Electoral district of Argyle explained

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.

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
			1887–1894			Edward Ball		1887–1891
						Thomas Rose		1891–1894
Single-member (1894–1904)
Member		Party	Term
		Thomas Rose		1894–1901
				1901–1904

Election results

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

Notes and References

1. Elections for the District of Argyle 1856-1904 . DistrictIndexes . Argyle . 22 April 2019.
2. 290 . Mr John Hubert Plunkett, QC (1802-1869) . Yes . 12 June 2016.
3. 590 . Mr Daniel Henry Deniehy (1828-1865) . Yes . 12 June 2016.
4. Sir Terence Aubrey Murray (1810-1873) . 354 . Yes . 12 June 2019.
5. 299 . Mr Samuel Emmanuel (1803-1868) . Yes . 12 June 2016.
6. Mr Edward Butler (1823-1879) . 525 . Yes . 12 June 2019.
7. Mr Phillip Myers (1839-1881) . 750 . Yes . 12 June 2019.
8. Mr John Thomas Gannon (1830-1887) . 611 . Yes . 12 June 2019.