Molong was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1880 and named after and including Molong.[1][2][3] The district was abolished in 1904 as a result of the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which reduced the number of members of the Legislative Assembly from 125 to 90,[4] and the district was divided between the districts of Ashburnham, Belubula and Orange.[5]
Members for Molong
edit| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Ross | None | 1880–1887 | |
| Ind. Protectionist | 1887–1889 | ||
| Protectionist | 1889–1901 | ||
| Progressive | 1901–1904 | ||
| Independent Liberal | 1904 | ||
Election results
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | Andrew Ross | 671 | 55.2 | +10.6 | |
| Liberal Reform | John Withington | 544 | 44.8 | +13.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,215 | 99.1 | −0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 11 | 0.9 | +0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 1,226 | 56.6 | −4.9 | ||
| Progressive hold | |||||
References
edit- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 October 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Dr Andrew Ross (1829-1910)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "The new electorates: where and what they are". Evening News. 26 March 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 7 December 2019 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Molong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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