Electoral district of Wollombi

Wollombi was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It was created in 1859, named after and including the town of Wollombi, however the district extended to the coast including the towns of Gosford and Norah. The southern border was the Hawkesbury River while the northern border was Lake Macquarie and Dora Creek. It was abolished in 1894 and absorbed into Northumberland.[1][2][3]

Members for Wollombi

	Party	Period
William Cape	None	1859–1860
Joseph Eckford	None	1860–1872
James Cunneen	None	1872–1877
Joseph Eckford	None	1877–1882
Joseph Gorrick	None	1882–1885
Lyall Scott	None	1885–1886
Richard Stevenson	None	1886–1887
	Free Trade	1887–1889
	Protectionist	1889–1894

Election results

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi
Monday 29 June [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	Richard Stevenson (re-elected)	795	72.8
	Free Trade	Joseph Gorrick	297	27.2
Total formal votes			1,092	98.2
Informal votes			20	1.8
Turnout			1,112	46.3
	Protectionist hold

References

"Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
"Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wollombi 1859-1894". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
Green, Antony. "1891 Wollombi". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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[5B_record-1] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[2] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[Elections_Wollombi-3] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wollombi 1859-1894". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[Results_of_the_1891_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1891_Wollombi-4] Green, Antony. "1891 Wollombi". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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