Electoral results for the district of Balranald

Balranald, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894.[1][2][3]

Single-member (1859–1880)
Election	Member		Party
1859		Augustus Morris	None
1860
1864-65		Joseph Phelps	None
1869-70
1872
1874-75
1877		Colin Simson	None
Two members (1880–1894)
Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1880		Robert Wilkinson	None		John Cramsie	None
1882
1885
1887			Ind. Free Trade		Allen Lakeman	Ind. Protectionist
1889			Free Trade			Protectionist
1891					James Newton	Labour

Election results

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Monday 29 June [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Newton (elected 1)	828	30.5
	Free Trade	Robert Wilkinson (elected 2)	705	26.0
	Protectionist	Allen Lakeman	650	23.9
	Protectionist	A L P Cameron	532	19.6
Total formal votes			2,715	99.2
Informal votes			22	0.8
Turnout			1,639	43.2
	Labour gain 1 from Protectionist
	Free Trade hold 1

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Monday 28 January [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Allen Lakeman (elected)	unopposed
	Free Trade	Robert Wilkinson (elected)	unopposed
	Member changed to Protectionist from Ind. Protectionist
	Member changed to Free Trade from Ind. Free Trade

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Thursday 24 February [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Protectionist	Allen Lakeman (elected 1)	946	40.4
	Ind. Free Trade	Robert Wilkinson (re-elected 2)	777	33.2
	Independent	Alexander Cameron	621	26.5
Total formal votes			2,344	98.2
Informal votes			43	1.8
Turnout			1,589	39.4

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Wednesday 28 October [7]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Wilkinson (re-elected 1)		1,025	37.2
John Cramsie (re-elected 2)		941	34.1
Allen Lakeman		790	28.7
Total formal votes		2,756	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		2,756	36.5

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Wednesday 20 December [8]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Wilkinson (re-elected)		unopposed
John Cramsie (re-elected)		unopposed

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Thursday 2 December [9]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Cramsie (elected 1)		1,039	35.8
Robert Wilkinson (elected 2)		1,002	34.5
James Warby		482	16.6
Total formal votes		378	100.0
Informal votes		2,901	0.0
Turnout		2,921	49.9
		(1 new seat)

The sitting member Colin Simson did not contest the election.

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Monday 12 November [10]

Candidate		Votes	%
Collin Simson		623	79.8
John Smart		158	20.2
Total formal votes		781	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		797	23.2

1874-75

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Monday 11 January 1875 [11]

Candidate		Votes	%
Joseph Phelps (re-elected)		unopposed

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Thursday 28 March [12]

Candidate		Votes	%
Joseph Phelps (re-elected)		unopposed

1869-70

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Wednesday 5 January 1870 [13]

Candidate		Votes	%
Joseph Phelps (re-elected)		unopposed

1864-65

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Wednesday 18 January 1865 [14]

Candidate		Votes	%
Joseph Phelps (elected)		unopposed

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Wednesday 19 December [15]

Candidate		Votes	%
Augustus Morris (re-elected)		unopposed

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Tuesday 5 July [16]

Candidate		Votes	%
Augustus Morris (elected)		119	81.5
William Brodribb		27	18.5
Total formal votes		146	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		146	37.4

References

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