Electoral district of Carcoar
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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Carcoar was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1859 to the southwest of Bathurst and named after Carcoar. It replaced part of Western Boroughs and part of Bathurst (County). From 1880 to 1894, it elected two members. It was abolished in 1894 and was partly replaced by Cowra.[1][2][3]
Members for Carcoar
| Single-member (1859–1880) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |||||
| William Watt | None | 1859–1862 | |||||
| William Dalley | None | 1862–1864 | |||||
| Barnard Stimpson | None | 1864–1869 | |||||
| Richard Driver | None | 1869–1872 | |||||
| Thomas West | None | 1872–1874 | |||||
| Solomon Meyer | None | 1874–1876 | |||||
| Andrew Lynch | None | 1876–1880 | |||||
| Two members (1880–1894) | |||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| Ezekiel Baker | None | 1880–1881 | Andrew Lynch | None | 1880–1884 | ||
| George Campbell | None | 1881–1885 | |||||
| Ezekiel Baker | None | 1884–1887 | |||||
| Charles Garland | None | 1885–1887 | |||||
| Free Trade | 1887–1891 | Charles Jeanneret | Free Trade | 1887–1889 | |||
| John Plumb | Free Trade | 1889–1891 | |||||
| Denis Donnelly | Protectionist | 1891–1894 | Charles Jeanneret | Free Trade | 1891–1894 | ||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | Denis Donnelly (elected 1) | 1,124 | 25.9 | ||
| Free Trade | Charles Jeanneret (elected 2) | 1,110 | 25.6 | ||
| Free Trade | John Plumb (defeated) | 1,103 | 25.4 | ||
| Protectionist | Alfred Fremlin | 921 | 21.2 | ||
| Protectionist | Ezekiel Baker | 81 | 1.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 4,339 | 98.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 51 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 2,327 | 63.2 | |||
| Protectionist gain 1 from Free Trade | |||||
| Free Trade hold 1 | |||||
