Leichhardt, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1894 to 1920 and from 1927 to 1962.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1894 | John Hawthorne | Ind. Free Trade | |
1895 | Free Trade | ||
1898 | |||
1901 | Liberal Reform | ||
1904 | Robert Booth | Liberal Reform | |
1907 | Campbell Carmichael | Labor | |
1910 | |||
1913 | |||
1917 | Labor / Soldiers & Citizens | ||
Election | Member | Party | |
1927 | Barney Olde | Labor | |
1930 | |||
1932 | Labor (NSW) | ||
1932 by | Joe Lamaro | Labor (NSW) | |
1934 by | Claude Matthews | Labor (NSW) | |
1935 | |||
1938 | Labor / Labor (N-C) | ||
1941 | Labor | ||
1944 | |||
1947 | |||
1950 | |||
1953 | |||
1954 by | Reg Coady | Labor | |
1956 | |||
1959 |
Election results
editElections in the 1950s
edit1959
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Reg Coady | 12,726 | 61.6 | ||
Liberal | Barney Morton | 7,948 | 38.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,674 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 358 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 21,032 | 92.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1956
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Reg Coady | 14,145 | 68.9 | −5.6 | |
Liberal | Barney Morton | 6,386 | 31.1 | +5.6 | |
Total formal votes | 20,531 | 97.8 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 462 | 2.2 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 20,993 | 91.7 | −0.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −5.6 |
1954 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Reg Coady | 12,646 | 68.14 | ||
Independent | John Blackmore | 3,060 | 16.5 | ||
Independent | William Dougherty | 2,533 | 13.7 | ||
Independent | William McCristal | 320 | 1.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,559 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 665 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 19,224 | 79.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
- Claude Matthews (Labor) died.[6]
1953
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Claude Matthews | 16,915 | 74.5 | ||
Liberal | William Cole | 5,794 | 25.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,709 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 633 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 23,342 | 92.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1950
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Claude Matthews | 13,395 | 68.3 | ||
Liberal | Charles Shields | 5,190 | 26.5 | ||
Independent | Arthur Doughty | 1,016 | 5.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,601 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 440 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 20,041 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Claude Matthews | 70.0 [a] | |||
Liberal | Charles Shields | 30.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
edit1947
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Claude Matthews | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1944
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Claude Matthews | 13,584 | 72.6 | -10.5 | |
Independent Labor | Francis Edgcumbe | 2,731 | 14.6 | +14.6 | |
Independent Labor | Charles Shields | 2,400 | 12.8 | +12.8 | |
Total formal votes | 18,715 | 94.1 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,165 | 5.9 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 19,880 | 92.4 | −0.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1941
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Claude Matthews | 14,964 | 83.1 | ||
State Labor | Anthony Bellanto | 3,034 | 16.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,998 | 93.6 | |||
Informal votes | 1,230 | 6.4 | |||
Turnout | 19,228 | 92.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
edit1938
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Claude Matthews | 9,822 | 60.5 | +3.4 | |
Industrial Labor | James Dunn | 3,870 | 23.8 | +23.8 | |
Independent | Arthur Doughty | 2,542 | 15.7 | +15.7 | |
Total formal votes | 16,234 | 96.0 | −1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 668 | 4.0 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 16,902 | 96.5 | −1.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1935
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Claude Matthews | 9,539 | 57.1 | +2.6 | |
Federal Labor | William Dyer | 7,175 | 42.9 | +35.3 | |
Total formal votes | 16,714 | 97.7 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 393 | 2.3 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 17,107 | 97.6 | +0.3 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
1934 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Claude Matthews | 9,546 | 60.0 | ||
Federal Labor | William Dyer | 5,616 | 35.3 | ||
Communist | Robert Brechin | 460 | 2.9 | ||
Independent | Edward Cotter | 173 | 1.1 | ||
Independent | Francis McFadden | 109 | 0.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,904 | 97.1 | −1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 479 | 2.9 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 16,383 | 90.9 | −7.0 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
- Joe Lamaro, Labor (NSW) resigned.[14]
1932 by-election
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Joe Lamaro | 9,401 | 62.0 | ||
Federal Labor | Robert Storey | 5,164 | 34.1 | ||
Communist | Thomas Payne | 313 | 2.1 | ||
Douglas Credit | William Benjamin | 227 | 1.5 | ||
Independent | Arthur Doughty | 51 | 0.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,156 | 96.0 | |||
Informal votes | 640 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 15,796 | 93.0 | |||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
- The by-election was triggered by the death of Barney Olde, Labor (NSW).[15]
1932
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Barney Olde | 8,976 | 54.5 | -20.4 | |
United Australia | Andrew Campbell | 6,184 | 37.5 | +15.5 | |
Federal Labor | Robert Storey | 1,248 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Independent | Charles Shields | 75 | 0.5 | -0.9 | |
Total formal votes | 16,483 | 98.3 | +1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 284 | 1.7 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 16,767 | 97.9 | +1.6 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Barney Olde | 12,188 | 74.9 | ||
Nationalist | Thomas Morrow | 3,580 | 22.0 | ||
Independent | Charles Shields | 228 | 1.4 | ||
Independent | Arthur Doughty | 190 | 1.2 | ||
Communist | Jane Mountjoy | 90 | 0.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,276 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 551 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 16,827 | 96.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
edit1927
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Barney Olde | 7,136 | 53.6 | ||
Nationalist | Albert Lane (defeated) | 5,912 | 44.4 | ||
Independent | George Boland | 276 | 2.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,324 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 138 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 13,462 | 85.7 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
District recreated
1920 - 1927
editDistrict abolished
Elections in the 1910s
edit1917
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Campbell Carmichael | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1913
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Campbell Carmichael | 4,918 | 57.0 | ||
Liberal Reform | Henry Brierley | 3,584 | 41.5 | ||
Australasian Socialist | John Kilburn | 127 | 1.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,629 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 153 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 8,782 | 71.7 | |||
Labor hold |
1910
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Campbell Carmichael | 5,462 | 55.9 | ||
Liberal Reform | Frederick Reed | 4,305 | 44.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,967 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 91 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 9,858 | 78.5 | |||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1900s
edit1907
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Campbell Carmichael | 3,554 | 44.2 | ||
Liberal Reform | Robert Booth | 3,069 | 38.1 | ||
Independent Liberal | John Hawthorne | 1,425 | 17.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,048 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 176 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 8,224 | 79.6 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Reform |
1904
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Robert Booth | 2,370 | 39.0 | ||
Independent Liberal | John Hawthorne | 1,980 | 32.6 | ||
Labour | George Beeby | 1,722 | 28.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,072 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 28 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 6,100 | 70.5 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1901
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | John Hawthorne | 1,475 | 67.4 | +18.6 | |
Labour | William Niland | 715 | 32.7 | +8.4 | |
Total formal votes | 2,190 | 99.5 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.5 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,202 | 58.4 | −5.6 | ||
Liberal Reform hold |
Elections in the 1890s
edit1898
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Hawthorne | 960 | 48.8 | ||
National Federal | Richard Colonna-Close | 530 | 26.9 | ||
Labour | George Clark | 478 | 24.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,968 | 99.8 | |||
Informal votes | 4 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,972 | 64.1 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1895
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Hawthorne | 990 | 57.7 | ||
Labour | John Dobbie | 727 | 42.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,717 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,726 | 65.8 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1894
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Free Trade | John Hawthorne | 826 | 37.1 | ||
Labour | William Holman | 731 | 32.8 | ||
Free Trade | George Clark | 372 | 16.7 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Robert Cropley | 159 | 7.1 | ||
Protectionist | Edward Purnell | 95 | 4.3 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Edward Darnley | 34 | 1.5 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Aaron Wheeler | 11 | 0.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,228 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 21 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 2,249 | 83.5 | |||
Ind. Free Trade win | (new seat) |
Notes
edit- ^ Two party preferred vote was estimated.
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