Electoral district of Condoublin

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Condoublin was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894 to 1901, in the Condobolin area. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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History

Prior to 1894 the town, then known as Condoublin, was part of the district of Forbes, which returned two members. Multi-member constituencies were abolished in the 1893 redistribution, resulting in the creation of 76 new districts, including Condoublin. [5] Forbes was abolished and largely divided between the new district of Condoublin and the recreated district of The Lachlan, with the remainder going to Cobar. Condoublin also absorbed part of the abolished district of The Bogan. The electoral district included all of the counties of Cunningham and Kennedy as well as parts of the surrounding counties of Flinders, Narromine and Oxley. [6] [7] At its establishment in 1894 Condoublin had 1,883 enrolled voters, slightly less than the average of 2,046. [8]

Condoublin was abolished in 1904 and absorbed by the districts of Ashburnham, Cobar and The Lachlan. [9]

Members for Condoublin

MemberPartyTerm
  Thomas Brown Independent Labour 1894–1895
  Labour 1895–1901
  Patrick Clara Labour 1901–1904

Election results

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Condoublin.[ edit ]
1901 New South Wales state election: Condoublin  [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Clara 57536.1-18.4
Independent Andrew Stewart56035.1
Independent Liberal David Tasker26816.8
Independent William Nash966.0
Independent William Wilkinson956.0
Total formal votes1,59499.3-
Informal votes110.7-
Turnout 1,60557.9+3.3
Labour hold 
The election was overturned by the Elections and Qualifications Committee due to irregularities in the poll and Patrick Clara retained the seat for Labour at the subsequent by-election.

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References

  1. ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Condoublin". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Mr Thomas Brown (2) (1861-1935)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mr Patrick James Clara (1863-1915)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "1893 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  6. ↑ "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette . 23 August 1893. p. 6583. Retrieved 12 April 2020– via Trove.
  7. ↑ "Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts". New South Wales Government Gazette . 5 October 1893. p. 7751. Retrieved 12 April 2020– via Trove.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Turnout". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "The new electorates: where and what they are". Evening News . 26 March 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 7 December 2019– via Trove.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Condoublin". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 March 2020.


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