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Electoral results for the district of Camperdown

Camperdown, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1920.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1904   James Smith Progressive
1907   Robert Stuart-Robertson Labor
1910
1913
1917

Election results

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Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Camperdown.[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Camperdown [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson 3,930 65.9 −1.4
Nationalist William Weller 1,980 33.2 +0.5
Ind. Socialist Labor Arthur Reardon 56 0.9 +0.9
Total formal votes 5,966 98.8 +0.9
Informal votes 74 1.2 +0.9
Turnout 6,040 53.9 −12.7
Labor hold Swing −1.4

1913

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Camperdown.[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Camperdown [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson 5,032 67.3
Liberal Reform William McMahon 2,446 32.7
Total formal votes 7,478 97.9
Informal votes 161 2.1
Turnout 7,639 66.6
Labor hold  

1910

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Camperdown.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Camperdown [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Stuart-Robertson 4,361 63.4
Liberal Reform Thomas Jessep 2,518 32.6
Total formal votes 6,879 98.0
Informal votes 140 2.0
Turnout 7,019 68.3
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1900s

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1907

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Camperdown.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Camperdown [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Stuart-Robertson 3,377 51.7
Liberal Reform William Clegg 2,860 43.8 +15.5
Former Progressive James Smith (defeated) 294 4.5
Total formal votes 6,531 98.2
Informal votes 123 1.9
Turnout 6,654 73.1
Labour gain from Progressive  

1904

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Camperdown.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Camperdown [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Smith 1,841 38.5
Liberal Reform William Clegg 1,352 28.3
Independent Liberal John Salmon 881 18.4
Independent Alfred Levy 352 7.4
Independent George Sparkes 203 4.3
Independent Labour Donald McCulloch 138 2.9
Independent John Kelly 13 0.27
Total formal votes 4,780 98.4
Informal votes 76 1.6
Turnout 4,856 55.7
Progressive win (new seat)
Camperdown was a new seat consisting of parts of Annandale and the abolished seats of Newtown-Camperdown, Darlington, Newtown-Camperdown and Newtown-Erskine. James Smith (Progressive) was the member for Newtown-Camperdown. There was a battle for the Liberal pre-selection between William Clegg and John Salmon, with Salmon withdrawing from the process and standing as an independent,[9] splitting the liberal vote.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1917 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1913 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1907 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  8. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1904 Camperdown". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  9. ^ "The Liberal and Reform candidates the work of selection". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 June 1904. p. 6. Retrieved 6 December 2019 – via Trove.
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