Electoral district of Moruya
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Moruya was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894 to 1904, named after Moruya.[1][2] It was created from parts of the districts of Eden and The Shoalhaven.[3] Its only member was William Millard,[4] who held it for the Free Trade Party until 1904 when it was replaced by The Clyde.[5]
Members for Moruya
Member | Party | Term | |
---|---|---|---|
William Millard | Free Trade | 1894–1901 | |
Liberal Reform | 1901–1904 |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Millard | 956 | 65.6 | +12.5 | |
Independent | Joynton Smith | 440 | 30.2 | ||
Progressive | Theophilus Cox | 62 | 4.3 | -42.1 | |
Total formal votes | 1,458 | 99.6 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 6 | 0.4 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,464 | 70.6 | -2.2 | ||
Liberal Reform hold |
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Moruya". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 October 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 August 1893. p. 6583. Retrieved 12 April 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Mr William Millard (1844–1921)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "The new electorates: where and what they are". Evening News. 26 March 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 7 December 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Moruya". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
Categories:
- Articles with short description
- Short description matches Wikidata
- Use dmy dates from October 2014
- Use Australian English from October 2014
- All Wikipedia articles written in Australian English
- Articles with excerpts
- Former electoral districts of New South Wales
- Constituencies established in 1894
- 1894 establishments in Australia
- Constituencies disestablished in 1904
- 1904 disestablishments in Australia
- All stub articles
- New South Wales government stubs