Electoral district of Morpeth

Morpeth was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859 and partly replacing Northumberland Boroughs and including the suburb of Morpeth in the city of Maitland. The Morpeth electoral district was abolished in 1894,^[1][2][3] and divided between Gloucester, Durham and East Maitland.^[4]

Members for Morpeth

Member		Party	Period
	Edward Close	None	1859–1860
	Samuel Cohen	None	1860–1860
	David Buchanan	None	1860–1862
	Edward Close	None	1862–1864
	James Campbell	None	1864–1874
	Robert Wisdom	None	1874–1887
	John Bowes	Protectionist	1887–1889
	Myles McRae	Protectionist	1889–1891
	John Bowes	Protectionist	1891–1894

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Morpeth

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Wednesday 17 June ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	John Bowes (elected)	509	53.6
	Free Trade	William Arnold	357	37.6
	Protectionist	John Courtney	50	5.3
	Free Trade	Malcolm Martin	33	3.5
Total formal votes			949	98.4
Informal votes			15	1.6
Turnout			964	75.4
	Protectionist hold

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]