Electoral district of Argyle
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Argyle was an electoral district
for the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n State of New South Wales
from 1856 to 1904, including Argyle County surrounding Goulburn
. The town of Goulburn was in Southern Boroughs
from 1856 to 1859 and then Goulburn
.
It elected two members simultaneously between 1880 and 1894, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected.
New South Wales Legislative Assembly electoral districts
The New South Wales Legislative Assembly is elected from 93 single-member electorates called districts.- Current districts :This is a list of districts for the 2011 state election.* Albury* Auburn* Ballina...
for the Legislative Assembly
New South Wales Legislative Assembly
The Legislative Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of New South Wales, an Australian state. The other chamber is the Legislative Council. Both the Assembly and Council sit at Parliament House in the state capital, Sydney...
in the Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n State of New South Wales
New South Wales
New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...
from 1856 to 1904, including Argyle County surrounding Goulburn
Goulburn, New South Wales
Goulburn is a provincial city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia in Goulburn Mulwaree Council Local Government Area. It is located south-west of Sydney on the Hume Highway and above sea-level. On Census night 2006, Goulburn had a population of 20,127 people...
. The town of Goulburn was in Southern Boroughs
Electoral district of Southern Boroughs
Southern Boroughs was a former electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales created in 1856. It included the towns of Goulburn, Braidwood, Yass and Queanbeyan, while the surrounding rural area were in the electoral districts of Argyle, United Counties...
from 1856 to 1859 and then Goulburn
Electoral district of Goulburn
Goulburn is an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales. It is represented by Pru Goward of the Liberal Party of Australia....
.
It elected two members simultaneously between 1880 and 1894, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected.
Members for Argyle
| Single-member (1856—1880) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| John Plunkett John Plunkett John Hubert Plunkett was Attorney-General of New South Wales and elected as a member of the Legislative Assembly.-Early life:... |
None | 1856—1857 | |
| Daniel Deniehy Daniel Deniehy Daniel Henry Deniehy was an Australian journalist, orator and politician; and early advocate of democracy in colonial New South Wales.-Early life:... |
None | 1857—1859 | |
| Terence Aubrey Murray | None | 1859—1862 | |
| Samuel Emmanuel | None | 1862—1864 | |
| Phillip Dignam | None | 1854—1869 | |
| Edward Butler | None | 1869—1877 | |
| William Davies | None | 1877—1880 | |
| Two members (1880—1894) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | William Holborow | None | 1880—1887 | Phillip Myers | None | 1880—1881 | |||
| John Gannon | None | 1881—1885 | |||||||||
| Henry Parkes Henry Parkes Sir Henry Parkes, GCMG was an Australian statesman, the "Father of Federation." As the earliest advocate of a Federal Council of the colonies of Australia, a precursor to the Federation of Australia, he was the most prominent of the Australian Founding Fathers.Parkes was described during his... |
None | 1885—1885 | |||||||||
| Francis Tait | None | 1885—1887 | |||||||||
| Free Trade Free Trade Party The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states and renamed the Anti-Socialist Party in 1906, was an Australian political party, formally organised between 1889 and 1909... |
1887—1894 | Edward Ball | Free Trade Free Trade Party The Free Trade Party which was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association, also referred to as the Revenue Tariff Party in some states and renamed the Anti-Socialist Party in 1906, was an Australian political party, formally organised between 1889 and 1909... |
1887—1891 | |||||||
| Thomas Rose | Protectionist Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in... |
1891—1894 | |||||||||
| Single-member (1894—1904) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Member | Party | Term | |
| Thomas Rose | Protectionist Protectionist Party The Protectionist Party was an Australian political party, formally organised from 1889 until 1909, with policies centred on protectionism. It argued that Australia needed protective tariffs to allow Australian industry to grow and provide employment. It had its greatest strength in Victoria and in... |
1894—1901 | |
| Progressive | 1901—1904 | ||