Electoral district of Tumut
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Tumut was a former electoral district
for the Legislative Assembly
in the Australia
n state of New South Wales
from 1859 to 1904 in the Tumut
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...
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 1859 to 1904 in the Tumut
Tumut, New South Wales
Tumut is a town in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia, situated on the banks of the Tumut River. Tumut is at the foothills of the Snowy Mountains and is referred to as the gateway to the Snowy Mountains Scheme...
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....
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Members for Tumut
| Member | Party | Period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| George Lang | None | 1859—1860 | |
| Charles Cowper, Jr. | None | 1860—1863 | |
| James Martin James Martin (Australian politician) Sir James Martin, KCB, QC was three times Premier of New South Wales, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New South Wales from 1873 to 1886.-Early career:... |
None | 1863—1864 | |
| Charles Cowper, Jr. | None | 1864—1866 | |
| Edward Brown | None | 1866—1872 | |
| James Hoskins | None | 1872—1882 | |
| Thomas O'Mara | None | 1882—1885 | |
| Travers Jones | None | 1885—1887 | |
| 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... |
1887—1891 | ||
| Edward Brown | 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 | |
| Travers Jones | 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—1898 | |
| Robert Donaldson | Independent 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... |
1898—1901 | |
| Progressive | 1901—1904 | ||