title: Electoral results for the district of Wollombi
text: # Electoral results for the district of Wollombi
  
  Wollombi, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1894.
  
  | Election | Member | Party |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1859 | William Cape | None |
  | 1860 by | Joseph Eckford | None |
  | 1860 | Joseph Eckford | None |
  | 1864 | Joseph Eckford | None |
  | 1869 | Joseph Eckford | None |
  | 1870 by | Joseph Eckford | None |
  | 1872 | James Cunneen | None |
  | 1874 | James Cunneen | None |
  | 1877 | Joseph Eckford | None |
  | 1880 | Joseph Eckford | None |
  | 1882 | Joseph Gorrick | None |
  | 1885 | Lyall Scott | None |
  | 1886 by | Richard Stevenson | None |
  | 1887 | Richard Stevenson | Free Trade |
  | 1889 | Richard Stevenson | Protectionist |
  | 1891 | Richard Stevenson | Protectionist |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### Elections in the 1890s
  
  **1891**
  
  1891 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi Monday 29 June :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Protectionist | Richard Stevenson (re-elected) | 795 | 72.8 |
  | | Free Trade | Joseph Gorrick | 297 | 27.2 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,092 | 98.2 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 20 | 1.8 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,112 | 46.3 |
  | | Protectionist hold | Protectionist hold | | |
  
  ### Elections in the 1880s
  
  **1889**
  
  1889 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi Saturday 9 February :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Protectionist | Richard Stevenson (elected) | 652 | 64.2 |
  | | Free Trade | Fred Walsh | 363 | 35.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,015 | 98.5 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 16 | 1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,031 | 45.7 |
  | | Member changed to Protectionist from Free Trade | Member changed to Protectionist from Free Trade | | |
  
  **1887**
  
  1887 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi Saturday 19 February :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | Free Trade | Richard Stevenson (re-elected) | 578 | 55.5 |
  | | Free Trade | George Watt | 463 | 44.5 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,041 | 98.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | Informal votes | 17 | 1.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,058 | 55.3 |
  
  **1886 by-election**
  
  1886 Wollombi by-election Friday 17 December :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Richard Stevenson (elected) | Richard Stevenson (elected) | 472 | 50.9 |
  | Walter Vivian | Walter Vivian | 456 | 49.1 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 1,112 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 1,112 | 57.0 |
  
  **1885**
  
  1885 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi Saturday 31 October :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Lyall Scott (elected) | Lyall Scott (elected) | 592 | 62.8 |
  | Walter Vivian | Walter Vivian | 257 | 27.3 |
  | George Anderson | George Anderson | 69 | 7.3 |
  | A S Jaques | A S Jaques | 25 | 2.7 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 943 | 99.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 10 | 1.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 953 | 57.0 |
  
  **1882**
  
  1882 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi Tuesday 12 December :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Joseph Gorrick (elected) | Joseph Gorrick (elected) | 437 | 53.0 |
  | Joseph Eckford (defeated) | Joseph Eckford (defeated) | 388 | 47.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 825 | 97.9 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 18 | 2.1 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 843 | 62.6 |
  
  **1880**
  
  1880 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi Wednesday 24 November :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Joseph Eckford (re-elected) | Joseph Eckford (re-elected) | 406 | 42.3 |
  | Joseph Gorrick | Joseph Gorrick | 328 | 34.1 |
  | Robert Higgins | Robert Higgins | 227 | 23.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 961 | 99.4 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 6 | 0.6 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 967 | 75.1 |
  
  ### Elections in the 1870s
  
  **1877**
  
  1877 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi Friday 2 November :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Joseph Eckford (elected) | Joseph Eckford (elected) | 237 | 36.6 |
  | Henry Levien | Henry Levien | 236 | 36.5 |
  | James Cunneen (defeated) | James Cunneen (defeated) | 174 | 26.9 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 647 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 647 | 60.6 |
  
  **1874**
  
  1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi Monday 14 December 1874 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | James Cunneen (re-elected) | James Cunneen (re-elected) | 432 | 68.3 |
  | Joseph Eckford | Joseph Eckford | 201 | 31.8 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 633 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 633 | 61.6 |
  
  **1872**
  
  1872 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi Wednesday 21 February :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | James Cunneen (elected) | James Cunneen (elected) | 348 | 55.0 |
  | Joseph Eckford (defeated) | Joseph Eckford (defeated) | 285 | 45.0 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 633 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 633 | 54.0 |
  
  **1870 by-election**
  
  1870 Wollombi by-election Monday 19 September :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Joseph Eckford (re-elected) | Joseph Eckford (re-elected) | 365 | 51.4 |
  | James Cunneen | James Cunneen | 345 | 48.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 710 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 710 | 59.3 |
  
  ### Elections in the 1860s
  
  **1869**
  
  1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi Monday 13 December 1869 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Joseph Eckford (re-elected) | Joseph Eckford (re-elected) | 414 | 55.7 |
  | Lyall Scott | Lyall Scott | 330 | 44.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 744 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 743 | 65.4 |
  
  **1864**
  
  1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi Tuesday 13 December 1864 :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Joseph Eckford (re-elected) | Joseph Eckford (re-elected) | 338 | 53.7 |
  | Lyall Scott | Lyall Scott | 292 | 46.4 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 630 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 630 | 58.2 |
  
  **1860**
  
  1860 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi Saturday 15 December :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Joseph Eckford (re-elected) | Joseph Eckford (re-elected) | unopposed | |
  
  **1860 by-election**
  
  1860 Wollombi by-election Thursday 17 May :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Joseph Eckford (elected) | Joseph Eckford (elected) | 309 | 56.4 |
  | George Simpson | George Simpson | 239 | 43.6 |
  | Total formal votes | Total formal votes | 548 | 100.0 |
  | Informal votes | Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | 548 | 58.0 |
  
  ### Elections in the 1850s
  
  **1859**
  
  1859 New South Wales colonial election: Wollombi Monday 20 June :
  
  | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | William Cape (elected) | William Cape (elected) | unopposed | |
  