Electoral district of Argyle

For the former NSW Legislative Council District, see Electoral district of County of Argyle. For the Canadian district, see Argyle (electoral district).

Argyle was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales from 1856 to 1904, including Argyle County surrounding Goulburn. The town of Goulburn was in Southern Boroughs from 1856 to 1859 and then Goulburn.^[1] The district had previously been represented by the district of County of Argyle in the partially elected Legislative Council.

Argyle New South Wales—Legislative Assembly
1840s map of the County of Argyle
State	New South Wales
Created	1856
Abolished	1904
Namesake	Argyle County
Coordinates	34°30′S 150°0′E / 34.500°S 150.000°E / -34.500; 150.000

It elected two members simultaneously between 1880 and 1894, with voters casting two votes and the first two candidates being elected.

Members for Argyle

Single-member (1856–1880)
Member		Party	Term
	John Plunkett ^[2]	None	1856–1857
	Daniel Deniehy ^[3]	None	1857–1859
	Terence Aubrey Murray ^[4]	None	1859–1862
	Samuel Emmanuel ^[5]	None	1862–1864
	Phillip Dignam	None	1864–1869
	Edward Butler ^[6]	None	1869–1877
	William Davies	None	1877–1880
Two members (1880–1894)
Member		Party	Term	Member		Party	Term
	William Holborow	None	1880–1887		Phillip G. Myers ^[7]	None	1880–1881
					John Gannon ^[8]	None	1881–1885
					Henry Parkes	None	1885–1885
					Francis Tait	None	1885–1887
		Free Trade	1887–1894		Edward Ball	Free Trade	1887–1891
					Thomas Rose	Protectionist	1891–1894
Single-member (1894–1904)
Member		Party	Term
	Thomas Rose	Protectionist	1894–1901
		Progressive	1901–1904

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Argyle

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Argyle.[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: Argyle ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Thomas Rose	1,059	67.3	+12.2
	Liberal Reform	Francis Isaac	514	32.7	-12.2
Total formal votes			1,573	99.4	-0.1
Informal votes			9	0.6	+0.1
Turnout			1,582	59.7	-4.6
	Progressive hold

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Argyle 1856-1904". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
2. "Mr John Hubert Plunkett, QC (1802-1869)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
3. "Mr Daniel Henry Deniehy (1828-1865)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
4. "Sir Terence Aubrey Murray (1810-1873)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
5. "Mr Samuel Emmanuel (1803-1868)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
6. "Mr Edward Butler (1823-1879)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
7. "Mr Phillip Myers (1839-1881)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
8. "Mr John Thomas Gannon (1830-1887)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
9. Green, Antony. "1901 Argyle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.