Electoral district of Blayney

Blayney was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1904 re-distirbution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.[1] It consisted of parts of Hartley, The Macquarie and the abolished seat of West Macquarie, and named after and including Blayney. It was abolished in 1913 and partly replaced by Lyndhurst.[2][3][4]

Members for Blayney

	Party	Period
Paddy Crick	Progressive	1904–1906
John Withington	Liberal Reform	1907–1907
George Beeby	Labor	1907–1912
	Independent	1913
	National Progressive	1913

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Blayney [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Beeby	7,799	54.98
	Liberal Reform	William Kelk	2,292	45.02
Total formal votes			5,091	98.82
Informal votes			61	1.18
Turnout			5,152	71.49
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Blayney [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	George Beeby	2,580	50.5
	Liberal Reform	John Withington	2,530	49.5
Total formal votes			5,110	97.4
Informal votes			135	2.6
Turnout			5,245	71.7
	Labour gain from Progressive

Paddy Crick, Progressive Party, had won the seat at the 1904 election, however he was expelled from the Parliament in 1906. John Withington won the seat for the Liberal Reform Party at the 1907 by-election.[7]

1907 by-election

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1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Blayney [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Paddy Crick	2,406	52.2
	Liberal Reform	Charles Garland	2,207	47.8
Total formal votes			4,613	99.3
Informal votes			35	0.8
Turnout			4,648	66.1
	Progressive win		(new seat)

Blayney was a new seat consisting of parts of Hartley, The Macquarie and the abolished seat of West Macquarie. Paddy Crick was the member for West Macquarie. The member for Hartley was John Hurley (Independent) who successfully contested that seat while his brother William (Progressive) was the member for The Macquarie who was appointed to the Legislative Council.

References

"1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
"Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
"Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "1910 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "1904 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

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[1] "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.

[2] "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[Green_Blayney-4] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1910_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Blayney_1910-5] Green, Antony. "1910 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

[Results_of_the_1907_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Blayney_1907-6] Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2019.

[Results_of_the_1907_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1907_Blayney_by-election-7] Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1904_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1904_Blayney-8] Green, Antony. "1904 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

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