Electoral results for the district of Lachlan
Appearance
Lachlan, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had four incarnations, from 1859 to 1880, from 1894 to 1920, from 1927 to 1950 and from 1981 to 2007.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1859 | John Ryan | None | |
1860 | |||
1864 | James Martin | None | |
1869 | James Watson | None | |
1872 | |||
1875 | |||
1877 | |||
1879 by | |||
Election | Member | Party | |
1894 | James Carroll | Ind. Protectionist | |
1895 | Protectionist | ||
1896 by | |||
1898 | |||
1901 | Progressive | ||
1904 | Andrew Kelly | Labor | |
1907 | |||
1910 | |||
1913 | Thomas Brown | Labor | |
1917 | Ernest Buttenshaw | Nationalist | |
Election | Member | Party | |
1927 | Ernest Buttenshaw | Country | |
1930 | |||
1932 | |||
1935 | |||
1938 | Griffith Evans | Country | |
1941 | |||
1943 by | John Chanter | Labor | |
1944 | |||
1947 | Robert Medcalf | Country | |
Election | Member | Party | |
1981 | Ian Armstrong | National | |
1984 | |||
1988 | |||
1991 | |||
1995 | |||
1999 | |||
2003 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2000s
[edit]2003
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ian Armstrong | 26,961 | 66.0 | +10.9 | |
Labor | Stephen Pollard | 10,374 | 25.4 | −2.1 | |
One Nation | Russell Constable | 1,791 | 4.4 | −8.6 | |
Greens | Jenny McKinnon | 1,696 | 4.2 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 40,822 | 98.0 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 814 | 2.0 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,636 | 93.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Ian Armstrong | 27,830 | 71.2 | +4.9 | |
Labor | Stephen Pollard | 11,253 | 28.8 | −4.9 | |
National hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]1999
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ian Armstrong | 22,798 | 55.1 | +10.5 | |
Labor | Tony Lord | 11,385 | 27.5 | −4.0 | |
One Nation | Wilf Reid | 5,383 | 13.0 | +13.0 | |
Democrats | Peter Mulligan | 1,124 | 2.7 | +0.6 | |
Greens | Mike Durrant | 689 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 41,379 | 98.0 | +3.6 | ||
Informal votes | 854 | 2.0 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,233 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Ian Armstrong | 24,940 | 66.3 | −1.0 | |
Labor | Tony Lord | 12,680 | 33.7 | +1.0 | |
National hold | Swing | −1.0 |
1995
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ian Armstrong | 23,560 | 69.4 | +12.8 | |
Labor | Tim Carney | 8,578 | 25.3 | −3.0 | |
Democrats | Dave Cox | 1,787 | 5.3 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 33,925 | 94.8 | +2.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,843 | 5.2 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 35,768 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Ian Armstrong | 24,303 | 72.4 | +6.2 | |
Labor | Tim Carney | 9,248 | 27.6 | −6.2 | |
National hold | Swing | +6.2 |
1991
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ian Armstrong | 18,289 | 56.7 | −14.2 | |
Labor | Peter Gordon | 9,126 | 28.3 | +0.5 | |
Country Residents | Peter Mallon | 2,332 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
Independent | Colin Wilson | 1,355 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Democrats | Neil Bartlett | 1,176 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 32,278 | 92.7 | −5.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,544 | 7.3 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,822 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Ian Armstrong | 20,197 | 66.2 | −5.8 | |
Labor | Peter Gordon | 10,314 | 33.8 | +5.8 | |
National hold | Swing | −5.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]1988
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ian Armstrong | 21,451 | 73.6 | +10.0 | |
Labor | Leslie Saunders | 7,687 | 26.4 | −7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 29,138 | 97.9 | −0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 624 | 2.1 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 29,762 | 94.7 | |||
National hold | Swing | +8.3 |
1984
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ian Armstrong | 19,108 | 65.9 | +7.2 | |
Labor | Tim West | 9,885 | 34.1 | −7.2 | |
Total formal votes | 28,993 | 98.8 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 346 | 1.2 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 29,339 | 93.4 | +1.0 | ||
National hold | Swing | +7.2 |
1981
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Country | Ian Armstrong | 16,538 | 58.7 | +3.8 | |
Labor | Timothy West | 11,642 | 41.3 | −3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 28,180 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 672 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 28,852 | 92.4 | |||
National Country notional hold | Swing | +3.8 |
District recreated
1950 - 1981
[edit]District abolished
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]1947
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Chanter | 4,995 | 45.8 | −27.2 | |
Country | Robert Medcalf | 3,981 | 36.5 | +36.5 | |
Liberal | Daniel Clifton | 1,755 | 16.1 | +16.1 | |
Independent | Madge Roberts | 187 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 10,918 | 98.4 | +4.9 | ||
Informal votes | 173 | 1.6 | −4.9 | ||
Turnout | 11,091 | 92.2 | +3.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Robert Medcalf | 5,609 | 51.4 | +51.4 | |
Labor | John Chanter | 5,309 | 48.6 | −24.4 | |
Country gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
1944
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Chanter | 7,525 | 73.0 | +26.9 | |
Independent Labor | Joseph Sligar | 2,780 | 27.0 | +27.0 | |
Total formal votes | 10,305 | 93.5 | −5.2 | ||
Informal votes | 719 | 6.5 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,024 | 89.2 | −2.9 | ||
Labor gain from Country | Swing | N/A |
- John Chanter had won the seat for Labor at the 1943 Lachlan by-election,[13] and retained it at this election.
1943 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Chanter | 5,408 | 56.93 | ||
Country | Lindsay McIvor | 2,107 | 22.18 | ||
Country | John Sommers | 1,984 | 20.89 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,499 | 99.29 | |||
Informal votes | 68 | 0.71 | |||
Turnout | 9,567 | 74.86 | |||
Labor gain from Country | Swing |
1941
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Griffith Evans | 6,703 | 53.9 | ||
Labor | George Grintell | 5,737 | 46.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,440 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 158 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 12,598 | 92.1 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]1938
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Grace | 5,393 | 39.5 | +4.1 | |
Country | Griffith Evans | 4,090 | 30.0 | −34.6 | |
Country | John Parker | 1,661 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
Country | Charles Thomas | 1,475 | 10.8 | +10.8 | |
Independent | George Berry | 1,032 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 13,651 | 97.8 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 306 | 2.2 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 13,957 | 94.9 | +0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Griffith Evans | 7,644 | 56.0 | −8.6 | |
Labor | John Grace | 6,007 | 44.0 | +8.6 | |
Country hold | Swing | −8.6 |
1935
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ernest Buttenshaw | 9,094 | 64.6 | −0.2 | |
Labor (NSW) | Valdimer Connellan | 4,978 | 35.4 | +11.2 | |
Total formal votes | 14,072 | 98.4 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 225 | 1.6 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 14,297 | 94.7 | −1.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
1932
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ernest Buttenshaw | 8,508 | 64.8 | +8.1 | |
Labor (NSW) | John Heiss | 3,173 | 24.2 | −17.5 | |
Federal Labor | David Nilon | 1,117 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Independent Country | Philip Bolte | 337 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 13,135 | 98.2 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 243 | 1.8 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 13,378 | 96.1 | +1.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ernest Buttenshaw | 7,444 | 56.7 | ||
Labor | David Tasker | 5,743 | 41.7 | ||
Communist | William Axelby | 212 | 1.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,129 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 265 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 13,394 | 94.9 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]1927
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ernest Buttenshaw | 7,223 | 60.6 | ||
Labor | Michael Roddy | 4,699 | 39.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,922 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 183 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 12,105 | 74.6 | |||
Country win | (new seat) |
District recreated
1920 - 1927
[edit]District abolished
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]1917
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Ernest Buttenshaw | 3,639 | 52.0 | +52.0 | |
Labor | Thomas Brown | 3,362 | 48.0 | −2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 7,001 | 98.5 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 103 | 1.5 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,104 | 61.4 | −7.1 | ||
Nationalist gain from Labor |
1913
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Brown | 4,009 | 50.8 | ||
Farmers and Settlers | Arthur Manning [a] | 3,588 | 45.4 | ||
Country Party Association | Herbert Bowles | 303 | 3.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,900 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 275 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 8,175 | 68.5 | |||
Labor hold |
1910
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Kelly | 3,050 | 52.9 | ||
Liberal Reform | William Ewers | 2,717 | 47.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,766 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 77 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,843 | 66.0 | |||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1907
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Kelly | 2,726 | 53.1 | ||
Liberal Reform | James Carroll | 2,409 | 46.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,135 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 153 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 5,288 | 67.4 | |||
Labour hold |
1904
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Andrew Kelly | 1,525 | 36.8 | ||
Liberal Reform | William Ferguson | 1,394 | 33.6 | ||
Independent Liberal | James Carroll | 1,230 | 29.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,149 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 34 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,183 | 63.9 | |||
Labour gain from Progressive |
1901
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | James Carroll | unopposed | |||
Progressive hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]1898
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Federal | James Carroll | 558 | 62.9 | ||
Independent Federalist | Alexander Cameron | 323 | 36.4 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | C N Broome | 6 | 0.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 887 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 7 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 894 | 46.2 | |||
National Federal hold |
1896 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | James Carroll | unopposed | |||
Protectionist hold |
1895
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | James Carroll | 469 | 75.0 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | A Skene | 146 | 23.4 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | George Bolton | 10 | 1.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 625 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 10 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 635 | 40.3 | |||
Member changed to Protectionist from Ind. Protectionist |
1894
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Protectionist | James Carroll | 452 | 42.3 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Alexander Cameron | 351 | 32.9 | ||
Protectionist | John Miller | 133 | 12.5 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Alexander Huie | 119 | 11.1 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | James Dunsmore | 13 | 1.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,068 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 24 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,092 | 69.3 | |||
Ind. Protectionist win | (new seat) |
District recreated
1880 - 1894
[edit]District abolished
Elections in the 1870s
[edit]1879 by-election
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Watson (re-elected) | 1,055 | 54.7 | |
George McLean | 873 | 45.3 | |
Total formal votes | 1,928 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,928 | 37.0 |
1877
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Watson (re-elected) | unopposed |
1875
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Watson (re-elected) | unopposed | ||
Total formal votes | 0 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 |
1872
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Watson (re-elected) | 1,177 | 73.4 | |
T R Icely | 427 | 26.6 | |
Total formal votes | 1,604 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,604 | 36.8 |
Elections in the 1860s
[edit]1869
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Watson (elected) | 974 | 55.6 | |
William Dalley | 767 | 43.8 | |
William Forster | 12 | 0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 1,753 | 97.3 | |
Informal votes | 49 | 2.7 | |
Turnout | 1,802 | 46.7 |
1864
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Martin (elected) | 692 | 73.4 | |
Andrew Lynch | 251 | 26.6 | |
Total formal votes | 943 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 943 | 26.3 |
1860
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Ryan (re-elected) | 248 | 57.9 | |
James Martin | 180 | 42.1 | |
Total formal votes | 428 | 98.9 | |
Informal votes | 5 | 1.2 | |
Turnout | 433 | 39.4 |
Elections in the 1850s
[edit]1859
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Ryan (elected) | unopposed |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
- ^ The two seats contested by 3 sitting members were Ashburnham and The Lachlan.
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