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Electoral district of Rous

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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

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

Election results

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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  

References

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  1. ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr John William Coleman (1862–1905)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr George Thomas Hindmarsh (1861–1916)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.