Electoral district of Namoi

Namoi, known as The Namoi until 1910 was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1880 and named after the Namoi River. It elected two members between 1891 and 1894. In 1894 it was abolished and partly replaced by Narrabri. In 1904, with the downsizing of the Legislative Assembly after Federation, Namoi was recreated, replacing Narrabri and part of Gunnedah. Between 1920 and 1927, it largely absorbed Gwydir and Tamworth and elected three members under proportional representation. In 1927, it was replaced by single-member electorates, mainly Namoi, Tamworth and Barwon. Namoi was abolished in 1950.^[1][2][3]

Members for Namoi

Single-member (1880–1891)
Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Dangar [4]	None	1880–1885
	Charles Collins [5]	None	1885–1887
	Thomas Dangar [4]	Free Trade	1887–1890
	Charles Collins [5]	Free Trade	1890–1891
Two members (1891–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Charles Collins [5]	Free Trade	1891–1894		Job Sheldon [6]	Labour	1891–1894
Single-member (1904–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	Albert Collins [7]	Independent Liberal	1904–1910
	George Black [8]	Labor	1910–1916
		Independent Labor	1916–1917
	Walter Wearne [9]	Ind. Nationalist	1917–1920
Three members (1920–1927)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	Walter Wearne [9]	Progressive	1920–1922		Frank Chaffey [10]	Nationalist	1920–1927		Patrick Scully [11]	Labor	1920–1923
		Nationalist	1922–1927
									William Scully [12]	Labor	1923–1927
Single-member (1927–1950)
Member		Party	Term
	William Scully [12]	Labor	1927–1932
	Colin Sinclair [13]	Country	1932–1941
	Raymond Hamilton [14]	Labor	1941–1950

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Namoi

1947 New South Wales state election: Namoi ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Raymond Hamilton	6,634	51.2	−8.4
	Country	Malcolm Heath	6,313	48.8	+8.4
Total formal votes			12,947	99.1	+0.7
Informal votes			111	0.9	−0.7
Turnout			13,058	95.0	+7.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.4

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[edit]

References

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13. "The Hon. Colin Archibald Sinclair (1876-1956)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
14. "Mr Raymond George Hamilton". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
15. Green, Antony. "1947 Namoi". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.