The Gwydir was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859, when Liverpool Plains and Gwydir was divided, and named after and including the Gwydir River. In 1894 it was abolished and largely replaced by Moree and Barwon. It was re-created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[1] It consisted of the abolished seat of Moree and part of Inverell. It was abolished in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and largely merged, along with Tamworth, into Namoi.[2][3][4]

Members for Gwydir

First incarnation (1859–1894)
Member Party Term
  Richard Jenkins None 1859–1860
  Francis Rusden None 1860–1864
  Thomas Dangar None 1864–1880
  William Campbell None 1880–1886
  Thomas Hassall None 1886–1887
  Protectionist 1887–1894
 
Second incarnation (1904–1920)
Member Party Term
  George Jones Labor 1904–1913
  John Crane Farmers and Settlers 1913–1917
  Nationalist 1917–1920

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Gwydir
1917 New South Wales state election: Gwydir [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Crane 3,542 59.2 +4.4
Labor William Scully 2,440 40.8 -4.4
Total formal votes 5,982 99.4 +2.0
Informal votes 38 0.6 -2.0
Turnout 6,020 61.0 -2.2
Nationalist hold Swing +4.4

References

  1. ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1917 Gwydir". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.


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