Ashburnham, 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]
First incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
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Election | Member | Party | |
1894 | Albert Gardiner | Independent Labor | |
1895 | Joseph Reymond | Protectionist | |
1898 | |||
1901 | Progressive | ||
1904 | Eden George | Liberal Reform | |
1907 | John Lynch | Labor | |
1910 | |||
1913 | Arthur Grimm | Farmers and Settlers | |
1917 | Nationalist | ||
Second incarnation (1927–1950) | |||
Election | Member | Party | |
1927 | Edmund Best | Nationalist | |
1930 | William Keast | Labor | |
1932 | Hilton Elliott | Country | |
1935 | |||
1938 | |||
1941 | Edgar Dring | Labor | |
1944 | |||
1947 |
Election results
editElections in the 1940s
edit1947
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edgar Dring | 6,472 | 47.5 | -10.9 | |
Liberal | Holman Cockram | 3,671 | 26.9 | +26.9 | |
Country | Hilton Elliott | 3,481 | 25.6 | -16.0 | |
Total formal votes | 13,624 | 98.6 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 194 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 13,818 | 95.9 | +4.5 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Edgar Dring | 6,921 | 50.8 | -7.6 | |
Liberal | Holman Cockram | 6,703 | 49.2 | +49.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -7.6 |
1944
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edgar Dring | 7,418 | 58.4 | +3.8 | |
Country | Charles McCarron | 5,278 | 41.6 | -3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 12,696 | 98.0 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 264 | 2.0 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 12,960 | 91.4 | −2.8 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +3.8 |
1941
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Edgar Dring | 7,367 | 54.6 | ||
Country | Hilton Elliott | 6,136 | 45.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,503 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 220 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 13,723 | 94.2 | |||
Labor gain from Country | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
edit1938
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Hilton Elliott | 6,409 | 48.4 | -4.5 | |
Labor | Edgar Dring | 5,779 | 43.6 | -3.5 | |
Independent | William Gibbons | 1,065 | 8.0 | +8.0 | |
Total formal votes | 13,253 | 98.7 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 175 | 1.3 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 13,428 | 96.8 | 0.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Hilton Elliott | 6,963 | 52.5 | -0.4 | |
Labor | Edgar Dring | 6,290 | 47.5 | +0.4 | |
Country hold | Swing | -0.4 |
1935
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Hilton Elliott | 6,986 | 52.9 | +19.5 | |
Labor (NSW) | William Keast | 6,228 | 47.1 | +5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 13,214 | 98.9 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 150 | 1.1 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 13,364 | 96.8 | −0.3 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -4.1 |
1932
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | William Keast | 5,211 | 41.7 | -7.6 | |
Country | Hilton Elliott | 4,175 | 33.4 | +33.4 | |
United Australia | Eric Pryor | 2,474 | 19.8 | -18.4 | |
Ind. United Australia | Edmund Best | 631 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
Total formal votes | 12,491 | 98.5 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 189 | 1.5 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 12,680 | 97.1 | +2.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Hilton Elliott | 7,124 | 57.0 | +57.0 | |
Labor (NSW) | William Keast | 5,367 | 43.0 | -7.4 | |
Country gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | N/A |
1930
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Keast | 5,941 | 49.3 | ||
Nationalist | Edmund Best (defeated) | 4,611 | 38.2 | ||
Independent Country | David Kelly | 1,512 | 12.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,064 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 179 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 12,243 | 95.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Keast | 6,084 | 50.4 | ||
Nationalist | Edmund Best | 5,980 | 49.6 | ||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
edit1927
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Edmund Best | 7,063 | 58.8 | ||
Labor | William Keast | 4,954 | 41.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,017 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 200 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 12,217 | 82.8 | |||
Nationalist win | (new seat) |
1920 - 1927
editDistrict abolished
Elections in the 1910s
edit1917
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Arthur Grimm | 4,169 | 54.9 | +4.6 | |
Labor | John Lynch | 3,423 | 45.1 | -4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 7,592 | 99.0 | +1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 78 | 1.0 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 7,670 | 72.6 | −4.9 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +4.6 |
1913
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farmers and Settlers | Arthur Grimm [a] | 3,999 | 50.3 | ||
Labor | John Lynch | 3,954 | 49.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,953 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 205 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 8,158 | 77.5 | |||
Farmers and Settlers gain from Labor |
1910
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Lynch | 3,349 | 53.4 | ||
Liberal Reform | Reginald Weaver | 2,917 | 46.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,266 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 118 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 6,384 | 75.8 | |||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1900s
edit1907
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Lynch | 2,972 | 53.7 | +22.3 | |
Liberal Reform | Eden George | 2,560 | 46.3 | +10.9 | |
Total formal votes | 5,532 | 96.0 | |||
Informal votes | 231 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,763 | 74.0 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Reform | Swing | +5.7 |
1904
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Eden George | 1,832 | 35.4 | ||
Independent | Joseph Reymond | 1,721 | 33.2 | ||
Labour | Patrick Clara | 1,626 | 31.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,179 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 29 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 5,208 | 68.7 | |||
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive |
1901
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Joseph Reymond | 1,081 | 56.0 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Reform | Thomas Bavister | 605 | 31.4 | -10.4 | |
Independent | Frank Calder | 243 | 12.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,929 | 99.4 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.6 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,941 | 68.3 | +0.6 | ||
Progressive hold |
Elections in the 1890s
edit1898
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Federal | Joseph Reymond | 1,092 | 58.2 | ||
Free Trade | Albert Gardiner | 783 | 41.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,875 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 18 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,893 | 67.6 | |||
National Federal hold |
1895
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Joseph Reymond | 672 | 44.0 | ||
Free Trade | Albert Gardiner | 534 | 35.0 | ||
Labour | George Hutchinson | 322 | 21.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,528 | 99.7 | |||
Informal votes | 5 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,533 | 70.1 | |||
Protectionist gain from Free Trade |
1894
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labour | Albert Gardiner | 577 | 31.9 | ||
Protectionist | Alfred Stokes | 530 | 29.3 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | George Hutchinson | 386 | 21.3 | ||
Labour | John Hanney | 195 | 10.8 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Thomas Spencer | 121 | 6.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,809 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 39 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,848 | 83.3 | |||
Independent Labour win | (new seat) |
Notes
edit- ^ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
- ^ The two seats contested by 3 sitting members were Ashburnham and The Lachlan.
References
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