Electoral results for the district of Yass Plains

Yass Plains, 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]

Election Member Party
1859   Thomas Laidlaw None
1859 by
1860   Henry O'Brien None
1861 by   Peter Faucett None
1864
1865 by   Robert Isaacs None
1866 by
1869   Michael Fitzpatrick None
1872
1874
1877
1878 by
1880
1882 by   Louis Heydon None
1882
1885
1886 by   Thomas Colls None
1887   Protectionist
1889
1891

Election results

Elections in the 1890s

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Yass Plains.[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: Yass Plains
Wednesday 24 June [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Colls (re-elected) 709 56.7
Free Trade William Affleck 210 16.8
Protectionist Bernard Grogan 199 15.9
Labour Gustavus Herfort 132 10.6
Total formal votes 1,250 97.7
Informal votes 30 2.3
Turnout 1,280 56.9
Protectionist hold  

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Yass Plains.[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: Yass Plains
Monday 28 January [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Colls (re-elected) unopposed
Total formal votes 1,015 98.5
Informal votes 16 1.6
Turnout 1,031 45.7
Protectionist hold  

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Yass Plains.[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Yass Plains
Saturday 19 February [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Colls (re-elected) 691 56.9
Free Trade Henry Donaldson 524 43.1
Total formal votes 1,215 98.2
Informal votes 22 1.8
Turnout 1,247 63.9

1886 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1886 Yass Plains colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1886 Yass Plains by-election
Monday 20 December [7]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Colls (elected) 603 54.2
Richard Colonna-Close 509 45.8
Total formal votes 1,112 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,112 57.0
Louis Heydon resigned.[7]

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Yass Plains.[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: Yass Plains
Monday 19 October [8]
Candidate Votes %
Louis Heydon (re-elected) 601 55.4
Richard Colonna-Close 483 44.6
Total formal votes 1,084 96.1
Informal votes 44 3.9
Turnout 1,128 61.4

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Yass Plains.[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: Yass Plains
Wednesday 6 December [9]
Candidate Votes %
Louis Heydon (re-elected) 669 60.2
Henry Dodds 442 39.8
Total formal votes 1,111 96.6
Informal votes 39 3.4
Turnout 1,150 57.4

1882 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1882 Yass Plains colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1882 Yass Plains by-election
Tuesday 10 January [10]
Candidate Votes %
Louis Heydon (elected) 674 53.7
Allan Campbell 580 46.3
Total formal votes 1,254 97.2
Informal votes 36 2.8
Turnout 1,290 68.2
Michael Fitzpatrick died.[10]

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Yass Plains.[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: Yass Plains
Tuesday 23 November [11]
Candidate Votes %
Michael Fitzpatrick (re-elected) 562 59.6
Henry Dodds 381 40.4
Total formal votes 943 97.7
Informal votes 22 2.3
Turnout 964 51.9

1878 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1878 Yass Plains colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1878 Yass Plains by-election
Wednesday 2 January [12]
Candidate Votes %
Michael Fitzpatrick (re-elected) 290 92.9
Arthur Remmington 22 7.1
Total formal votes 312 98.7
Informal votes 4 1.3
Turnout 316 18.2
Michael Fitzpatrick was appointed Colonial Secretary in the Farnell ministry.[12]

Elections in the 1870s

1877

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § Yass Plains.[edit]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: Yass Plains
Wednesday 31 October [13]
Candidate Votes %
Michael Fitzpatrick (re-elected) 382 52.3
Michael Perry 327 44.8
Arthur Remmington 21 2.9
Total formal votes 730 96.6
Informal votes 26 3.4
Turnout 756 43.6

1874

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § Yass Plains.[edit]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Yass Plains
Friday 18 December 1874 [14]
Candidate Votes %
Michael Fitzpatrick (re-elected) 412 53.2
Arthur Remmington 362 46.8
Total formal votes 774 98.2
Informal votes 14 1.8
Turnout 788 43.8

1872

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § Yass Plains.[edit]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: Yass Plains
Friday 8 March [15]
Candidate Votes %
Michael Fitzpatrick (re-elected) unopposed

Elections in the 1860s

1869

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § Yass Plains.[edit]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Yass Plains
Friday 24 December 1869 [16]
Candidate Votes %
Michael Fitzpatrick (elected) show of hands
Thomas Laidlaw

1866 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1866 Yass Plains colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1866 Yass Plains by-election
Thursday 8 February [17]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Isaacs (re-elected) 406 71.6
Robert Ross 161 28.4
Total formal votes 567 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 567 46.6
Robert Isaacs was appointed Solicitor General in the second Martin ministry.[17]

1865 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1865 Yass Plains colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1865 Yass Plains by-election
Monday 6 November [18]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Isaacs (elected) unopposed
Peter Faucett accepted appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court.[18]

1864

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § Yass Plains.[edit]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Yass Plains
Tuesday 20 December 1864 [19]
Candidate Votes %
Peter Faucett (re-elected) 480 71.0
William Harbottle 196 29.0
Total formal votes 676 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 676 55.5

1861 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1861 Yass Plains colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1861 Yass Plains by-election
Thursday 15 August [20]
Candidate Votes %
Peter Faucett (elected) unopposed  
Henry O'Brien resigned.[20]

1860

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § Yass Plains.[edit]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: Yass Plains
Saturday 15 December [21]
Candidate Votes %
Henry O'Brien (elected) unopposed  

Elections in the 1850s

1859 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1859 Yass Plains colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1859 Yass Plains by-election
Thursday 15 September [22]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Laidlaw (elected) unopposed
Thomas Laidlaw resigned as he held the office of deputy postmaster at the time of his election.[22]

1859

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Yass Plains.[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: Yass Plains
Friday 24 June [23]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Laidlaw (elected) unopposed

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