Electoral district of Gloucester

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Gloucester was an

Oxley, along with Raleigh.[2] It was recreated in 1927,[3] and abolished in 1988 and replaced by Myall Lakes and Port Stephens.[4][5][6][7]

Members for Gloucester

First incarnation (1880–1920)
Member Party Term
  Archibald Jacob[8] None 1880–1882
 
Robert White [9]
None 1882–1887
  Jonathan Seaver[10] Free Trade 1887–1891
  John Hart[11] Free Trade 1891–1894
  Richard Price[12] Protectionist 189–1901
  Independent 1901–1904
  James Young[13] Liberal Reform 1904–1907
  Richard Price[12] Liberal Reform 1907–1917
  Independent 1917–1920
 
Second incarnation (1927–1988)
Member Party Term
  Walter Bennett[14] Nationalist 1927–1931
  United Australia 1931–1934
  Charles Bennett[14] United Australia 1934–1941
  Ray Fitzgerald[15] Independent 1941–1950
  Country 1950–1962
  Leon Punch[16] Country, National 1962–1985
  Wendy Machin[17] National 1985–1988

Election results

1985 Gloucester by-election
Saturday 1 February [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Wendy Machin 21,461 68.32
Independent Rodney Hickman 7,096 22.59
Nuclear Disarmament Marie-Anne Hockings 2,589 8.24
Small Business and Enterprise Party Kusala Fitzroy-Mendis 161 0.51
Small Business and Enterprise Party Stanley Fitzroy-Mendis 104 0.33
Total formal votes 31,411 97.62
Informal votes 765 2.38
Turnout 32,176 81.02
National hold Swing  
National MP Leon Punch resigned.[18]

References

  1. ^ "The Electoral Act". The Maitland Mercury. 20 July 1880. p. 6. Retrieved 22 August 2019 – via Trove.
  2. The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer
    . 1 July 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2019 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Acts, 1912-18-26". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 139. 26 October 1926. p. 4529. Retrieved 22 August 2019 – via Trove.
  4. ^ Green, Antony (October 1998). "Changing Boundaries, Changing Fortunes: an analysis of the NSW Elections of 1988 and 1991" (PDF). Occasional Paper No 7. NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  5. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Gloucester". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Mr Archibald Hamilton Jacob (1829–1900)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  9. ^ "Mr Robert Hoddle Driberg White (1838-1900)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Mr Jonathan Charles Billing Pockerage Seaver (1855- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Mr John Shadrach Hart (1838-1912)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
  12. ^ a b "Mr Richard Atkinson Price (1864–1936)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  13. ^ "Mr James Henry Young (1834-1908)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Mr Charles Edward Bennett (1894–1968)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  15. ^ "Mr Raymond Leo Fitzgerald (1879-1963)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 May 2019.
  16. ^ "The Hon. Leon Ashton Punch (1928–1991)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Ms Wendy Susan Machin (1958- )". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  18. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1985 Gloucester by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 September 2020.