Alexandria, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, the first from 1904 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1930.[1][2]
First incarnation (1904–1920) | |||
---|---|---|---|
Election | Member | Party | |
1904 | John Dacey | Labor | |
1907 | |||
1910 | |||
1912 by | Simon Hickey | ||
1913 | |||
1917 | |||
Second incarnation (1927–1930) | |||
1927 | Bill Ratcliffe | Labor |
Election results
editElections in the 1920s
edit1927
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Ratcliffe | 8,370 | 67.6 | ||
Nationalist | Ernest Kidd | 4,018 | 32.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,388 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 150 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 12,538 | 82.7 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
Bill Ratcliffe was one of five sitting MPs for Botany.[3]
District recreated
1920 - 1927
editDistrict abolished
Elections in the 1910s
edit1917
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Simon Hickey | 3,670 | 69.9 | -0.1 | |
Nationalist | Sydney Smith | 1,388 | 26.4 | +26.4 | |
Independent | James Dixon | 189 | 3.6 | -16.6 | |
Total formal votes | 5,247 | 99.1 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 50 | 0.9 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,297 | 53.9 | −0.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Sitting Labor MP Simon Hickey was returned with a slightly reduced majority. Sydney Smith was a former member for East Macquarie, Bathurst, Canterbury and federal member for Macquarie.[4]
1913
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Simon Hickey | 3,785 | 70.0 | ||
Independent Liberal | James Dixon | 1,092 | 20.2 | ||
Independent | Joseph Warner | 529 | 9.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,406 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 158 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,564 | 54.3 | |||
Labor hold |
Sitting Labor MP Simon Hickey was returned with an increased majority.[5]
1912 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Simon Hickey | 3,437 | 65.4 | -3.3 | |
Liberal Reform | William Ferguson | 1,695 | 32.2 | +1.3 | |
Socialist | Arthur Duffield | 70 | 1.3 | ||
Independent | James Dixon | 56 | 1.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,258 | 97.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 147 | 2.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,405 | 55.6 [a] | −9.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
The by-election was caused by the death of John Dacey.[8] Simon Hickey was Dacey's son-in-law. William Ferguson was a former member for Sturt who had been a member of Labor until switching to Liberal reform in 1904.[6]
Elections in the 1900s
edit1910
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dacey | 4,225 | 68.7 | +13.7 | |
Liberal Reform | George Smith | 1,897 | 30.9 | -11.9 | |
Independent | James Horne | 25 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,147 | 97.1 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 186 | 2.9 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,333 | 65.2 | −6.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +13.7 |
Sitting Labor MP John Dacey was returned with an increased majority.[7]
1907
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dacey | 3,523 | 55.0 | ||
Liberal Reform | Albert Bruntnell | 2,742 | 42.8 | ||
Independent | Joseph Edward Warner | 119 | 1.9 | ||
Independent | Patrick Joseph Craddock | 10 | 0.2 | ||
Independent | Alexander Bryson | 8 | 0.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,290 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 147 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 6,437 | 71.7 | |||
Labour hold |
Albert Bruntnell had been elected MP for Surry Hills at the 1906 by-election.[9]
1904
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dacey | 2,859 | 49.8 | ||
Progressive | George Anderson | 2,742 | 47.8 | ||
Independent | Thomas Edwards | 90 | 1.6 | ||
Socialist Labor | John Wilcox | 49 | 0.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,740 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 36 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 5,776 | 64.2 | |||
Labour win | (new seat) |
Notes
edit- ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 9,721 at the 1910 election.[7]
References
edit- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1927 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1917 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1913 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1912 Alexandria by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ a b c Green, Antony. "1910 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Rowland Dacey (1854–1912)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1907 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.