Electoral district of Yass
Former state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia
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Yass was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales between 1894 and 1920. It included the town of Yass. It largely replaced the electoral district of Yass Plains. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed along with Burrangong into Cootamundra. It was recreated in 1930 and replaced by Burrinjuck in 1950.[1][2][3]
Members for Yass
| First incarnation (1894—1920) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| William Affleck | Free Trade | 1894–1901 | |
| Liberal Reform | 1901–1904 | ||
| Niels Nielsen | Labor | 1904–1913 | |
| Greg McGirr | Labor | 1913–1920 | |
| Second incarnation (1930—1950) | |||
| Member | Party | Term | |
| George Ardill | Nationalist | 1930–1931 | |
| United Australia | 1931–1941 | ||
| Bill Sheahan | Labor | 1941–1950 | |
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Bill Sheahan | 8,393 | 60.4 | −39.6 | |
| Country | John MacKay | 3,957 | 28.5 | +28.5 | |
| Liberal | Noel Barber | 1,384 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
| Independent | John Cusack | 163 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
| Total formal votes | 13,897 | 99.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 137 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 14,043 | 95.5 | |||
| Labor hold | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
