Electoral results for the district of Inverell
Election results for Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
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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]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Labour | |
Election results
Elections in the 1900s
1902 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 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 [a] | |||
| Labour gain from Progressive | |||||
William McIntyre (Progressive) died.[4]
1901
| 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
| 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | George Cruickshank | 717 | 79.3 | ||
| Labour | Philip Moses | 174 | 19.3 | ||
| Independent Labour | 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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | George Cruickshank | unopposed | |||
| Protectionist hold | |||||
1891
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protectionist | George Cruickshank | unopposed | |||
| Protectionist hold | |||||
Elections in the 1880s
1889
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
- Estimate based on an electoral roll of 2,477 at the 1901 election.[5]