Newcastle West, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | James Ellis | Free Trade | |
| 1895 | James Thomson | Labour | |
| 1898 | |||
| 1901 | Owen Gilbert | Liberal Reform | |
Election results
editElections in the 1900s
edit1901
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Owen Gilbert | 802 | 57.9 | ||
| Progressive | Emmanuel Flynn | 316 | 22.8 | −23.6 | |
| Labour | Thomas Green | 267 | 19.3 | −34.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,385 | 99.4 | −0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 9 | 0.7 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,394 | 70.8 | +7.5 | ||
| Liberal Reform gain from Labour | |||||
Elections in the 1890s
edit1898
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Thomson | 580 | 53.6 | ||
| National Federal | James Ellis | 502 | 46.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,082 | 99.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 2 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,084 | 63.3 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
1895
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Thomson | 329 | 29.6 | ||
| Free Trade | James Blanksby | 317 | 28.5 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | James Ellis | 249 | 22.4 | ||
| Protectionist | David Scott | 193 | 17.3 | ||
| Ind. Protectionist | Alfred Asher | 25 | 2.3 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,113 | 99.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 7 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,120 | 75.2 | |||
| Labour gain from Free Trade | |||||
1894
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | James Ellis | 428 | 31.5 | ||
| Labour | James Thompson | 327 | 24.0 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | James Blanksby | 268 | 19.7 | ||
| Protectionist | William Grahame | 226 | 16.6 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | George Webb | 112 | 8.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,361 | 99.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 13 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,374 | 89.7 | |||
| Free Trade win | (new seat) | ||||
References
edit- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Newcastle West". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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