Electoral district of Gloucester explained

Gloucester was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, originally created in 1880, partly replacing Williams, and named after Gloucester (which it included) or Gloucester County (which it overlapped).^[1] In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into Oxley, along with Raleigh.^[2] It was recreated in 1927,^[3] and abolished in 1988 and replaced by Myall Lakes and Port Stephens.^{[4] [5] [6]}

Members for Gloucester

First incarnation (1880–1920)
Member		Party	Term
		Archibald Jacob^[7]	None	1880–1882
		Robert White^[8]	None	1882–1887
		Jonathan Seaver^[9]		1887–1891
		John Hart^[10]		1891–1894
		Richard Price^[11]		189–1901
				1901–1904
		James Young^[12]		1904–1907
		Richard Price		1907–1917
				1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927–1988)
Member		Party	Term
		Walter Bennett^[13]		1927–1931
				1931–1934
		Charles Bennett		1934–1941
		Ray Fitzgerald^[14]		1941–1950
				1950–1962
		Leon Punch^[15]	,	1962–1985
		Wendy Machin^[16]		1985–1988

Election results

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

Notes and References

1. News: The Electoral Act . . 20 July 1880 . 22 August 2019 . 6 . Trove.
2. News: New electoral districts . . 1 July 1919 . 22 August 2019 . 3 . Trove.
3. News: Parliamentary Electorates and Elections Acts, 1912-18-26 . . 139 . 26 October 1926 . 22 August 2019 . 4529 . Trove.
4. Web site: Green . Antony . Antony Green . Changing Boundaries, Changing Fortunes: an analysis of the NSW Elections of 1988 and 1991 . Occasional Paper No 7 . NSW Parliamentary Library Research Service . 14 August 2019 . October 1998.
5. Web site: Former Members . Members of Parliament . . 12 December 2019.
6. Elections for the District of Gloucester . DistrictIndexes . Gloucester . 22 August 2019.
7. Mr Archibald Hamilton Jacob (1829–1900) . 604 . Yes . 21 May 2019.
8. Mr Robert Hoddle Driberg White (1838-1900) . 732 . Yes . 16 June 2019.
9. Mr Jonathan Charles Billing Pockerage Seaver (1855-) . 992 . Yes . 15 June 2019.
10. Mr John Shadrach Hart (1838-1912) . 737 . Yes . 14 June 2019.
11. Mr Richard Atkinson Price (1864–1936) . 1133 . Yes . 10 May 2019.
12. 674 . Mr James Henry Young (1834-1908) . Yes . 15 April 2019.
13. Mr Charles Edward Bennett (1894–1968) . 1549 . Yes . 3 May 2019.
14. Mr Raymond Leo Fitzgerald (1879-1963) . 1333 . Yes . 8 May 2019.
15. The Hon. Leon Ashton Punch (1928–1991) . 1874 . Yes. 13 May 2019.
16. 2100 . Yes . Ms Wendy Susan Machin (1958-) . 22 August 2019.