Electoral results for the district of Rous

1910 New South Wales state election: Rous ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	George Hindmarsh	4,744	56.1
	Labour	Alfred Taylor	3,719	43.9
Total formal votes			8,463	98.7
Informal votes			111	1.3
Turnout			8,574	68.3
	Liberal Reform hold

1907 New South Wales state election: Rous ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	George Hindmarsh	3,454	52.3
	Independent	John Sheridan	2,020	30.6
	Independent	Richard Balmer	1,128	17.1
Total formal votes			6,602	96.0
Informal votes			277	4.0
Turnout			6,879	68.5
	Liberal Reform hold

1905 Rous by-election
Saturday 11 February ^[7][8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	George Hindmarsh	2,832	51.1	−1.8
	Independent	Richard Meagher	2,710	48.9	+1.8
Total formal votes			5,542	99.6	+0.2
Informal votes			24	0.4	−0.2
Turnout			5,566	73.2 [a]	+0.8
	Liberal Reform hold		Swing

John Coleman (Liberal Reform) died.^[7]

1904 New South Wales state election: Rous ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	John Coleman	2,892	52.9
	Independent	Richard Meagher	2,577	47.1
Total formal votes			5,469	99.4
Informal votes			34	0.6
Turnout			5,503	72.4
	Liberal Reform win		(new seat)

Rous was a new district and consisted of parts of the abolished seats of Lismore and The Tweed. John Coleman (Liberal Reform) was the member for Lismore. Richard Meagher was the independent member for The Tweed.