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Electoral results for the district of Annandale

Annandale, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1950.[1][2][3]

Members edit

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Election Member Party
1894   William Mahony Free Trade
1895
1898
1901   Liberal Reform
1904
1907
1910   Albert Bruntnell Liberal Reform
1913   Arthur Griffith Labor
1917   William O'Brien Labor
Second incarnation (1927–1950)
1927   Robert Stuart-Robertson Labor
1930
1931 by
1932   Labor (NSW)
1933 by   Bob Gorman Labor (NSW)
1935
1938   Labor / Labor (N-C)
1941   Labor
1944
1947

Elections in the 1940s edit

1947 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1947 New South Wales state election: Annandale [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gorman 11,336 57.4 +1.2
Lang Labor George Stanley 8,426 42.6 +6.1
Total formal votes 19,762 95.5 +0.8
Informal votes 937 4.5 -0.8
Turnout 20,699 94.8 +3.0
Labor hold Swing N/A

Sitting Labor MP Bob Gorman was returned with an increased majority[4] defeating Lang Labor candidate George Stanley, a first time candidate who never stood again.[5]

1944 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1944 New South Wales state election: Annandale [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gorman 10,089 56.2 -19.5
Lang Labor Ross Pryor 6,558 36.5 +36.5
Independent Arthur Hagen 1,322 7.4 +7.4
Total formal votes 17,969 94.7 +0.4
Informal votes 1,010 5.3 -0.4
Turnout 18,979 91.8 +1.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Sitting Labor MP Bob Gorman was returned with a significantly reduced majority[6] defeating Lang Labor candidate Ross Pryor and Independent Arthur Hagen two first time candidates who never stood again.[7][8]

1941 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1941 New South Wales state election: Annandale [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gorman 13,018 75.7
Independent Stanley Moran 2,244 13.1
New Social Order Harry Blackwell 1,926 11.2
Total formal votes 17,188 94.3
Informal votes 1,036 5.7
Turnout 18,224 90.5
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Sitting Labor MP Bob Gorman was returned with an increased majority[9] defeating Independent candidate Stanley Moran who stood as a Communist in the 1932 election in the seat of Glebe [10] and first time New Social Order candidate Harry Blackwell who never stood again.[11]

Elections in the 1930s edit

1938 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1938 New South Wales state election: Annandale [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gorman unopposed
Labor hold  

1935 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: Annandale [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Bob Gorman 11,075 71.4 +8.3
Federal Labor John Keegan 4,431 28.6 +22.4
Total formal votes 15,506 95.3 -1.7
Informal votes 767 4.7 +1.7
Turnout 16,273 95.5 -0.1
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A

Sitting State Labor MP Bob Gorman was returned with an increased majority[13] defeating John Keegan who stood as the Federal Labor candidate in the 1932 election in the seat of Georges River.[14]

1933 by-election edit

This section is an excerpt from 1933 Annandale state by-election § Results.[edit]
1933 Annandale by-election
Saturday 24 June [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Bob Gorman 9,517 66.34
Federal Labor Percival McDonald 3,819 26.62
Unificationist Harry Cotter 543 3.79
Communist Thomas Wright 466 3.25
Total formal votes 14,345 95.30
Informal votes 708 4.70
Turnout 15,053 86.96
Labor (NSW) hold Swing
The by-election was caused by the death of Robert Stuart-Robertson (Labor (NSW)) on 2 June 1933.[15]

1932 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: Annandale [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Robert Stuart-Robertson 9,937 63.1 -14.4
United Australia Leo Bolsdon 4,614 29.3 +9.1
Federal Labor Percival McDonald 977 6.2 +6.2
Communist Robert Brechin 175 1.1 -1.2
Independent Harry Meatheringham 22 0.1 +0.1
Independent Christopher Hade 13 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 15,738 97.0 -0.6
Informal votes 484 3.0 +0.6
Turnout 16,222 95.6 +1.7
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

In 1931, the New South Wales Labor Party split from Federal Labor to form the Australian Labor Party (NSW) led by Jack Lang. In this election, Federal Labor ran candidates in 43 seats but none were elected. Sitting MP Robert Stuart-Robertson was returned with a reduced majority[16] defeating four first time candidates: Leo Bolsdon from the UAP,[17] Communist Robert Brechin,[18] Independent Christopher Hade[8] and the Federal Labor candidate Percival McDonald.[19] Bolsdon and Hade never stood again. He also defeated Independent Harry Meatheringham standing in his sixth and final election.[20]

1931 by-election edit

This section is an excerpt from 1931 Annandale state by-election § Results.[edit]
1931 Annandale by-election
18 April [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson (re-elected) 8,864 68.44
Independent Martha Simpson 3,237 24.99
Independent Harry David Meatheringham 428 3.30
Communist William John Morrison 423 3.27
Total formal votes 12,952 93.28
Informal votes 933 6.72
Turnout 13,885 80.34 [a]
Labor hold Swing
The seat was declared vacant on 9 April 1931 because Robert Stuart-Robertson (Labor) had been declared bankrupt.[21]

1930 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: Annandale [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson 12,246 77.5
Nationalist Osterley Thompson 3,194 20.2
Communist Mary Lamm 362 2.3
Total formal votes 15,802 97.6
Informal votes 383 2.4
Turnout 16,185 93.9
Labor hold Swing

Sitting Labor MP Robert Stuart-Robertson was returned with a significant increased majority,[22] defeating Nationalist Osterley Thompson and Communist Mary Lamm, two first time candidates who never stood again.[23][24]

Elections in the 1920s edit

1927 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Annandale [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson 6,934 56.0
Nationalist Edward Hogan 5,454 44.0
Total formal votes 12,388 99.0
Informal votes 120 1.0
Turnout 12,508 82.7
Labor win (new seat)

Sitting Labor MP for Balmain Robert Stuart-Robertson defeated Nationalist Edward Hogan,[25] a first time candidate who did not stand again.[26]

1920 - 1927 edit

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s edit

1917 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Annandale [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William O'Brien 3,762 51.0 -3.0
Independent Labor Arthur Griffith 3,608 49.0 +49.0
Total formal votes 7,370 99.0 +0.8
Informal votes 77 1.0 -0.8
Turnout 7,447 64.7 -9.2
Labor hold Swing -3.0
Sitting member Arthur Griffith was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[28]

Sitting MP and senior cabinet minister on the Holman government Arthur Griffith had left the Labor Party in the conscription split of 1916 but did not follow William Holman into the Nationalist Party instead becoming an Independent Labor. In the election, Griffith was defeated by William O'Brien,[27] a first time Labor candidate. When the seat was abolished in 1920, O'Brien went onto serve two terms as one of the MPs for Murray.[29]

1913 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Annandale [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Griffith 4,741 54.0
Liberal Reform Albert Bruntnell 3,935 44.8
Independent John Strachan 101 1.2
Total formal votes 8,777 98.2
Informal votes 161 1.8
Turnout 8,938 73.9
Labor gain from Liberal Reform  

This was Strachan's second attempt at running for office. He previously stood as an independent in the 1898 election in the seat of Sydney-Lang.[31] Sitting Liberal Reform MP Albert Bruntnell was defeated by the sitting Labor MP for Sturt, Arthur Griffith.[30]

1910 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Annandale [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Albert Bruntnell 4,321 51.2
Labour George Davidson 4,121 48.8
Total formal votes 8,442 98.2
Informal votes 157 1.8
Turnout 8,599 72.5
Liberal Reform hold  

The 6-term sitting Liberal Reform MP William Mahony retired and did not contest this election.[32] Former Liberal Reform MP for Surry Hills Albert Bruntnell, who ran for the seat of Alexandria in 1907 and lost,[33] defeated Labor's George Davidson, a first time candidate who did not stand again.[34]

Elections in the 1900s edit

1907 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Annandale [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Mahony 3,567 54.9
Independent Isaiah Cohen 2,933 45.1
Total formal votes 6,500 97.0
Informal votes 200 3.0
Turnout 6,700 69.2
Liberal Reform hold  

This was Cohen's third and final attempt to win the seat of Annandale, this time standing as an Independent.[36] Sitting Liberal Reform MP William Mahony was returned, for the fifth and final time, with a reduced majority.[35]

1904 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Annandale [37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Mahony 2,815 60.7
Progressive James Robertson 1,826 39.3
Total formal votes 4,641 99.0
Informal votes 45 1.0
Turnout 4,686 57.0
Liberal Reform hold  
Annandale lost parts of the district to The Glebe and Roxelle. It absorbed parts of Petersham and the abolished seat of Newtown-Camperdown. The member for Annandale was William Mahony (Liberal Reform). The member for Petersham was John Cohen (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that seat while the member for Newtown-Camperdown was James Smith (Independent Progressive) who successfully contested Camperdown.

This was Robertson's first and only attempt at state office.[38] Sitting Liberal Reform MP William Mahony was returned with an increased majority, achieving over 60 percent of the vote for the first time.[37]

1901 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Annandale.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Annandale [39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Mahony 1,186 52.1 -0.5
Progressive Isaiah Cohen 1,076 47.3 0.2
Independent Richard Kimber 14 0.6
Total formal votes 2,276 99.5 -0.2
Informal votes 14 0.5 +0.2
Turnout 2,290 61.2 -1.3
Liberal Reform hold  

This was Kimber's first and only attempt at state office,[14] and was Cohen's second of three attempts to win the seat of Annandale.[36] Sitting MP William Mahony, from the newly formed Liberal Reform Party was returned with a slightly reduced majority. The results were subject re-count by the Elections and Qualifications Committee.[39]

Elections in the 1890s edit

1898 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Annandale.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Annandale [40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Mahony 901 52.7
National Federal Isaiah Cohen 810 47.3
Total formal votes 1,711 99.7
Informal votes 5 0.3
Turnout 1,716 62.5
Free Trade hold  

This was Cohen's first of three attempts to win the seat of Annandale.[36] Sitting Free Trade MP William Mahony was returned with a reduced majority.[40]

1895 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Annandale.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Annandale [41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Mahony 783 58.3 +23.0
Protectionist John Maxwell 411 30.6 +16.7
Labour John Skelton 146 10.9 -17.4
Ind. Free Trade William Williams 4 0.3
Total formal votes 1,344 98.9 -0.2
Informal votes 15 1.1 +0.2
Turnout 1,359 61.8 -21.9
Free Trade hold  

This was Skelton's second attempt at colonial office,[42] and Maxwell's and Williams' first.[43][44] All three unsuccessful candidates never stood for election again. Sitting Free Trade MP William Mahony was returned with an increased and absolute majority.[41]

1894 edit

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Annandale.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Annandale [45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Mahony 657 35.3
Labour Alexander Duncan 527 28.3
Ind. Protectionist Thomas Larkin 271 14.6
Protectionist John Young 259 13.9
Ind. Free Trade William Pritchard 149 8.0
Total formal votes 1,863 99.1
Informal votes 17 0.9
Turnout 1,880 83.7
Free Trade win (new seat)

No sitting MPs contested in this election however this was Young's fifth,[46] and Pritchard's fourth election respectively.[7] Neither had held office previously. Duncan and Larkin were running for the first time.[47][48] All four unsuccessful candidates never stood for election again. This is also Mahony's first attempt for colonial office.[49] He did not achieve an absolute majority but was declared the winner as this election was first-past-the-post.[45]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Estimate based on a roll of 17,245 at the 1930 election.[22]

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