Hamilton, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1859 until 1894 and from 1904 until 1920.[1][2][3]
Election results
editElections in the 1960s
edit1968
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert McCartney | 12,458 | 60.1 | -4.2 | |
Liberal | James Reeves | 8,286 | 39.9 | +4.2 | |
Total formal votes | 20,744 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 434 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 21,178 | 94.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -4.2 |
1965
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert McCartney | 12,262 | 64.3 | +4.5 | |
Liberal | Richard Nathan | 6,805 | 35.7 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 19,067 | 98.4 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 311 | 1.6 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 19,378 | 94.7 | 0.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.4 |
1962
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert McCartney | 11,251 | 59.8 | +4.3 | |
Liberal | Alwyn Watkins | 6,538 | 34.7 | +1.0 | |
Democratic Labor | Robert Burke | 1,030 | 5.5 | −5.3 | |
Total formal votes | 18,819 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 289 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 19,108 | 94.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Robert McCartney | 11,457 | 60.9 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | Alwyn Watkins | 7,362 | 39.1 | −3.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Elections in the 1950s
edit1959
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert McCartney | 9,937 | 55.5 | ||
Liberal | Brian O'Loughlin | 6,024 | 33.7 | ||
Democratic Labor | John Daley | 1,937 | 10.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,898 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 339 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 18,237 | 94.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Robert McCartney | 10,324 | 57.7 | ||
Liberal | Brian O'Loughlin | 7,574 | 42.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
1956
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Campbell | 9,157 | 55.7 | −8.5 | |
Liberal | Horace Smith | 7,281 | 44.3 | +8.5 | |
Total formal votes | 16,438 | 99.0 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 157 | 1.0 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 16,595 | 94.8 | 0.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −8.5 |
1953
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Campbell | 10,884 | 64.2 | ||
Liberal | John Milne | 6,063 | 35.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,947 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 327 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 17,274 | 94.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1950
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | George Campbell | 8,046 | 49.1 | ||
Liberal | Harry Quinlan | 7,026 | 42.9 | ||
Independent | Oscar Newton | 1,315 | 8.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,387 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 198 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 16,585 | 95.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | George Campbell | 8,445 | 51.5 | ||
Liberal | Harry Quinlan | 7,942 | 48.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
edit1947
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Joshua Arthur | 13,830 | 57.6 | -19.2 | |
Liberal | Oscar Newton | 6,776 | 28.2 | +28.2 | |
Independent | Harold Scott-Daisley | 1,901 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Lang Labor | William Lambert | 1,512 | 6.3 | -16.9 | |
Total formal votes | 24,019 | 98.7 | +3.2 | ||
Informal votes | 322 | 1.3 | −3.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,341 | 95.4 | +3.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1944
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Joshua Arthur | 16,562 | 76.8 | -8.1 | |
Lang Labor | William Campbell | 5,017 | 23.2 | +23.2 | |
Total formal votes | 21,579 | 95.5 | −1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,007 | 4.5 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,586 | 92.1 | −2.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1941
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Joshua Arthur | 17,944 | 84.9 | ||
Independent | Arthur Clarke | 3,200 | 15.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,144 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 730 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 21,874 | 94.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
edit1938
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Joshua Arthur | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1935
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Joshua Arthur | 9,824 | 48.7 | -1.5 | |
United Australia | Ernest Richardson | 9,044 | 44.8 | +44.8 | |
Federal Labor | John Doyle | 1,317 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
Total formal votes | 20,185 | 98.3 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 351 | 1.7 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 20,536 | 96.5 | −0.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor (NSW) | Joshua Arthur | 10,622 | 52.6 | ||
United Australia | Ernest Richardson | 9,563 | 47.4 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
1934 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | William Brennan | 9,391 | 51.5 | +1.3 | |
United Australia | Gordon Skelton | 7,445 | 40.8 | +13.3 | |
Communist | Sidney Bethune | 1,220 | 6.7 | +5.7 | |
Independent | William Stott | 176 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 18,232 | 97.2 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 527 | 2.8 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,759 | 91.9 | −5.2 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
- The by-election was triggered by the death of Hugh Connell, (Labor).[16]
1932
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Hugh Connell | 9,514 | 50.2 | -19.6 | |
Independent | Gordon Skelton | 5,219 | 27.5 | +27.5 | |
All for Australia | Harold O'Neill | 3,806 | 20.1 | +20.1 | |
Independent | Robert Anderson | 241 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
Communist | William Townsend | 185 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 18,965 | 97.7 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 451 | 2.3 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,416 | 97.1 | +1.8 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Hugh Connell | 12,860 | 69.8 | ||
Nationalist | Gordon Skelton | 5,231 | 28.4 | ||
Communist | Timothy Barry | 325 | 1.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,416 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 374 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 18,790 | 95.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
edit1928 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Smith | 5,851 | 48.0 | -10.6 | |
Protestant Labor | Walter Skelton | 4,851 | 38.8 | +31.5 | |
Nationalist | Henry Cornish | 1,468 | 12.0 | -8.5 | |
Independent | James Iceton | 23 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 12,193 | 98.9 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 140 | 1.1 | −1.0 | ||
Turnout | 12,333 | 70.9 | −14.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | James Smith | 5,968 | 51.2 | ||
Protestant Labor | Walter Skelton | 5,684 | 48.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1927
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | David Murray | 8,508 | 58.6 | ||
Nationalist | Edward Sanders | 2,977 | 20.5 | ||
Independent | George Jenner | 1,750 | 12.1 | ||
Protestant Labor | James Pendlebury | 1,204 | 8.3 | ||
Independent | John Wilson | 72 | 0.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,511 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 304 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 14,815 | 85.0 | |||
Labor 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 12 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1965 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1962 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1959 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1956 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1953 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1950 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1947 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1944 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1941 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1938 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1935 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1934 Hamilton by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1932 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1930 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1928 Hamilton by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1927 Hamilton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.