Electoral results for the district of Braidwood

Braidwood, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1859   Frederick Cooper None
1860 by   Merion Moriarty None
1860
1864 by   Henry Milford None
1864–65   Joshua Josephson None
1869 by   Michael Kelly None
1869–70
1870 by   Edward Greville None
1872
1874–75
1877
1880   Alexander Ryrie None
1882
1885
1887   Protectionist
1889
1891   Austin Chapman Protectionist
1894
1895
1898
1901   Albert Chapman Progressive

Election results

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Elections in the 1900s

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1901

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1901 New South Wales state election: Braidwood[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Albert Chapman 640 43.2 −29.9
Independent Liberal Richard Higgins 483 32.6
Independent Liberal Patrick O'Brien 223 15.0
Independent Liberal Frederick Gordon 70 4.7
Independent Liberal Ebenezer Henry 46 3.1
Independent Liberal Alexander Fraser 15 1.0
Independent Walter Horberry 3 0.2
Independent Bartholomew O'Sullivan 2 0.1
Ind. Progressive John Kenny 1 0.07
Total formal votes 1,483 95.6 −3.5
Informal votes 69 4.5 +3.5
Turnout 1,552 71.1 +18.7
Progressive hold  

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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1898 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Austin Chapman 833 73.1
Free Trade Charles Beale 307 26.9
Total formal votes 1,140 99.0
Informal votes 12 1.0
Turnout 1,152 52.4
National Federal hold  

1895

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1895 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Austin Chapman 887 74.7
Ind. Free Trade Adolph Shadler 300 25.3
Total formal votes 1,187 99.6
Informal votes 5 0.4
Turnout 1,192 56.5
Protectionist hold  

1894

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1894 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Austin Chapman 1,192 78.8
Ind. Free Trade Alfred Hitchens 279 18.4
Free Trade Adolph Shadler 42 2.8
Total formal votes 1,513 98.9
Informal votes 17 1.1
Turnout 1,530 79.0
Protectionist hold  

1891

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1891 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood
Wednesday 24 June [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Austin Chapman (elected) 586 60.0
Free Trade George Tompsitt 230 23.6
Protectionist Alexander Ryrie 160 16.4
Total formal votes 976 97.8
Informal votes 22 2.2
Turnout 998 53.4
Protectionist hold  

Elections in the 1880s

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1889

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1889 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood
Monday 4 February [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Alexander Ryrie (re-elected) 586 56.8
Free Trade John Lingen 446 43.2
Total formal votes 1,032 97.7
Informal votes 24 2.3
Turnout 1,056 65.6
Protectionist hold  

1887

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1887 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood
Monday 14 February [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Alexander Ryrie (re-elected) 535 58.3
Free Trade John Lingen 383 41.7
Total formal votes 918 97.6
Informal votes 23 2.4
Turnout 939 62.6

1885

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1885 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood
Friday 23 October [11]
Candidate Votes %
Alexander Ryrie (re-elected) 453 54.1
Angus Cameron 385 45.9
Total formal votes 838 97.2
Informal votes 24 2.8
Turnout 862 60.4
Angus Cameron was a sitting member for West Sydney however he had been defeated for that seat on Tuesday 13 October.

1882

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1882 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood
Saturday 9 December [12]
Candidate Votes %
Alexander Ryrie (re-elected) unopposed

1880

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1880 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood
Monday 29 November [13]
Candidate Votes %
Alexander Ryrie (elected) 609 55.4
Edward Greville (defeated) 491 44.6
Total formal votes 1,100 95.9
Informal votes 47 4.1
Turnout 1,147 73.3

Elections in the 1870s

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1877

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1877 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood
Wednesday 31 October [14]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Greville (re-elected) unopposed  

1874–75

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1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood
Monday 28 December 1874 [15]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Greville (re-elected) unopposed

1872

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1872 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood
Tuesday 5 March [16]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Greville (re-elected) 1,017 67.3
George Alley 485 32.1
Archibald Condon 10 0.7
Total formal votes 1,512 96.0
Informal votes 63 4.0
Turnout 1,662 57.4

1870 by-election

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1870 Braidwood by-election[17]
Candidate Votes %
Edward Greville (elected) 1,065 51.4
Michael Kelly (defeated) 1,006 48.6
Total formal votes 2,071 98.2
Informal votes 37 1.8
Turnout 2,108 69.4
The December 1869 Braidwood election was declared to be void.[17]

Elections in the 1860s

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1869–70

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1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood
Tuesday 14 December 1869 [18]
Candidate Votes %
Michael Kelly (re-elected) 872 54.8
Edward Greville 625 39.3
George Alley 94 5.9
Total formal votes 1,591 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,648 59.6

1869 by-election

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1869 Braidwood by-election
Monday 20 September [19]
Candidate Votes %
Michael Kelly (elected) unopposed
Joshua Josephson resigned to accept an appointment as a judge of the District Court.[19]

1864–65

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1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood
Tuesday 13 December 1864 [20]
Candidate Votes %
Joshua Josephson (elected) 640 50.3
Michael O'Haire 632 49.7
Total formal votes 1,272 97.0
Informal votes 40 3.1
Turnout 1,311 44.8

1864 by-election

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1864 Braidwood by-election
Wednesday, 3 February [21]
Candidate Votes %
Henry Milford (elected) 448 50.5
Henry Parkes 439 49.5
Total formal votes 887 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 887 49.4
Merion Moriarty died.[21]

1860

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1860 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood
Monday 10 December [22]
Candidate Votes %
Merion Moriarty (re-elected) unopposed  

1860 by-election

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1860 Braidwood by-election
Friday 10 August [23]
Candidate Votes %
Merion Moriarty (elected) 184 52.9
James Larmer 159 45.7
Stephen Richardson 3 45.7
Henry Milford 1 0.3
Joseph Taylor 1 0.3
Total formal votes 348 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 348 26.7
Frederick Cooper resigned.[23]

Elections in the 1850s

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1859

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1859 New South Wales colonial election: Braidwood
Monday 20 June [24]
Candidate Votes %
Frederick Cooper (elected) 223 67.2
Merion Moriarty 47 14.2
George Simpson 37 11.1
Stephen Richardson 25 7.5
Total formal votes 332 94.3
Informal votes 20 5.7
Turnout 352 69.0

References

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