Broken Hill, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales has had two incarnations, from 1894 to 1913 and from 1968 to 1999.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1894 | John Cann | Labour | |
1895 | |||
1898 | |||
1901 | |||
1904 | |||
1907 | |||
Election | Member | Party | |
1968 | Lew Johnstone | Labor | |
1971 | |||
1973 | |||
1976 | |||
1978 | |||
1981 | Bill Beckroge | Labor | |
1984 | |||
1988 | |||
1991 | |||
1995 |
Election results
editElections in the 1990s
edit1995
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Beckroge | 16,292 | 52.8 | -0.4 | |
National | Mark Kersten | 13,236 | 42.9 | +14.1 | |
Independent | Gordon Dansie | 1,324 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 30,852 | 94.2 | +3.8 | ||
Informal votes | 1,889 | 5.8 | −3.8 | ||
Turnout | 32,741 | 90.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Beckroge | 16,677 | 54.7 | -5.3 | |
National | Mark Kersten | 13,804 | 45.3 | +5.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -5.3 |
1991
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Beckroge | 16,600 | 53.2 | +9.1 | |
National | Peter Laird | 8,996 | 28.8 | -14.1 | |
Liberal | David Atkins | 2,909 | 9.3 | -3.1 | |
Democrats | Keith Ridley | 1,121 | 3.6 | +3.1 | |
Country Residents | Mary Casey-Marshall | 1,021 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Independent | George Diamantes | 558 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 31,205 | 90.5 | −6.2 | ||
Informal votes | 3,291 | 9.5 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 34,496 | 92.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Beckroge | 17,479 | 60.1 | +12.1 | |
National | Peter Laird | 11,628 | 39.9 | -12.1 | |
Labor notional gain from National | Swing | +12.1 |
Elections in the 1980s
edit1988
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Beckroge | 13,111 | 47.4 | -18.0 | |
National | Mark Olson | 10,442 | 37.7 | +17.7 | |
Liberal | David Atkins | 4,123 | 14.9 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 27,676 | 96.4 | −1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,021 | 3.6 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 28,697 | 92.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Beckroge | 14,022 | 52.0 | -14.9 | |
National | Mark Olson | 12,947 | 48.0 | +14.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -14.9 |
1984
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Beckroge | 17,440 | 68.7 | -0.3 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Anderson | 4,019 | 15.8 | +15.8 | |
National | Neville Crisp | 3,913 | 15.4 | -15.6 | |
Total formal votes | 25,372 | 97.8 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 577 | 2.2 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 25,949 | 89.7 | +0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill Beckroge | 70.1 | +1.1 | ||
Liberal | Geoffrey Anderson | 29.9 | +29.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.1 |
1981
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Beckroge | 17,041 | 69.0 | ||
National Country | George Gleeson | 7,647 | 31.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 24,688 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 779 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 25,467 | 88.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -3.0 |
Elections in the 1970s
edit1978
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lew Johnstone | 14,519 | 75.9 | -24.1 | |
National Country | John Betterman | 3,005 | 15.7 | +15.7 | |
Liberal | Peter Swan | 1,609 | 8.4 | +8.4 | |
Total formal votes | 19,133 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 417 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 19,550 | 91.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Lew Johnstone | 14,680 | 77.1 | -22.9 | |
National Country | John Betterman | 4,353 | 22.9 | +22.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -22.9 |
1976
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lew Johnstone | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1973
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lew Johnstone | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1971
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lew Johnstone | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
Elections in the 1960s
edit1968
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lew Johnstone | 14,255 | 70.8 | ||
Country | Edward Brown | 5,872 | 29.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,127 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 363 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 20,490 | 91.1 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
District recreated
1913 - 1968
editDistrict abolished
Elections in the 1900s
edit1907
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cann | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
1904
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cann | unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
1901
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cann | 1,281 | 93.5 | +7.4 | |
Independent Liberal | Charles Counsell | 89 | 6.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,370 | 98.8 | +2.8 | ||
Informal votes | 17 | 1.2 | −2.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,387 | 40.4 | −5.3 | ||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1890s
edit1898
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cann | 1,125 | 86.1 | ||
National Federal | Alexander Hendry | 182 | 13.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,307 | 96.0 | |||
Informal votes | 54 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,361 | 45.7 | |||
Labour hold |
1895
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cann | unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
1894
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cann | 1,123 | 72.6 | ||
Protectionist | Wyman Brown | 423 | 27.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,546 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 17 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,563 | 86.2 | |||
Labour win | (new seat) |
References
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- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1984 Broken Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1973 Broken Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Broken Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1907 Broken Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Broken Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Broken Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Broken Hill". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
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