Electoral district of Hastings and Manning

Hastings and Manning was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1880 to 1894. Created to succeed Hastings, it elected two members with voters casting two votes and the two leading candidates being elected. In 1894 it was divided between the single member districts of Hastings and Macleay and Manning.^[1][2][3]

Members for Hastings and Manning

Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	James Young	None	1880–1887		Joseph Andrews	None	1880–1882
					Charles Roberts	None	1882–1887
		Free Trade	1887–1894			Free Trade	1887–1890
					Walter Vivian	Free Trade	1890–1891
					Hugh McKinnon	Protectionist	1891–1894

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Hastings and Manning

1891 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings and Manning
Saturday 20 June ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	James Young (re-elected 1)	1,246	25.4
	Protectionist	Hugh McKinnon (elected 2)	1,236	25.2
	Free Trade	Walter Vivian (defeated)	1,231	25.1
	Protectionist	John Ruthven	1,198	24.4
Total formal votes			4,911	100.0
Informal votes			0	0.0
Turnout			2,470	72.8
	Free Trade hold 1
	Protectionist gain 1 from Free Trade

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