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Newcastle West, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1894   James Ellis Free Trade
1895   James Thomson Labour
1898
1901   Owen Gilbert Liberal Reform

Election results

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Elections in the 1900s

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1901

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Newcastle West.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Newcastle West [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Owen Gilbert 802 57.9
Progressive Emmanuel Flynn 316 22.8 −23.6
Labour Thomas Green 267 19.3 −34.3
Total formal votes 1,385 99.4 −0.5
Informal votes 9 0.7 +0.5
Turnout 1,394 70.8 +7.5
Liberal Reform gain from Labour  
The sitting member was James Thomson (Labour) who did not contest the election.

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Newcastle West.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Newcastle West [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Thomson 580 53.6
National Federal James Ellis 502 46.4
Total formal votes 1,082 99.8
Informal votes 2 0.2
Turnout 1,084 63.3
Labour hold  

1895

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Newcastle West.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Newcastle West [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Thomson 329 29.6
Free Trade James Blanksby 317 28.5
Ind. Free Trade James Ellis 249 22.4
Protectionist David Scott 193 17.3
Ind. Protectionist Alfred Asher 25 2.3
Total formal votes 1,113 99.4
Informal votes 7 0.6
Turnout 1,120 75.2
Labour gain from Free Trade  

1894

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Newcastle West.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Newcastle West [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade James Ellis 428 31.5
Labour James Thompson 327 24.0
Ind. Free Trade James Blanksby 268 19.7
Protectionist William Grahame 226 16.6
Ind. Free Trade George Webb 112 8.2
Total formal votes 1,361 99.1
Informal votes 13 1.0
Turnout 1,374 89.7
Free Trade win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.


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