Electoral results for the district of Liverpool Plains

Liverpool Plains, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had three incarnations, from 1859 to 1880, from 1904 to 1920 and from 1927 to 1962.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1859   Andrew Loder None
1860 by   Charles Kemp None
1860   Alexander Dick None
1863 by   Marshall Burdekin None
1864   John Lloyd None
1869   Charles Cowper None
1870 by
1871 by   Lewis Levy None
1872   Hanley Bennett None
1875
1876 by
1877
 
Election Member Party
1904   John Perry Independent Liberal
1907   Henry Horne Labor
1910
August 1911 by   John Perry Liberal Reform
October 1911 by   William Ashford Labor
1913
1917   Nationalist
 
Election Member Party
1927   Harry Carter Country
1930
1932
1935
1938
1941   Roger Nott Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956
1959
1961 by   Frank O'Keefe Country

Election results

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Elections in the 1960s

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1961 by-election

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1961 Liverpool Plains by-election
Saturday 25 March [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Frank O'Keefe 7,312 50.21 +3.05
Labor Robert Johnson 7,252 49.79 −1.89
Total formal votes 14,564 98.89 −0.05
Informal votes 163 1.11 +0.05
Turnout 14,727 82.30 −12.43
Country gain from Labor Swing +2.5
Roger Nott (Labor) resigned.[4]

Elections in the 1950s

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1959

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1959 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roger Nott 8,694 51.7
Country Frank O'Keefe 7,933 47.2
Independent John Pender 195 1.2
Total formal votes 16,822 98.9
Informal votes 180 1.1
Turnout 17,002 94.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 8,792 52.3
Country Frank O'Keefe 8,030 47.7
Labor hold Swing

1956

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1956 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roger Nott 9,109 54.7 −4.3
Country Geoffrey Thomas 4,868 29.2 +0.9
Liberal Henry Gregson 2,609 15.7 +2.9
Independent John Pender 72 0.4 +0.4
Total formal votes 16,658 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 139 0.8 −0.3
Turnout 16,797 94.0 −1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 9,406 56.5 −3.5
Country Geoffrey Thomas 7,252 43.5 +3.5
Labor hold Swing −3.5

1953

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1953 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roger Nott 9,560 59.0
Country Frank O'Keefe 4,583 28.3
Liberal James Reeves 2,071 12.8
Total formal votes 16,214 98.9
Informal votes 180 1.1
Turnout 16,394 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 9,728 60.0
Country Frank O'Keefe 6,486 40.0
Labor hold Swing

1950

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1950 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roger Nott 7,851 51.8
Country Frank O'Keefe 4,791 31.6
Liberal Keith Mitchell 2,522 16.6
Total formal votes 15,164 99.0
Informal votes 147 1.0
Turnout 15,311 89.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Roger Nott 54.0 [a]
Country Frank O'Keefe 46.0
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1947

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1947 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roger Nott 6,894 54.9 −3.8
Country Cleve Slacksmith 5,662 45.1 +3.8
Total formal votes 12,556 98.9 +0.4
Informal votes 133 1.1 −0.4
Turnout 12,689 95.3 +5.4
Labor hold Swing −3.8

1944

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1944 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roger Nott 6,715 58.7 +8.1
Country James Scott 4,726 41.3 +24.2
Total formal votes 11,441 98.5 +0.4
Informal votes 170 1.5 −0.4
Turnout 11,611 89.9 −3.4
Labor hold Swing N/A

1941

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1941 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Roger Nott 6,169 50.6
Country James Scott 2,080 17.1
Country Alister McMullin 1,978 16.2
Country Alfred Yeo 1,956 16.1
Total formal votes 12,183 98.1
Informal votes 239 1.9
Turnout 12,422 93.3
Labor gain from Country Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.
The sitting member Harry Carter (Country) retired. Alfred Yeo (Country) was the sitting member for Castlereagh.[11]

Elections in the 1930s

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1938

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1938 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Carter 7,489 60.1 −1.0
Labor Thomas Ryan 4,975 39.9 +1.0
Total formal votes 12,464 98.5 −0.1
Informal votes 194 1.5 +0.1
Turnout 12,658 95.2 −0.6
Country hold Swing −1.0

1935

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1935 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Carter 7,590 61.1 −5.2
Labor (NSW) Percy Forsyth 4,835 38.9 +5.2
Total formal votes 12,425 98.6 +0.2
Informal votes 181 1.4 −0.2
Turnout 12,606 95.8 −0.6
Country hold Swing −5.2

1932

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1932 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Carter 7,932 66.3 +15.4
Labor (NSW) Elijah Smith 4,030 33.7 −15.4
Total formal votes 11,962 98.4 +0.3
Informal votes 193 1.6 −0.3
Turnout 12,155 96.4 +0.5
Country hold Swing +15.4

1930

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1930 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Carter 6,013 50.4
Labor Thomas Egan 5,920 49.6
Total formal votes 11,933 98.1
Informal votes 227 1.9
Turnout 12,160 95.9
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1927

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1927 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Harry Carter 6,813 54.7
Labor Michael Hagan 5,630 45.3
Total formal votes 12,443 98.6
Informal votes 174 1.4
Turnout 12,617 85.4
Country win (new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

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District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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1917 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Ashford 3,593 52.9 +21.3
Labor Abraham Berry 3,194 47.1 −4.9
Total formal votes 6,787 99.0 +2.8
Informal votes 69 1.0 −2.8
Turnout 6,856 62.9 −6.7
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  
The sitting member William Ashford was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[18]

1913

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1913 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Ashford 3,598 52.0
Liberal Reform George Higgins 2,183 31.6
Farmers and Settlers Augustus Perrett 1,137 16.4
Total formal votes 6,918 96.2
Informal votes 270 3.8
Turnout 7,188 69.6
Labor hold  

October 1911 by-election

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1911 Liverpool Plains by-election
Saturday 28 October [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Ashford 4,030 53.5 +3.5
Liberal Reform John Perry (defeated) 3,524 46.7 −3.5
Total formal votes 7,554 100.0 +1.5
Informal votes 0 0.0 −1.5
Turnout 7,554 83.0 [b] +18.0
Labor gain from Liberal Reform  
The Elections and Qualifications Committee declared the August by-election void.[20]

August 1911 by-election

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1911 Liverpool Plains by-election
Wednesday 16 August [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Perry 2,912 50.0 +9.8
Labor William Ashford 2,909 50.0 −9.8
Total formal votes 5,821 98.5 +0.3
Informal votes 91 1.5 −0.3
Turnout 5,912 65.0 [b]
Liberal Reform gain from Labor  
Henry Horne (Labor) resigned.[21]

1910

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1910 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Horne 3,265 56.9
Farmers and Settlers Robert Patten 2,473 43.1
Total formal votes 5,738 97.9
Informal votes 122 2.1
Turnout 5,860 64.4
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1900s

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1907

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1907 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Horne 2,519 51.5
Liberal Reform John Perry 2,373 48.5
Total formal votes 4,892 96.9
Informal votes 155 3.1
Turnout 5,047 66.1
Labour gain from Independent Liberal  
SItting member John Perry had been elected as an Independent Liberal candidate at the 1904 election,[24] and joined Liberal Reform in 1907.

1904

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1904 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal John Perry 1,650 45.8
Labour David Hall 1,629 45.2
Liberal Reform George Nowland 323 9.0
Total formal votes 3,602 98.9
Informal votes 39 1.1
Turnout 3,641 54.3
Independent Liberal win (new seat)
Liverpool Plains was a re-established seat, comprising parts of the abolished seats of Gunnedah, Quirindi, and Wellington. The member for Gunnedah was David Hall (Labour). The member for Quirindi was Robert Levien (Progressive) who successfully contested Tamworth. The member for Wellington was John Haynes (Liberal Reform) who unsuccessfully contested Mudgee.

District recreated

1880 - 1904

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District abolished

Elections in the 1870s

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1877

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1877 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Saturday 3 November [26]
Candidate Votes %
Hanley Bennett (re-elected) 703 42.5
Michael Burke 536 32.4
George Grehan 415 25.1
Total formal votes 1,654 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,654 36.4

1876 by-election

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1876 Liverpool Plains by-election
Monday 5 June [27][28]
Candidate Votes %
Hanley Bennett (re-elected) 843 46.2
Sydney Burdekin 823 45.2
William Gordon 126 6.9
George McLean 30 1.6
Total formal votes 1,823 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,823 44.0
Hanley Bennett was insolvent.[28]

1875

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1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Wednesday 6 January 1875 [29]
Candidate Votes %
Hanley Bennett (re-elected) 766 51.5
Daniel Macquarie 721 48.5
Total formal votes 1,487 97.8
Informal votes 33 2.2
Turnout 1,520 47.6

1872

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1872 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Monday 11 March [30]
Candidate Votes %
Hanley Bennett (elected) 532 45.1
Francis Rusden 207 17.5
William Gordon 152 12.9
Bowie Wilson 151 12.8
George Wallace 125 10.6
Alexander Bowman 13 1.1
Total formal votes 1,180 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,230 43.1

1871 by-election

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1871 Liverpool Plains by-election
Monday 9 January [31][32]
Candidate Votes %
Lewis Levy (elected) 374 61.8
Hanley Bennett 198 32.7
John Robertson 33 5.5
Total formal votes 605 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 605 21.9
Charles Cowper was appointed Agent General in London.[32]

1870 by-election

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1870 Liverpool Plains by-election
Saturday 29 January [33]
Candidate Votes %
Charles Cowper (re-elected) 721 85.6
Edward Parnell 120 14.3
Joseph Abbott 1 0.1
Total formal votes 842 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 842 35.6
Charles Cowper was appointed Premier and Colonial Secretary.[33]

Elections in the 1860s

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1869

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1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Thursday 23 December 1869 [34]
Candidate Votes %
Charles Cowper (elected) 468 91.4
Hanley Bennett 44 8.6
Total formal votes 512 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 512 21.6

1864

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1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Saturday 24 December 1864 [35]
Candidate Votes %
John Lloyd (elected) unopposed

1863 by-election

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1863 Liverpool Plains by-election
Thursday 29 January [36][38]
Candidate Votes %
Marshall Burdekin (elected) 319 53.5
William Mullen 277 46.5
Total formal votes 596 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 596 37.5
The by-election was caused by the resignation of Alexander Dick.[38]

1860

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1860 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Saturday 15 December [39]
Candidate Votes %
Alexander Dick (elected) 436 79.1
Charles Kemp (defeated) 115 20.9
Total formal votes 551 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 551 39.4

1860 by-election

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1860 Liverpool Plains by-election
Tuesday 10 April [40]
Candidate Votes %
Charles Kemp (elected) 164 55.6
Thomas Dangar 131 44.4
Total formal votes 295 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 295 25.0
Andrew Loder resigned.[40]

Elections in the 1850s

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1859

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1859 New South Wales colonial election: Liverpool Plains
Tuesday 5 July [41]
Candidate Votes %
Andrew Loder (elected) 380 71.6
Francis Rusden 151 28.4
Total formal votes 531 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 534 45.3

Notes

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  1. ^ Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  2. ^ a b estimate based on an electoral roll of 9,100 at the 1910 election.[22]
  3. ^ The New South Wales Election Results database is incomplete as it is based on the report of The Maitland Mercury of 13 June 1871 which did not include the official declaration of the poll.
  4. ^ The New South Wales Election Results database is incomplete as it is based on the report of The Sydney Morning Herald of 14 January 1871 which did not include returns from 2 polling places, Breeza and Quirindi.[31]
  5. ^ The New South Wales Election Results database is incomplete as it is based on the report of The Maitland Mercury of 10 February 1863 which did not include returns from 2 polling places, Carroll and Grover's Inn.[37]

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