Electoral district of Balranald

Balranald was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales established from part of Lachlan and Lower Darling in 1859 and named after and including Balranald. From 1880 to 1894, it elected two members. In 1894, it was abolished and partly replaced by Deniliquin and Hay.^[1][2][3]

Members for Balranald

Single-member (1859–1880)
Member		Party	Term
	Augustus Morris	None	1859–1864
	Joseph Phelps	None	1864–1877
	Colin Simson	None	1877–1880
Two members (1880–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Robert Wilkinson	None	1880–1887		John Cramsie	None	1880–1887
		Ind. Free Trade	1887–1889		Allen Lakeman	Ind. Protectionist	1887–1889
		Free Trade	1889–1894			Protectionist	1889–1891
					James Newton	Labour	1891–1894

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Balranald

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Balranald
Monday 29 June ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Newton (elected 1)	828	30.5
	Free Trade	Robert Wilkinson (elected 2)	705	26.0
	Protectionist	Allen Lakeman	650	23.9
	Protectionist	A L P Cameron	532	19.6
Total formal votes			2,715	99.2
Informal votes			22	0.8
Turnout			1,639	43.2
	Labour gain 1 from Protectionist
	Free Trade hold 1

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Balranald.[edit]