Electoral district of Gundagai
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Gundagai was an electoral district
of the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n state of New South Wales
from 1880 to 1904 in the Gundagai
area. It was replaced by Wynyard
.
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
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 1880 to 1904 in the Gundagai
Gundagai, New South Wales
Gundagai is a town in New South Wales, Australia. Although a small town, Gundagai is a popular topic for writers and has become a representative icon of a typical Australian country town...
area. It was replaced by Wynyard
Electoral district of Wynyard
Wynyard was a former electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1904 to 1913, including Tumut and named after Wynyard County. It replaced Tumut and Gundagai. Its only member was Robert Thomas Donaldson....
.
Members for Gundagai
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Forster | None | 1880—1882 | |
| Bruce Smith Bruce Smith (Australian politician) Arthur Bruce Smith KC was a long serving Australian politician and leading political opponent of the White Australia policy.-Early life:... |
None | 1882—1884 | |
| James Watson | None | 1884—1885 | |
| John Want | None | 1885—1887 | |
| Independent Free Trade Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
1887—1889 | ||
| John Barnes | 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... |
1889—1901 | |
| Progressive | 1901—1904 | ||