Electoral results for the district of Wollombi

Wollombi, 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
1859		William Cape	None
1860 by		Joseph Eckford	None
1860
1864
1869
1870 by
1872		James Cunneen	None
1874
1877		Joseph Eckford	None
1880
1882		Joseph Gorrick	None
1885		Lyall Scott	None
1886 by		Richard Stevenson	None
1887			Free Trade
1889			Protectionist
1891

Election results

1891

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Richard Stevenson (re-elected)	795	72.8
	Free Trade	Joseph Gorrick	297	27.2
Total formal votes			1,092	98.2
Informal votes			20	1.8
Turnout			1,112	46.3
	Protectionist hold

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi
Saturday 9 February [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Richard Stevenson (elected)	652	64.2
	Free Trade	Fred Walsh	363	35.8
Total formal votes			1,015	98.5
Informal votes			16	1.6
Turnout			1,031	45.7
	Member changed to Protectionist from Free Trade

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi
Saturday 19 February [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Richard Stevenson (re-elected)	578	55.5
	Free Trade	George Watt	463	44.5
Total formal votes			1,041	98.4
Informal votes			17	1.6
Turnout			1,058	55.3

1886 by-election

1886 Wollombi colonial by-election

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi
Saturday 31 October [7]

Candidate		Votes	%
Lyall Scott (elected)		592	62.8
Walter Vivian		257	27.3
George Anderson		69	7.3
A S Jaques		25	2.7
Total formal votes		943	99.0
Informal votes		10	1.1
Turnout		953	57.0

The sitting member Joseph Gorrick unsuccessfully contested Northumberland.

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi
Tuesday 12 December [8]

Candidate		Votes	%
Joseph Gorrick (elected)		437	53.0
Joseph Eckford (defeated)		388	47.0
Total formal votes		825	97.9
Informal votes		18	2.1
Turnout		843	62.6

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi
Wednesday 24 November [9]

Candidate		Votes	%
Joseph Eckford (re-elected)		406	42.3
Joseph Gorrick		328	34.1
Robert Higgins		227	23.6
Total formal votes		961	99.4
Informal votes		6	0.6
Turnout		967	75.1

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi
Friday 2 November [10]

Candidate		Votes	%
Joseph Eckford (elected)		237	36.6
Henry Levien		236	36.5
James Cunneen (defeated)		174	26.9
Total formal votes		647	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		647	60.6

1874

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi
Monday 14 December 1874 [11]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Cunneen (re-elected)		432	68.3
Joseph Eckford		201	31.8
Total formal votes		633	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		633	61.6

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi
Wednesday 21 February [12]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Cunneen (elected)		348	55.0
Joseph Eckford (defeated)		285	45.0
Total formal votes		633	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		633	54.0

1870 by-election

1870 Wollombi colonial by-election

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi
Monday 13 December 1869 [13]

Candidate		Votes	%
Joseph Eckford (re-elected)		414	55.7
Lyall Scott		330	44.4
Total formal votes		744	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		743	65.4

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi
Tuesday 13 December 1864 [14]

Candidate		Votes	%
Joseph Eckford (re-elected)		338	53.7
Lyall Scott		292	46.4
Total formal votes		630	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		630	58.2

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi
Saturday 15 December [15]

Candidate		Votes	%
Joseph Eckford (re-elected)		unopposed

1860 by-election

1860 Wollombi colonial by-election

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi
Monday 20 June [16]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Cape (elected)		unopposed

Notes

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