Electoral district of Inverell

Inverell was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1880 and including Inverell. It was abolished in 1904, with the downsizing of the Legislative Assembly after Federation, and was largely replaced by Gwydir.^[1][2][3]

Members for Inverell

Member		Party	Term
	Richard Murray	None	1880–1885
	Samuel Moore	None	1885–1887
		Free Trade	1887–1889
	George Cruickshank	Protectionist	1889–1901
	William McIntyre	Protectionist	1901–1902
	George Jones	Labour	1902–1904

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Inverell

This section is an excerpt from 1902 Inverell state by-election § Result.[edit]

1902 Inverell by-election
Saturday 31 May ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Jones	471	37.7
	Progressive	James McIlveen	447	35.8
	Independent	William Wall	331	26.5
Total formal votes			1,249	99.5
Informal votes			6	0.5
Turnout			1,255	50.7 [a]
	Labour gain from Progressive

William McIntyre (Progressive) died.^[4]

Notes

1. Estimate based on an electoral roll of 2,477 at the 1901 election.^[5]

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Inverell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1902 Inverell by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1901 Inverell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2020.