Castlereagh, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1904 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1991.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1904 | Hugh Macdonald | Labour | |
1906 by | John Treflé | Labour | |
1907 | |||
1910 | |||
1913 | |||
1915 by | Guy Arkins | Labor | |
1917 | Nationalist | ||
Election | Member | Party | |
1927 | Harold Thorby | Country | |
1930 | Joseph Clark | Labor | |
1932 | Alfred Yeo | Country | |
1935 | |||
1938 | |||
1941 | Jack Renshaw | Labor | |
1944 | |||
1947 | |||
1950 | |||
1953 | |||
1956 | |||
1959 | |||
1962 | |||
1965 | |||
1968 | |||
1971 | |||
1973 | |||
1976 | |||
1978 | |||
1980 by | Jim Curran | Labor | |
1981 | Roger Wotton | National | |
1984 | |||
1988 |
Election results
editElections in the 1980s
edit1988
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Roger Wotton | 19,482 | 67.0 | +11.1 | |
Labor | Michael Williams | 7,425 | 25.6 | -13.1 | |
Democrats | Peter Lyons | 2,151 | 7.4 | +5.7 | |
Total formal votes | 29,058 | 97.8 | −1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 662 | 2.2 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 29,720 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Roger Wotton | 20,515 | 71.9 | +13.3 | |
Labor | Michael Williams | 8,008 | 28.1 | -13.3 | |
National hold | Swing | +13.3 |
1984
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Roger Wotton | 17,931 | 56.0 | +2.6 | |
Labor | Jim Curran | 13,158 | 41.1 | -5.5 | |
Democrats | Anne Graham | 900 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 31,989 | 99.0 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 325 | 1.0 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 32,314 | 93.3 | +1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Roger Wotton | 57.3 | +3.9 | ||
Labor | Jim Curran | 42.7 | -3.9 | ||
National hold | Swing | +3.9 |
1981
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Country | Roger Wotton | 16,636 | 53.4 | ||
Labor | Jim Curran | 14,529 | 46.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 31,165 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 461 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 31,626 | 92.2 | |||
National Country notional hold | Swing | -0.9 |
1980 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jim Curran | 9,327 | 51.9 | -5.0 | |
Country | John Hickmott | 8,651 | 48.1 | +5.0 | |
Total formal votes | 17,978 | 99.3 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 134 | 0.7 | −0.8 | ||
Turnout | 18,112 | 83.0 | −9.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -5.0 |
Elections in the 1970s
edit1978
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 11,173 | 56.2 | +5.0 | |
National Country | John Hickmott | 7,688 | 38.7 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | John Browne | 1,020 | 5.1 | -6.7 | |
Total formal votes | 19,881 | 98.5 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 294 | 1.5 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 20,175 | 92.3 | −1.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 11,320 | 56.9 | +4.6 | |
National Country | John Hickmott | 8,561 | 43.1 | -4.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.6 |
1976
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 10,151 | 51.2 | +0.9 | |
Country | Albert Green | 7,346 | 37.0 | +1.1 | |
Liberal | John Browne | 2,349 | 11.8 | -2.0 | |
Total formal votes | 19,846 | 99.1 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 172 | 0.9 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 20,018 | 93.7 | +1.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 10,386 | 52.3 | +1.0 | |
Country | Albert Green | 9,460 | 47.7 | -1.0 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.0 |
1973
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 9,446 | 50.3 | -6.1 | |
Country | Albert Green | 6,748 | 35.9 | +14.4 | |
Liberal | Lionel Gray | 2,586 | 13.8 | -2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 18,780 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 280 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 19,060 | 92.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 9,640 | 51.3 | -7.4 | |
Country | Albert Green | 9,140 | 48.7 | +7.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -7.4 |
1971
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 9,359 | 56.4 | +3.2 | |
Country | Albert Green | 3,575 | 21.5 | -3.0 | |
Liberal | Bruce Fry | 2,756 | 16.6 | -5.7 | |
Democratic Labor | John Gough | 904 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 16,594 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 245 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 16,839 | 87.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 9,733 | 58.7 | +3.9 | |
Country | Albert Green | 6,861 | 41.3 | -3.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.9 |
Elections in the 1960s
edit1968
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 9,491 | 53.2 | -0.8 | |
Country | Doug Moppett | 4,359 | 24.5 | +3.3 | |
Liberal | Allan Connell | 3,979 | 22.3 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 17,829 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 283 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 18,112 | 93.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 9,770 | 54.8 | -2.4 | |
Country | Doug Moppett | 8,059 | 45.2 | +2.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -2.4 |
1965
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 9,766 | 54.0 | +1.0 | |
Country | Doug Moppett | 3,823 | 21.2 | +4.0 | |
Liberal | William Waterford | 3,728 | 20.6 | −7.3 | |
Independent | Angus Campbell | 756 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Total formal votes | 18,073 | 98.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 204 | 1.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 18,277 | 94.3 | +0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 10,335 | 57.2 | +2.6 | |
Country | Doug Moppett | 7,738 | 42.8 | −2.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +2.6 |
1962
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 9,353 | 53.0 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | William Waterford | 4,933 | 27.9 | +27.9 | |
Country | Calverley Brown | 3,031 | 17.2 | −30.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Violet Amor | 334 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 17,651 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 202 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 17,853 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 9,632 | 54.6 | +1.8 | |
Liberal | William Waterford | 8,019 | 45.4 | +45.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +1.8 |
Elections in the 1950s
edit1959
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 9,344 | 52.8 | ||
Country | Calverley Brown | 8,346 | 47.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,690 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 172 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 17,862 | 91.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1956
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 9,388 | 58.7 | −4.1 | |
Country | Norman Brown | 6,599 | 41.3 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 15,987 | 99.2 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 134 | 0.8 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 16,121 | 84.8 | −6.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −4.1 |
1953
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 10,147 | 62.8 | ||
Country | Keith Sullivan | 6,023 | 37.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,170 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 220 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 16,390 | 90.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1950
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 7,479 | 53.0 | ||
Country | Noel Knight | 4,589 | 32.5 | ||
Liberal | John Campbell | 1,904 | 13.5 | ||
Country | Edward Langbien | 133 | 0.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,105 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 93 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 14,198 | 84.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 54.0 [a] | |||
Country | Noel Knight | 46.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
edit1947
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 6,961 | 54.9 | -6.4 | |
Country | Richard Powell | 5,724 | 45.1 | +6.4 | |
Total formal votes | 12,685 | 99.2 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 102 | 0.8 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 12,787 | 93.8 | +7.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -6.4 |
1944
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 7,254 | 61.3 | +12.1 | |
Country | Alfred Yeo | 4,574 | 38.7 | -0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 11,828 | 97.9 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 253 | 2.1 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 12,081 | 86.8 | −4.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.2 |
1941
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 6,563 | 49.2 | ||
Country | Harold Campbell | 5,278 | 39.6 | ||
Independent Labor | John Smithers | 1,497 | 11.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,338 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 185 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 13,523 | 91.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Jack Renshaw | 7,899 | 59.2 | ||
Country | Harold Campbell | 5,439 | 40.8 | ||
Labor gain from Country | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
edit1938
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Alfred Yeo | 6,821 | 51.4 | -0.2 | |
Labor | Les Murphy | 6,454 | 48.6 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 13,275 | 98.1 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 260 | 1.9 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 13,535 | 94.1 | −0.9 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -0.2 |
1935
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Alfred Yeo | 6,944 | 51.6 | +1.0 | |
Labor (NSW) | Joseph Clark | 6,517 | 48.4 | +7.1 | |
Total formal votes | 13,461 | 98.4 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 218 | 1.6 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 13,679 | 95.0 | −1.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
1932
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Alfred Yeo | 6,635 | 50.6 | +8.6 | |
Labor (NSW) | Joseph Clark | 5,420 | 41.3 | -14.5 | |
Federal Labor | Wilfred Turnbull | 1,061 | 8.1 | +8.1 | |
Total formal votes | 13,116 | 98.7 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 172 | 1.3 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 13,288 | 96.2 | +2.2 | ||
Country gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Joseph Clark | 6,901 | 55.8 | ||
Country | Robert Stanley | 5,194 | 42.0 | ||
Independent Country | Frederick Sargant | 264 | 2.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,359 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 278 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 12,637 | 94.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
edit1927
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Harold Thorby | 6,984 | 52.4 | ||
Labor | Joseph Clark (defeated) | 6,353 | 47.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,337 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 123 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 13,460 | 84.8 | |||
Country win | (new seat) |
District recreated
1920 - 1927
editDistrict abolished
Elections in the 1910s
edit1917
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Guy Arkins | 3,336 | 53.5 | +53.5 | |
Labor | Joseph Clark | 2,902 | 46.5 | -5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 6,238 | 98.8 | +1.8 | ||
Informal votes | 78 | 1.2 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,316 | 61.8 | −9.2 | ||
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor |
1915 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Guy Arkins | 3,214 | 57.6 | +5.2 | |
Farmers and Settlers | Harold Blackett | 2,369 | 42.4 | -5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 5,583 | 100.0 | +3.0 | ||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | −3.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,583 | 52.8 [b] | −18.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +5.2 |
1913
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Treflé | 3,815 | 52.4 | ||
Farmers and Settlers | Harold Blackett [c] | 3,466 | 47.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,281 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 228 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,509 | 71.0 | |||
Labor hold |
1910
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Treflé | 3,410 | 58.4 | ||
Liberal Reform | William Donnelly | 2,434 | 41.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,844 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 121 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,565 | 61.7 | |||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1900s
edit1907
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Treflé | 2,854 | 56.6 | ||
Independent Liberal | Donald Fletcher | 2,186 | 43.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,040 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 181 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 5,221 | 65.4 | |||
Labour hold |
1906 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Treflé | 1,960 | 54.4 | ||
Liberal Reform | Patrick Barry | 1,632 | 45.3 | ||
Independent | Donald Fletcher | 12 | 0.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,604 | 98.5 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 54 | 1.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 3,658 | 50.5 [d] | −1.6 | ||
Labour hold |
1904
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Hugh Macdonald | 1,867 | 50.2 | ||
Liberal Reform | William A'Beckett | 1,853 | 49.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,720 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 53 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 3,773 | 52.1 | |||
Labour win | (new seat) |
Notes
edit- ^ Two party preferred vote was estimated.
- ^ based on an electoral roll of 10,579 at the 1913 election
- ^ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
- ^ based on an electoral roll of 7,248 at the 1904 election.[35]
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