Electoral district of Forbes

Forbes was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1880, replacing Lachlan, and named after and including Forbes. In 1894, with the abolition of multi-member electorates, it was abolished and replaced by Lachlan and Condoublin.^[1][2][3]

Members for Forbes

Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Henry Cooke	None	1880–1882		John Bodel	None	1880–1882
	Walter Coonan	None	1882–1887		Alfred Stokes	None	1882–1887
	Henry Cooke	Free Trade	1887–1891			Protectionist	1887–1891
	Albert Gardiner	Labour	1891–1894		George Hutchinson	Labour	1891–1894

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Forbes

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Forbes
Wednesday 24 June ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Albert Gardiner (elected 1)	1,030	27.9
	Labour	George Hutchinson (elected 2)	1,027	27.8
	Free Trade	Henry Cooke (defeated)	866	23.5
	Protectionist	Joseph Reymond	769	20.8
Total formal votes			3,692	99.2
Informal votes			29	0.8
Turnout			2,200	61.3
	Labour gain 1 from Protectionist and gain 1 from Free Trade

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