Molong was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1880 and named after and including Molong. The district was abolished in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which reduced the number of members of the Legislative Assembly from 125 to 90, and the district was divided between the districts of Ashburnham, Belubula and Orange.
Members for Molong
Member | Party | Period | |
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Andrew Ross | None | 1880–1887 | |
Ind. Protectionist | 1887–1889 | ||
Protectionist | 1889–1901 | ||
Progressive | 1901–1904 | ||
Independent Liberal | 1904 |
Election results
Main article: Electoral results for the district of Molong This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Molong.Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
References
- Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- "Dr Andrew Ross (1829-1910)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- "The new electorates: where and what they are". Evening News. 26 March 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 7 December 2019 – via Trove.
- Green, Antony. "1901 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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