Electoral results for the district of Morpeth

Morpeth, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894.^[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1859		Edward Close	None
1860 by		Samuel Cohen	None
1860		David Buchanan	None
1862 by		Edward Close	None
1864		James Campbell	None
1869
1872
1874		Robert Wisdom	None
1877
1880
1882
1885
1887		John Bowes	Protectionist
1889		Myles McRae	Protectionist
1891		John Bowes	Protectionist

Election results

Elections in the 1890s

1891

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

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Wednesday 17 June ^[4]

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

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Saturday 9 February ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Myles McRae (elected)	375	37.5
	Protectionist	John Bowes	356	35.6
	Free Trade	John Clarke	270	27.0
Total formal votes			1,001	98.8
Informal votes			12	1.2
Turnout			1,013	77.2
	Protectionist hold

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Wednesday 16 February ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	John Bowes (elected)	541	58.2
	Free Trade	Myles McRae	388	41.8
Total formal votes			929	98.7
Informal votes			12	1.3
Turnout			941	75.3

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Thursday 22 October ^[7]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Wisdom (re-elected)		536	56.7
Robert Pierce		409	43.3
Total formal votes		945	99.8
Informal votes		2	0.2
Turnout		947	79.7

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Wednesday 13 December ^[8]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Wisdom (re-elected)		554	62.9
Archibald Jacob (defeated)		327	37.1
Total formal votes		881	97.5
Informal votes		23	2.5
Turnout		904	77.8

Archibald Jacob was the sitting member for Gloucester.

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Thursday 18 November ^[9]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Wisdom (re-elected)		unopposed

Elections in the 1870s

1877

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

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Monday 29 October ^[10]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Wisdom (re-elected)		unopposed

1874

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Thursday 17 December 1874 ^[11]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Wisdom (elected)		300	56.9
Pierce O'Keeffe		177	33.6
Myles McRae		50	9.5
William Bellamy		0	0.0
Total formal votes		527	95.6
Informal votes		24	4.4
Turnout		551	71.7

1872

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Tuesday 20 February ^[12]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Campbell (re-elected)		309	66.7
John Keating		144	31.1
J D Nelson		10	2.2
Total formal votes		463	89.6
Informal votes		54	10.4
Turnout		517	65.2

Elections in the 1860s

1869

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Friday 17 December 1869 ^[13]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Campbell (re-elected)		397	65.3
John Keating		211	34.7
Total formal votes		608	97.6
Informal votes		15	2.4
Turnout		623	75.9

1864

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Tuesday 13 December 1864 ^[14]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Campbell (elected)		315	59.8
John Keating		212	40.2
Total formal votes		527	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		527	61.1

1862 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1862 Morpeth colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1862 Morpeth by-election
Thursday 18 September ^[15][16]

Candidate		Votes	%
Edward Close (elected)		330	68.5
David Buchanan (defeated)		152	31.5
Total formal votes		482	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		482	61.5

David Buchanan was insolvent and resigned.^[15]

1860

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Friday 14 December ^[17]

Candidate		Votes	%
David Buchanan (elected)		285	54.4
Samuel Cohen (defeated)		239	45.6
Total formal votes		524	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		524	64.8

1860 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1860 Morpeth colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1860 Morpeth by-election
Tuesday 7 August ^[18]

Candidate		Votes	%
Samuel Cohen (elected)		312	59.8
David Buchanan		210	40.2
Total formal votes		522	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		522	64.5

Edward Close resigned.^[18]

Elections in the 1850s

1859

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Morpeth.[edit]

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Morpeth
Friday 24 June ^[19]

Candidate		Votes	%
Edward Close (elected)		280	54.8
Samuel Gordon		231	45.2
Total formal votes		231	100.0
Informal votes		511	0.0
Turnout		511	68.2