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Electoral district of Wynyard

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Wynyard was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1904 to 1913, including the town of Tumut and named after Wynyard County. It replaced all of the abolished district of Tumut and part of the abolished district of Gundagai.[1][2][3] Its only member was Robert Donaldson.[4] The Federal Capital Territory was removed from New South Wales in 1911 and Wynyard was abolished in the 1912 redistribution. Most of the district, including the town of Tumut was absorbed by the district of Yass and the balance was distributed between the surrounding districts of Cootamundra, Wagga Wagga and Albury.[5]

Members for Wynyard

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Member Party Term
  Robert Donaldson Progressive 1904–1907
  Independent Liberal 1907–1913

Election results

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1910 New South Wales state election: Wynyard [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Robert Donaldson 2,722 51.0 −6.8
Labour Walter Boston 2,612 49.0 6.8
Total formal votes 5,334 98.4 +0.4
Informal votes 87 1.6 −0.4
Turnout 5,421 78.6 +0.7
Member changed to Independent Liberal from Progressive (defunct)  

References

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  1. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  2. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wynyard". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  3. ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  4. ^ "Mr Robert Thomas Donaldson (1851–1936)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  5. ^ "1912 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Wynyard". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2019.