Burwood, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1894 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1988.[1][2][3]
Election results
editElections in the 1980s
edit1984
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Paul Zammit | 14,377 | 49.9 | +8.1 | |
Labor | Phil O'Neill | 13,556 | 47.1 | −8.1 | |
Democrats | Stephen Kirkham | 857 | 3.0 | −0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 28,790 | 97.4 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 775 | 2.6 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 29,565 | 92.8 | +2.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | Paul Zammit | 14,802 | 51.6 | +8.8 | |
Labor | Phil O'Neill | 13,869 | 48.4 | −8.8 | |
Liberal gain from Labor | Swing | +8.8 |
1981
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Phil O'Neill | 14,976 | 55.2 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | Bruce MacCarthy | 11,334 | 41.8 | −4.9 | |
Democrats | Stephen Kirkham | 834 | 3.1 | −0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 27,144 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 970 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 28,114 | 90.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Phil O'Neill | 15,076 | 56.9 | +2.2 | |
Liberal | Bruce MacCarthy | 11,434 | 43.1 | −2.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.2 |
Elections in the 1970s
edit1978
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Phil O'Neill | 12,611 | 49.7 | +9.4 | |
Liberal | John Jackett | 11,836 | 46.7 | −8.7 | |
Democrats | Stephen Kirkham | 907 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 25,354 | 97.2 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 736 | 2.8 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 26,090 | 91.4 | −0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Phil O'Neill | 13,083 | 51.6 | +10.0 | |
Liberal | John Jackett | 12,271 | 48.4 | −10.0 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.0 |
1976
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jackett | 14,680 | 55.4 | −1.8 | |
Labor | Peter Woods | 10,687 | 40.3 | +4.0 | |
Workers | John Coles | 1,137 | 4.3 | +4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 26,504 | 98.0 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 550 | 2.0 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 27,054 | 92.3 | +1.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jackett | 15,476 | 58.4 | −4.0 | |
Labor | Peter Woods | 11,028 | 41.6 | +4.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.0 |
1973
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jackett | 14,401 | 57.2 | +5.6 | |
Labor | Phil O'Neill | 9,142 | 36.3 | +2.5 | |
Democratic Labor | Agnes Bannon | 1,642 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Total formal votes | 25,185 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 765 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 25,950 | 91.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jackett | 15,715 | 62.4 | −1.4 | |
Labor | Phil O'Neill | 9,470 | 37.6 | +1.4 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.4 |
1971
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jackett | 12,476 | 51.6 | −0.1 | |
Labor | Phil O'Neill | 8,184 | 33.8 | +4.3 | |
Independent | Ben Doig | 3,091 | 12.8 | −6.0 | |
Communist | Jack Mundey | 441 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 24,192 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 633 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 24,825 | 91.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jackett | 15,164 | 62.7 | −4.8 | |
Labor | Phil O'Neill | 9,028 | 37.3 | +4.8 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.8 |
Elections in the 1960s
edit1968
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jackett | 12,030 | 51.7 | +9.8 | |
Labor | Antony Kelly | 6,857 | 29.5 | −0.3 | |
Independent | Ben Doig | 4,364 | 18.8 | −9.5 | |
Total formal votes | 23,251 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 739 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 23,990 | 91.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jackett | 15,700 | 67.5 | +2.0 | |
Labor | Antony Kelly | 7,551 | 32.5 | −2.0 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.0 |
1965
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Jackett | 10,125 | 42.9 | −18.7 | |
Labor | Norman Newey | 6,806 | 28.8 | −9.6 | |
Independent | Ben Doig | 6,672 | 28.3 | +28.3 | |
Total formal votes | 23,603 | 98.1 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 463 | 1.9 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,066 | 92.4 | +0.8 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | John Jackett | 15,734 | 66.7 | +5.1 | |
Labor | Norman Newey | 7,869 | 33.3 | −5.1 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +5.1 |
- Ben Doig was the sitting Liberal member for Burwood, however he lost pre-selection which he blamed on his support for state aid to church schools.[13]
1962
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ben Doig | 14,862 | 61.6 | 0.0 | |
Labor | Doug Sutherland | 9,272 | 38.4 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 24,134 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 407 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 24,541 | 91.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Elections in the 1950s
edit1959
edit1957 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Ben Doig | 8,414 | 45.8 | ||
Democratic Labor | Maurice Colreavy | 3,815 | 20.8 | ||
Independent Liberal | Henry Seldon | 2,951 | 16.1 | ||
Independent Labor | John Cunningham | 2,748 | 15.0 | ||
Independent | Edward Spensley | 431 | 2.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,359 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 514 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 18,873 | 84.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
1956
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Leslie Parr | unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
1953
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Leslie Parr | 12,411 | 57.1 | ||
Labor | William Weiss | 9,311 | 42.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,722 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 278 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 22,000 | 93.2 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
1951 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Leslie Parr | 11,045 | 52.6 | −5.4 | |
Labor | Cliff Mallam | 7,783 | 37.1 | ||
Independent | Rex Reynolds | 2,168 | 10.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,996 | 99.0 | +3.9 | ||
Informal votes | 210 | 1.0 | −3.9 | ||
Turnout | 21,206 | 85.9 | −6.5 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
1950
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gordon Jackett | 12,587 | 58.0 | ||
Independent | Harrie Mitchell | 9,122 | 42.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,709 | 95.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,114 | 4.9 | |||
Turnout | 22,823 | 92.4 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
edit1947
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Gordon Jackett | 14,216 | 60.3 | +21.7 | |
Labor | George Russell | 9,361 | 39.7 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 23,577 | 98.7 | +2.2 | ||
Informal votes | 305 | 1.3 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 23,882 | 95.2 | +1.4 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.9 |
1944
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Gordon Jackett | 8,253 | 38.6 | +9.8 | |
Labor | Cliff Mallam | 7,310 | 34.2 | −4.7 | |
Communist | Stanley Coulton | 3,010 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Liberal Democratic | Keith Sutherland | 2,802 | 13.1 | +13.1 | |
Total formal votes | 21,375 | 96.5 | −1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 780 | 3.5 | +1.6 | ||
Turnout | 22,155 | 93.8 | +0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Democratic | Gordon Jackett | 11,205 | 52.4 | +52.4 | |
Labor | Cliff Mallam | 10,170 | 47.6 | +6.3 | |
Member changed to Democratic from Ind. United Australia | Swing | N/A |
- Gordon Jackett had been elected at the previous election as an Independent UAP candidate, and held the seat as a Democratic member.
1941
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Albert Thompson | 7,950 | 38.9 | ||
Ind. United Australia | Gordon Jackett | 6,620 | 32.4 | ||
United Australia | Harrie Mitchell | 5,882 | 28.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,452 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 386 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 20,838 | 93.7 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Ind. United Australia | Gordon Jackett | 11,997 | 58.7 | ||
Labor | Albert Thompson | 8,455 | 41.3 | ||
Ind. United Australia gain from United Australia | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
edit1938
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Harrie Mitchell | 9,199 | 51.0 | +51.0 | |
United Australia | Gordon Jackett | 8,853 | 49.0 | −13.4 | |
Total formal votes | 18,052 | 92.3 | −6.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,503 | 7.7 | +6.2 | ||
Turnout | 19,555 | 95.6 | −0.9 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
1935
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Gordon Jackett | 11,316 | 62.4 | −1.4 | |
Labor (NSW) | Arthur Dowd | 5,035 | 27.8 | −5.0 | |
Independent | George Bland | 1,792 | 9.9 | +9.9 | |
Total formal votes | 18,143 | 98.5 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 270 | 1.5 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,413 | 96.5 | +0.5 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1932
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Thomas Henley | 11,523 | 63.8 | +19.6 | |
Labor (NSW) | Horace Foley | 5,930 | 32.8 | −6.4 | |
Ind. United Australia | Abraham Taylor | 602 | 3.3 | +3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 18,055 | 99.0 | +1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 183 | 1.0 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,238 | 96.0 | −0.3 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Thomas Henley | 7,821 | 44.2 | ||
Labor | Francis Miller | 6,937 | 39.2 | ||
Australian | Stan Lloyd | 2,813 | 15.9 | ||
Communist | Frank Dodds | 128 | 0.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,699 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 460 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 18,159 | 96.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | Thomas Henley | 9,183 | 51.9 | ||
Labor | Francis Miller | 8,516 | 48.1 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
edit1927
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Thomas Henley | 8,555 | 69.2 | ||
Labor | Henry Joyce | 2,858 | 23.1 | ||
Independent | Harry Beach | 949 | 7.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,362 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 121 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 12,483 | 80.4 | |||
Nationalist win | (new seat) |
1920 - 1927
editDistrict abolished
Elections in the 1910s
edit1917
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Thomas Henley | 7,125 | 77.0 | +9.5 | |
Labor | Arthur Apsey | 2,122 | 23.0 | −9.5 | |
Total formal votes | 9,247 | 99.1 | +1.8 | ||
Informal votes | 83 | 0.9 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 9,330 | 60.1 | −8.3 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +9.5 |
1913
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Thomas Henley | 5,680 | 67.5 | ||
Labor | William Hocking | 2,728 | 32.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,408 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 235 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 8,643 | 68.4 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1910
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Thomas Henley | 5,563 | 62.6 | ||
Labour | Thomas Tytherleigh | 3,325 | 37.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,888 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 139 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 9,027 | 74.8 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Elections in the 1900s
edit1907
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Thomas Henley | 3,948 | 55.2 | ||
Labour | Thomas Tytherleigh | 1,503 | 21.0 | ||
Independent | William Archer | 1,103 | 15.4 | ||
Independent | Stapleton Rodd | 600 | 8.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,154 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 197 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 7,351 | 74.4 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1904
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Thomas Henley | 3,265 | 58.5 | ||
Independent | William Archer | 2,299 | 41.2 | ||
Independent | Harry McConnell | 20 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,584 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 38 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,622 | 64.0 | |||
Liberal Reform gain from Independent |
1901
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | William Archer | 1,084 | 64.6 | +15.9 | |
Liberal Reform | Alexander Ralston | 594 | 35.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,678 | 99.4 | − | ||
Informal votes | 10 | 0.6 | − | ||
Turnout | 1,688 | 65.3 | +2.8 | ||
Independent hold |
Elections in the 1890s
edit1898
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Free Trade | William Archer | 700 | 48.7 | ||
National Federal | William McMillan | 647 | 45.0 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | James Eve | 90 | 6.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,437 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,445 | 62.5 | |||
Ind. Free Trade gain from Free Trade |
1895
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William McMillan | 730 | 62.5 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | William Archer | 439 | 37.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,169 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 10 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,179 | 60.4 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1894
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William McMillan | 932 | 56.9 | ||
Labour | John Quinnen | 340 | 20.7 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Griffith Russell-Jones | 192 | 11.7 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | William Dumbrell | 82 | 5.0 | ||
Protectionist | Frederick Gipps | 58 | 3.5 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Adam Pringle | 35 | 2.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,639 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,651 | 82.7 | |||
Free Trade win | (new seat) |
Notes
edit- ^ a b c Gordon Jackett was the father of John Jackett.[4]
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