Electoral results for the district of Wellington (New South Wales)

Wellington, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1859 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1859		Nicolas Hyeronimus	None
1860 by		Silvanus Daniel	None
1860
1862 by		Saul Samuel	None
1864
1868 by
1869		Gerald Spring	None
1872		John Smith	None
1875
1877		John Shepherd	None
1880		Edmund Barton	None
1882		David Ferguson	None
1885			Protectionist
1887		Protectionist
1889
1891 by		Thomas York	Free Trade
1891
1894		John Haynes	Free Trade
1895
1898
1901			Liberal Reform

Election results

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Wellington [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	John Haynes	1,239	54.1	-2.9
	Progressive	John McEwen	1,053	45.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			2,292	100.0	+1.5
Informal votes			0	0.0	-1.5
Turnout			2,292	61.1	-0.8
	Liberal Reform hold

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	John Haynes	1,026	57.0
	National Federal	William Galloway	775	43.0
Total formal votes			1,801	98.5
Informal votes			28	1.5
Turnout			1,829	61.9
	Free Trade hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	John Haynes	1,035	60.9
	Protectionist	Louis Veech	666	39.2
Total formal votes			1,701	99.3
Informal votes			12	0.7
Turnout			1,713	66.2
	Free Trade hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	John Haynes	831	40.8
	Labour	Michael O'Halloran	607	29.8
	Protectionist	Thomas York	580	28.5
	Ind. Protectionist	H Boehme	20	1.0
Total formal votes			2,038	98.0
Informal votes			41	2.0
Turnout			2,079	80.0
	Free Trade gain from Protectionist

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Saturday 20 June [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Thomas York (re-elected)	448	38.5
	Protectionist	Thomas Quirk	383	32.9
	Protectionist	Michael O'Halloran	332	28.6
Total formal votes			1,163	98.7
Informal votes			15	1.3
Turnout			1,178	71.0
	Protectionist hold

1891 by-election

1891 Wellington colonial by-election

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Saturday 2 February [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	David Ferguson (elected)	454	53.4
	Free Trade	H Montagu	318	37.4
	Protectionist	Michael O'Halloran	78	9.2
Total formal votes			850	96.7
Informal votes			29	3.3
Turnout			879	56.6
	Protectionist hold

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Saturday 19 February [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	David Ferguson (re-elected)	547	64.4
	Free Trade	W J Hill	303	35.7
Total formal votes			850	98.2
Informal votes			16	1.9
Turnout			866	64.5

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Tuesday 20 October [11]

Candidate		Votes	%
David Ferguson (re-elected)		458	58.9
Paddy Crick		258	33.2
E Bennett		61	7.9
Total formal votes		777	98.6
Informal votes		11	1.4
Turnout		787	59.8

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Monday 11 December [12]

Candidate		Votes	%
David Ferguson (elected)		518	78.5
William Shorter		142	21.5
Total formal votes		660	96.5
Informal votes		24	3.5
Turnout		684	53.9

The sitting member Edmund Barton successfully contested East Sydney.

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Monday 29 November [13]

Candidate		Votes	%
Edmund Barton (re-elected)		unopposed

The sitting member John Shepherd did not contest the election. Edmund Barton was the member for the abolished district of University of Sydney.

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Friday 2 November [14]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Shepherd (elected)		741	50.2
Patrick Jennings		595	40.3
Thomas Wythes		139	9.4
Total formal votes		1,475	99.4
Informal votes		9	0.6
Turnout		1,521	60.9

The sitting member was John Smith who unsuccessfully contested Nepean.

1875

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Thursday 7 January 1875 [15]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Smith (re-elected)		573	41.2
Thomas Wythes		524	37.7
John Hurley (defeated)		294	21.1
Total formal votes		1,391	98.3
Informal votes		24	1.7
Turnout		1,415	52.4

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Wednesday 28 February [16]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Smith (elected)		164	34.6
George Stephen		149	31.4
Gerald Spring (defeated)		100	21.1
Andrew Ross		61	12.9
William Dalley		0	0.0
William Forlonge		0	0.0
Total formal votes		474	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		591	37.8

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Tuesday 28 December 1869 [17]

Candidate		Votes	%
Gerald Spring (elected)		238	66.7
Andrew Ross		62	17.4
Charles Blakefield		57	16.0
Total formal votes		357	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		357	26.5

1868 by-election

1868 Wellington colonial by-election

1864

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

Candidate		Votes	%
Saul Samuel (re-elected)		345	66.4
James Martin		175	33.7
Total formal votes		520	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		520	33.5

1862 by-election

1862 Wellington colonial by-election

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Saturday 15 December [19]

Candidate		Votes	%
Silvanus Daniel (re-elected)		174	76.7
E B Cornish		53	23.4
Total formal votes		227	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		237	25.9

1860 by-election

1860 Wellington colonial by-election

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Wednesday 15 June [20]

Candidate		Votes	%
Nicholas Hyeronimus		100	52.9
Arthur Holroyd		89	47.1
Total formal votes		189	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		189	29.2

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