title: Electoral results for the district of Grafton
text: # Electoral results for the district of Grafton
  
  Grafton, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1880 and abolished in 1904.
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1880 | John See | None |
  | 1882 | John See | None |
  | 1885 | John See | None |
  | 1887 | John See | Protectionist |
  | 1889 | John See | Protectionist |
  | 1891 | John See | Protectionist |
  | 1895 | John See | Protectionist |
  | 1898 | John See | Protectionist |
  | 1901 | John See | Progressive |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1900s
  
  **1901**
  
  1901 New South Wales state election: Grafton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Progressive | John See | 843 | 94.2 | +31.7 |
  | | Independent Liberal | Frederick Wilcox | 52 | 5.8 | |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 895 | 99.0 | -0.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 9 | 1.0 | +0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 904 | 37.9 | -28.2 |
  | | Progressive hold | Progressive hold | | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  **1898**
  
  1898 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | National Federal | John See | 898 | 62.5 |
  | | Independent Federalist | Frederick McGuren | 539 | 37.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,437 | 99.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 7 | 0.5 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,444 | 66.1 |
  | | National Federal hold | National Federal hold | | |
  
  **1895**
  
  1895 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Protectionist | John See | unopposed | | |
  | | Protectionist hold | Protectionist hold | | | |
  
  **1894**
  
  1894 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Protectionist | John See | 994 | 57.2 |
  | | Ind. Protectionist | William Hawthorne | 636 | 36.6 |
  | | Ind. Protectionist | Edmund Hockey | 109 | 6.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,739 | 99.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 14 | 0.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,753 | 83.2 |
  | | Protectionist hold | Protectionist hold | | |
  
  **1891**
  
  1891 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton Thursday 18 June :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Protectionist | John See (re-elected) | unopposed | | |
  | | Protectionist hold | Protectionist hold | | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1880s
  
  **1889**
  
  1889 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton Monday 4 February :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Protectionist | John See (elected) | 955 | 71.2 |
  | | Protectionist | Richard Becher | 386 | 28.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,341 | 98.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 28 | 2.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,369 | 59.9 |
  | | Protectionist hold | Protectionist hold | | |
  
  **1887**
  
  1887 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton Saturday 5 February :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Protectionist | John See (re-elected) | unopposed | | |
  
  **1885**
  
  1885 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton Tuesday 15 October :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | John See (re-elected) | John See (re-elected) | unopposed | |
  
  **1882**
  
  1882 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton Saturday 9 December :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | John See (re-elected) | John See (re-elected) | unopposed | |
  
  **1880**
  
  1880 New South Wales colonial election: Grafton Friday 26 November :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | John See (elected) | John See (elected) | 636 | 55.4 |
  | Richard Stevenson | Richard Stevenson | 513 | 44.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,149 | 97.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 33 | 2.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 1,182 | 62.3 |
  | | | (new seat) | (new seat) |
  