Electoral results for the district of Ashfield

Ashfield, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had three incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1959 and the third from 1968 to 1999.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1894   Thomas Bavister Free Trade
1895
1898   Bernhard Wise Protectionist
1899 by
1900 by   Frederick Winchcombe Free Trade
1901   Liberal Reform
1904
1905 by   William Robson Liberal Reform
1907
1910
1913
1917   Nationalist
 
Election Member Party
1927   Milton Jarvie Nationalist
1929 by
1930
1932   United Australia / Independent
1935   Athol Richardson United Australia
1938
1941
1944   Democratic
1946 by   Liberal
1947
1950
1952 by   Jack Richardson Labor
1953   Richard Murden Liberal
1956
 
Election Member Party
1968   David Hunter Liberal
1971
1973
1976   Paul Whelan Labor
1978
1981
1984
1988
1991
1995

Election results

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Elections in the 1990s

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1995

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1995 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Whelan 13,902 43.8 −5.4
Liberal Morris Mansour 7,836 24.7 −8.5
No Aircraft Noise Michelle Calvert 6,269 19.8 +19.8
Greens Paul Fitzgerald 2,043 6.4 +6.4
Democrats John Collins 1,202 3.8 −3.9
Call to Australia Clay Wilson 482 1.5 −0.2
Total formal votes 31,734 93.5 +8.1
Informal votes 2,222 6.5 −8.1
Turnout 33,956 91.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Whelan 18,561 65.2 +5.4
Liberal Morris Mansour 9,895 34.8 −5.4
Labor hold Swing +5.4

1991

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1991 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Whelan 13,853 49.2 +6.2
Liberal Ralph Buono 9,347 33.2 −1.1
Democrats Robert Dawson 2,177 7.7 +3.7
Independent Paul Wakim 1,594 5.7 +5.7
Independent Ron Poulsen 708 2.5 +2.5
Call to Australia Clay Wilson 497 1.8 +1.8
Total formal votes 28,176 85.4 −9.1
Informal votes 4,819 14.6 +9.1
Turnout 32,995 90.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Whelan 15,733 59.9 +4.1
Liberal Ralph Buono 10,554 40.1 −4.1
Labor hold Swing +4.1

Elections in the 1980s

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1988

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1988 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Whelan 11,690 41.9 −16.7
Liberal Kevin O'Reilly 10,988 39.4 −1.7
Independent Anne Leembruggen 2,730 9.8 +9.8
Independent EFF John Shanahan 1,249 4.5 +4.5
Democrats Peter Hennessy 632 2.3 +2.0
Independent Sheena Hendley 583 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 27,872 94.9 −1.0
Informal votes 1,494 5.1 +1.0
Turnout 29,366 90.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Whelan 13,225 51.2 −7.6
Liberal Kevin O'Reilly 12,610 48.8 +7.6
Labor hold Swing −7.6

1984

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1984 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Whelan 16,290 59.9 −5.6
Liberal Geoffrey Howe 10,891 40.1 +9.8
Total formal votes 27,181 95.7 +0.5
Informal votes 1,232 4.3 −0.5
Turnout 28,413 90.4 +2.3
Labor hold Swing −8.3

1981

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1981 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Whelan 17,449 65.5 −2.7
Liberal George Dryden 8,078 30.3 −1.6
Democrats Albert Jarman 1,095 4.1 +4.1
Total formal votes 26,622 95.2
Informal votes 1,338 4.8
Turnout 27,960 88.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Whelan 17,559 68.2 +0.1
Liberal George Dryden 8,178 31.8 −0.1
Labor hold Swing +0.1

Elections in the 1970s

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1978

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1978 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Whelan 19,814 68.1 +14.6
Liberal Arthur McDonald 9,279 31.9 −11.9
Total formal votes 29,093 96.3 −1.7
Informal votes 1,130 3.7 +1.7
Turnout 30,223 90.5 −1.1
Labor hold Swing +13.0

1976

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1976 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Paul Whelan 16,111 53.5 +11.4
Liberal Alwyn Innes 13,189 43.8 −3.6
Independent Warren Wilson 443 1.5 +1.5
Australia Clifford Bros 373 1.2 −4.4
Total formal votes 30,116 98.0 +1.5
Informal votes 606 2.0 −1.5
Turnout 30,722 91.6 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Paul Whelan 16,594 55.1 +8.7
Liberal Alwyn Innes 13,522 44.9 −8.7
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +8.7

1973

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1973 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Hunter 13,077 47.4 +2.5
Labor Bede Spillane 11,625 42.1 −1.4
Australia John Jordan 1,531 5.6 +0.1
Democratic Labor Mary Burton 1,377 5.0 −1.1
Total formal votes 27,610 96.5
Informal votes 993 3.5
Turnout 28,603 90.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Hunter 14,810 53.6 +1.5
Labor Bede Spillane 12,800 46.4 −1.5
Liberal hold Swing +1.5

1971

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1971 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Hunter 10,618 44.9 −12.0
Labor Bede Spillane 10,301 43.5 +0.4
Democratic Labor Joseph Conroy 1,443 6.1 +6.1
Australia David Eden 1,309 5.5 +5.5
Total formal votes 23,671 96.0
Informal votes 990 4.0
Turnout 24,661 90.7
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal David Hunter 12,316 52.0 −4.9
Labor Bede Spillane 11,355 48.0 +4.9
Liberal hold Swing −4.9

Elections in the 1960s

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1968

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1968 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal David Hunter 13,838 56.9 −1.0
Labor Charles Maddocks 10,481 43.1 +1.0
Total formal votes 24,319 96.6
Informal votes 848 3.4
Turnout 25,167 92.5
Liberal win (new seat)

1959 - 1968

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District abolished

Elections in the 1950s

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1956

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1956 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Murden 12,134 60.3 +10.0
Labor James Brady 7,985 39.7 −10.0
Total formal votes 20,119 98.8 +0.4
Informal votes 253 1.2 −0.4
Turnout 20,372 94.1 −0.6
Liberal hold Swing +10.0

1953

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1953 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Richard Murden 10,753 50.3
Labor Jack Richardson 10,631 49.7
Total formal votes 21,384 98.4
Informal votes 354 1.6
Turnout 21,738 94.7
Liberal hold Swing
Athol Richardson (Liberal) had held the seat at the 1950 election, however he was appointed to the Supreme Court and Jack Richardson (Labor) won the seat at the 1952 by-election.[16]

1952 by-election

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1952 Ashfield by-election
Saturday 28 June [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Richardson 10,566 52.1 +10.3
Liberal Ray Watson 9,697 47.9 −10.3
Total formal votes 20,263 98.5 −0.3
Informal votes 308 1.5 +0.3
Turnout 20,571 90.8 −2.5
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.3
The retiring member Athol Richardson (Liberal) had been appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court,[18] and was not related to Jack Richardson (Labor) who capitalised on their surnames, campaigning on the slogan “Judge Richardson on his merits”.[19]

1950

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1950 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Athol Richardson 13,296 58.2
Labor Ernest Grove 9,559 41.8
Total formal votes 22,855 98.8
Informal votes 285 1.2
Turnout 23,140 93.3
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1947

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1947 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Athol Richardson 12,996 58.2 +4.8
Labor William Peters 9,332 41.8 −4.8
Total formal votes 22,328 98.7 +1.9
Informal votes 284 1.3 −1.9
Turnout 22,612 96.1 +2.3
Liberal hold Swing +4.8

1946 by-election

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1946 Ashfield by-election
Saturday 9 November [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Athol Richardson (re-elected) 12,036 56.5 +3.1
Labor William Peters 9,265 43.5 −3.1
Total formal votes 21,301 98.9 +2.1
Informal votes 231 1.1 −2.1
Turnout 21,532 87.6 −6.2
Liberal hold Swing +3.1
Athol Richardson (Liberal) had resigned to contest the federal seat of Parkes at the 1946 election. When he was unsuccessful he then re-contested Ashfield.[22]

1944

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1944 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Athol Richardson 11,240 53.4 −5.2
Labor William Bodkin 9,791 46.6 +5.2
Total formal votes 21,031 96.8 −1.2
Informal votes 688 3.2 +1.2
Turnout 21,719 93.8 +0.7
Democratic hold Swing −5.2

1941

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1941 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Athol Richardson 11,555 58.5
Labor Rex Jones 8,179 41.5
Total formal votes 19,734 98.1
Informal votes 389 1.9
Turnout 20,123 93.1
United Australia hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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1938

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1938 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Athol Richardson 8,921 53.7 +0.9
Independent Thomas Cavill 7,692 46.3 +46.3
Total formal votes 16,613 97.1 −1.4
Informal votes 498 2.9 +1.4
Turnout 17,111 95.7 −1.0
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935

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1935 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Athol Richardson 8,511 52.8 −19.5
Labor (NSW) Robert Bruce 4,425 27.5 −0.2
Ind. United Australia Milton Jarvie (defeated) 3,177 19.7 +19.7
Total formal votes 16,113 98.5 +0.2
Informal votes 247 1.5 −0.2
Turnout 16,360 96.7 +0.3
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

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1932 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Milton Jarvie 11,658 72.3 +29.3
Labor (NSW) Lancelot Stevenson 4,456 27.7 −10.1
Total formal votes 16,114 98.3 0.0
Informal votes 279 1.7 0.0
Turnout 16,393 96.4 −2.5
United Australia hold Swing +17.5

1930

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1930 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Milton Jarvie 6,736 43.0 −15.2
Labor Alfred Paddison 5,927 37.8 +11.9
Independent Alexander Huie 1,616 10.3 −5.6
Australian George Treloar 1,388 8.9
Total formal votes 15,667 98.3 −0.9
Informal votes 276 1.7 +0.9
Turnout 15,943 93.9 +8.2
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Milton Jarvie 8,592 54.8
Labor Alfred Paddison 7,075 45.2
Nationalist hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1920s

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1929 by-election

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1929 Ashfield by-election
Saturday 5 October [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Clancy 3,526 38.4 +12.5
Nationalist Milton Jarvie 3,484 38.0 −20.2
Independent Alexander Huie 1,692 18.5 +2.6
Nationalist Reginald Kirkwood 281 3.1 +3.1
Nationalist Albert Pikett 190 2.1 +2.1
Total formal votes 9,173 99.0 −0.2
Informal votes 95 1.0 +0.2
Turnout 9,268 71.9 −13.9
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Milton Jarvie (re-elected) 4,376 51.5
Labor John Clancy 4,128 48.5
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
A Royal Commission reported that Jarvie had attempted to bribe the Chief Secretary,[30] however in the following month he was found not guilty of criminal charges.[31] Jarvie subsequently chose to resign and re-contest the seat.[29]

1927

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1927 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Milton Jarvie 6,537 58.2
Labor Walter Sparrow 2,904 25.9
Independent Alexander Huie 1,787 15.9
Total formal votes 11,228 99.2
Informal votes 90 0.8
Turnout 11,318 85.7
Nationalist win (new seat)

1920 - 1927

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District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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1917 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Robson 6,697 76.4 +5.9
Labor George Boland 2,063 23.6 −3.1
Total formal votes 8,760 99.0 +1.7
Informal votes 87 1.0 −1.7
Turnout 8,847 58.3 −6.4
Nationalist hold Swing +5.9

1913

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1913 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Robson 5,954 70.5
Labor Percy Evans 2,251 26.7
Independent Henry Johnson 242 2.9
Total formal votes 8,447 97.3
Informal votes 231 2.7
Turnout 8,678 64.7
Liberal Reform hold  

1910

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1910 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Robson 5,800 66.3
Labour George Davidson 2,943 33.7
Total formal votes 8,743 98.6
Informal votes 128 1.4
Turnout 8,871 71.8
Liberal Reform hold  

Elections in the 1900s

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1907

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1907 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Robson 4,267 67.6
Independent James Eve 2,047 32.4
Total formal votes 6,314 97.9
Informal votes 136 2.1
Turnout 6,450 66.7
Liberal Reform hold  

1905 by-election

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1905 Ashfield by-election
Wednesday 16 August [37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Robson 2,259 60.3 −25.5
Independent Alexander Miller 843 22.5
Labor Thomas Lumley 642 17.2 +3.0
Total formal votes 3,744 99.3 +0.7
Informal votes 28 0.7 −0.7
Turnout 3,772 46.1 [a] −3.5
Liberal Reform hold Swing
Frederick Winchcombe (Liberal Reform) resigned.[37]

1904

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1904 New South Wales state election: Ashfield[38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Frederick Winchcombe 3,434 85.8
Labour Lionel Cahill 570 14.2
Total formal votes 4,004 98.6
Informal votes 55 1.4
Turnout 4,059 49.6
Liberal Reform hold  
Ashfield lost part of the district to Burwood and was expanded to include part of Petersham. Frederick Winchcombe (Liberal Reform) was the member for Ashfield. The member for Petersham was John Cohen (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that electorate.

1901

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1900 by-election

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1900 Ashfield by-election
Saturday 10 November [41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Frederick Winchcombe 968 60.4 +10.5
Protectionist John Watkin 634 39.6 −10.5
Total formal votes 1,602 100.0 +0.4
Informal votes 0 0.0 −0.4
Turnout 1,602 45.5 [b] −20.4
Free Trade gain from Protectionist Swing +10.5
Bernhard Wise (Protectionist) was appointed to the Legislative Council.[41]

Elections in the 1890s

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1899 by-election

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1899 Ashfield by-election
Tuesday 26 September [42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Bernhard Wise (re-elected) 831 50.6 +0.5
Free Trade Thomas Bavister 810 49.4 −0.5
Total formal votes 1,641 99.5 −0.1
Informal votes 8 0.5 +0.1
Turnout 1,649 51.0 −14.9
Protectionist hold Swing +0.5
Bernhard Wise (Protectionist) had been appointed Attorney General.[42]

1898

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1898 New South Wales colonial election: Ashfield[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Bernhard Wise 966 50.1
Free Trade Thomas Bavister 961 49.9
Total formal votes 1,927 99.6
Informal votes 7 0.4
Turnout 1,934 65.9
National Federal gain from Free Trade  

1895

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1895 New South Wales colonial election: Ashfield[44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Thomas Bavister 883 55.2
Independent John Goodlet 718 44.9
Total formal votes 1,601 99.5
Informal votes 8 0.5
Turnout 1,609 68.5
Free Trade hold  

1894

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1894 New South Wales colonial election: Ashfield[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Thomas Bavister 1,000 51.4
Independent Mark Hammond 867 44.6
Labour Robert Thomson 64 3.3
Ind. Free Trade Thomas Evans 13 0.7
Total formal votes 1,944 99.1
Informal votes 17 0.9
Turnout 1,961 82.1
Free Trade win (new seat)

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  1. ^ Estimate based on a roll of 8,191 at the 1904 election.[38]
  2. ^ Estimate based on a roll of 3,234 at the 1899 by-election.[42]

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