Colonial election for New South Wales, Australia in 1877
New South Wales colonial election, 24 October – 12 November 1877 Legislative Assembly << 1874–75 –1880 >>
Enrolled voters
Votes cast
98,503
Turnout
48.31
+1.10
Informal votes
680
Informal
1.01
−0.19
Summary of votes by party
Party
Primary votes
%
Swing
Seats
Change
Total
98,503
73
The 1877 New South Wales colonial election was for 73 members representing 61 electoral districts . The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system. In this election there were 8 multi-member districts returning 20 members and 53 single member districts. In the multi-member districts each elector could vote for as many candidates as there were vacancies. 17 districts were uncontested. There was no recognisable party structure at this election.
There were four districts that did not have a residential or property qualification, Goldfields North (1,200), Goldfields South (1,500), Goldfields West (10,000) and University of Sydney (158). The average number of enrolled voters per seat in the other districts was 2,342 ranging from The Paterson (556) to The Bogan (7,401). The electoral boundaries were established under the Electoral Act 1858 (NSW).
Election results
Argyle
Balranald
Bathurst
The Bogan
Braidwood
Camden
Canterbury
Carcoar
The Clarence
Central Cumberland
The other sitting member William Long successfully contested Parramatta .
East Macquarie
East Maitland
East Sydney
1877 New South Wales colonial election : East Sydney
Candidate
Votes
%
John Macintosh (re-elected 1)
4,112
19.0
John Davies (re-elected 2)
3,761
17.4
James Greenwood (elected 3)
3,493
16.1
Alexander Stuart (re-elected 4)
2,930
13.5
Sir Henry Parkes (defeated)
2,843
13.1
Sedgwick Cowper
1,335
6.2
Francis Dixon
1,302
6.0
Isaac Josephson
1,029
4.8
Ninian Melville
540
2.5
Josiah Mason
173
0.8
William Cover
77
0.4
George Perry
60
0.3
Total formal votes
21,655
100.0
Informal votes
0
0.0
Turnout
7,156
54.1
Eden
The Glebe
Goldfields South
Goldfields West
Goldfields North
Goulburn
The Gwydir
Hartley
The Hastings
The Hawkesbury
The Hume
The Hunter
Illawarra
Kiama
The Lachlan
Liverpool Plains
The Lower Hunter
Monara
Morpeth
Mudgee
The Murray
The Murrumbidgee
Narellan
The Nepean
The sitting member was Patrick Shepherd who did not contest the election. John Smith was the sitting member for Wellington .
New England
Newcastle
Newtown
Northumberland
Orange
Paddington
Parramatta
The other sitting member Charles Byrnes did not contest the election. William Long was the member for Central Cumberland .
The Paterson
Patrick's Plains
Queanbeyan
Shoalhaven
St Leonards
Tenterfield
The Tumut
University of Sydney
The Upper Hunter
Wellington
The sitting member was John Smith who unsuccessfully contested Nepean .
West Macquarie
West Maitland
West Sydney
1877 New South Wales colonial election : West Sydney
Candidate
Votes
%
James Merriman (elected 1)
2,929
15.9
Angus Cameron (re-elected 2)
2,373
12.9
Daniel O'Connor (elected 3)
2,249
12.2
John Harris (elected 4)
2,117
11.5
Henry Dangar (defeated)
2,010
10.9
Sir John Robertson (defeated)
1,892
10.3
Thomas White
1,602
8.7
George Dibbs (defeated)
1,394
7.6
Jacob Garrard
675
3.7
Benjamin Palmer
627
3.4
Joseph O'Connor
404
2.2
Archibald Hamilton
111
0.6
Henry Fisher
74
0.4
Total formal votes
18,457
100.0
Informal votes
0
0.0
Turnout
6,542
64.8
The Williams
William Johnston had won the seat at the 1877 by-election . John Booth was one of the sitting members for East Macquarie .
Windsor
Wollombi
Yass Plains
See also
References
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Green, Antony . "1877 Turnout" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 April 2020.Electoral Act 1858 "1858 Redistribution" . Atlas of New South Wales . NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.Green, Antony . "1877 Argyle" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Balranald" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Bathurst" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Bogan" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Braidwood" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Camden" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Canterbury" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Carcoar" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Clarence" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Central Cumberland" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.^ Green, Antony . "1877 Parramatta" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 September 2019.
Green, Antony . "1877 East Macquarie" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 East Maitland" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 East Sydney" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Eden" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Glebe" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Goldfields South" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Goldfields West" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Goldfields North" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Goulburn" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Gwydir" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Hartley" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Hastings" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Hawkesbury" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Hume" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Hunter" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Illawarra" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Kiama" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Lachlan" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Liverpool Plains" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Lower Hunter" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Monaro" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Morpeth" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Mudgee" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Murray" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Murrumbidgee" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Narellan" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Nepean" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 New England" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Newcastle" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Newtown" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Northumberland" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Orange" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Paddington" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Paterson" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Patrick's Plain" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2021.Green, Antony . "1877 Queanbeyan" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Shoalhaven" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 St Leonards" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Tenterfield" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Tumut" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 University of Sydney" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Upper Hunter" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Wellington" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 West Macquarie" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 West Maitland" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 West Sydney" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 The Williams" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Windsor" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Wollombi" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.Green, Antony . "1877 Yass Plains" . New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007 . Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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