Electoral results for the district of Hastings and Macleay

The Hastings and The Macleay, 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		Party
1894	Francis Clarke	Protectionist
1895		Protectionist
1898		National Federal
1898 by	Edmund Barton	National Federal
1900 by	Francis Clarke	Protectionist
1901	Robert Davidson	Liberal Reform
1903
1907
1910	Henry Morton	Independent
1913		Independent
1917		Nationalist

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Hastings and Macleay ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Henry Morton	4,528	64.4	+64.4
	Labor	Hercules Rowe	2,506	35.6	+35.6
Total formal votes			7,034	99.1	+0.7
Informal votes			63	0.9	−0.7
Turnout			7,097	61.4	−17.0
	Member changed to Nationalist from Independent

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Hastings and Macleay ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Henry Morton	4,515	52.9
	Farmers and Settlers	Robert Davidson ^[a]	4,025	47.1
Total formal votes			8,540	98.4
Informal votes			135	1.6
Turnout			8,675	78.4
	Independent hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: The Hastings and The Macleay ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Robert Davidson	2,661	45.1	−4.3
	Independent	Henry Morton	2,117	35.9
	Labour	Hugh Bridson	1,120	19.0
Total formal votes			5,898	97.8	+1.0
Informal votes			130	2.2	−1.0
Turnout			6,028	73.4	+6.8

1910 New South Wales state election: Hastings and Macleay - Second Round^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Henry Morton	3,467	54.9
	Liberal Reform	Robert Davidson (defeated)	2,849	45.1	−4.3
Total formal votes			6,316	99.1	+2.3
Informal votes			57	0.9	−2.3
Turnout			6,373	77.6	+11.0
	Independent gain from Liberal Reform

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Hastings and Macleay ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Robert Davidson	2,334	49.4
	Independent	Edward Noonan	2,002	42.4
	Independent	William Newton	387	8.2
Total formal votes			4,723	96.8
Informal votes			156	3.2
Turnout			4,879	66.6
	Liberal Reform hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: The Hastings and The Macleay ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Robert Davidson	2,303	57.4
	Progressive	Percival Basche	1,709	42.6
Total formal votes			4,012	98.7
Informal votes			52	1.3
Turnout			4,064	62.9
	Liberal Reform hold

The Hastings and The Macleay was expanded to include part of the abolished seat of The Manning. The member for The Hastings and The Macleay was Robert Davidson (Liberal Reform). The member for The Manning was John Thomson (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested Gloucester.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: The Hastings and The Macleay ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Robert Davidson	578	28.9
	Progressive	Percival Basche	420	21.0
	Independent	Edward Noonan	403	20.2
	Independent	Otho Dangar	376	18.8
	Independent	Hugh Bridson	220	11.0
Total formal votes			1,997	99.3
Informal votes			14	0.7
Turnout			2,011	74.6
	Liberal Reform gain from Progressive

The sitting member was Francis Clarke (Progressive) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Cowper.

1900 by-election

1900 Hastings and Macleay by-election
Thursday 1 March ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	Francis Clarke	616	47.3
	Independent	Hugh Bridson	413	31.7
	Independent	Percival Basche	273	21.0
Total formal votes			1,302	98.7
Informal votes			17	1.3
Turnout			1,319	53.9
	Protectionist hold

Edmund Barton (Protectionist) resigned to travel to London with Alfred Deakin and Charles Kingston to explain the federation bill to the British Government.^[10]

Elections in the 1890s

1898 by-election

1898 Hastings and Macleay by-election
Friday 23 September ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Federal	Edmund Barton (elected)	960	59.3
	Free Trade	Sydney Smith	658	40.7
Total formal votes			1,618	99.7
Informal votes			4	0.3
Turnout			1,622	66.8
	National Federal hold

Francis Clarke (National Federal) resigned to allow Edmund Barton to re-enter parliament.^[11]

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings and The Macleay ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Federal	Francis Clarke	unopposed
	National Federal hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings and The Macleay ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	Francis Clarke	791	51.8
	Free Trade	Walter Vivian	736	48.2
Total formal votes			1,527	99.1
Informal votes			14	0.9
Turnout			1,541	69.9
	Protectionist hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings and The Macleay ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	Francis Clarke	668	36.7
	Free Trade	Walter Vivian	556	30.6
	Ind. Protectionist	Otho Dangar	494	27.2
	Ind. Protectionist	Enoch Rudder	61	3.4
	Labour	Henry Stuart	40	2.2
Total formal votes			1,819	98.6
Informal votes			26	1.4
Turnout			1,845	82.4
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

Notes

^ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1917 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1913 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1910 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1907 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1904 The Hastings and The Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1901 The Hastings and The Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1900 Hastings and Macleay by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1898 Hastings and Macleay by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1898 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1895 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1894 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

[liberal-6] Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.

[Green_Hastings_and_Macleay-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1917_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1917_Hastings_and_Macleay-4] Green, Antony. "1917 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1913_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1913_Hastings_and_Macleay-5] Green, Antony. "1913 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1910_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Hastings_and_Macleay_1910-7] Green, Antony. "1910 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2019.

[Results_of_the_1907_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Hastings_and_Macleay_1907-8] Green, Antony. "1907 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2019.

[Results_of_the_1904_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1904_Hastings_and_Macleay-9] Green, Antony. "1904 The Hastings and The Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1901_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1901_Hastings_and_Macleay-10] Green, Antony. "1901 The Hastings and The Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 March 2020.

[1900_Hastings_and_Macleay_colonial_by-election_Green-11] Green, Antony. "1900 Hastings and Macleay by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[1898_Hastings_and_Macleay_colonial_by-election_Green-12] Green, Antony. "1898 Hastings and Macleay by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.

[Results_of_the_1898_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1898_Hastings_and_Macleay-13] Green, Antony. "1898 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1895_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1895_Hastings_and_Macleay-14] Green, Antony. "1895 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1894_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1894_Hastings_and_Macleay-15] Green, Antony. "1894 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.

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North coast	Byron Casino Grafton Manning Hastings Hastings and Macleay Hastings and Manning Macleay Macquarie Murwillumbah Raleigh Richmond Rous
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Sydney east	Alexandria Paddington Paddington-Waverley Randwick Surry Hills Waterloo Waverley Woollahra
Sydney south	Annandale Arncliffe Ashfield Ashfield-Croydon Balmain North Balmain South Bass Hill Burragorang Clyde Concord Cook's River Croydon Cumberland (South Riding) Darlington Dulwich Hill Enmore East Camden Eastern Suburbs Georges River Glebe Hurstville Ingleburn Lakemba Leichhardt Marrickville Menai Merrylands Narellan Newtown-Annandale Newtown-Camperdown Newtown-Erskine Newtown-St Peters Petersham Redfern Rozelle St George Smithfield South Sydney Sutherland Wentworthville West Camden Woronora Yaralla
Wollongong & south coast	Allowrie Bulli Bondi Botany Burwood Camperdown Corrimal Eden Eden-Bombala Illawarra Kembla Maneroo Moruya Munmorah St Vincent Shoalhaven United Counties of Murray and St Vincent Wollongong-Kembla
North west	Alma Armidale Bathurst (County) The Bogan Bourke Broken Hill Burrendong Carcoar Castlereagh Cobar Cook and Westmoreland Coonamble East Macquarie Glen Innes Gloucester Gloucester and Macquarie Goldfields North Gough Gunnedah Gwydir Hartley Inverell Liverpool Plains Liverpool Plains and Gwydir Moree Mudgee Namoi Narrabri New England New England and Macleay Phillip, Brisbane and Bligh Quirindi Roxburgh Rylstone Sturt Tenterfield Uralla-Walcha Western Boroughs Wilcannia Willyama
South west	Argyle Ashburnham Balranald Belubula Bingara Blayney Boorowa Bowral Braidwood Burrangong Burrinjuck Condoublin Corowa Cowra The Darling Deniliquin Forbes Goldfields South Goldfields West Grenfell Gundagai Hay Hume King and Georgiana Lachlan Lachlan and Lower Darling Lyndhurst Molong Murray-Darling Murrumbidgee Queanbeyan Southern Boroughs Southern Highlands Temora Tumut Wentworth Wynyard Yass Yass Plains Young
Queensland	Brisbane Burnett Clarence and Darling Downs Darling Downs East Moreton Ipswich Lachlan and Lower Darling Leichhardt, Queensland Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett and Maranoa Moreton, Wide Bay, Burnett, Maranoa, Leichhardt and Port Curtis Stanley Boroughs Stanley County West Moreton