Electoral results for the district of Wellington (New South Wales)

Wellington, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1859 and abolished in 1904.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Election		Party
1859	Nicolas Hyeronimus	None
1860 by	Silvanus Daniel	None
1860	Silvanus Daniel	None
1862 by	Saul Samuel	None
1864
1868 by
1869	Gerald Spring	None
1872	John Smith	None
1875	John Smith	None
1877	John Shepherd	None
1880	Edmund Barton	None
1882	David Ferguson	None
1885		None
1887		Protectionist
1889		Protectionist
1891 by	Thomas York	Protectionist
1891	Thomas York	Protectionist
1894	John Haynes	Free Trade
1895
1898
1901		Liberal Reform

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Wellington ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	John Haynes	1,239	54.1	−2.9
	Progressive	John McEwen	1,053	45.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			2,292	100.0	+1.5
Informal votes			0	0.0	−1.5
Turnout			2,292	61.1	−0.8
	Liberal Reform hold

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	John Haynes	1,026	57.0
	National Federal	William Galloway	775	43.0
Total formal votes			1,801	98.5
Informal votes			28	1.5
Turnout			1,829	61.9
	Free Trade hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	John Haynes	1,035	60.9
	Protectionist	Louis Veech	666	39.2
Total formal votes			1,701	99.3
Informal votes			12	0.7
Turnout			1,713	66.2
	Free Trade hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	John Haynes	831	40.8
	Labour	Michael O'Halloran	607	29.8
	Protectionist	Thomas York	580	28.5
	Ind. Protectionist	H Boehme	20	1.0
Total formal votes			2,038	98.0
Informal votes			41	2.0
Turnout			2,079	80.0
	Free Trade gain from Protectionist

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Saturday 20 June ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	Thomas York (re-elected)	448	38.5
	Protectionist	Thomas Quirk	383	32.9
	Labour	Michael O'Halloran	332	28.6
Total formal votes			1,163	98.7
Informal votes			15	1.3
Turnout			1,178	71.0
	Protectionist hold

1891 by-election

1891 Wellington by-election
Friday 29 May ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Thomas York (elected)	292	31.0
	Protectionist	Thomas Quirk	285	30.2
	Labour	Michael O'Halloran	221	23.4
	Labour	Alexander Riddel	145	15.4
Total formal votes			943	100.0	+3.3
Informal votes			0	0.0	−3.3
Turnout			943	58.5	+1.9
	Protectionist hold

David Ferguson (Protectionist) died.^[9]

Elections in the 1880s

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Saturday 2 February ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	David Ferguson (elected)	454	53.4
	Free Trade	H Montagu	318	37.4
	Protectionist	Michael O'Halloran	78	9.2
Total formal votes			850	96.7
Informal votes			29	3.3
Turnout			879	56.6
	Protectionist hold

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Saturday 19 February ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	David Ferguson (re-elected)	547	64.4
	Free Trade	W J Hill	303	35.7
Total formal votes			850	98.2
Informal votes			16	1.9
Turnout			866	64.5

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Tuesday 20 October ^[12]
Candidate	Votes	%
David Ferguson (re-elected)	458	58.9
Paddy Crick	258	33.2
E Bennett	61	7.9
Total formal votes	777	98.6
Informal votes	11	1.4
Turnout	787	59.8

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Monday 11 December ^[13]
Candidate	Votes	%
David Ferguson (elected)	518	78.5
William Shorter	142	21.5
Total formal votes	660	96.5
Informal votes	24	3.5
Turnout	684	53.9

The sitting member Edmund Barton successfully contested East Sydney.

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Monday 29 November ^[14]
Candidate		Votes	%
Edmund Barton (re-elected)		unopposed

The sitting member John Shepherd did not contest the election. Edmund Barton was the member for the abolished district of University of Sydney.

Elections in the 1870s

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Friday 2 November ^[15]
Candidate	Votes	%
John Shepherd (elected)	741	50.2
Patrick Jennings	595	40.3
Thomas Wythes	139	9.4
Total formal votes	1,475	99.4
Informal votes	9	0.6
Turnout	1,521	60.9

The sitting member was John Smith who unsuccessfully contested Nepean.

1875

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Thursday 7 January 1875 ^[16]
Candidate	Votes	%
John Smith (re-elected)	573	41.2
Thomas Wythes	524	37.7
John Hurley (defeated)	294	21.1
Total formal votes	1,391	98.3
Informal votes	24	1.7
Turnout	1,415	52.4

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Wednesday 28 February ^[17]
Candidate	Votes	%
John Smith (elected)	164	34.6
George Stephen	149	31.4
Gerald Spring (defeated)	100	21.1
Andrew Ross	61	12.9
William Dalley	0	0.0
William Forlonge	0	0.0
Total formal votes	474	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	591	37.8

Elections in the 1860s

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Tuesday 28 December 1869 ^[18]
Candidate	Votes	%
Gerald Spring (elected)	238	66.7
Andrew Ross	62	17.4
Charles Blakefield	57	16.0
Total formal votes	357	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	357	26.5

1868 by-election

1868 Wellington by-election
Thursday 8 February ^[19]
Candidate	Votes	%
Saul Samuel (re-elected)	173	68.9
Philip Holdsworth	78	31.1
Total formal votes	251	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	251	20.5

Saul Samuel was appointed Colonial Treasurer in the second Robertson ministry.^[19]

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Wednesday 21 December 1864 ^[20]
Candidate	Votes	%
Saul Samuel (re-elected)	345	66.4
James Martin	175	33.7
Total formal votes	520	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	520	33.5

1862 by-election

**1861 Wellington by-election**
Wednesday 26 February ^[21]
Candidate		Votes	%
Saul Samuel (elected)		unopposed

Silvanus Daniel resigned.^[21]

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Saturday 15 December ^[22]
Candidate	Votes	%
Silvanus Daniel (re-elected)	174	76.7
E B Cornish	53	23.4
Total formal votes	227	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	237	25.9

1860 by-election

**1860 Wellington by-election**
Thursday 26 July ^[23]
Candidate	Votes	%
Silvanus Daniel (elected)	165	78.2
James Garland	46	21.8
Total formal votes	548	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	548	58.0

Nicolas Hyeronimus died.^[23]

Elections in the 1850s

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Wellington
Wednesday 15 June ^[24]
Candidate	Votes	%
Nicolas Hyeronimus (elected)	100	52.9
Arthur Holroyd	89	47.1
Total formal votes	189	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	189	29.2

References

↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wellington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
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↑ Green, Antony. "1887 Wellington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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↑ Green, Antony. "1877 Wellington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
↑ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Wellington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
↑ Green, Antony. "1872 Wellington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
↑ Green, Antony. "1869-70 Wellington". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
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