Electoral district of Williams (New South Wales)

The Williams was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1859 in the northern part of the Hunter Region and named after the Williams River. In 1880, it was replaced by Durham and Gloucester.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Members for Williams

	Party	Period
Stephen Dark	None	1859–1860
Alexander Campbell	None	1860
William Allen	None	1860–1864
Marshall Burdekin	None	1864–1866
Frederick Manton	None	1866–1866
John Nowlan	None	1866–1874
William Watson	None	1874–1877
William Johnston	None	1877–1880

Election results

1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Williams
Thursday 1 November ^[4]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Johnston (re-elected)	516	51.0
John Booth (defeated)	495	49.0
Total formal votes	1,011	96.1
Informal votes	41	3.9
Turnout	1,052	70.7

William Johnston had won the seat at the 1877 by-election. John Booth was one of the sitting members for East Macquarie.

References

^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of The Williams 1859-1877". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1877 The Williams". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

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[5B_record-1] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[2] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 November 2020.

[Elections_Williams-3] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of The Williams 1859-1877". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.

[Results_of_the_1877_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1877_Williams-4] Green, Antony. "1877 The Williams". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

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