Electoral results for the district of The Hastings (New South Wales)

The Hastings, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1880.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Election		Party
1859	Henry Flett	None
1860	Henry Flett	None
1864	William Forster	None
1869	Horace Dean	None
1870 by	Horace Dean	None
1870 re-count	Robert Smith	None
1872
1874
1877

Election results

Elections in the 1870s

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Saturday 3 November ^[7]
Candidate	Votes	%
Robert Smith (re-elected)	1,018	94.2
Thomas Amos	63	5.8
Total formal votes	1,081	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	1,093	34.5

1874

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Thursday 24 December 1874 ^[8]
Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Smith (re-elected)		unopposed

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Thursday 29 February ^[9]
Candidate	Votes	%
Robert Smith (re-elected)	907	47.0
Eugene Fattorini	586	30.4
James Garvan	435	22.6
Total formal votes	1,928	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	1,928	59.9

1870 re-count

1870 The Hastings election re-count
Friday 23 September ^[10]^[11]
Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Smith (elected)		N/A

The Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1870 The Hastings by-election and declared that Horace Dean was not qualified to be elected. No by-election was conducted, instead the committee declared that Robert Smith had been elected.^[10]

1870 by-election

1870 The Hastings by-election
Monday 4 July ^[12]^[13]
Candidate	Votes	%
Horace Dean (elected)	953	68.4
Robert Smith	441	31.6
Total formal votes	1,394	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	1,394	47.5

The Committee of Elections and Qualifications held that the election of Horace Dean was void because he held an office of profit under the crown at the time of his nomination.^[12]

Elections in the 1860s

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Thursday 23 December 1869 ^[14]
Candidate	Votes	%
Horace Dean (elected)	474	32.0
Robert Smith	444	30.0
Henry Flett	307	20.7
William Forster	253	17.1
Geoffrey Eagar	2	0.1
Ebenezer Vickery	1	0.1
Total formal votes	1,481	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	1,491	56.4

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Saturday 24 December 1864 ^[15]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Forster (elected)	530	47.4
Henry Flett (defeated)	328	29.3
Horace Dean	260	23.3
Total formal votes	1,118	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	1,133	62.4

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Friday 21 December ^[16]
Candidate	Votes	%
Henry Flett (re-elected)	278	53.8
Frederick Panton	191	36.9
Robert Ross	40	7.7
Isaac Aaron	8	1.6
Total formal votes	517	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	536	32.5

Elections in the 1850s

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings
Friday 1 July ^[17]
Candidate	Votes	%
Henry Flett (elected)	321	40.8
J Andrews	278	35.4
Frederick Panton	186	23.7
James McCarthy	1	0.1
Total formal votes	786	100.0
Informal votes	0	0.0
Turnout	786	56.3

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of The Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
^ "Mr Henry Flett (1810-1877)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "Mr William Forster (1818–1882)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "Mr Horace Dean (1814-1887)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ "Mr Robert Burdett Smith CMG (1837-1895)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1877 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1874-5 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1872 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^ ^a ^b "The Hastings election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 September 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 21 September 2020 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1870 The Hastings election re-count". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1870 The Hastings by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
^ The petition on 11 August stated a higher result, Dean 1,226 votes, Smith 482 votes."The Hastings petition". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 197. 16 August 1870. p. 1755. Retrieved 21 September 2020 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1869-70 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1864-5 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1860 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1859 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

[Green_Hastings-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of The Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[Flett_NSW_Parl-3] "Mr Henry Flett (1810-1877)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

[Forster_NSW_Parl-4] "Mr William Forster (1818–1882)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

[Dean_NSW_Parl-5] "Mr Horace Dean (1814-1887)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

[R_B_Smith_NSW_Parl-6] "Mr Robert Burdett Smith CMG (1837-1895)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

[Results_of_the_1877_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1877_Hastings-7] Green, Antony. "1877 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1874–75_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1874-75_The_Hastings-8] Green, Antony. "1874-5 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1872_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1872_Hastings-9] Green, Antony. "1872 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

[1870_The_Hastings_colonial_election_re-count_SMH_recount-10] "The Hastings election". The Sydney Morning Herald. 24 September 1870. p. 4. Retrieved 21 September 2020 – via Trove.

[1870_The_Hastings_colonial_election_re-count_Green-11] Green, Antony. "1870 The Hastings election re-count". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[1870_The_Hastings_colonial_by-election_Green-12] Green, Antony. "1870 The Hastings by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 September 2020.

[13] The petition on 11 August stated a higher result, Dean 1,226 votes, Smith 482 votes."The Hastings petition". New South Wales Government Gazette. No. 197. 16 August 1870. p. 1755. Retrieved 21 September 2020 – via Trove.

[Results_of_the_1869–70_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1869-70_Hastings-14] Green, Antony. "1869-70 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1864–65_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1864-65_Hastings-15] Green, Antony. "1864-5 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1860_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1860_Hastings-16] Green, Antony. "1860 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1859_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1859_Hastings-17] Green, Antony. "1859 Hastings". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2020.

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