East Macquarie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales between 1859 and 1894, in the Bathurst region. It was represented by two members, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected. [1] [2] [3]
Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
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William Suttor, Sr. [4] | None | 1859–1859 | William Cummings | None | 1859–1874 | ||
Thomas Hawkins | None | 1859–1860 | |||||
Daniel Deniehy | None | 1860–1860 | |||||
William Suttor, Sr. [4] | None | 1860–1864 | |||||
David Buchanan [5] | None | 1864–1867 | |||||
John Suttor | None | 1867–1872 | |||||
James Martin [6] | None | 1872–1873 | |||||
Walter Cooper | None | 1873–1874 | |||||
John Booth | None | 1875–1877 | | William Suttor, Jr. | None | 1875–1879 | |
John Robertson [7] | None | 1877–1878 | |||||
Edmund Webb | None | 1878–1881 | |||||
| Edward Combes [8] | None | 1879–1885 | ||||
Alfred Pechey | None | 1882–1882 | |||||
Sydney Smith | None | 1882–1894 | |||||
John Shepherd | None | 1885–1887 | |||||
Free Trade | 1887–1894 | James Tonkin | Free Trade | 1887–1894 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Sydney Smith (re-elected 1) | 961 | 37.8 | ||
Free Trade | James Tonkin (re-elected 2) | 893 | 35.1 | ||
Protectionist | Alfred Hales | 688 | 27.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,542 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,621 | 62.4 | |||
Free Trade hold 2 |
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