Electoral results for the district of Robertson
Appearance
Robertson, 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][4]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1894 | Robert Fitzgerald | Protectionist | |
1895 | |||
1898 | National Federal | ||
1901 | William Fleming | Liberal Reform |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1901
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Fleming | 1,017 | 50.7 | +12.3 | |
Progressive | Robert Fitzgerald (defeated) | 991 | 49.4 | −12.3 | |
Total formal votes | 2,008 | 98.8 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 24 | 1.2 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,032 | 68.3 | +6.6 | ||
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]1898
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Federal | Robert Fitzgerald | 1,055 | 61.7 | ||
Free Trade | Thomas Houghton | 656 | 38.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,711 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 27 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,738 | 61.8 | |||
National Federal hold |
1895
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Robert Fitzgerald | 1,052 | 58.5 | ||
Labour | Francis Gilbert | 738 | 41.1 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Thomas Johnston | 8 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,798 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 27 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,825 | 71.0 | |||
Protectionist hold |
1894
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Robert Fitzgerald | 903 | 46.6 | ||
Free Trade | Edwin Tucker | 900 | 46.4 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Michael Hickey | 137 | 7.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,940 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 41 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,981 | 77.1 | |||
Protectionist win | (new seat) |
References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Robertson". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ^ "Mr Robert George Dundas Fitzgerald (1846-1933)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ^ "Mr William Montgomerie Fleming (1874–1961)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Robertson". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Robertson". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Robertson". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Robertson". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.