Electoral results for the district of Carcoar

Carcoar, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1859		William Watt	None
1860
1862 by		William Dalley	None
1864		Barnard Stimpson	None
1869		Richard Driver	None
1872		Thomas West	None
1874		Solomon Meyer	None
1876 by		Andrew Lynch	None
1877				Member		Party
1880		Ezekiel Baker	None		Andrew Lynch	None
1881 by		George Campbell	None
1882
1884 by					Ezekiel Baker	None
1885		Charles Garland	None
1887			Free Trade		Charles Jeanneret	Free Trade
1889					John Plumb	Free Trade
1891		Denis Donnelly	Protectionist		Charles Jeanneret	Free Trade

Election results

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Friday 19 June [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Denis Donnelly (elected 1)	1,124	25.9
	Free Trade	Charles Jeanneret (elected 2)	1,110	25.6
	Free Trade	John Plumb	1,103	25.4
	Protectionist	Alfred Fremlin	921	21.2
	Protectionist	Ezekiel Baker	81	1.9
Total formal votes			4,339	98.8
Informal votes			51	1.2
Turnout			2,327	63.2
	Protectionist gain 1 from Free Trade
	Free Trade hold 1

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Saturday 9 February [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Charles Garland (elected 1)	1,174	27.7
	Free Trade	John Plumb (elected 2)	1,146	27.0
	Protectionist	Denis Donnelly	972	22.9
	Protectionist	Alfred Fremlin	953	22.5
Total formal votes			4,245	99.5
Informal votes			23	0.5
Turnout			2,294	61.5
	Free Trade hold 2

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Saturday 12 February [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Charles Garland (re-elected 1)	1,160	38.7
	Free Trade	Charles Jeanneret (elected 2)	1,014	33.8
	Protectionist	Francis Freehill	824	27.5
Total formal votes			2,998	100.0
Informal votes			0	0.0
Turnout			1,940	55.2

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Friday 23 October [7]

Candidate		Votes	%
Charles Garland (elected 1)		1,034	39.5
Ezekiel Baker (re-elected 2)		932	35.6
Francis Freehill		655	25.0
Total formal votes		2,621	99.4
Informal votes		17	0.6
Turnout		1,725	55.7

1884 by-election

1884 Carcoar by-election
Friday 21 November [8]

Candidate		Votes	%
Ezekiel Baker (elected)		715	45.9
Thomas Fitzpatrick		426	27.3
Charles Garland		417	26.7
Total formal votes		1,558	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,558	50.2

Andrew Lynch died.[8]

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Wednesday 6 December [9]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Campbell (re-elected 1)		1,074	40.7
Andrew Lynch (re-elected 2)		833	31.6
Thomas Fitzpatrick		732	27.7
Total formal votes		2,639	99.3
Informal votes		19	0.7
Turnout		1,566	54.8

1881 by-election

1881 Carcoar by-election
Thursday 1 December [10]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Campbell (elected)		846	58.1
Ezekiel Baker (defeated)		610	41.9
Total formal votes		1,456	96.4
Informal votes		55	3.6
Turnout		1,511	56.2

The sitting member Ezekiel Baker was expelled from the Assembly on allegations of bribery and corruption.[11]

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Monday 22 November [12]

Candidate		Votes	%
Ezekiel Baker (re-elected 1)		1,320	43.6
Andrew Lynch (re-elected 2)		883	29.2
William Suttor		825	27.3
Total formal votes		3,028	99.1
Informal votes		29	1.0
Turnout		1,724	64.6
		(1 new seat)

Ezekiel Baker was the sitting member for the abolished district of Goldfields South.

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Tuesday 30 October [13]

Candidate		Votes	%
Andrew Lynch (re-elected)		unopposed

1876 by-election

1876 Carcoar by-election
Wednesday 14 June [14]

Candidate		Votes	%
Andrew Lynch (elected)		unopposed

Solomon Meyer resigned.[14]

1874-75

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Monday 28 December 1874 [15]

Candidate		Votes	%
Solomon Meyer (elected)		523	50.4
T R Icely		514	49.6
Total formal votes		1,037	97.5
Informal votes		27	2.5
Turnout		1,064	52.0

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Monday 26 February [16]

Candidate		Votes	%
Thomas West (elected)		unopposed

1869-70

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Thursday 23 December 1869 [17]

Candidate		Votes	%
Richard Driver (elected)		unopposed

1864-65

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Wednesday 21 December 1864 [18]

Candidate		Votes	%
Barnard Stimpson (elected)		unopposed

1862 by-election

1862 Carcoar by-election
Thursday 16 October [19]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Dalley (elected)		unopposed

William Watt resigned.[19]

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Tuesday 11 December [20]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Watt (re-elected)		202	55.0
James Murphy		165	45.0
Total formal votes		367	98.9
Informal votes		4	1.1
Turnout		371	46.5

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Tuesday 21 June [21]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Watt (elected)		unopposed

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