Electoral district of Grafton

Grafton was electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1880 to 1904 and was named after and included the town of Grafton.^[1]

Its only member was John See and this was the only seat that See held. See was a member of the Protectionist Party from 1887 and which became the Progressive Party from 1901. See became Premier when William Lyne moved to Federal Parliament in March 1901. For the 1904 election the Legislative Assembly was reduced in size from 125 to 90 seats as a result of Federation. The redistribution saw Grafton absorbed by The Clarence, while much of The Clarence become part of Raleigh.

Sir John See retired as Premier and member for Grafton in June 1904 due to ill health,^[2] and accepted an appointment to the Legislative Council.^[3]^[4]

Members for Grafton

	Party	Term
John See	None	1880–1887
	Protectionist	1887–1901
	Progressive	1901–1904

Election results

1901 New South Wales state election: Grafton ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	John See	843	94.2	+31.7
	Independent Liberal	Frederick Wilcox	52	5.8
Total formal votes			895	99.0	−0.5
Informal votes			9	1.0	+0.5
Turnout			904	37.9	−28.2
	Progressive hold

References

^ Green, Antony. "The district of Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
^ Henry, Keith. "See, Sir John (1845–1907)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 11. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
^ "Government Gazette Notices". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 340. 21 June 1904. p. 4935. Retrieved 6 December 2019 – via Trove.
^ "Sir John See (1845–1907)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1901 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

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[Green_Grafton-1] Green, Antony. "The district of Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.

[John_See_ADB-2] Henry, Keith. "See, Sir John (1845–1907)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 11. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 5 December 2019.

[3] "Government Gazette Notices". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 340. 21 June 1904. p. 4935. Retrieved 6 December 2019 – via Trove.

[John_See_NSW_parl-4] "Sir John See (1845–1907)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[Results_of_the_1901_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1901_Grafton-5] Green, Antony. "1901 Grafton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.

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