Electoral district of Macleay

Macleay was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales established in 1880 in the Macleay River area. Between 1889 and 1894, it elected two members with voters casting two votes and the two leading candidates being elected. In 1894, it was abolished, partly replaced by Raleigh.^[1][2][3] Under the spelling conventions of the time it was generally spelled M'Leay.

Members for Macleay

Single-member (1880–1889)
Member		Party	Term
	Robert Smith	None	1880–1887
		Protectionist	1887–1889
Two members (1889–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Otho Dangar	Protectionist	1889–1893		Patrick Hogan	Protectionist	1889–1894
	Francis Clarke	Protectionist	1893–1894

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Macleay

This section is an excerpt from 1893 Macleay colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1893 The Macleay by-election
Monday 29 May ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Francis Clarke (elected)	1,035	55.0
	Ind. Protectionist	Otho Dangar (defeated)	846	45.0
Total formal votes			1,881	100.0
Informal votes			0	0.0
Turnout			1,881	59.8 [a]
	Protectionist gain from Ind. Protectionist		Swing

The by-election was caused by the resignation of Otho Dangar (Protectionist) due to bankruptcy.^[4]

Notes

1. estimate based on an electoral roll of 3,148 at the 1891 election.^[5]