The Bogan, 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]

Election MemberParty
1859   George Lord None
1860
1864–65
1869–70
1872
1874–75
1877   Walter Coonan None MemberParty
1880   Patrick Jennings None   George Cass None
1882
1885
1887   John Kelly Free Trade   Joseph Penzer Free Trade MemberParty
1889   William Alison Protectionist   William A'Beckett Free Trade   George Cass Protectionist
1891   James Morgan Labor   Robert Booth Free Trade
1892 by   William A'Beckett Free Trade

Election results

Elections in the 1890s

1892 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1892 The Bogan colonial by-election § Results.[edit]
1892 The Bogan by-election
Tuesday 31 May [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William A'Beckett (elected) 984 37.0
Protectionist Michael O'Halloran [lower-alpha 1] 874 32.9
Independent George Plummer 271 10.2
Independent William Wilkinson 271 10.2
Free Trade John Ryrie 257 9.7
Total formal votes 2,657 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 2,657 43.5
Free Trade gain from Protectionist  
George Cass (Protectionist) died.[4]

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § The Bogan.[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: The Bogan
Monday 29 June [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Morgan (elected 1) 2,286 23.1
Protectionist George Cass (re-elected 2) 1,731 17.5
Free Trade Robert Booth (elected 3) 1,517 15.4
Free Trade William A'Beckett (defeated) 1,158 11.7
Labor John Prince 1,011 10.2
Protectionist William Wilkinson 942 9.5
Protectionist Tottenham Richardson 843 8.5
Free Trade Francis Conder 392 4.0
Total formal votes 9,880 99.1
Informal votes 88 0.9
Turnout 3,648 59.8
  Labor gain 1 from Protectionist  
  Protectionist hold 1
  Free Trade hold 1
One of the sitting members, William Alison (Protectionist), did not contest the election.[6]

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § The Bogan.[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: The Bogan
Wednesday 13 February [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist George Cass (elected 1) 1,436 19.0
Protectionist William Alison (elected 2) 1,402 18.6
Free Trade William A'Beckett (elected 3) 1,394 18.5
Protectionist John Ryrie 1,281 17.0
Protectionist John Kelly (defeated) 1,066 14.1
Free Trade Julius Caro 970 12.9
Total formal votes 7,549 99.6
Informal votes 31 0.4
Turnout 2,815 53.1
  Protectionist win 1 and gain 1 from Free Trade (1 new seat)
  Free Trade hold 1

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § The Bogan.[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: The Bogan
Wednesday 23 February [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Kelly (elected 1) 1,422 31.4
Free Trade Joseph Penzer (elected 2) 1,352 29.9
Protectionist George Cass (defeated) 1,179 26.1
Protectionist Rene Berteaux 570 12.6
Total formal votes 4,523 99.6
Informal votes 19 0.4
Turnout 2,359 48.4

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § The Bogan.[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: The Bogan
Monday 26 October [9]
Candidate Votes %
George Cass (re-elected 1) 1,347 35.6
Sir Patrick Jennings (re-elected 2) 1,271 33.6
John Kelly 1,168 30.9
Total formal votes 3,786 99.0
Informal votes 40 1.1
Turnout 2,318 50.6

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § The Bogan.[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: The Bogan
Tuesday 19 December [10]
Candidate Votes %
George Cass (re-elected 1) 1,152 38.6
Sir Patrick Jennings (re-elected 2) 1,134 38.0
William Forlonge 701 23.5
Total formal votes 2,987 98.8
Informal votes 35 1.2
Turnout 3,022 42.7

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § The Bogan.[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: The Bogan
Tuesday 30 November [11]
Candidate Votes %
Patrick Jennings (elected 1) 1,394 42.1
George Cass (elected 2) 750 22.6
William Forlonge 671 20.3
William Shorter 498 15.0
Total formal votes 3,313 98.8
Informal votes 42 1.3
Turnout 1,842 56.2
  (1 new seat)
The Bogan lost part of the district to the new seat of Forbes. The sitting member Walter Coonan unsuccessfully contested Forbes.

Elections in the 1870s

1877

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § The Bogan.[edit]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Bogan
Monday 12 November [12]
Candidate Votes %
Walter Coonan (elected) 1,248 51.8
Sir John Robertson 1,020 42.3
Sir Henry Parkes 117 4.9
John Ardill 12 0.5
William Forlonge 7 0.3
Jean Serisier 5 0.2
Total formal votes 2,409 97.1
Informal votes 72 2.9
Turnout 2,481 33.5

1874-75

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § The Bogan.[edit]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: The Bogan
Monday 4 January 1875 [13]
Candidate Votes %
George Lord (re-elected) 1,071 64.9
Arthur Burne 290 17.6
John Kelly 273 16.5
John Ardill 17 1.0
Total formal votes 1,651 98.3
Informal votes 29 1.7
Turnout 1,680 32.0

1872

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § The Bogan.[edit]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: The Bogan
Monday 11 March [14]
Candidate Votes %
George Lord (re-elected) 943 67.3
Jeremiah Rundle 381 27.2
Jean Serisier 78 5.6
Total formal votes 1,402 98.2
Informal votes 26 1.8
Turnout 1,428 42.0

Elections in the 1860s

1869-70

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § The Bogan.[edit]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: The Bogan
Wednesday 22 December 1869 [15]
Candidate Votes %
George Lord (re-elected) 407 64.6
Thomas Manning 205 32.5
John Ardill 18 2.9
Total formal votes 630 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 631 26.4

1864-65

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § The Bogan.[edit]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: The Bogan
Thursday 22 December 1864 [16]
Candidate Votes %
George Lord (re-elected) unopposed

1860

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § The Bogan.[edit]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: The Bogan
Wednesday 19 December [17]
Candidate Votes %
George Lord (re-elected) 93 95.9
John Cohen 4 4.1
Total formal votes 97 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 209 [lower-alpha 2] 17.6

Elections in the 1850s

1859

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § The Bogan.[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: The Bogan
Tuesday 5 July [19]
Candidate Votes %
George Lord (re-elected) 116 95.9
Christopher McRae 5 4.1
Total formal votes 121 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 181 18.7

Notes

  1. ↑ Michael O'Halloran was also endorsed as a Labor candidate.[5]
  2. ↑ Newspaper reports contained incomplete counts of 97 votes,[18] while the 1860 statistical register records 209 people voting.[17]

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of The Bogan". 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. "1892 The Bogan by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mr O'Halloran at Nyngan". Freeman's Journal. 18 June 1892. p. 16. Retrieved 1 May 2021 – via Trove.
  6. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1891 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1889 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1887 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1885 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1882 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  11. ↑ Green, Antony. "1880 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  12. ↑ Green, Antony. "1877 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  13. ↑ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  14. ↑ Green, Antony. "1872 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  15. ↑ Green, Antony. "1869-70 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  16. ↑ Green, Antony. "1864-5 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  17. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1860 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
    "Dubbo- Bogan electorate". The Empire. 11 December 1860. p. 8. Retrieved 29 April 2020 – via Trove.
  18. ↑ "Bogan election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 January 1861. p. 4. Retrieved 29 April 2020 – via Trove.
    "Political intelligence: Bogan election". Illawarra Mercury. 4 January 1861. p. 2. Retrieved 29 April 2020 – via Trove.
  19. ↑ Green, Antony. "1859 Bogan". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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