Electoral results for the district of St George
Appearance
St George, 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 | ||||||||||||
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1894 | Joseph Carruthers | Free Trade | ||||||||||||
1895 | ||||||||||||||
1898 | ||||||||||||||
1901 | Liberal Reform | |||||||||||||
1904 | ||||||||||||||
1907 | ||||||||||||||
1908 by | William Taylor | Liberal Reform | ||||||||||||
1910 | ||||||||||||||
1913 | William Bagnall | Labor | ||||||||||||
1917 | Nationalist | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||||
1920 | George Cann | Labor | Mark Gosling | Labor | Thomas Ley | Progressive | Guy Arkins | Nationalist | ||||||
1922 | Nationalist | |||||||||||||
1925 | Joseph Cahill | Labor | ||||||||||||
1925 Appt | William Bagnall | Nationalist | ||||||||||||
1927 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1920s
[edit]1927
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Joseph Cahill | 8,137 | 55.9 | ||
Nationalist | James Morrish | 6,430 | 44.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,567 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 138 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 14,705 | 86.9 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
1925 appointment
[edit]Thomas Ley resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of Barton at the 1925 election.[5] Between 1920 and 1927 the Legislative Assembly was elected using a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark). The Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act,[6] provided that casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the incumbent member's party list. William Bagnall had the most votes of the unsuccessful Nationalist candidates at the 1925 election and took his seat on 30 September 1925.[7]
1925
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 10,607 | ||||
Nationalist | Thomas Ley (elected 1) | 16,171 | 25.4 | +6.4 | |
Nationalist | Guy Arkins (elected 3) | 4,393 | 6.9 | −9.5 | |
Nationalist | William Bagnall (defeated) | 3,979 | 6.2 | −2.9 | |
Nationalist | Cecil Monro | 3,528 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Nationalist | Francis Farrar | 1,227 | 1.9 | −0.7 | |
Nationalist | Reginald Reid | 608 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Nationalist | Thomas Casserly | 497 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Labor | Mark Gosling (elected 2) | 11,731 | 18.4 | +2.5 | |
Labor | Joseph Cahill (elected 5) | 6,203 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
Labor | George Cann (elected 4) | 6,166 | 9.7 | −3.2 | |
Labor | George Burns | 4,790 | 7.5 | +7.5 | |
Labor | Ernest Sheiles | 1,472 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
Protestant Labor | Walter Anderson | 1,068 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Protestant Labor | Arthur Jones | 612 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Protestant Labor | Roy Hindwood | 439 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Protestant Labor | William Goulden | 313 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Protestant Labor | James Dunlop | 195 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Independent | Alfred Dicker | 182 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Independent | John Cooper | 39 | 0.1 | −0.1 | |
Independent | Ernest Lambourne | 26 | 0.04 | +0.04 | |
Total formal votes | 63,639 | 96.2 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 2,487 | 3.8 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 66,126 | 73.3 | −0.2 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Nationalist | 30,403 | 47.8 | −5.6 | ||
Labor | 30,362 | 47.7 | +5.6 | ||
Protestant Labor | 2,627 | 4.1 | +4.1 | ||
Independent | Alfred Dicker | 182 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Independent | John Cooper | 39 | 0.1 | −0.1 | |
Independent | Ernest Lambourne | 26 | 0.04 | +0.04 |
1922
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 8,832 | ||||
Nationalist | Thomas Ley (elected 1) | 10,071 | 19.0 | +19.0 | |
Nationalist | Guy Arkins (elected 2) | 8,717 | 16.4 | +6.9 | |
Nationalist | William Bagnall (elected 4) | 4,829 | 9.1 | −6.2 | |
Nationalist | John Ewen | 2,636 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Nationalist | Francis Farrar | 1,371 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Nationalist | John Willson | 694 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Labor | Mark Gosling (elected 3) | 8,423 | 15.9 | +10.5 | |
Labor | George Cann (elected 5) | 6,818 | 12.9 | −8.1 | |
Labor | Sam Toombs | 4,852 | 9.2 | −0.9 | |
Labor | Patrick Donovan | 1,586 | 3.0 | +0.5 | |
Labor | Arthur Jones | 610 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Progressive | Reginald McDonald | 1,999 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Progressive | John Cordell | 126 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Progressive | John Wilson | 80 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | John Cooper | 98 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Henry Short | 62 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | John Gager | 17 | 0.03 | +0.03 | |
Total formal votes | 52,989 | 96.4 | +6.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,963 | 3.6 | −6.0 | ||
Turnout | 54,952 | 73.5 | +15.9 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Nationalist | 28,318 | 53.4 | +21.1 | ||
Labor | 22,289 | 42.1 | +0.4 | ||
Progressive | 2,205 | 4.2 | −13.5 | ||
Independent | John Cooper | 98 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Henry Short | 62 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | John Gager | 17 | 0.03 | +0.03 |
1920
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 5,569 | ||||
Labor | George Cann (elected 1) | 7,026 | 21.0 | ||
Labor | Sam Toombs | 3,384 | 10.1 | ||
Labor | Mark Gosling (elected 5) | 1,800 | 5.4 | ||
Labor | William Gibbs | 877 | 2.6 | ||
Labor | Patrick Donovan | 842 | 2.5 | ||
Nationalist | William Bagnall (elected 3) | 5,103 | 15.3 | ||
Nationalist | Guy Arkins (elected 4) | 3,191 | 9.5 | ||
Nationalist | Frederick Reed | 2,497 | 7.5 | ||
Progressive | Thomas Ley (elected 2) | 4,440 | 13.3 | ||
Progressive | Charles Rosenthal | 1,485 | 4.4 | ||
Democratic | William O'Driscoll | 2,227 | 6.7 | ||
Soldiers & Citizens | Charles Church | 177 | 0.5 | ||
Soldiers & Citizens | Charles Rider | 69 | 0.2 | ||
Independent | Joseph Andrew | 222 | 0.7 | ||
Independent | Sydney Cook | 70 | 0.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 33,410 | 90.4 | |||
Informal votes | 3,545 | 9.6 | |||
Turnout | 36,955 | 57.6 | |||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 13,929 | 41.7 | |||
Nationalist | 10,791 | 32.3 | |||
Progressive | 5,925 | 17.7 | |||
Democratic | 2,227 | 6.7 | |||
Soldiers & Citizens | 246 | 0.7 | |||
Independent | Joseph Andrew | 222 | 0.7 | ||
Independent | Sydney Cook | 70 | 0.2 |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]1917
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | William Bagnall | 7,414 | 64.9 | +15.3 | |
Labor | Arthur Dengate | 4,010 | 35.1 | −10.0 | |
Total formal votes | 11,424 | 99.2 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 91 | 0.8 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 11,515 | 70.3 | −4.5 | ||
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor |
1913
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | William Wood | 4,797 | 49.6 | ||
Labor | William Bagnall | 4,366 | 45.1 | ||
National Progressive | Henry Broe | 509 | 5.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,672 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 110 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 9,782 | 74.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | William Bagnall | 5,231 | 51.0 | ||
Liberal Reform | William Wood | 5,025 | 49.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,256 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 46 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 10,302 | 78.8 | |||
Labor gain from Liberal Reform |
1910
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | William Taylor | 6,198 | 58.5 | ||
Labour | William Bagnall | 4,396 | 41.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,594 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 118 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 10,712 | 76.7 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1908 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | William Taylor | 4,077 | 62.9 | −15.1 | |
Labour | George Holt | 2,391 | 36.9 | +14.9 | |
Independent | Charles Counsell | 10 | 0.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,478 | 98.3 | +1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 111 | 1.7 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 6,589 | 62.4 [a] | −4.6 | ||
Liberal Reform hold | Swing | −15.1 |
1907
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Sir Joseph Carruthers | 5,345 | 78.0 | ||
Labour | George Black | 1,507 | 22.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,852 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 220 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 7,072 | 66.9 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1904
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Sir Joseph Carruthers | 3,068 | 71.8 | ||
Labour | William Paine | 1,207 | 28.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,275 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 30 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 4,305 | 51.6 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1901
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Joseph Carruthers | 1,519 | 69.2 | −2.6 | |
Labour | William Flinn | 676 | 30.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,195 | 100.0 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 2,195 | 53.2 | −11.6 | ||
Liberal Reform hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]1898
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Joseph Carruthers | 1,522 | 71.8 | ||
National Federal | George Waddell | 594 | 28.0 | ||
Independent | Francis Brown | 4 | 0.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,120 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 16 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,136 | 64.8 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1895
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Joseph Carruthers | 1,380 | 82.7 | ||
Independent | William Taylor | 289 | 17.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,669 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 13 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,682 | 63.2 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1894
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Joseph Carruthers | 1,523 | 71.6 | ||
Labour | Denis Acton | 604 | 28.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,127 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 34 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 2,161 | 80.5 | |||
Free Trade win | (new seat) |
Notes
[edit]- ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 10,564 at the 1907 election.[16]
References
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