Electoral results for the district of Wickham (New South Wales)

Wickham, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1920.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1894   John Fegan Free Trade
1895   Protectionist
1898
1901   Progressive
1904
1907   William Grahame Labor
1910
1913
1917   Nationalist

Election results

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Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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1917 New South Wales state election: Wickham[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Grahame 4,982 53.9 +22.1
Labor Christopher Pattinson 4,260 46.1 −22.1
Total formal votes 9,242 99.2 +0.9
Informal votes 77 0.8 −0.9
Turnout 9,319 63.1 −10.0
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  
The sitting member William Grahame was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[5]

1913

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1913 New South Wales state election: Wickham[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Grahame 5,581 68.2
Liberal Reform Magnus Cromarty 2,607 31.8
Total formal votes 8,188 98.3
Informal votes 143 1.7
Turnout 8,331 73.1
Labor hold  

1910

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1910 New South Wales state election: Wickham[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Grahame 5,059 77.5
Liberal Reform Thomas Allsopp 1,473 22.6
Total formal votes 6,532 98.3
Informal votes 110 1.7
Turnout 6,642 67.0
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1900s

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1907

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1907 New South Wales state election: Wickham[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Grahame 3,607 55.5
Former Progressive John Fegan 2,892 44.5
Total formal votes 6,499 96.9
Informal votes 206 3.1
Turnout 6,705 74.2
Labour gain from Progressive  

1904

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1904 New South Wales state election: Wickham[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive John Fegan 2,344 39.8
Liberal Reform Owen Gilbert 1,900 32.2
Labour Laurence Vial 1,650 28.0
Total formal votes 5,894 99.6
Informal votes 22 0.4
Turnout 5,916 70.2
Progressive hold  
Wickham was expanded to include part of Waratah and part of the abolished seat of Newcastle West. John Fegan (Progressive) was the member for Wickham while Owen Gilbert (Liberal Reform) was the member for Newcastle West.

1901

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1901 New South Wales state election: Wickham[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive John Fegan 1,005 53.7 +5.9
Labour George Errington 677 36.2 +14.5
Liberal Reform William Sheddon 190 10.2
Total formal votes 1,872 99.6 +0.1
Informal votes 8 0.4 −0.1
Turnout 1,880 77.4 +4.6
Member changed to Progressive from Liberal Reform  

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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1898 New South Wales colonial election: Wickham[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Fegan 747 47.8
National Federal Eden George 478 30.6
Labour Frank Butler 338 21.6
Total formal votes 1,563 99.5
Informal votes 8 0.5
Turnout 1,571 72.8
Free Trade hold  

1895

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1895 New South Wales colonial election: Wickham[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Fegan 803 57.2
Labour William Webster 600 42.8
Total formal votes 1,403 99.8
Informal votes 3 0.2
Turnout 1,406 77.4
Free Trade hold  

1894

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1894 New South Wales colonial election: Wickham[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Fegan 743 45.4
Labour James Dick 338 20.7
Protectionist John Gilbert 279 17.0
Ind. Protectionist Joseph Barclay 233 14.2
Ind. Free Trade Peter Bennett 32 2.0
Ind. Free Trade William Hestelow 12 0.7
Total formal votes 1,637 98.4
Informal votes 26 1.6
Turnout 1,663 89.7
Free Trade win (new seat)

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wickham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1917 Wickham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Proceedings in the Assembly: censure motion defeated". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 November 1916. p. 13. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1913 Wickham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Wickham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1907 Wickham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Wickham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Wickham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Wickham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  12. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Wickham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Wickham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.