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Results Of The 1910 New South Wales State Election
The 1910 New South Wales state election involved 90 electoral district returning one member each. This was the first NSW election using a second ballot system. All previous elections had used a first past the post voting system, where a candidate might be elected with less than 50% of the vote especially where two or more similar candidates split the vote. Under the second ballot system, if a candidate failed to achieve at least 50% of the vote in an electorate, a run-off election would take place in the following weeks. In this election, 3 electorates proceeded to second round elections. At Durham and St Leonards the second round ballot was won by the leading candidate; however, at Hastings and Macleay the support from the Labour Party saw the independent overtake sitting Liberal Reform member to take the seat. The Labour Party fielded a candidate in every electorate, with the result that the only 3 uncontested seats, Broken Hill, Cobar and The Murray, were all held by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910 New South Wales State Election
The 1910 New South Wales state election was held on 14 October 1910 for all of the 90 seats in the 22nd New South Wales Legislative Assembly and it was conducted in single-member constituencies with a second ballot if a majority was not achieved on the first. Both adult males and females were entitled to vote, but not Indigenous people. The 21st parliament of New South Wales was dissolved on 14 September 1910 by the Governor, Lord Chelmsford, on the advice of the Premier Charles Wade. This was the first NSW election using a second ballot system. All previous elections had used a first past the post voting system, where a candidate might be elected with less than 50% of the vote especially where two or more similar candidates split the vote. There were 3 districts that required a second ballot, at Durham and St Leonards where the second round ballot was won by the leading candidate and at Hastings and Macleay where support from the Labour Party saw the independent overtake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Briner
George Stuart Briner (5 April 1862 – 9 September 1920) was an Australian politician. He was born in Morses Creek in Victoria to miner William Torents Briner and Mary Ann, ''née'' Whyatt. After attending Scotch College and the University of Melbourne, he worked as a teacher, and arrived in New South Wales in 1881, where he taught until 1891. In that year, he began work as a journalist for the ''Goulburn Evening Penny Post'' before moving to Bellingen and editing the '' Raleigh Sun'' (1894–98). In 1901 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the member for Raleigh, representing the Progressive Party. Following that party's collapse in 1907 he was one of the few members re-elected as a "Former Progressive", and he spent the next ten years sitting as an independent before joining the Nationalist Party in 1917. In 1920 he was elected as one of the members for Oxley representing the new Progressive Party, a forerunner of the Country Party, but he died at L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Annandale
Annandale was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1894, with the abolition of multi-member constituencies, from part of Balmain, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Annandale. With the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Balmain. It was recreated in 1927, but was abolished in 1950, and partly replaced by Newtown-Annandale. Members for Annandale The seat was first held by the Free Trade Party's William Mahony who won the inaugural election in 1894 without an absolute majority. He won the following election in 1895 with an increased swing of 22%. The 1898 election saw Mahony returned with a reduced majority. He also defeated Isaiah Reginald Cohen, a candidate he would go on defeat a further two times. Prior to the first election after federation in 1901, the and parties merged to form the Liberal Reform Party. Mahony, standing as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Morton (politician)
Mark Fairles Morton (28 September 1865 – 28 September 1938) was an Australian politician. He was born near Nowra to surveyor Henry Gordon Morton and Jane, ''née'' Fairlies. He attended Numbaa Public School and Hurstville College in Goulburn before working on the bridge over the Shoalhaven River at Nowra. He subsequently worked as a stock agent before settling in Nowra as an auctioneer. He served on Nowra Council from 1896, with a period as mayor in 1901. From 1906 to 1916 he was a member of the Aborigines Protection Board. On 6 March 1907, he married Minnie Fuller, with whom he had a son; on 23 April 1919 he married Sarah Emily Fuller. From a political family, his brothers Philip and Henry and his nephew Pat also served in the New South Wales Parliament, while his brother-in-law George Fuller was Premier. In 1901, he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the Liberal member for Shoalhaven. Shoalhaven was renamed Allowrie in 1904. By the time propo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Allowrie
Allowrie was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales first created in 1904 and replacing Shoalhaven and part of Moruya. Its name appears to be Aboriginal, meaning "pleasant place near the sea" or "high place near the sea" and may be the source of the name Illawarra. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Wollondilly, along with Wollongong. Members for Allowrie The seat's inaugural election in 1904 was won by Mark Morton who was the sitting MP for Shoalhaven. He defeated the sitting MP for Kiama, Alexander Campbell. Morton went to win the next four elections. He won unopposed in 1907 and defeated 's Charles William Craig twice 1910 and 1913. Prior the 1917 election, Morton became a member of the newly formed Nationalist Party and was returned with a slightly increased majority. The seat was abolished in 1920 and Morton went on to serve as the member for Wollondilly Wollondi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dacey
John Rowland Dacey (1 June 1854 – 11 April 1912) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He moved to Victoria, Australia, with his mother after his father died. Eventually orphaned, Dacey moved to Sydney with his wife and began working as a coachmaker. He began his involvement in politics with an election to local council then moved to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 24 June 1895 to his death on 11 April 1912, serving as Treasurer in his final two years. Throughout his parliamentary career, Dacey campaigned for a garden suburb which would provide government-owned, low-cost housing to the working class. After his death, the garden suburb of Daceyville was built in Sydney and named in honour of him. Early life John Dacey was born on 1 June 1854 in Cork, Ireland, to Thomas Dacey, a barrister, and Margaret (''née'' Jamson). After his father died, Dacey and his mother moved to Kyneton, Victoria in 1858. He was adopted by one Dr Smith in 1859 after his mother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Alexandria
Alexandria was an New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts, electoral district of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1904, partly replacing Electoral district of Waterloo, Waterloo, and named after and including the Sydney suburb of Alexandria, New South Wales, Alexandria. With the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Electoral district of Botany, Botany. It was recreated in 1927, but was abolished in 1930. Members for Alexandria John Dacey, the sitting MP for Electoral district of Botany, Botany since 1895, was defeated for Labor pre-selection in that seat. However he agreed to stand in the newly formed seat of Alexandria. His main opponent was George Anderson (Australian politician), George Anderson, the MP who had held the seat of Electoral district of Waterloo, Waterloo since its creation in 1894. In one of the close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Albury
Albury is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is currently held by Justin Clancy of the Liberal Party. Albury is a regional electorate in the state's south. It encompasses the local government areas of the City of Albury, Greater Hume Shire, Federation Council, part of Murrumbidgee Council, part of Snowy Valleys Council that includes the town of Cabramurra. Its significant population centres include Albury, Culcairn, Jindera, Corowa, Howlong, Holbrook, Jerilderie and Tumbarumba. History Albury was first created in 1880 from part of Hume and is named after the city of Albury. In 1920, Albury, Wagga Wagga and Corowa were absorbed into Murray, and four members were elected under proportional representation. At the end of proportional representation in 1927, Albury was recreated. Albury has generally been considered as a heartland seat for the Liberal Party and its predecessors. While Labor has occasionally managed to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electoral District Of Belmore
Belmore was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1904 in inner Sydney from Sydney-Belmore and parts of the abolished seats of Sydney-Cook and Sydney-Phillip. It was named after Governor Belmore. It was originally in northern Surry Hills bounded by George Street and the Darling Harbour railway line in the west, Cleveland Street in the south, Liverpool Street, Oxford Street in the north and Riley Street, Wilton Street and Waterloo streets in the east. In 1913 it absorbed part of the abolished seat of Pyrmont. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Sydney Sydney ( ) is the capital city of the state of New South Wales, and the most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Sydney Harbour and extends about towards the Blue Mountain .... Members for Belmore Elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward William O'Sullivan
Edward William O'Sullivan (17 March 1846 – 25 April 1910) was an Australian journalist and politician. Early life and journalism O'Sullivan was born in Launceston, Tasmania. His father deserted the family when he was a child and he was mainly educated by his mother Mary Ann who was the daughter of Edward Burgoyne, a soldier of the 63rd regiment orn Derry, Ireland c.1794by his wife Catherine Cruise. He started as a printer's devil on the ''Hobart Mercury'' but, being bright and intelligent, graduated at the desk, and became, when still young, a reporter for that paper. In 1869 he went to Sydney, but soon returned to Hobart and started a paper, the ''Tribune''. This had some success but selling out in 1873 O'Sullivan made for Melbourne,working as a journalist. He was editor of the St Arnaud ''Mercury'' for about three years. In 1878, he married Agnes Ann Firman and started working a The Argus. In 1882, he went to Sydney and for about a year was overseer in the ''Daily Tel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wynyard
Wynyard may refer to: Australia: *Wynyard, Sydney, the district of Sydney CBD around Wynyard railway station, Sydney *Wynyard Park, Sydney *Wynyard, Tasmania *County of Wynyard, in the Murrumbidgee–Tumut region of New South Wales Canada: *Wynyard, Saskatchewan, a town in east-central Saskatchewan New Zealand: *Wynyard Quarter, a waterfront precinct within Auckland CBD United Kingdom: * Wynyard, Hartlepool, a civil parish in County Durham * Wynyard, Stockton-on-Tees, a civil parish in County Durham *Wynyard Park, County Durham *Wynyard Woods a housing estate in Stockton-on-Tees *Wynyard School, a former school in Watford, Hertfordshire People: * Diana Wynyard (19061964), born Dorothy Isobel Cox; English stage and film actress * Edward Buckley Wynyard (17881864), English-born Australian military figure and politician * George Wynyard "Sherry" (18621944), New Zealand rugby union player * Henry Wynyard "Pie" (18631921), New Zealand rugby union player * James Wynyard (19141942), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Donaldson (politician)
Robert Thomas Donaldson (1851 – 5 August 1936) was an Irish-born Australian politician. He was born in County Westmeath to farmer Thomas Willett Donaldson and Barbara Shafgotch. The family emigrated to Australia around 1863 and Donaldson worked as a station hand and prospector in northern and central Queensland. After a visit to Britain in 1878 he returned to Queensland to become a railway construction inspector. On 25 July 1882 he married Edith Meek in Sydney. He moved to New South Wales permanently in 1883 to become contractors manager in the construction of the Cootamundra-Gundagai railway. He settled in Tumut, where he became alderman and later mayor. In 1898 he was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly as the independent member for Tumut. He joined the Progressive Party in 1901 and returned to independent status following that party's collapse in 1907. Having transferred to the seat of Wynyard in 1904, he contested Yass in 1913 as the candidate of the Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
