Cowra was an

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of the Legislative Assembly in the

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from 1894 to 1904, including the town of

Cowra Cowra is a small town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia. It is the largest population centre and the council seat for the Cowra Shire, with a population of 9,863. Cowra is located approximately above sea level, on the ...

History

Prior to 1894 the town of Cowra was part of the district of Carcoar which returned two members. Multi-member constituencies were abolished in the 1893 redistribution, resulting in the creation of 76 new districts, including Cowra. Carcoar was abolished and the eastern part was given to West Macquarie and the western part to the new district of Cowra, along with the south-western part of

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. The electoral district included parts of the counties of Bathurst and

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. At its establishment in 1894 Cowra had 1,903 enrolled voters, slightly less than the average of 2,046. Cowra was abolished in 1904 when the number of members of the Legislative Assembly was reduced from 125 to 90 as a result of the

1903 New South Wales referendum A referendum concerning the reduction of the members of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly was put to voters on 16 December 1903, in conjunction with the 1903 federal election. The referendum was conducted on the basis of optional preferen ...

. and was partly replaced by Belubula.

Members for Cowra

Election results

References

Former electoral districts of New South Wales Constituencies established in 1894 Constituencies disestablished in 1904 1894 establishments in Australia 1904 disestablishments in Australia {{NewSouthWales-gov-stub