Electoral results for the district of Blayney
Appearance
Blayney, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1904 and abolished in 1913.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1904 | Paddy Crick | Progressive | |
1907 by | John Withington | Liberal Reform | |
1907 | George Beeby | Labor | |
1910 | |||
1913 by | Independent |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1910s
[edit]1913 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | John Withington | 1,800 | 44.2 | −0.8 | |
Independent | George Beeby | 1,156 | 28.4 | ||
Labour | Valentine Johnston | 1,120 | 27.5 | −28.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,077 | 100.0 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,077 | 56.6 [a] | −14.9 |
A second ballot was necessary because no candidate had won an absolute majority.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | George Beeby | 2,244 | 51.6 | ||
Liberal Reform | John Withington | 2,108 | 48.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 4,356 | 99.0 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 43 | 1.0 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,399 | 61.0 [a] | −10.5 | ||
Member changed to Independent from Labour | Swing | N/A |
1910
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Beeby | 7,799 | 55.0 | ||
Liberal Reform | William Kelk | 2,292 | 45.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,091 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 61 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,152 | 71.5 | |||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1907
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | George Beeby | 2,580 | 50.5 | ||
Liberal Reform | John Withington (defeated) | 2,530 | 49.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,110 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 135 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 5,245 | 71.7 | |||
Labour gain from Progressive |
1907 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | John Withington | 1,733 | 50.3 | ||
Labor | George Beeby | 1,710 | 49.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,443 | 100.0 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,443 | 50.6 | −15.5 | ||
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive |
1904
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Paddy Crick | 2,406 | 52.2 | ||
Liberal Reform | Charles Garland | 2,207 | 47.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,613 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 35 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,648 | 66.1 | |||
Progressive win | (new seat) |
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b estimate based on an electoral roll of 7,207 at the 1910 election.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
- ^ a b c Green, Antony. "1913 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1910 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2019.