Electoral results for the district of New England

New England, 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]

Single-member (1859–1880)
Election	Member		Party
1859		James Hart	None
1860		George Markham	None
1862 by		Robert Forster	None
1864		Theophilus Cooper	None
1869		Charles Weaver	None
1871 by		Samuel Terry	None
1874
1877
Two members (1880–1891)
Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1880		Henry Copeland	None		William Proctor	None
1882		James Farnell	None
1885		James Inglis	None
1887 by
1887			Free Trade		Henry Copeland	Protectionist
1889
Three members (1891–1894)
Election	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1891		James Inglis	Free Trade		Henry Copeland	Protectionist		Edmund Lonsdale	Free Trade

Election results

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Thursday 25 June [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	James Inglis (re-elected 1)	1,731	19.5
	Protectionist	Henry Copeland (re-elected 2)	1,563	17.6
	Free Trade	Edmund Lonsdale (elected 3)	1,544	17.4
	Protectionist	Charles Wilson	1,399	15.7
	Free Trade	George Meallin	1,353	15.2
	Protectionist	William Proctor	1,311	14.7
Total formal votes			8,901	99.5
Informal votes			42	0.5
Turnout			3,247	60.8
	Free Trade hold 1, win 1		(1 new seat)
	Protectionist hold 1

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Monday 4 February [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Henry Copeland (elected 1)	1,396	34.9
	Free Trade	James Inglis (elected 2)	1,099	27.4
	Protectionist	William Proctor	1,052	26.3
	Protectionist	Charles Givney	459	11.5
Total formal votes			4,006	99.2
Informal votes			31	0.8
Turnout			3,064	73.6
	Protectionist hold 1
	Free Trade hold 1

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Thursday 10 February [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	James Inglis (re-elected 1)	1,371	46.1
	Protectionist	Henry Copeland (re-elected 2)	999	33.6
	Protectionist	Charles Givney	603	20.3
Total formal votes			2,973	99.0
Informal votes			31	1.0
Turnout			2,108	53.9

1887 by-election

1887 New England colonial by-election

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Saturday 31 October [7]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Inglis (elected 1)		1,233	35.6
William Proctor (re-elected 2)		1,191	34.4
William Drew		580	16.7
William Dowel		285	8.2
Charles Givney		177	5.1
Total formal votes		3,466	98.8
Informal votes		41	1.2
Turnout		2,024	55.7

The sitting member James Farnell was appointed to the Legislative Council and did not contest the election.

1882

1872 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Friday 8 March [8]

Candidate		Votes	%
Samuel Terry (re-elected)		1,098	84.3
William Windeyer		205	15.7
Total formal votes		1,303	98.6
Informal votes		19	1.4
Turnout		1,322	49.9

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Thursday 2 December [9]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Proctor (elected 1)		962	35.8
Henry Copeland (re-elected 2)		909	33.9
Jeremiah O'Connell		814	30.3
Total formal votes		2,685	99.2
Informal votes		23	0.9
Turnout		1,779	51.9
		(1 new seat)

The sitting member Samuel Terry successfully contested Mudgee. Henry Copeland was the member for the abolished seat of Goldfields North.

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Saturday 3 November [10]

Candidate		Votes	%
Samuel Terry (re-elected)		736	58.6
Robert Forster (defeated)		521	41.5
Total formal votes		1,257	96.8
Informal votes		42	3.2
Turnout		1,299	49.2

1874

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Thursday 7 January 1875 [11]

Candidate		Votes	%
Samuel Terry (re-elected)		unopposed

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Friday 8 March [8]

Candidate		Votes	%
Samuel Terry (re-elected)		1,098	84.3
William Windeyer		205	15.7
Total formal votes		1,303	98.6
Informal votes		19	1.4
Turnout		1,322	49.9

1871 by-election

1871 New England colonial by-election

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Thursday 23 December 1869 [12]

Candidate		Votes	%
Charles Weaver (elected)		759	59.2
Robert Forster		520	40.6
Alexander Black		3	0.2
Total formal votes		1,282	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,319	58.7

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Saturday 24 December 1864 [13]

Candidate		Votes	%
Theophilus Cooper (elected)		559	53.7
Robert Forster (defeated)		482	46.3
Total formal votes		1,041	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,041	60.8

1862 by-election

1862 New England colonial by-election

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Monday 24 December [14]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Markham (elected)		475	60.7
Thomas Rusden		304	38.9
John Eames		2	0.3
James Hart		1	0.1
Total formal votes		782	98.5
Informal votes		12	1.5
Turnout		794	53.7

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: New England
Thursday 30 June [15]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Hart (re-elected)		310	50.1
Thomas Rusden		307	49.6
John Eames		2	0.3
Total formal votes		619	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		619	55.0

Notes

References

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