Electoral results for the district of Carcoar

Carcoar, 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]

ElectionMemberParty
1859 William WattNone
1860
1862 by William DalleyNone
1864 Barnard StimpsonNone
1869 Richard DriverNone
1872 Thomas WestNone
1874 Solomon MeyerNone
1876 by Andrew LynchNone
1877MemberParty
1880 Ezekiel BakerNone Andrew LynchNone
1881 by George CampbellNone
1882
1884 by Ezekiel BakerNone
1885 Charles GarlandNone
1887 Free Trade Charles JeanneretFree Trade
1889 John PlumbFree Trade
1891 Denis DonnellyProtectionist Charles JeanneretFree Trade

Election results

Elections in the 1890s

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Friday 19 June [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
ProtectionistDenis Donnelly (elected 1)1,12425.9
Free TradeCharles Jeanneret (elected 2)1,11025.6
Free TradeJohn Plumb (defeated)1,10325.4
ProtectionistAlfred Fremlin92121.2
ProtectionistEzekiel Baker811.9
Total formal votes4,33998.8
Informal votes511.2
Turnout2,32763.2
 Protectionist gain 1 from Free Trade
 Free Trade hold 1

Elections in the 1880s

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Saturday 9 February [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free TradeCharles Garland (elected 1)1,17427.7
Free TradeJohn Plumb (elected 2)1,14627.0
ProtectionistDenis Donnelly97222.9
ProtectionistAlfred Fremlin95322.5
Total formal votes4,24599.5
Informal votes230.5
Turnout2,29461.5
 Free Trade hold 2 

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Saturday 12 February [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free TradeCharles Garland (re-elected 1)1,16038.7
Free TradeCharles Jeanneret (elected 2)1,01433.8
ProtectionistFrancis Freehill82427.5
Total formal votes2,998100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout1,94055.2

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Friday 23 October [7]
CandidateVotes%
Charles Garland (elected 1)1,03439.5
Ezekiel Baker (re-elected 2)93235.6
Francis Freehill65525.0
Total formal votes2,62199.4
Informal votes170.6
Turnout1,72555.7

1884 by-election

1884 Carcoar by-election
Friday 21 November [8]
CandidateVotes%
Ezekiel Baker (elected)71545.9
Thomas Fitzpatrick42627.3
Charles Garland41726.7
Total formal votes1,558100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout1,55850.2
Andrew Lynch died.[8]

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Wednesday 6 December [9]
CandidateVotes%
George Campbell (re-elected 1)1,07440.7
Andrew Lynch (re-elected 2)83331.6
Thomas Fitzpatrick73227.7
Total formal votes2,63999.3
Informal votes190.7
Turnout1,56654.8

1881 by-election

1881 Carcoar by-election
Thursday 1 December [10]
CandidateVotes%
George Campbell (elected)84658.1
Ezekiel Baker (defeated)61041.9
Total formal votes1,45696.4
Informal votes553.6
Turnout1,51156.2
The sitting member Ezekiel Baker was expelled from the Assembly on allegations of bribery and corruption.[11]

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Monday 22 November [12]
CandidateVotes%
Ezekiel Baker (re-elected 1)1,32043.6
Andrew Lynch (re-elected 2)88329.2
William Suttor82527.3
Total formal votes3,02899.1
Informal votes291.0
Turnout1,72464.6
 (1 new seat)
Ezekiel Baker was the sitting member for the abolished district of Goldfields South.

Elections in the 1870s

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Tuesday 30 October [13]
CandidateVotes%
Andrew Lynch (re-elected)unopposed 

1876 by-election

1876 Carcoar by-election
Wednesday 14 June [14]
CandidateVotes%
Andrew Lynch (elected)unopposed 
Solomon Meyer resigned.[14]

1874-75

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Monday 28 December 1874 [15]
CandidateVotes%
Solomon Meyer (elected)52350.4
T R Icely51449.6
Total formal votes1,03797.5
Informal votes272.5
Turnout1,06452.0

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Monday 26 February [16]
CandidateVotes%
Thomas West (elected)unopposed

Elections in the 1860s

1869-70

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Thursday 23 December 1869 [17]
CandidateVotes%
Richard Driver (elected)unopposed

1864-65

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Wednesday 21 December 1864 [18]
CandidateVotes%
Barnard Stimpson (elected)unopposed

1862 by-election

1862 Carcoar by-election
Thursday 16 October [19]
CandidateVotes%
William Dalley (elected)unopposed 
William Watt resigned.[19]

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Tuesday 11 December [20]
CandidateVotes%
William Watt (re-elected)20255.0
James Murphy16545.0
Total formal votes36798.9
Informal votes41.1
Turnout37146.5

Elections in the 1850s

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Carcoar
Tuesday 21 June [21]
CandidateVotes%
William Watt (elected)unopposed

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