Glen Innes was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after Glen Innes. It was created in 1880 and gained a second member in 1889, with voters casting two votes with the two leading candidates being elected. In 1894, it became a single-member electorate and, in 1904, it was abolished and replaced by Gough.[1][2][3]
Members for Glen Innes
| Single-member (1880–1889) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |||||
| William Fergusson | None | 1880–1887 | |||||
| George Matheson | Free Trade | 1887–1889 | |||||
| Two members (1889–1894) | |||||||
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | ||
| Alexander Hutchison | Protectionist | 1889–1894 | Francis Wright | Protectionist | 1889–1894 | ||
| Single-member (1894–1904) | |||||||
| Member | Party | Term | |||||
| Francis Wright | Protectionist | 1894–1901 | |||||
| Protectionist | 1901–1903 | ||||||
| Follett Thomas | Liberal Reform | 1903–1904 | |||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Follett Thomas (elected) | 865 | 58.1 | +27.1 | |
| Progressive | Alexander Hay | 624 | 41.9 | +1.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,489 | 99.3 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 10 | 0.7 | -0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,499 | 66.6 [a] | +1.1 | ||
| Liberal Reform gain from Progressive | |||||