West Macquarie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales between 1859 and 1904, in the Bathurst region, named after the Macquarie River, being the western side of the river to the south of the town of Bathurst. It was abolished in 1904 due to the 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 was largely replaced by the new district of Blayney, which also absorbed parts of Hartley and The Macquarie. The rest of the district was absorbed by Yass.[2][3][4]

Members for West Macquarie

Member Party Term
  John McPhillamy None 1859–1859
  Henry Mort None 1859–1860
  Richard Driver None 1860–1869
  Edmund Webb None 1869–1874
  Charles Pilcher None 1875–1882
  Thomas Hellyer None 1882–1884
  Lewis Lloyd None 1884–1887
  Fergus Smith Free Trade 1887–1889
  Paddy Crick Protectionist 1889–1901
  Progressive 1901–1904

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of West Macquarie
1901 New South Wales state election: West Macquarie [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Paddy Crick 1,152 59.2 +3.6
Liberal Reform Otto Jaeger 795 40.8 -2.3
Total formal votes 1,947 99.0 +0.8
Informal votes 19 1.0 -0.8
Turnout 1,966 52.6 -4.7
Progressive hold  

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 3 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of West Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Macquarie West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.


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