Hastings was an

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of the Legislative Assembly in the

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n state of

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from 1859 to 1880. It was abolished in 1880 as part of the first major redistribution since 1858, replaced by Hastings and Manning from 1880 to 1894, which elected two members with voters casting two votes and the two leading candidates being elected. In 1894 it was divided between the single-member electoral district of Hastings and Macleay and Manning. In 1920

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was introduced and Hastings and Macleay was absorbed into the new four-member district of

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. The electorate was named after the

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

, the

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valleys of which contained most of its population.

Members for Hastings

Election results

References

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