title: Electoral results for the district of Windsor (New South Wales)
text: # Electoral results for the district of Windsor (New South Wales)
  
  Windsor, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1880.
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1859 | William Dalley | None |
  | 1860 by | William Walker | None |
  | 1860 | William Walker | None |
  | 1864 | William Walker | None |
  | 1869 | Arthur Dight | None |
  | 1872 | Richard Driver | None |
  | 1874 | Richard Driver | None |
  | 1877 | Richard Driver | None |
  | 1880 by | Henry McQuade | None |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1880s
  
  **1880 by-election**
  
  1880 Windsor by-election Thursday 29 July :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Henry McQuade (elected) | Henry McQuade (elected) | 329 | 67.3 |
  | William Walker | William Walker | 160 | 32.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 489 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 489 | 77.7 |
  
  ### Elections in the 1870s
  
  **1877**
  
  1877 New South Wales colonial election: Windsor Thursday 1 November :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Richard Driver (re-elected) | Richard Driver (re-elected) | 327 | 72.2 |
  | Charles Cansdell | Charles Cansdell | 126 | 27.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 453 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 453 | 74.0 |
  
  **1874**
  
  1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Windsor Wednesday 16 December 1874 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Richard Driver (re-elected) | Richard Driver (re-elected) | 255 | 57.6 |
  | William Walker | William Walker | 188 | 42.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 443 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 443 | 80.0 |
  
  **1872**
  
  1872 New South Wales colonial election: Windsor Tuesday 20 February :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Richard Driver (re-elected) | Richard Driver (re-elected) | 241 | 50.7 |
  | William Walker | William Walker | 234 | 49.3 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 475 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 480 | 77.9 |
  
  ### Elections in the 1860s
  
  **1869**
  
  1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Windsor Wednesday 22 December 1869 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Arthur Dight (elected) | Arthur Dight (elected) | 243 | 50.9 |
  | William Walker (defeated) | William Walker (defeated) | 234 | 49.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 477 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 477 | 74.7 |
  
  **1864**
  
  1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Windsor Thursday 24 November 1864 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | William Walker (re-elected) | William Walker (re-elected) | 228 | 50.9 |
  | George Pitt | George Pitt | 220 | 49.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 448 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 450 | 68.8 |
  
  **1860**
  
  1860 New South Wales colonial election: Windsor Saturday 22 December :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | William Walker (re-elected) | William Walker (re-elected) | 220 | 52.6 |
  | James Byrnes | James Byrnes | 198 | 47.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 418 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 418 | 65.6 |
  
  **1860 by-election**
  
  1860 Windsor by-election Monday 12 March :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | William Walker (elected) | William Walker (elected) | 264 | 70.8 |
  | Julius Berncastle | Julius Berncastle | 102 | 29.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 373 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 373 | 59.6 |
  
  ### Elections in the 1850s
  
  **1859**
  
  1859 New South Wales colonial election: Windsor Tuesday 21 June :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | William Dalley (re-elected) | William Dalley (re-elected) | 276 | 66.2 |
  | Robert Ross | Robert Ross | 141 | 33.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 417 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 417 | 66.6 |
  