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The Hastings, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1880.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Election Member Party
1859   Henry Flett None
1860
1864   William Forster None
1869   Horace Dean None
1870 by
1870 re-count   Robert Smith None
1872
1874
1877

Election results

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Elections in the 1870s

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1877

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[edit]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Saturday 3 November [7]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Smith (re-elected) 1,018 94.2
Thomas Amos 63 5.8
Total formal votes 1,081 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,093 34.5

1874

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[edit]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Thursday 24 December 1874 [8]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Smith (re-elected) unopposed

1872

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[edit]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Thursday 29 February [9]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Smith (re-elected) 907 47.0
Eugene Fattorini 586 30.4
James Garvan 435 22.6
Total formal votes 1,928 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,928 59.9

1870 re-count

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This section is an excerpt from 1870 The Hastings colonial election re-count § Result.[edit]
1870 The Hastings election re-count
Friday 23 September [10][11]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Smith (elected) N/A
The Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1870 The Hastings by-election and declared that Horace Dean was not qualified to be elected. No by-election was conducted, instead the committee declared that Robert Smith had been elected.[10]

1870 by-election

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This section is an excerpt from 1870 The Hastings colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1870 The Hastings by-election
Monday 4 July [12][13]
Candidate Votes %
Horace Dean (elected) 953 68.4
Robert Smith 441 31.6
Total formal votes 1,394 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,394 47.5
The Committee of Elections and Qualifications held that the election of Horace Dean was void because he held an office of profit under the crown at the time of his nomination.[12]

Elections in the 1860s

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1869

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[edit]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Thursday 23 December 1869 [14]
Candidate Votes %
Horace Dean (elected) 474 32.0
Robert Smith 444 30.0
Henry Flett 307 20.7
William Forster 253 17.1
Geoffrey Eagar 2 0.1
Ebenezer Vickery 1 0.1
Total formal votes 1,481 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,491 56.4

1864

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[edit]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Saturday 24 December 1864 [15]
Candidate Votes %
William Forster (elected) 530 47.4
Henry Flett (defeated) 328 29.3
Horace Dean 260 23.3
Total formal votes 1,118 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,133 62.4

1860

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[edit]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Friday 21 December [16]
Candidate Votes %
Henry Flett (re-elected) 278 53.8
Frederick Panton 191 36.9
Robert Ross 40 7.7
Isaac Aaron 8 1.6
Total formal votes 517 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 536 32.5

Elections in the 1850s

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1859

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings.[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Friday 1 July [17]
Candidate Votes %
Henry Flett (elected) 321 40.8
J Andrews 278 35.4
Frederick Panton 186 23.7
James McCarthy 1 0.1
Total formal votes 786 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 786 56.3

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of The Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Mr Henry Flett (1810-1877)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr William Forster (1818–1882)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr Horace Dean (1814-1887)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Mr Robert Burdett Smith CMG (1837-1895)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1877 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1872 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  10. ^ a b "The Hastings election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 September 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 21 September 2020 – via Trove.
  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1870 The Hastings election re-count". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  12. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1870 The Hastings by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  13. ^ The petition on 11 August stated a higher result, Dean 1,226 votes, Smith 482 votes."The Hastings petition". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 197. 16 August 1870. p. 1755. Retrieved 21 September 2020 – via Trove.
  14. ^ Green, Antony. "1869-70 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  15. ^ Green, Antony. "1864-5 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  16. ^ Green, Antony. "1860 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  17. ^ Green, Antony. "1859 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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