Wammerawa, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1920 and abolished in 1927.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1920 | Joseph Clark | Labor | Bill Dunn | Labor | William Ashford | Nationalist | |||
1922 | Harold Thorby | Progressive | Independent | ||||||
1922 re-count | Joseph Clark | Labor | |||||||
1925 |
Election results
editElections in the 1920s
edit1925
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 6,717 | ||||
Labor | Bill Dunn (elected 1) | 8,680 | 32.3 | +6.2 | |
Labor | Joseph Clark (elected 2) | 5,078 | 18.9 | +0.6 | |
Labor | John Ritchie | 1,352 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Progressive | Harold Thorby (elected 3) | 4,664 | 17.4 | +6.5 | |
Progressive | Alfred Yeo | 788 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Progressive | Samuel Armstrong | 721 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Nationalist | Harold Blackett | 3,367 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
Nationalist | John Macdonald | 1,566 | 5.8 | +0.8 | |
Nationalist | Henry Buttsworth | 650 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
Total formal votes | 26,866 | 97.0 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 823 | 3.0 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 27,689 | 72.9 | +1.6 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 15,110 | 56.2 | +8.7 | ||
Progressive | 6,173 | 23.0 | −6.2 | ||
Nationalist | 5,583 | 20.8 | +8.6 |
1922 re-count
editThe returning officer declared that William Ashford (Independent) had been elected 3rd at the 1922 election.[5] Joseph Clark lodged a petition that alleged the returning officer had made an error in the way he distributed surplus votes after the election of Harold Thorby.[6] The Elections and Qualifications Committee agreed and after re-counting the votes declared that Clark had been elected.[7][8]
1922
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 6,571 | ||||
Labor | Bill Dunn (elected 1) | 6,854 | 26.1 | −13.6 | |
Labor | Joseph Clark (defeated) | 4,810 | 18.3 | +8.8 | |
Labor | William Webster | 821 | 3.1 | −1.1 | |
Progressive | Harold Thorby (elected 2) | 2,855 | 10.9 | +0.4 | |
Progressive | Gordon Wilkins | 2,522 | 9.6 | +9.6 | |
Progressive | George Oram | 930 | 3.5 | +3.5 | |
Progressive | James Berryman | 726 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Progressive | Edward Scully | 366 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Progressive | Edward Kater | 266 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Nationalist | Percy Shortland | 1,386 | 5.3 | +5.3 | |
Nationalist | John Macdonald | 1,314 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Nationalist | John Wark | 516 | 2.0 | +2.0 | |
Independent | William Ashford (elected 3) | 2,891 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Independent | Arthur Heany | 23 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 26,280 | 96.3 | +4.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,001 | 3.7 | −4.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,281 | 71.3 | +8.0 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 12,485 | 47.5 | −5.9 | ||
Progressive | 7,665 | 29.2 | +8.3 | ||
Nationalist | 3,216 | 12.2 | −12.0 | ||
Independent | William Ashford | 2,891 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Independent | Arthur Heany | 23 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
1920
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 5,610 | ||||
Labor | Bill Dunn (elected 1) | 8,912 | 39.7 | ||
Labor | Joseph Clark (elected 3) | 2,138 | 9.5 | ||
Labor | William Webster | 931 | 4.2 | ||
Nationalist | William Ashford (elected 2) | 5,166 | 23.0 | ||
Nationalist | Sidney Skuthorpe | 269 | 1.2 | ||
Progressive | Harold Thorby | 2,355 | 10.5 | ||
Progressive | Neil McLennan | 1,206 | 5.4 | ||
Progressive | William Harris | 1,137 | 5.1 | ||
Independent | Sydney Webb | 178 | 0.8 | ||
Independent | William Kelk | 109 | 0.5 | ||
Independent | Edwin Utley | 37 | 0.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,438 | 92.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,920 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 24,358 | 63.3 | |||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 11,981 | 53.4 | |||
Nationalist | 5,435 | 24.2 | |||
Progressive | 4,698 | 20.9 | |||
Independent | Sydney Webb | 178 | 0.8 | ||
Independent | William Kelk | 109 | 0.5 | ||
Independent | Edwin Utley | 37 | 0.2 |
References
edit- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1925 Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1922 Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Petition of Joseph Alfred Clark". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 97. 22 June 1922. p. 3409. Retrieved 29 October 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ "Wammerawa: Mr Ashford ousted, Mr Clark elected, committee's decision". The Sydney Morning Herald. 27 July 1922. p. 6. Retrieved 29 October 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1922 Wammerawa re-count". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1920 Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.