Electoral results for the district of Hume

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Hume, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1920.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1859   Morris Asher None
1860   Thomas Mate None
1864
1869   James Fallon None
1872   James McLaurin None
1873 by   Thomas Robertson None
1874   George Day None
1877 Member Party
1880   William Lyne None   Leyser Levin None
1885   James Hayes None
1887   Protectionist   Protectionist
1889
1891
1894
1895
1898
1899 by
1901 by   Gordon McLaurin Protectionist
1901   Progressive

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1901[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: The Hume[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Gordon McLaurin unopposed
Progressive hold  
Sir William Lyne (Progressive) resigned prior to the federal election in March 1901 at which he successfully contested the seat of Hume. Having resigned earlier than other candidates, a by-election was held in April 1901 in which Gordon McLaurin retained the seat for the Progressive Party.

1901 by-election[edit]

1901 The Hume state by-election
Wednesday 17 April [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Gordon McLaurin (elected) 745 46.7 -11.9
Independent John McGrath 528 33.1
Independent John Miller 322 20.2 -21.2
Total formal votes 1,595 100.0 -
Informal votes 0 0.0 -
Turnout 1,595 66.4 [a] +20.8
Protectionist hold  
Sir William Lyne (Protectionist) resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of Hume.[5]

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

1899 by-election[edit]

1899 The Hume by-election
Saturday 10 September [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Lyne (re-elected) 642 58.6 -15.6
Independent John Miller 453 41.4
Total formal votes 1,095 100.0 +1.6
Informal votes 0 0.0 -1.6
Turnout 1,095 45.6 -1.6
Protectionist hold  
William Lyne was appointed Premier and Colonial Treasurer, forming the Lyne ministry.[6]

1898[edit]

1898 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal William Lyne 718 74.2
Free Trade William Wiesner 250 25.8
Total formal votes 968 98.4
Informal votes 16 1.6
Turnout 984 47.2
National Federal hold  

1895[edit]

1895 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Lyne 632 69.1
Free Trade Thomas Rhodes 283 30.9
Total formal votes 915 99.4
Informal votes 6 0.7
Turnout 921 56.4
Protectionist hold  

1894[edit]

1894 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Lyne 882 76.1
Free Trade Hugh Bridson 277 23.9
Total formal votes 1,159 97.9
Informal votes 25 2.1
Turnout 1,184 71.2
Protectionist win (previously 2 members)

1891[edit]

1891 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume
Tuesday 30 June [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Lyne (elected 1) 1,240 36.6
Protectionist James Hayes (elected 2) 1,175 34.7
Free Trade Walter Harper 448 13.2
Protectionist John O'Brien 428 12.6
Protectionist Sidney Lindeman 99 2.9
Total formal votes 3,390 98.9
Informal votes 39 1.1
Turnout 1,889 59.1
  Protectionist hold 2  

Elections in the 1880s[edit]

1889[edit]

1889 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume
Monday 28 January [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Lyne (elected) unopposed
Protectionist James Hayes (elected) unopposed
  Protectionist hold 2  

1887[edit]

1887 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume
Wednesday 9 February [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Lyne (re-elected) unopposed
Protectionist James Hayes (re-elected) unopposed

1885[edit]

1885 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume
Friday 23 October [13]
Candidate Votes %
William Lyne (re-elected 1) 1,080 42.2
James Hayes (elected 2) 720 28.2
Edmund Bond 451 17.6
John Gale 306 12.0
Total formal votes 2,557 99.2
Informal votes 20 0.8
Turnout 1,379 50.8

1882[edit]

1882 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume
Wednesday 13 December [14]
Candidate Votes %
William Lyne (re-elected) unopposed
Leyser Levin (re-elected) unopposed

1880[edit]

1880 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume
Monday 29 November [15]
Candidate Votes %
William Lyne (elected 1) 900 34.1
Leyser Levin (elected 2) 803 30.4
Philip Gell 641 24.3
Edmund Bond 295 11.2
Total formal votes 2,639 99.2
Informal votes 21 0.8
Turnout 1,705 57.8
  (1 new seat)
The sitting member George Day successfully contested Albury

Elections in the 1870s[edit]

1877[edit]

1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume
Monday 5 November [16]
Candidate Votes %
George Day (re-elected) 461 97.7
Sir Henry Parkes 11 2.3
Total formal votes 472 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 484 15.4

1874[edit]

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume
Tuesday 29 December 1874 [17]
Candidate Votes %
George Day (elected) 456 84.4
Thomas Robertson (defeated) 84 15.6
Total formal votes 540 97.5
Informal votes 14 2.5
Turnout 554 20.6

1873 by-election[edit]

1873 The Hume by-election
Wednesday 17 December [18]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Robertson (elected) 707 57.5
Morris Asher 523 42.5
Total formal votes 1,230 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,230 50.1
James McLaurin resigned.[18]

1872[edit]

1872 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume
Friday 15 March [19]
Candidate Votes %
James McLaurin (elected) 847 64.4
George Day 468 35.6
Total formal votes 1,315 97.6
Informal votes 32 2.4
Turnout 1,347 59.5

Elections in the 1860s[edit]

1869[edit]

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume
Thursday 23 December 1869 [20]
Candidate Votes %
James Fallon (elected) 513 57.8
Thomas Mate (defeated) 375 42.2
Total formal votes 888 97.7
Informal votes 21 2.3
Turnout 909 53.3

1864[edit]

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume
Saturday 24 December 1864 [21]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Mate (re-elected) 243 44.8
Morris Asher 234 43.2
Walter Miller 65 12.0
Total formal votes 542 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 542 47.5

1860[edit]

1860 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume
Saturday 15 December [22]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Mate (elected) 300 63.2
Morris Asher (defeated) 175 36.8
Total formal votes 475 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 475 39.6

Elections in the 1850s[edit]

1859[edit]

1859 New South Wales colonial election: The Hume
Tuesday 28 June [23]
Candidate Votes %
Morris Asher (elected) 175 41.4
Thomas Mate 172 40.7
J Badham 73 17.3
Eugene Owen 3 0.7
Total formal votes 423 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 423 45.7

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ based on a roll of 2,401 at the 1899 by-election.[6]

References[edit]

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