Inverell an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894.[1][2][3]

ElectionMemberParty
1880   Richard Murray None
1882
1885   Samuel Moore None
1887   Free Trade
1889   George Cruickshank Protectionist
1891
1894
1895
1898
1901   William McIntyre Progressive
1902 by   George Jones Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1902 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1902 Inverell state by-election § Result.[edit]
1902 Inverell by-election
Saturday 31 May [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Jones 471 37.7
Progressive James McIlveen 447 35.8
Independent William Wall 331 26.5
Total formal votes 1,249 99.5
Informal votes 6 0.5
Turnout 1,255 50.7 [lower-alpha 1]
Labor gain from Progressive  
William McIntyre (Progressive) died.[4]

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Inverell.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Inverell [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William McIntyre 750 55.6 -37.1
Ind. Progressive James McIlveen 599 44.4
Total formal votes 1,349 100.0 +1.3
Informal votes 0 0.0 -1.3
Turnout 1,349 54.5 +20.93
Progressive hold  
The sitting member was George Cruickshank (Progressive) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Gwydir.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Inverell.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Inverell [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal George Cruickshank 567 92.7
Independent Thomas Jones 45 7.4
Total formal votes 612 98.7
Informal votes 8 1.3
Turnout 620 33.5
National Federal hold  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Inverell.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Inverell [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist George Cruickshank 717 79.3
Labor Philip Moses 174 19.3
Independent Labor Thomas Jones 7 0.8
Independent F Webster 6 0.7
Total formal votes 904 97.5
Informal votes 23 2.5
Turnout 927 55.4
Protectionist hold  

1894

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Inverell.[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: Inverell
Saturday, 20 June [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist George Cruickshank unopposed  
Protectionist hold  

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Inverell.[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: Inverell
Saturday 9 February [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist George Cruickshank (elected) 847 65.0
Free Trade Alexander Riddel 456 35.0
Total formal votes 1,303 98.4
Informal votes 21 1.6
Turnout 1,324 56.7
  Protectionist gain from Free Trade  
The sitting member Samuel Moore (Free Trade) did not contest the election.

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Inverell.[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Inverell
Saturday 19 February [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Samuel Moore (re-elected) 763 60.1
Protectionist George Cruickshank 507 39.9
Total formal votes 1,270 98.4
Informal votes 21 1.6
Turnout 1,291 63.0

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Inverell.[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: Inverell
Monday 19 October [12]
Candidate Votes %
Samuel Moore (elected) 666 57.9
Richard Murray (defeated) 484 42.1
Total formal votes 1,150 96.9
Informal votes 37 3.1
Turnout 1,187 64.6

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Inverell.[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: Inverell
Saturday 9 December [13]
Candidate Votes %
Richard Murray (re-elected) 566 57.3
Thomas Mayne 352 35.6
Thomas Jones 70 7.1
Total formal votes 988 97.2
Informal votes 29 2.9
Turnout 1,017 57.2

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Inverell.[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: Inverell
Monday 29 November [14]
Candidate Votes %
Richard Murray (elected) 561 54.3
G R Maclean 472 45.7
Total formal votes 1,033 96.5
Informal votes 37 3.5
Turnout 1,070 60.0
  (new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ Estimate based on an electoral roll of 2,477 at the 1901 election.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Inverell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  4. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1902 Inverell by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  5. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1901 Inverell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Inverell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Inverell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Inverell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1891 Inverell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1889 Inverell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  11. ↑ Green, Antony. "1887 Inverell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  12. ↑ Green, Antony. "1885 Inverell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  13. ↑ Green, Antony. "1882 Inverell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  14. ↑ Green, Antony. "1880 Inverell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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