Electoral district of Grafton

Grafton was electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1880 to 1904 and was named after and included the town of Grafton.[1]

Its only member was John See and this was the only seat that See held. See was a member of the Protectionist Party from 1887 and which became the Progressive Party from 1901. See became Premier when William Lyne moved to Federal Parliament in March 1901. For the 1904 election the Legislative Assembly was reduced in size from 125 to 90 seats as a result of Federation. The redistribution saw Grafton absorbed by The Clarence, while much of The Clarence become part of Raleigh.

Sir John See retired as Premier and member for Grafton in June 1904 due to ill health,[2] and accepted an appointment to the Legislative Council.[3][4]

Members for Grafton

	Party	Term
John See	None	1880–1887
	Protectionist	1887–1901
	Progressive	1901–1904

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Grafton [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	John See	843	94.2	+31.7
	Independent Liberal	Frederick Wilcox	52	5.8
Total formal votes			895	99.0	-0.5
Informal votes			9	1.0	+0.5
Turnout			904	37.9	-28.2
	Progressive hold

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Federal	John See	898	62.5
	Independent Federalist	Frederick McGuren	539	37.5
Total formal votes			1,437	99.5
Informal votes			7	0.5
Turnout			1,444	66.1
	National Federal hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Protectionist	John See	unopposed
	Protectionist hold		Swing

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton [8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	John See	994	57.2
	Ind. Protectionist	William Hawthorne	636	36.6
	Ind. Protectionist	Edmund Hockey	109	6.3
Total formal votes			1,739	99.2
Informal votes			14	0.8
Turnout			1,753	83.2
	Protectionist hold

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Monday 22 June 1891 [9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Protectionist	John See	unopposed

Elections in the 1880s

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Monday 4 February 1889 [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	John See (elected)	955	71.2
	Protectionist	Richard Becher	386	28.8
Total formal votes			1,341	98.0
Informal votes			28	2.1
Turnout			1,369	59.9
	Protectionist hold

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Thursday 10 February 1887 [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Protectionist	John See (re-elected)	unopposed

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Tuesday 15 October [12]
Candidate		Votes	%
John See		unopposed

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Saturday 9 December [13]
Candidate		Votes	%
John See (re-elected)		unopposed

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton
Friday 26 November [14]
Candidate	Votes	%
John See (elected)	636	55.4
Richard Stevenson	513	44.7
Total formal votes	1,149	97.2
Informal votes	33	2.8
Turnout	1,182	62.3
	(new seat)

Grafton was created from part of The Clarence.

References

Green, Antony. "The district of Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
Henry, Keith. "See, Sir John (1845–1907)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 11. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 5 December 2019 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
"Government Gazette Notices". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (340). 21 June 1904. p. 4935. Retrieved 6 December 2019 – via Trove.
"Sir John See (1845–1907)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
Green, Antony. "1901 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
Green, Antony. "1898 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
Green, Antony. "1895 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "1894 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
Green, Antony. "1891 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "1889 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
Green, Antony. "1887 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "1885 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "1882 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
Green, Antony. "1880 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.

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[Green_Grafton-1] Green, Antony. "The district of Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[John_See_ADB-2] Henry, Keith. "See, Sir John (1845–1907)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. 11. Melbourne University Press. ISSN 1833-7538. Retrieved 5 December 2019 – via National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.

[3] "Government Gazette Notices". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales (340). 21 June 1904. p. 4935. Retrieved 6 December 2019 – via Trove.

[John_See_NSW_parl-4] "Sir John See (1845–1907)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Results_of_the_1901_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1901_Grafton-5] Green, Antony. "1901 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

[Results_of_the_1898_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1898_Grafton-6] Green, Antony. "1898 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1895_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_Grafton_1895-7] Green, Antony. "1895 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1894_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1894_Grafton-8] Green, Antony. "1894 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1891_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_Grafton_1891-9] Green, Antony. "1891 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1889_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1889_Grafton-10] Green, Antony. "1889 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1887_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1887_Grafton-11] Green, Antony. "1887 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1885_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_Grafton_1885-12] Green, Antony. "1885 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1882_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1882_Grafton-13] Green, Antony. "1882 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[Results_of_the_1880_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1880_Grafton-14] Green, Antony. "1880 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.