Electoral district of Rous

Rous was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in the 1904 re-distribution of electorates following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.^[1] It consisted of parts of Lismore and The Tweed. It was named after Rous County, between the Tweed and Richmond Rivers and Henry John Rous, who explored the rivers. In 1913, it was replaced by Byron.^[2][3][4][5]

Members for Rous

Member		Party	Period
	John Coleman	Liberal Reform	1904–1905
	George Hindmarsh	Liberal Reform	1905–1913

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Rous

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Rous.[edit]

1910 New South Wales state election: Rous ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	George Hindmarsh	4,744	56.1
	Labour	Alfred Taylor	3,719	43.9
Total formal votes			8,463	98.7
Informal votes			111	1.3
Turnout			8,574	68.3
	Liberal Reform hold