Electoral district of The Hastings (New South Wales)

For the Victorian electorate, see Electoral district of Hastings.

Hastings was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1859^[1] to 1880. It was abolished in 1880 as part of the first major redistribution since 1858,^[2] replaced by Hastings and Manning from 1880 to 1894, which elected two members with voters casting two votes and the two leading candidates being elected. In 1894 it was divided between the single-member electoral district of Hastings and Macleay and Manning. In 1920 proportional representation was introduced and Hastings and Macleay was absorbed into the new four-member district of Oxley. The electorate was named after the Hastings, the alluvial valleys of which contained most of its population.^[3][4]

Members for Hastings

Member		Party	Term
	Henry Flett [1]	None	1859–1864
	William Forster [5]	None	1864–1869
	Horace Dean [6]	None	1869–1870
	Robert Smith [7]	None	1870–1880

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of The Hastings (New South Wales)

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[edit]

1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Saturday 3 November ^[8]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Smith (re-elected)		1,018	94.2
Thomas Amos		63	5.8
Total formal votes		1,081	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,093	34.5