Electoral results for the district of Wentworth

Wentworth, 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]

Single-member (1880–1885)
ElectionMemberParty
1880   William Brodribb None
1882 by   Edward Quin None
1882 MemberParty
1885   William MacGregor None
1887   (Sir) Joseph Abbott Protectionist   Ind. Free Trade
1887 by   Thomas Browne Protectionist
1889
1891   Independent
1894   Protectionist
1895
1898
1901   Robert Scobie Labor

Election results

1901
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Wentworth[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Wentworth [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Scobie 649 63.3 +32.3
Independent Harry Harben 258 25.2
Independent Thomas Boynton 85 8.3
Independent Liberal Alexander Cameron 34 3.3
Total formal votes 1,026 99.1 +0.3
Informal votes 9 0.9 -0.3
Turnout 1,035 60.7 +17.0
Labour gain from Progressive  
The sitting member was Sir Joseph Abbott (Protectionist) who did not contest the election.

1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Wentworth[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Sir Joseph Abbott 577 69.0
Labour Robert Scobie 259 31.0
Total formal votes 836 98.8
Informal votes 10 1.2
Turnout 846 43.7
National Federal hold  

1895
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Wentworth[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Sir Joseph Abbott 515 65.9
Labour Robert Scobie 266 34.1
Total formal votes 781 98.9
Informal votes 9 1.1
Turnout 790 51.0
Protectionist hold  

1894
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Wentworth[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Sir Joseph Abbott 476 55.4
Labour Robert Scobie 383 44.6
Total formal votes 859 97.4
Informal votes 23 2.6
Turnout 882 58.5
Member changed to Protectionist from Independent  
Joseph Abbott had been appointed as Speaker in 1890, was listed as an independent and elected unopposed. While he retained the role of Speaker he was opposed for this election and stood as a Protectionist.

1891
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Wentworth[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Thursday 18 June [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Joseph Abbott (elected) unopposed  
Member changed to Independent from Protectionist  
Joseph Abbott had been elected as a Protectionist however on his appointment as Speaker in 1890 he was listed as an independent.

1889
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Wentworth[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Thursday 31 January [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Joseph Abbott (elected) unopposed
Protectionist hold  
Wentworth previously returned two members, however it was split, with two new seats, Sturt and Wilcannia. One sitting member for Wentworth Joseph Abbott (Protectionist) was nominated for both Wentworth and East Sydney. The other member for Wentworth was Thomas Browne (Protectionist) who unsuccessfully contested Mudgee.

1887 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1887 Wentworth colonial by-election § Result[edit]
1887 Wentworth by-election
Wednesday 28 September [10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Browne 735 52.2
Free Trade John Griffin 672 47.8
Total formal votes 1,407 100
Informal votes 0 0.00
Turnout 1,407 25.1
Protectionist hold Swing 
William MacGregor resigned.[10]

1887
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Wentworth[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Saturday 26 February [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Joseph Abbott (re-elected 1) 939 34.5
Ind. Free Trade William MacGregor (re-elected 2) 779 28.6
Protectionist Thomas Browne (defeated) 636 23.4
Protectionist William Fergusson (defeated) 369 13.6
Total formal votes 2,723 98.6
Informal votes 38 1.4
Turnout 1,583 29.1
William MacGregor one of two sitting members for Wentworth. The other sitting member Edward Quin did not contest the election. Joseph Abbott was the member for Gunnedah, Thomas Browne was the member for Mudgee and William Fergusson was the member for Glen Innes.

1885
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Wentworth[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Saturday 31 October [13]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Quin (re-elected) unopposed  
William MacGregor (elected) unopposed  
  (1 new seat)

1882
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Wentworth[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Monday 18 December [14]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Quin (re-elected) 511 50.1
Evan Evans 509 49.9
Total formal votes 1,020 97.7
Informal votes 24 2.3
Turnout 1,044 35.1

1882 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1882 Wentworth colonial by-election § Result[edit]
1882 Wentworth by-election
Monday 23 January [15]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Quin (elected) 216 50.7
Evan Evans 210 49.3
Total formal votes 426 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 426 22.4
William Brodribb resigned to accept an appointment to the Legislative Council.[15]

1880
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Wentworth[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: Wentworth
Thursday 2 December [16]
Candidate Votes %
William Brodribb (elected) unopposed
  (new seat)

References
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  11. "The Wentworth election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 October 1887. p. 8. Retrieved 4 November 2020 – via Trove.
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