Electoral results for the district of Cootamundra

Cootamundra, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1904 and was abolished in 1941, returning one member until 1920, three members from 1920 to 1927 and one member from 1927 to 1941.^[1]^[2]^[3] It was recreated in 2015.^[4]

Election	Member		Party
1904		William Holman	Labor
1906 by
1907
1910
1913
1917			Nationalist	Member		Party	Member		Party
1920		Greg McGirr	Labor		Peter Loughlin	Labor		Hugh Main	Progressive
1922		James McGirr	Labor			Labor			Progressive
1925		Ken Hoad	Labor			Labor / Independent			Country
1927
1930
1932		Bill Ross	Country
1935
1938

Election	Member		Party
2015		Katrina Hodgkinson	National
2017 by		Steph Cooke	National
2019		Steph Cooke	National

Election results

Elections in the 2020s

2023

2023 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Steph Cooke	34,470	70.6	+9.4
	Labor	Chris Dahlitz	6,566	13.4	−2.3
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Jake Cullen	4,209	8.6	−7.0
	Greens	Jeffrey Passlow	1,198	2.5	−0.4
	Independent	Robert Young	1,113	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Brian Fisher	674	1.4	+1.4
	Sustainable Australia	Chris O'Rourke	618	1.3	−0.1
Total formal votes			48,848	97.7	+0.4
Informal votes			1,143	2.3	−0.4
Turnout			49,991	89.2	−2.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Steph Cooke	36,446	82.1	+5.5
	Labor	Chris Dahlitz	7,959	17.9	−5.5
	National hold		Swing	+5.5

Elections in the 2010s

2019

2019 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[7]^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Steph Cooke	30,206	63.66	−2.24
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Matthew Stadtmiller	7,447	15.70	+15.70
	Labor	Mark Douglass	7,302	15.39	−10.59
	Greens	Jeffrey Passlow	1,380	2.91	−0.57
	Sustainable Australia	Joseph Costello	660	1.39	+1.39
	Australia First	Jim Saleam	453	0.95	+0.95
Total formal votes			47,448	97.30	−0.01
Informal votes			1,319	2.70	+0.01
Turnout			48,767	91.20	−0.63
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Steph Cooke	32,504	77.07	+6.65
	Labor	Mark Douglass	9,673	22.93	−6.65
	National hold		Swing	+6.65

2017 by-election

2017 Cootamundra by-election
Saturday 14 October ^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Steph Cooke	21,093	46.2	−19.6
	Labor	Charlie Sheahan	10,930	24.0	−2.0
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Matthew Stadtmiller	10,621	23.3	+23.3
	Christian Democrats	Philip Langfield	1,273	2.8	+0.5
	Greens	Jeffrey Passlow	1,238	2.7	−0.8
	Ind. Australia First	Jim Saleam	453	1.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			45,608	97.7	+0.4
Informal votes			1,057	2.3	−0.4
Turnout			46,665	87.2	−4.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Steph Cooke	24,114	60.5	−10.0
	Labor	Charlie Sheahan	15,769	39.5	+10.0
	National hold		Swing	−10.0

Katrina Hodgkinson (National) resigned.

2015

2015 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[11]^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Katrina Hodgkinson	31,080	65.9	−8.8
	Labor	Charlie Sheahan	12,253	26.0	+9.3
	Greens	Rod Therkelsen	1,642	3.5	−1.9
	No Land Tax	Elio Cacciotti	1,118	2.4	+2.4
	Christian Democrats	Philip Langfield	1,072	2.3	−0.9
Total formal votes			47,165	97.3	+0.1
Informal votes			1,305	2.7	−0.1
Turnout			48,470	91.8	+1.3
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Katrina Hodgkinson	31,896	70.4	−9.9
	Labor	Charlie Sheahan	13,400	29.6	+9.9
	National notional hold		Swing	−9.9

Cootamundra was a new seat combining most of the abolished district of Burrinjuck with the eastern part of the abolished district of Murrumbidgee.^[13] Katrina Hodgkinson (National) was the member for Burrinjuck and the member for Murrumbidgee, Adrian Piccoli (National) successfully contested Murray.

District recreated

1941 - 2015

District abolished

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Ross	6,698	51.2	−1.5
	Labor	Ken Hoad	6,382	48.8	+1.5
Total formal votes			13,080	98.5	0.0
Informal votes			205	1.5	0.0
Turnout			13,285	96.5	−1.3
	Country hold		Swing	−1.5

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Ross	6,863	52.7	+2.4
	Labor (NSW)	Ken Hoad	6,167	47.3	+3.7
Total formal votes			13,030	98.5	−0.6
Informal votes			195	1.5	+0.6
Turnout			13,225	97.8	+0.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Bill Ross	6,312	50.3	+9.5
	Labor (NSW)	Ken Hoad	5,471	43.6	−14.9
	Federal Labor	Thomas Lavelle	765	6.1	+6.1
Total formal votes			12,548	99.1	+0.8
Informal votes			112	0.9	−0.8
Turnout			12,660	97.3	+0.4
	Country gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	N/A

Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ken Hoad	6,981	58.5
	Country	Bill Ross	4,866	40.8
	Communist	William Beverley	84	0.7
Total formal votes			11,931	98.3
Informal votes			209	1.7
Turnout			12,140	96.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Ken Hoad	6,293	50.3
	Country	Thomas Fitzpatrick	6,207	49.7
Total formal votes			12,500	99.0
Informal votes			129	1.0
Turnout			12,629	85.0
	Labor win		(new seat)

1925

1925 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			7,114
	Labor	Peter Loughlin (elected 1)	8,033	28.2	+5.6
	Labor	Ken Hoad (elected 3)	4,157	14.6	+7.0
	Labor	Joseph Carney	2,935	10.3	+10.3
	Progressive	Hugh Main (elected 2)	5,005	17.6	−3.9
	Progressive	Ernest Field	1,435	5.0	+5.0
	Progressive	Benjamin Witenden	424	1.5	+1.5
	Progressive	Eric Treatt	213	0.7	+0.7
	Nationalist	Angus Campbell	3,789	13.3	+1.0
	Nationalist	Ernest Todhunter	895	3.1	+3.1
	Nationalist	William Pinkstone	603	2.1	+2.1
	Protestant Labor	George Davey	966	3.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			28,455	96.9	+0.5
Informal votes			918	3.1	−0.5
Turnout			29,373	71.2	+0.6
Party total votes
	Labor		15,125	53.2	+2.9
	Progressive		7,077	24.9	−9.3
	Nationalist		5,287	18.6	+3.7
	Protestant Labor		966	3.4	+3.4

1922

1922 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Loughlin (elected 1)	6,258	22.6	−3.1
	Labor	James McGirr (elected 3)	5,577	20.1	−7.2
	Labor	Ken Hoad	2,097	7.6	+7.6
	Progressive	Hugh Main (elected 2)	5,966	21.5	+7.5
	Progressive	Frederick Tout	2,455	8.9	+8.9
	Progressive	Thomas Hough	1,056	3.8	+3.8
	Nationalist	Arthur Manning	3,410	12.3	+12.3
	Nationalist	Alfred Wilcox	448	1.6	+1.6
	Nationalist	George O'Brien	268	1.0	+1.0
	Independent	William Lucas	170	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			27,705	96.4	+1.3
Informal votes			1,027	3.6	−1.3
Turnout			28,732	70.6	+3.7
Party total votes
	Labor		13,932	50.3	−4.4
	Progressive		9,477	34.2	+6.3
	Nationalist		4,126	14.9	−2.5
	Independent	William Lucas	170	0.6	+0.6

1920

1920 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
Quota			6,325
	Labor	Greg McGirr (elected 1)	6,895	27.3
	Labor	Peter Loughlin (elected 2)	6,498	25.7
	Labor	Charles Trefle	452	1.8
	Progressive	Hugh Main (elected 3)	3,537	14.0
	Progressive	John Fitzpatrick	1,831	7.2
	Progressive	Hugh Brown	1,681	6.7
	Nationalist	William Holman (defeated)	4,199	16.6
	Nationalist	Arthur D'Arcy	204	0.8
Total formal votes			25,297	95.1
Informal votes			1,309	4.9
Turnout			26,606	66.9
Party total votes
	Labor		13,845	54.7
	Progressive		7,049	27.9
	Nationalist		4,403	17.4

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Holman	4,411	55.1	+55.1
	Labor	Patrick Minahan	3,590	44.9	−9.8
Total formal votes			8,001	99.4	+0.2
Informal votes			51	0.6	−0.2
Turnout			8,052	70.3	−6.6
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor

The sitting member William Holman was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[23] Patrick Minahan was the sitting member for Belmore however he lost preselection for that seat.

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	William Holman	5,028	54.7
	Farmers and Settlers	Thomas Spring ^[a]	4,157	45.3
Total formal votes			9,185	99.2
Informal votes			73	0.8
Turnout			9,258	76.9
	Labor hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Holman	3,551	51.7
	Liberal Reform	Granville Ryrie	3,316	48.3
Total formal votes			6,867	99.1
Informal votes			61	0.9
Turnout			6,928	71.9
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Holman	3,005	52.4
	Independent Liberal	Alfred Conroy	2,730	47.6
Total formal votes			5,735	97.8
Informal votes			129	2.2
Turnout			5,864	72.3
	Labour hold

1906 by-election

**1906 Cootamundra by-election**
Saturday 28 July ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Holman (re-elected)	2,296	57.8	0.0
	Farmers and Settlers	John Fitzpatrick	1,663	41.9
	Independent	John Norton	13	0.3
Total formal votes			3,972	98.2	−1.0
Informal votes			72	1.8	+1.0
Turnout			4,044	58.5 ^[b]	−6.0
	Labour hold		Swing

John Norton (Independent) challenged William Holman to resign and both would contest Holman's seat of Cootamundra.^[27]

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	William Holman	2,559	57.8
	Progressive	John Barnes	1,868	42.2
Total formal votes			4,427	99.2
Informal votes			36	0.8
Turnout			4,463	64.5
	Labour win		(new seat)

Cootamundra was a new seat that consisted of part of The Murrumbidgee, and parts of the abolished seats of Gundagai, Wagga Wagga and Young. John Barnes was the member for Gundagai. The member for The Murrumbidgee was Thomas Fitzpatrick (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested that seat. The member for Wagga Wagga James Gormly (Progressive) did not contest the election and was appointed to the Legislative Council. The member for Young was George Burgess (Labour) who successfully contested Burrangong. William Holman (Labour) was the member for the abolished seat of Grenfell.

Notes

^ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
^ Estimate based on an electoral roll of 6,916 at the 1904 election.^[28]

References

^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
^ "Cootamundra- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
^ LA First Preference: Cootamundra, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
^ LA Two Candidate Preferred: Cootamundra, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
^ "Cootamundra: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "Cootamundra: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
^ "First Preference Votes Report Parliamentary Election: Cootamundra". NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^ "State Electoral District of Cootamundra: Distribution of Preferences". NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2017.
^ State Electoral District of Cootamundra: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.
^ State Electoral District of Cootamundra: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.
^ "Overview of Determinations". NSW 2013 Redistribution. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016.
^ Green, Antony. "1938 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1935 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1932 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1930 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1927 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1925 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1922 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1920 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1917 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ "PLL expulsions". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Trove.
^ Green, Antony. "1913 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^ Green, Antony. "1910 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
^ Green, Antony. "1907 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1906 Cootamundra by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
^ ^a ^b Green, Antony. "1904 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 December 2019.

[liberal-25] Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.

[30] Estimate based on an electoral roll of 6,916 at the 1904 election.^[28]

[Green_Cootamundra-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[2] "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[3] "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.

[4] "Cootamundra- NSW Electorate, Candidates, Results". NSW Votes 2019. ABC News. Retrieved 11 October 2019.

[5] LA First Preference: Cootamundra, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[6] LA Two Candidate Preferred: Cootamundra, NSW State Election Results 2023, NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 13 April 2023.

[7] "Cootamundra: First Preference Votes". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[8] "Cootamundra: Distribution of Preferences". 2019 NSW election results. NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[2017_Cootamundra_state_by-election_fpvotes-9] "First Preference Votes Report Parliamentary Election: Cootamundra". NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[2017_Cootamundra_state_by-election_2pp-10] "State Electoral District of Cootamundra: Distribution of Preferences". NSW Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 October 2017.

[11] State Electoral District of Cootamundra: First Preference Votes, NSWEC.

[12] State Electoral District of Cootamundra: Distribution of Preferences, NSWEC.

[Results_of_the_2015_New_South_Wales_state_election_(Legislative_Assembly)_Redistribution-13] "Overview of Determinations". NSW 2013 Redistribution. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016.

[Results_of_the_1938_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1938_Cootamundra-14] Green, Antony. "1938 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1935_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1935_Cootamundra-15] Green, Antony. "1935 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1932_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1932_Cootamundra-16] Green, Antony. "1932 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1930_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1930_Cootamundra-17] Green, Antony. "1930 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1927_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1927_Cootamundra-18] Green, Antony. "1927 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1925_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1925_Cootamundra-19] Green, Antony. "1925 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1922_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1922_Cootamundra-20] Green, Antony. "1922 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1920_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1920_Cootamundra-21] Green, Antony. "1920 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 November 2019.

[Results_of_the_1917_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1917_Cootamundra-22] Green, Antony. "1917 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[23] "PLL expulsions". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Trove.

[Results_of_the_1913_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1913_Cootamundra-24] Green, Antony. "1913 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1910_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Cootamundra_1910-26] Green, Antony. "1910 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2019.

[Results_of_the_1907_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Cootamundra_1907-27] Green, Antony. "1907 Cootamundra". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2019.

[1906_Cootamundra_state_by-election_Green-28] Green, Antony. "1906 Cootamundra by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 April 2021.

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