Electoral district of Hay

Hay was an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales created with the abolition of multi-member electorates in 1894, mainly from the abolished electoral district of Balranald, and named after and including the town of Hay.^[1][2][3] It was abolished in 1904, following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.^[4] It was absorbed into the districts of The Murrumbidgee and Murray.

Members for Hay

Member		Party	Period
	James Ashton	Free Trade	1894–1898
	Frank Byrne	Free Trade	1898–1901
		Independent	1901–1904

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hay

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Hay.[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: Hay ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frank Byrne	unopposed
	Member changed to Independent from Liberal Reform