Electoral results for the district of Glen Innes

Glen Innes 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]

Election	Member		Party
1880		William Fergusson	None
1882
1885
1887		George Matheson	Free Trade	Member		Party
1889		Alexander Hutchison	Protectionist		Francis Wright	Protectionist
1891
1894		Francis Wright	Protectionist
1895
1898
1901			Progressive
1903 by		Follett Thomas	Liberal Reform

Election results

1903 by-election

1903 Glen Innes by-election
Wednesday 28 October [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Follett Thomas	865	58.1
	Progressive	Alexander Hay	624	41.9
Total formal votes			1,489	99.3
Informal votes			10	0.7
Turnout			1,499	66.6 [lower-alpha 1]
	Liberal Reform gain from Progressive

Francis Wright died.[4]

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Glen Innes [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Francis Wright	584	40.1	-9.3
	Independent Liberal	Follet Thomas	452	31.0
	Independent	Thomas Chandler	421	28.9	-14.4
Total formal votes			1,457	98.8	-0.5
Informal votes			18	1.2	+0.5
Turnout			1,475	65.5	+10.3
	Progressive hold

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Glen Innes [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Federal	Francis Wright	520	49.4
	Independent	Thomas Chandler	455	43.3
	Independent	John Wetherspoon	77	7.3
Total formal votes			1,052	99.3
Informal votes			8	0.8
Turnout			1,060	55.2
	National Federal hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Glen Innes [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Francis Wright	510	46.8
	Independent Labour	Alexander Hutchison	368	33.8
	Free Trade	John Wetherspoon	211	19.4
Total formal votes			1,089	99.3
Informal votes			8	0.7
Turnout			1,097	62.0
	Protectionist hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Glen Innes [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Francis Wright	589	44.2
	Protectionist	Alexander Hutchison	508	38.1
	Ind. Protectionist	William Cameron	200	15.0
	Labour	John Souter	37	2.8
Total formal votes			1,334	98.7
Informal votes			18	1.3
Turnout			1,352	77.3
	Protectionist win		(previously 2 members)

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Glen Innes
Saturday 27 June [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Francis Wright (re-elected 1)	877	33.7
	Protectionist	Alexander Hutchison (re-elected 2)	747	28.7
	Free Trade	George Simpson	506	19.4
	Protectionist	Christopher Legh	474	18.2
Total formal votes			2,604	98.8
Informal votes			31	1.2
Turnout			1,593	59.0
	Protectionist hold 2

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Glen Innes
Saturday 16 February [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Francis Wright (elected 1)	671	31.2
	Protectionist	Alexander Hutchison (elected 2)	578	26.9
	Protectionist	William Fergusson	478	22.2
	Free Trade	Walter Vivian	423	19.7
Total formal votes			2,150	99.1
Informal votes			19	0.9
Turnout			1,375	59.8
	Protectionist win 1 and gain 1 from Free Trade		(1 new seat)

The sitting member George Matheson (Free Trade) did not contest the election.

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Glen Innes
Saturday 19 February [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	George Matheson (elected)	604	51.6
	Protectionist	Alexander Hutchison	567	48.4
Total formal votes			1,171	98.3
Informal votes			20	1.7
Turnout			1,191	42.1

The sitting member William Fergusson unsuccessfully contested Wentworth.

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Glen Innes
Monday 19 October [13]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Fergusson (re-elected)		574	55.3
Alexander Hutchison		398	38.3
W Pomeroy		66	6.4
Total formal votes		1,038	97.7
Informal votes		25	2.4
Turnout		1,061	43.7

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Glen Innes
Wednesday 20 December [14]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Fergusson (re-elected)		unopposed
Total formal votes		1,049	97.2
Informal votes		30	2.8
Turnout		1,079	45.7

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Glen Innes
Wednesday 24 November [15]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Fergusson (elected)		514	54.3
Edward Bennett		432	45.7
Total formal votes		946	98.3
Informal votes		16	1.7
Turnout		972	61.7
		(new seat)

Glen Innes was created from the northern part of New England.

Notes

1. Estimate based on a roll of 2,252 at the 1901 election.[5]

References

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3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
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