Electoral district of Hay explained

Hay was an electoral district in the Legislative Assembly of the Australian state of New South Wales created with the abolition of multi-member electorates in 1894, mainly from the abolished electoral district of Balranald, and named after and including the town of Hay.^{[1] [2]} It was abolished in 1904, following the 1903 New South Wales referendum, which required the number of members of the Legislative Assembly to be reduced from 125 to 90.^[3] It was absorbed into the districts of The Murrumbidgee and Murray.

Members for Hay

Member		Party	Period
		James Ashton		1894–1898
		Frank Byrne		1898–1901
				1901–1904

Election results

See main article: Electoral results for the district of Hay.

Notes and References

1. Elections for the District of Hay . DistrictIndexes . Hay . 2020-09-26.
2. Web site: Former Members . Members of Parliament . . 12 December 2019.
3. Web site: 1904 Redistribution . Atlas of New South Wales . NSW Land & Property Information . https://web.archive.org/web/20150623031821/http://www.atlas.nsw.gov.au/public/nsw/home/topic/article/1904-redistribution.html . 23 June 2015 . dead.