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
edit| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Coleman | Liberal Reform | 1904–1905 | |
| George Hindmarsh | Liberal Reform | 1905–1913 | |
Election results
edit| 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
edit- ^ "1904 Redistribution". Atlas of New South Wales. NSW Land & Property Information. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
- ^ "Mr John William Coleman (1862–1905)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr George Thomas Hindmarsh (1861–1916)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Rous". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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