Electoral results for the district of St George

St George, 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   Joseph Carruthers Free Trade
1895
1898
1901   Liberal Reform
1904
1907
1908 by   William Taylor Liberal Reform
1910
1913   William Bagnall Labor
1917   Nationalist Member Party Member Party Member Party Member Party
1920   George Cann Labor   Mark Gosling Labor   Thomas Ley Progressive   Guy Arkins Nationalist
1922   Nationalist
1925
 
Joseph Cahill Labor
1925 Appt   William Bagnall Nationalist
1927

Election results

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Elections in the 1920s

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1927

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1927 New South Wales state election: St George[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joseph Cahill 8,137 55.9
Nationalist James Morrish 6,430 44.1
Total formal votes 14,567 99.1
Informal votes 138 0.9
Turnout 14,705 86.9
Labor win (new seat)

1925 appointment

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Thomas Ley resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of Barton at the 1925 election.[5] Between 1920 and 1927 the Legislative Assembly was elected using a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark). The Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act,[6] provided that casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the incumbent member's party list. William Bagnall had the most votes of the unsuccessful Nationalist candidates at the 1925 election and took his seat on 30 September 1925.[7]

1925

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1925 New South Wales state election: St George[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 10,607
Nationalist Thomas Ley (elected 1) 16,171 25.4 +6.4
Nationalist Guy Arkins (elected 3) 4,393 6.9 −9.5
Nationalist William Bagnall (defeated) 3,979 6.2 −2.9
Nationalist Cecil Monro 3,528 5.5 +5.5
Nationalist Francis Farrar 1,227 1.9 −0.7
Nationalist Reginald Reid 608 1.0 +1.0
Nationalist Thomas Casserly 497 0.8 +0.8
Labor Mark Gosling (elected 2) 11,731 18.4 +2.5
Labor Joseph Cahill (elected 5) 6,203 9.8 +9.8
Labor George Cann (elected 4) 6,166 9.7 −3.2
Labor George Burns 4,790 7.5 +7.5
Labor Ernest Sheiles 1,472 2.3 +2.3
Protestant Labor Walter Anderson 1,068 1.7 +1.7
Protestant Labor Arthur Jones 612 1.0 +1.0
Protestant Labor Roy Hindwood 439 0.7 +0.7
Protestant Labor William Goulden 313 0.5 +0.5
Protestant Labor James Dunlop 195 0.3 +0.3
Independent Alfred Dicker 182 0.3 +0.3
Independent John Cooper 39 0.1 −0.1
Independent Ernest Lambourne 26 0.04 +0.04
Total formal votes 63,639 96.2 −0.2
Informal votes 2,487 3.8 +0.2
Turnout 66,126 73.3 −0.2
Party total votes
Nationalist 30,403 47.8 −5.6
Labor 30,362 47.7 +5.6
Protestant Labor 2,627 4.1 +4.1
Independent Alfred Dicker 182 0.3 +0.3
Independent John Cooper 39 0.1 −0.1
Independent Ernest Lambourne 26 0.04 +0.04

1922

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1922 New South Wales state election: St George[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 8,832
Nationalist Thomas Ley (elected 1) 10,071 19.0 +19.0
Nationalist Guy Arkins (elected 2) 8,717 16.4 +6.9
Nationalist William Bagnall (elected 4) 4,829 9.1 −6.2
Nationalist John Ewen 2,636 5.0 +5.0
Nationalist Francis Farrar 1,371 2.6 +2.6
Nationalist John Willson 694 1.3 +1.3
Labor Mark Gosling (elected 3) 8,423 15.9 +10.5
Labor George Cann (elected 5) 6,818 12.9 −8.1
Labor Sam Toombs 4,852 9.2 −0.9
Labor Patrick Donovan 1,586 3.0 +0.5
Labor Arthur Jones 610 1.2 +1.2
Progressive Reginald McDonald 1,999 3.8 +3.8
Progressive John Cordell 126 0.2 +0.2
Progressive John Wilson 80 0.1 +0.1
Independent John Cooper 98 0.2 +0.2
Independent Henry Short 62 0.1 +0.1
Independent John Gager 17 0.03 +0.03
Total formal votes 52,989 96.4 +6.0
Informal votes 1,963 3.6 −6.0
Turnout 54,952 73.5 +15.9
Party total votes
Nationalist 28,318 53.4 +21.1
Labor 22,289 42.1 +0.4
Progressive 2,205 4.2 −13.5
Independent John Cooper 98 0.2 +0.2
Independent Henry Short 62 0.1 +0.1
Independent John Gager 17 0.03 +0.03

1920

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1920 New South Wales state election: St George[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 5,569
Labor George Cann (elected 1) 7,026 21.0
Labor Sam Toombs 3,384 10.1
Labor Mark Gosling (elected 5) 1,800 5.4
Labor William Gibbs 877 2.6
Labor Patrick Donovan 842 2.5
Nationalist William Bagnall (elected 3) 5,103 15.3
Nationalist Guy Arkins (elected 4) 3,191 9.5
Nationalist Frederick Reed 2,497 7.5
Progressive Thomas Ley (elected 2) 4,440 13.3
Progressive Charles Rosenthal 1,485 4.4
Democratic William O'Driscoll 2,227 6.7
Soldiers & Citizens Charles Church 177 0.5
Soldiers & Citizens Charles Rider 69 0.2
Independent Joseph Andrew 222 0.7
Independent Sydney Cook 70 0.2
Total formal votes 33,410 90.4
Informal votes 3,545 9.6
Turnout 36,955 57.6
Party total votes
Labor 13,929 41.7
Nationalist 10,791 32.3
Progressive 5,925 17.7
Democratic 2,227 6.7
Soldiers & Citizens 246 0.7
Independent Joseph Andrew 222 0.7
Independent Sydney Cook 70 0.2

Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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1917 New South Wales state election: St George[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Bagnall 7,414 64.9 +15.3
Labor Arthur Dengate 4,010 35.1 −10.0
Total formal votes 11,424 99.2 +0.3
Informal votes 91 0.8 −0.3
Turnout 11,515 70.3 −4.5
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  
The sitting member William Bagnall was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[12]

1913

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1913 New South Wales state election: St George[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Wood 4,797 49.6
Labor William Bagnall 4,366 45.1
National Progressive Henry Broe 509 5.3
Total formal votes 9,672 98.9
Informal votes 110 1.1
Turnout 9,782 74.8
1913 New South Wales state election: St George - Second Round
Saturday 13 December [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Bagnall 5,231 51.0
Liberal Reform William Wood 5,025 49.0
Total formal votes 10,256 99.5
Informal votes 46 0.5
Turnout 10,302 78.8
Labor gain from Liberal Reform  

1910

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1910 New South Wales state election: St George[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Taylor 6,198 58.5
Labour William Bagnall 4,396 41.5
Total formal votes 10,594 98.9
Informal votes 118 1.1
Turnout 10,712 76.7
Liberal Reform hold  

Elections in the 1900s

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1908 by-election

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1908 St George by-election
Wednesday 20 May [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Taylor 4,077 62.9 −15.1
Labour George Holt 2,391 36.9 +14.9
Independent Charles Counsell 10 0.2
Total formal votes 6,478 98.3 +1.4
Informal votes 111 1.7 −1.4
Turnout 6,589 62.4 [a] −4.6
Liberal Reform hold Swing −15.1
Joseph Carruthers (Liberal Reform) resigned.[15]

1907

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1907 New South Wales state election: St George[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Sir Joseph Carruthers 5,345 78.0
Labour George Black 1,507 22.0
Total formal votes 6,852 96.9
Informal votes 220 3.1
Turnout 7,072 66.9
Liberal Reform hold  

1904

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1904 New South Wales state election: St George[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Sir Joseph Carruthers 3,068 71.8
Labour William Paine 1,207 28.2
Total formal votes 4,275 99.3
Informal votes 30 0.7
Turnout 4,305 51.6
Liberal Reform hold  
St George lost part of the district to Canterbury.

1901

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1901 New South Wales state election: St George[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Joseph Carruthers 1,519 69.2 −2.6
Labour William Flinn 676 30.8
Total formal votes 2,195 100.0 +0.8
Informal votes 0 0.0 −0.8
Turnout 2,195 53.2 −11.6
Liberal Reform hold  

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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1898 New South Wales colonial election: St George[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Joseph Carruthers 1,522 71.8
National Federal George Waddell 594 28.0
Independent Francis Brown 4 0.2
Total formal votes 2,120 99.3
Informal votes 16 0.8
Turnout 2,136 64.8
Free Trade hold  

1895

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1895 New South Wales colonial election: St George[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Joseph Carruthers 1,380 82.7
Independent William Taylor 289 17.3
Total formal votes 1,669 99.2
Informal votes 13 0.8
Turnout 1,682 63.2
Free Trade hold  

1894

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1894 New South Wales colonial election: St George[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Joseph Carruthers 1,523 71.6
Labour Denis Acton 604 28.4
Total formal votes 2,127 98.4
Informal votes 34 1.6
Turnout 2,161 80.5
Free Trade win (new seat)

Notes

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  1. ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 10,564 at the 1907 election.[16]

References

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  6. ^ Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act 1920 (NSW).
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  12. ^ "PLL expulsions". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Trove.
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  14. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 St George". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
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  17. ^ Green, Antony. "1904 St George". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  18. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 St George". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
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