Electoral results for the district of Redfern

Redfern, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1880 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1968.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party Member Party
1880   Alfred Fremlin None   John Sutherland None
1882 by   Francis Wright None Member Party
1882   John Sutherland None
1885   Arthur Renwick None   Thomas Williamson None
1886 by Member Party
1887   William Stephen Free Trade   William Schey Free Trade   Free Trade   James Farnell Free Trade
1888 by   Peter Howe Protectionist
1889   Charles Goodchap Protectionist
1889 by   William Schey Protectionist
1891   James McGowen Labour   Henry Hoyle Protectionist   William Sharp Labour
1894
1895
1898
1901
1904
1907
1910
1913
1917   William McKell Labor
 
Election Member Party
1927   William McKell Labor
1930
1932   Labor (NSW)
1935
1938   Labor
1941
1944
1947   George Noble Labor
1949 by   Kevin Dwyer Labor
1950   Fred Green Labor
1953
1956
1959
1962
1965

Election results

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Elections in the 1960s

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1965

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1965 New South Wales state election: Redfern[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 14,453 72.4 −9.4
Liberal Gerald Bayliss 4,811 24.1 +10.7
Communist Cecil Sharrock 703 3.5 −1.4
Total formal votes 19,967 96.6 −1.2
Informal votes 692 3.4 +1.2
Turnout 20,659 91.1 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Green 15,015 75.2 −10.5
Liberal Gerald Bayliss 4,952 24.8 +10.5
Labor hold Swing −10.5

1962

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1962 New South Wales state election: Redfern[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 18,284 81.8 +2.3
Liberal Peter Kamperogianis 2,987 13.4 −3.5
Communist Henry Hatfield 1,090 4.9 +1.2
Total formal votes 22,361 97.8
Informal votes 503 2.2
Turnout 22,864 91.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Green 19,156 85.7 +3.5
Liberal Peter Kamperogianis 3,205 14.3 −3.5
Labor hold Swing +3.5

Elections in the 1950s

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1959

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1959 New South Wales state election: Redfern[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 15,520 76.5
Liberal Mary Beckett 4,032 19.9
Communist Arthur Shipton 744 3.7
Total formal votes 20,296 97.4
Informal votes 540 2.6
Turnout 20,836 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Green 16,115 79.4
Liberal Mary Beckett 4,181 20.6
Labor hold Swing

1956

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1956 New South Wales state election: Redfern[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 16,584 90.4 −2.3
Communist Arthur Shipton 1,754 9.6 +2.3
Total formal votes 18,338 93.5 −0.4
Informal votes 1,265 6.5 +0.4
Turnout 19,603 93.6 +1.4
Labor hold Swing −2.3

1953

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1953 New South Wales state election: Redfern[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 18,484 92.7
Communist Henry Hatfield 1,464 7.3
Total formal votes 19,948 93.9
Informal votes 1,295 6.1
Turnout 21,243 92.2
Labor hold Swing

1950

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1950 New South Wales state election: Redfern[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 14,981 74.0
Liberal Phillip Pethers 3,401 16.8
Independent Labor Frederick Fairbrother 1,129 5.6
Communist Mervyn Pidcock 738 3.6
Total formal votes 20,249 96.7
Informal votes 684 3.3
Turnout 20,933 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Green 81.0 [a]
Liberal Phillip Pethers 19.0
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1949 by-election

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1949 Redfern by-election
Saturday 12 March [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Kevin Dwyer 10,495 91.2
Communist Mervyn Pidcock 1,366 8.8
Total formal votes 15,440 94.8
Informal votes 854 5.2
Turnout 16,294 77.9
Labor hold Swing
The by-election was caused by the death of George Noble (Labor).[10]

1947

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1947 New South Wales state election: Redfern[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Noble 13,015 65.7 +4.8
Lang Labor Edward Waters 3,785 19.1 −20.0
Protestant Labor Frederick Fairbrother 1,727 8.7 +8.7
Communist Jack Miles 1,281 6.5 +6.5
Total formal votes 19,808 95.9 −0.5
Informal votes 856 4.1 +0.5
Turnout 20,664 94.2 +2.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1944

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1944 New South Wales state election: Redfern[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell 11,299 60.9 −16.4
Lang Labor Patrick Tyrrell 7,246 39.1 +39.1
Total formal votes 18,545 96.4 +0.3
Informal votes 688 3.6 −0.3
Turnout 19,233 91.9 −0.8
Labor hold Swing N/A

1941

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1941 New South Wales state election: Redfern[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell 14,299 77.3
State Labor Sid Conway 4,201 22.7
Total formal votes 18,500 96.1
Informal votes 747 3.9
Turnout 19,247 92.7
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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1938

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1938 New South Wales state election: Redfern[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell unopposed
Labor hold  

1935

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1935 New South Wales state election: Redfern[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) William McKell 13,981 91.1 +17.7
Communist Robert McWilliams 1,373 8.9 +7.9
Total formal votes 15,354 92.2 −5.9
Informal votes 1,295 7.8 +5.9
Turnout 16,649 96.0 −0.2
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A

1932

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1932 New South Wales state election: Redfern[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) William McKell 12,190 73.4 −13.7
United Australia John Wright 3,557 21.4 +9.8
Federal Labor Harold Sutton 696 4.2 +4.2
Communist Jean Thomson-Marsh 170 1.0 −0.3
Total formal votes 16,613 98.1 +0.2
Informal votes 326 1.9 −0.2
Turnout 16,939 96.2 +1.7
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

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1930 New South Wales state election: Redfern[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell 14,676 87.1
Nationalist James Correy 1,953 11.6
Communist Jean Thomson-Marsh 224 1.3
Total formal votes 16,853 97.9
Informal votes 353 2.1
Turnout 17,206 94.5
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1927

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1927 New South Wales state election: Redfern[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell 9,871 75.5
Nationalist Frederick Meiklejohn 3,197 24.5
Total formal votes 13,068 97.8
Informal votes 294 2.2
Turnout 13,362 81.2
Labor win (new seat)

District re-created

1920 - 1927

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District abolished District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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1917 New South Wales state election: Redfern[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell 4,757 66.2 −2.2
Nationalist James McGowen 2,388 33.2 +3.5
Ind. Socialist Labor Henry Ostler 42 0.6 −1.4
Total formal votes 7,187 99.1 +1.5
Informal votes 64 0.9 −1.5
Turnout 7,251 60.6 −1.4
Labor hold Swing −2.2
The sitting member James McGowen was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[20]

1913

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1913 New South Wales state election: Redfern[21][22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James McGowen 4,840 68.4
Liberal Reform George Howe 2,100 29.7
Socialist Labor Henry Ostler 140 2.0
Total formal votes 7,080 97.6
Informal votes 177 2.4
Turnout 7,257 62.0
Labor hold  

1910

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1910 New South Wales state election: Redfern[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 4,411 70.3
Liberal Reform John Fegan 1,866 29.7
Total formal votes 6,277 97.3
Informal votes 175 2.7
Turnout 6,452 68.3
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1900s

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1907

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1907 New South Wales state election: Redfern[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 3,222 53.4
Liberal Reform George Howe 2,811 46.6
Total formal votes 6,033 97.6
Informal votes 149 2.4
Turnout 6,182 71.5
Labour hold  

1904

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1904 New South Wales state election: Redfern[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 2,984 55.0
Liberal Reform George Howe 2,401 44.3
Socialist Labor Henry Ostler 40 0.7
Total formal votes 5,425 98.7
Informal votes 72 1.3
Turnout 5,497 60.7
Labour hold  
Redfern was expanded to include part of the abolished seat of Darlington. The member for Redfern was James McGowen (Labour). The member for Darlington was Phillip Sullivan (Labour) who successfully contested Phillip.

1901

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1901 New South Wales state election: Redfern[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 1,560 68.9 +13.8
Liberal Reform Peter McNaught 608 26.9 +26.9
Independent Joseph Butterfield 96 4.2 +3.5
Total formal votes 2,264 99.5 +0.3
Informal votes 11 0.5 −0.3
Turnout 2,275 61.1 +4.4
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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1898 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 916 55.2
National Federal William Cameron 726 43.7
Independent Federalist Joseph Butterfield 13 0.8
Independent William Hunter 6 0.4
Total formal votes 1,661 99.2
Informal votes 13 0.8
Turnout 1,674 56.7
Labour hold  

1895

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1895 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 948 59.1
Protectionist Henry Hoyle 614 38.3
Ind. Free Trade Samuel Bradley 43 2.7
Total formal votes 1,605 99.6
Informal votes 6 0.4
Turnout 1,611 62.8
Labour hold  

1894

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1894 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 800 37.1
Protectionist Henry Hoyle 590 27.4
Free Trade Samuel Bradley 497 23.1
Ind. Free Trade William Coombes 144 6.7
Ind. Free Trade William Poole 124 5.8
Total formal votes 2,155 99.0
Informal votes 22 1.0
Turnout 2,177 84.6
Labour win (previously 4 members)

1891

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1891 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Wednesday 17 June [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Henry Hoyle (elected 1) 2,982 11.8
Protectionist William Schey (re-elected 2) 2,768 10.9
Labour James McGowen (elected 3) 2,712 10.7
Labour William Sharp (elected 4) 2,686 10.6
Protectionist Peter Howe (defeated) 2,632 10.4
Free Trade George Anderson 2,629 10.4
Free Trade William Stephen (defeated) 2,535 10.0
Free Trade William Manuell 2,279 9.0
Free Trade John Beveridge 2,184 8.6
Protectionist George Garton 1,240 4.9
Ind. Free Trade William Coombes 724 2.9
Total formal votes 25,371 99.1
Informal votes 219 0.9
Turnout 7,479 75.1
  Protectionist hold 2
  Labour gain 2 from Free Trade
William Schey (Protectionist) won a seat at a by-election in 1889 and retained it at this election.

Elections in the 1880s

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1889 by-election

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1889 Redfern by-election
Monday 8 July [31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Schey (elected) 2,915 50.2
Free Trade George Anderson 2,890 49.8
Total formal votes 5,805 98.8
Informal votes 69 1.2
Turnout 5,874 61.2
Protectionist hold  
John Sutherland (Protectionist) died.[31]

1889

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1889 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Saturday 2 February [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Sutherland (elected 1) 2,988 13.8
Protectionist Peter Howe (elected 2) 2,896 13.3
Free Trade William Stephen (elected 3) 2,574 11.9
Protectionist Charles Goodchap (elected 4) 2,528 11.6
Protectionist David Davis 2,480 11.4
Protectionist Thomas Williamson 2,429 11.2
Free Trade George Anderson 2,414 11.1
Free Trade John Beveridge 2,397 11.0
Protectionist William Schey 1,023 4.7
Total formal votes 21,729 98.5
Informal votes 323 1.5
Turnout 6,035 64.7
  Protectionist gain 2 from Free Trade  
  Free Trade hold 2
Peter Howe (Protectionist) won a seat at a by-election in 1888 and retained it at this election. William Schey had been elected as a Free Trade member in Redfern however changed to the Protectionist party for this election.

1888 by-election

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1888 Redfern by-election
Saturday 8 September [33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Peter Howe (elected) 2,957 58.4
Free Trade John Martin 2,105 41.6
Total formal votes 5,062 98.5
Informal votes 77 1.5
Turnout 5,139 56.1
Protectionist gain from Free Trade  
James Farnell (Free Trade) died.[33]

1887

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1887 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Saturday 5 February [34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Sutherland (re-elected 1) 3,582 23.2
Free Trade James Farnell (elected 2) 2,644 17.1
Free Trade William Stephen (elected 3) 2,599 16.8
Free Trade William Schey (elected 4) 2,407 15.6
Protectionist Arthur Renwick (defeated) 1,938 12.6
Protectionist Peter Howe 1,803 11.7
Protectionist Alfred Fremlin 467 3.0
Total formal votes 15,440 99.3
Informal votes 103 0.7
Turnout 5,053 58.8
  (1 new seat)

1886 by-election

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1886 Redfern by-election
Tuesday, 9 March [35][36]
Candidate Votes %
Arthur Renwick (re-elected) 1,769 53.8
William Stephen 1,522 46.2
Total formal votes 3,291 98.7
Informal votes 42 1.3
Turnout 3,333 43.4
Arthur Renwick was appointed Minister of Public Instruction in the Jennings ministry.[35]

1885

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1885 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Friday 16 October [37]
Candidate Votes %
John Sutherland (re-elected 1) 2,806 25.3
Arthur Renwick (elected 2) 2,137 19.3
Thomas Williamson (elected 3) 2,009 18.1
William Stephens 1,861 16.8
Francis Wright (defeated) 1,232 11.1
John Martin 1,042 9.4
Total formal votes 11,087 98.9
Informal votes 125 1.1
Turnout 5,325 69.4

1882

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1882 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Monday 4 December [38]
Candidate Votes %
Francis Wright (re-elected 1) 2,209 28.2
Alfred Fremlin (re-elected 2) 2,075 26.5
John Sutherland (elected 3) 1,992 25.4
Thomas Williamson 1,555 19.9
Total formal votes 7,831 99.6
Informal votes 34 0.4
Turnout 3,533 59.4
  (1 new seat)

1882 by-election

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1882 Redfern by-election
Monday 23 January [39]
Candidate Votes %
Francis Wright (elected) 1,704 67.5
John Williamson 819 32.5
Total formal votes 2,523 98.5
Informal votes 37 1.5
Turnout 2,560 47.8
John Sutherland resigned.[39]

1880

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1880 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Friday 19 November [40]
Candidate Votes %
John Sutherland (elected 1) 2,386 40.3
Alfred Fremlin (elected 2) 2,209 37.3
Patrick Stanley 757 12.8
Patrick Hogan 567 9.6
Total formal votes 5,919 99.1
Informal votes 55 0.9
Turnout 3,567 66.0
  (new seat)

Notes

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  1. ^ Two party preferred vote was estimated.

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