Electoral results for the district of Molong

Molong, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1880 and abolished in 1904[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1880   Andrew Ross None
1882
1885
1887   Ind. Protectionist
1889   Protectionist
1891
1894
1895
1898   National Federal
1901   Progressive / Independent Liberal

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Molong.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Molong [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Andrew Ross 671 55.2 +10.6
Liberal Reform John Withington 544 44.8 +13.6
Total formal votes 1,215 99.1 −0.1
Informal votes 11 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 1,226 56.6 −4.9
Progressive hold  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Molong.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Molong [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Andrew Ross 558 44.7
Free Trade Harrington McCulloch 389 31.1
Independent Federalist William Shield 302 24.2
Total formal votes 1,249 99.2
Informal votes 10 0.8
Turnout 1,259 61.6
National Federal hold  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Molong.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Molong [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Andrew Ross 548 45.3
Free Trade Harrington McCulloch 412 34.1
Ind. Protectionist John Wynne 108 8.9
Ind. Protectionist William Melville 85 7.0
Ind. Protectionist Charles Lauer 56 4.6
Total formal votes 1,209 99.1
Informal votes 11 0.9
Turnout 1,220 64.2
Protectionist hold  

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Molong.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Molong [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Andrew Ross 504 37.4
Free Trade Harrington McCulloch 311 23.1
Ind. Protectionist William Melville 253 18.8
Independent Labour Charles Lauer 247 18.4
Ind. Protectionist Arthur Sherwin 20 1.5
Ind. Protectionist John Ardill 11 0.8
Total formal votes 1,346 94.3
Informal votes 82 5.7
Turnout 1,428 77.2
Protectionist hold  

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Molong.[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: Molong
Monday 29 June [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Andrew Ross (re-elected) 844 62.4
Labour Cornelius Lindsay 319 23.6
Free Trade John Hurley 189 14.0
Total formal votes 1,352 97.5
Informal votes 35 2.5
Turnout 1,387 65.2
Protectionist hold  

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Molong.[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: Molong
Monday 28 January [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Andrew Ross (elected) unopposed
Total formal votes 25,142 99.8
Informal votes 47 0.2
Turnout 6,977 61.2
Member changed to Protectionist from Ind. Protectionist  

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Molong.[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Molong
Tuesday 8 February [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Protectionist Andrew Ross (re-elected) unopposed

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Molong.[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: Molong
Thursday 29 October [11]
Candidate Votes %
Andrew Ross (re-elected) 695 54.8
Fergus Smith 573 45.2
Total formal votes 1,268 98.3
Informal votes 22 1.7
Turnout 1,290 69.1

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Molong.[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: Molong
Tuesday 12 December [12]
Candidate Votes %
Andrew Ross (re-elected) 656 75.8
Willoughby Andrew 210 24.3
Total formal votes 866 98.1
Informal votes 17 1.9
Turnout 883 47.5

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Molong.[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: Molong
Friday 26 November [13]
Candidate Votes %
Andrew Ross (elected) 520 50.3
John Smith 514 49.7
Total formal votes 1,034 97.7
Informal votes 24 2.3
Turnout 1,058 57.0
  (new seat)

References

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  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Dr Andrew Ross (1829-1910)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1889 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1887 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1885 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  12. ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "1880 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 April 2020.