Hawkesbury, a seat in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Canada * Hawkesbury Island, an island in British Columbia * Hawkesbury, Ontario, a town ** Hawkesbury Airport, or ''Hawkesbury (West) Airport'' (TC: CNV4) ** Hawkesbury (East) Airport (TC: CPG5) ** Hawkesbury (Windover Field) Airport (TC: CPD8) * Port Hawkesbury, a town in Nova Scotia ** Port Hawkesbury Airport (IATA: YPS, ICAO: CYPD) New Zealand * Hawksbury, New Zealand, a locality near Waikouaiti United Kingdom *Hawkesbury, Gloucestershire, a village in Gloucestershire *Hawkesbury, Warwickshire, a village in Warwickshire **Hawkesbury Junction, a canal junction near the village ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Morgan (New South Wales Politician)
William Morgan (17 March 1842 – 31 July 1907) was an Australian politician. He was born at Kelso to brickmaker William Morgan and Jeanette Williamson. He was a solicitor, practising in Bathurst (1867–82) and Sydney (1882–1907). In 1894 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Hawkesbury; he was generally considered a Free Trader. He held the seat until his defeat in 1901. Morgan, who was unmarried, died at Paddington Paddington is an area in the City of Westminster, in central London, England. A medieval parish then a metropolitan borough of the County of London, it was integrated with Westminster and Greater London in 1965. Paddington station, designed b ... in 1907. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Morgan, William 1842 births 1907 deaths Colony of New South Wales people Members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly Free Trade Party politicians 19th-century Australian politicians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Molesworth
Edmund William Molesworth (1847 – 2 June 1923) was an English-born Australian politician. He was born at Banbury in Oxfordshire to William Francis Molesworth and Caroline Ann Coombes. The family migrated to New South Wales around 1850, and Molesworth eventually worked as a customs and shipping agent. He married Clara Smith in 1874, with whom he had eight children. 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 Newtown. He held the seat until it was split in 1894, after which time he represented Newtown-Erskine. He was defeated in 1901. Molesworth died at Lindfield in 1923. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Molesworth, Edmund 1847 births 1923 deaths Colony of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepean (New South Wales)
Nepean may refer to: Electorates * Division of Nepean, former federal electorate in New South Wales * Electoral district of Nepean, state electoral district in Victoria, Australia * Electoral district of Nepean (New South Wales), former state electoral district in New South Wales * Nepean (federal electoral district), a Canadian electoral district covering Nepean and other parts of western Ottawa **Nepean—Carleton (federal electoral district), former Canadian electoral district (1979 to 1988, 1997 to 2015) **Nepean—Carleton (provincial electoral district), former Canadian electoral district (1999 to 2014) Organisations and institutions * Nepean College of Advanced Education, a former higher education institution in Western Sydney, Australia * Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School, Sydney, Australia * Nepean Hospital, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia * Nepean Observatory, an observatory, part of Western Sydney University at Werrington North, New South Wales * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
