Electoral district of Carcoar - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Carcoar was an electoral district

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...

of the Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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in the Australia

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n state of New South Wales

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, originally created in 1859 in the Lithgow

Lithgow, New South Wales

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area and named after Carcoar

Carcoar, New South Wales

Carcoar is a town in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia, in Blayney Shire. In 2006, the town had a population of 218 people. It is situated just off the Mid-Western Highway 258 km west of Sydney and 52 km south-west of Bathurst and is 720 m above sea-level...

. It replaced part of Western Boroughs

Electoral district of Western Boroughs

Western Boroughs was a former electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1856 to 1859. It included the towns of Bathurst, Carcoar and Kelso, while the surrounding rural areas were in Bathurst and Cook and Westmoreland. It was replaced by...

and part of Bathurst (County)

Electoral district of Bathurst (County)

Bathurst was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, named after Bathurst County and including the rural part of the county. Bathurst town was included in Western Boroughs, until Bathurst was created in 1859...

. From 1880 to 1894, it elected two members. It was abolished in 1894 and was partly replaced by Cowra

Electoral district of Cowra

Cowra was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1894 to 1904, including the town of Cowra. It was partly replaced by Belubula.-Members for Cowra:...

Members for Carcoar

Single-member (1859—1880)
Member		Party	Term
	William Watt	None	1859—1862
	William Dalley William Bede Dalley William Bede Dalley was an Australian politician and barrister and the first Australian appointed to the Privy Council of the United Kingdom...	None	1862—1864
	Barnard Stimpson	None	1864—1869
	Richard Driver Richard Driver Richard Driver was a Sydney solicitor, politician and cricket administrator.Driver was born in Cabramatta, New South Wales, son of Richard Driver, hotel-keeper, and his wife Elizabeth, née Powell...	None	1869—1872
	Thomas West	None	1872—1874
	Solomon Meyer	None	1874—1876
	Andrew Lynch	None	1876—1880

Two members (1880—1894)
Member		Party	Term	Ezekiel Baker Ezekiel Baker Ezekiel Baker was a master gunsmith from Whitechapel, London, who became known for his design of the Baker rifle in 1800.The British Army had been experimenting with rifles since the American Revolutionary War but had found all available rifle designs either too fragile, cumbersome or slow firing...	None	1880—1881		Andrew Lynch	None	1880—1884
	George Campbell	None	1881—1885					Andrew Lynch	None	1880—1884
	George Campbell	None	1881—1885		Ezekiel Baker Ezekiel Baker Ezekiel Baker was a master gunsmith from Whitechapel, London, who became known for his design of the Baker rifle in 1800.The British Army had been experimenting with rifles since the American Revolutionary War but had found all available rifle designs either too fragile, cumbersome or slow firing...	None	1884—1887
	Charles Garland	None	1885—1887			None	1884—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—1891		Charles Jeanneret	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—1889
			1887—1891		John Plumb	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...	1889—1891
	Denis Donnelly	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		Charles Jeanneret	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...	1891—1894

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