Electoral results for the district of Grafton

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Grafton, 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   John See None
1882
1885
1887   Protectionist
1889
1891
1895
1898
1901   Progressive

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1901[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: Grafton[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive John See 843 94.2 +31.7
Independent Liberal Frederick Wilcox 52 5.8
Total formal votes 895 99.0 -0.5
Informal votes 9 1.0 +0.5
Turnout 904 37.9 -28.2
Progressive hold  

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

1898[edit]

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal John See 898 62.5
Independent Federalist Frederick McGuren 539 37.5
Total formal votes 1,437 99.5
Informal votes 7 0.5
Turnout 1,444 66.1
National Federal hold  

1895[edit]

1894[edit]

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist John See 994 57.2
Ind. Protectionist William Hawthorne 636 36.6
Ind. Protectionist Edmund Hockey 109 6.3
Total formal votes 1,739 99.2
Informal votes 14 0.8
Turnout 1,753 83.2
Protectionist hold  

1891[edit]

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Thursday 18 June [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist John See (re-elected) unopposed  
Protectionist hold  

Elections in the 1880s[edit]

1889[edit]

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Monday 4 February [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist John See (elected) 955 71.2
Protectionist Richard Becher 386 28.8
Total formal votes 1,341 98.0
Informal votes 28 2.1
Turnout 1,369 59.9
Protectionist hold  

1887[edit]

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Saturday 5 February [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist John See (re-elected) unopposed

1885[edit]

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Tuesday 15 October [11]
Candidate Votes %
John See (re-elected) unopposed  

1882[edit]

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Saturday 9 December [12]
Candidate Votes %
John See (re-elected) unopposed

1880[edit]

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Friday 26 November [13]
Candidate Votes %
John See (elected) 636 55.4
Richard Stevenson 513 44.7
Total formal votes 1,149 97.2
Informal votes 33 2.8
Turnout 1,182 62.3
  (new seat)
Grafton was created from part of The Clarence.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1889 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1887 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1885 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  12. ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "1880 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.