Electoral results for the district of Grafton

Grafton, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1880 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1880		John See	None
1882
1885
1887			Protectionist
1889
1891
1895
1898
1901			Progressive

Election results

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Grafton [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	John See	843	94.2	+31.7
	Independent Liberal	Frederick Wilcox	52	5.8
Total formal votes			895	99.0	-0.5
Informal votes			9	1.0	+0.5
Turnout			904	37.9	-28.2
	Progressive hold

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Federal	John See	898	62.5
	Independent Federalist	Frederick McGuren	539	37.5
Total formal votes			1,437	99.5
Informal votes			7	0.5
Turnout			1,444	66.1
	National Federal hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	John See	unopposed
	Protectionist hold		Swing

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	John See	994	57.2
	Ind. Protectionist	William Hawthorne	636	36.6
	Ind. Protectionist	Edmund Hockey	109	6.3
Total formal votes			1,739	99.2
Informal votes			14	0.8
Turnout			1,753	83.2
	Protectionist hold

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Thursday 18 June [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	John See (re-elected)	unopposed
	Protectionist hold

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Monday 4 February [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	John See (elected)	955	71.2
	Protectionist	Richard Becher	386	28.8
Total formal votes			1,341	98.0
Informal votes			28	2.1
Turnout			1,369	59.9
	Protectionist hold

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Saturday 5 February [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	John See (re-elected)	unopposed

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Tuesday 15 October [11]

Candidate		Votes	%
John See (re-elected)		unopposed

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Saturday 9 December [12]

Candidate		Votes	%
John See (re-elected)		unopposed

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Friday 26 November [13]

Candidate		Votes	%
John See (elected)		636	55.4
Richard Stevenson		513	44.7
Total formal votes		1,149	97.2
Informal votes		33	2.8
Turnout		1,182	62.3
		(new seat)

Grafton was created from part of The Clarence.

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1901 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1898 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1895 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
7. Green, Antony. "1894 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
8. Green, Antony. "1891 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
9. Green, Antony. "1889 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
10. Green, Antony. "1887 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
11. Green, Antony. "1885 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
12. Green, Antony. "1882 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
13. Green, Antony. "1880 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.