Electoral district of Eden
Appearance
Eden was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1859 to 1894, including the town of Eden. From 1880 to 1894 it elected two members, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected. In 1894, single-member electorates were introduced statewide and Eden was split into Eden-Bombala (including Bombala) and Bega. Eden-Bombala was abolished in 1904 and absorbed into Monaro and Bega.[1][2][3]
Members for Eden
[edit]Single-member (1859–1880) | |||||||||||||||
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Member | Party | Term | |||||||||||||
Daniel Egan | None | 1859–1869 | |||||||||||||
Henry Clarke | None | 1869–1880 | |||||||||||||
Two members (1880–1894) | |||||||||||||||
Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||||||||||
Henry Clarke | None | 1880–1887 | James Garvan | None | 1880–1887 | ||||||||||
Protectionist | 1887–1894 | Protectionist | 1887–1894 |
Election results
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | Henry Clarke (elected 1) | 1,079 | 30.3 | ||
Protectionist | James Garvan (elected 2) | 1,021 | 28.7 | ||
Free Trade | William Neilley | 603 | 17.0 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | William Boot | 510 | 14.3 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Richard Crabb | 344 | 9.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,557 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 90 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 2,690 | 72.4 | |||
Protectionist hold 2 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Eden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Eden". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.