Electoral results for the district of Armidale
Election results for Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Armidale, 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 1981.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1894 | Henry Copeland | Protectionist | |
1895 | Edmund Lonsdale | Free Trade | |
1898 | Charles Wilson | Protectionist | |
1901 | Edmund Lonsdale | Liberal Reform | |
1903 by | Sydney Kearney | Liberal Reform | |
1904 | |||
1907 | Edmund Lonsdale | Liberal Reform | |
1910 | |||
1913 | George Braund | Liberal Reform | |
1915 by | Herbert Lane | Liberal Reform | |
1917 | Nationalist | ||
Election | Member | Party | |
1927 | David Drummond | Country | |
1930 | |||
1932 | |||
1935 | |||
1938 | |||
1941 | |||
1944 | |||
1947 | |||
1950 by | Davis Hughes | Country | |
1950 | |||
1953 | Jim Cahill | Labor | |
1956 | Davis Hughes | Country | |
1659 | |||
1962 | |||
1965 | |||
1968 | |||
1971 | |||
1973 by | David Leitch | Country | |
1973 | |||
1976 | National Country | ||
1978 | Bill McCarthy | Labor |
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
1978
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bill McCarthy | 11,538 | 48.5 | +5.1 | |
National Country | David Leitch | 11,345 | 47.7 | -8.9 | |
Democrats | Sidney Burkey | 890 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 23,773 | 98.5 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 349 | 1.5 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,122 | 94.1 | +1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill McCarthy | 12,034 | 50.6 | +7.2 | |
National Country | David Leitch | 11,739 | 49.4 | -7.2 | |
Labor gain from National Country | Swing | +7.2 |
1976
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Armidale.[edit]
1973
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | David Leitch | 13,296 | 59.7 | -2.2 | |
Labor | Judith Waters | 8,053 | 36.2 | -1.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Peter McRae | 922 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 22,271 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 285 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 22,556 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | David Leitch | 14,033 | 63.0 | +1.1 | |
Labor | Judith Waters | 8,238 | 37.0 | -1.1 | |
Country hold | Swing | +1.1 |
1973 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1973 Armidale state by-election § Result.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | David Leitch | 5,826 | 31.4 | -30.5 | |
Labor | Justin Rowe | 8,282 | 44.7 | ||
Country | Philip Street | 3,738 | 20.2 | ||
Australia | Joan Kersey | 682 | 3.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,528 | 98.7 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 253 | 1.4 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 18,781 | 88.9 | −4.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | David Leitch | 9,612 | 51.9 | -10.0 | |
Labor | Justin Rowe | 8,916 | 48.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -10.0 [a] |
1971
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Davis Hughes | 11,562 | 61.9 | -5.0 | |
Independent | Jean Mitchell | 7,118 | 38.1 | +38.1 | |
Total formal votes | 18,680 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 327 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 19,007 | 93.2 | |||
Country hold | Swing | -5.0 |
Elections in the 1960s
1968
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Davis Hughes | 12,186 | 66.9 | 0.0 | |
Labor | Joseph Dawson | 6,015 | 33.1 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 18,201 | 1.8 | |||
Informal votes | 338 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 18,539 | 94.7 | |||
Country hold | Swing | 0.0 |
1965
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Davis Hughes | 10,775 | 66.9 | +4.4 | |
Labor | Patrick McGee | 5,322 | 33.1 | −4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 16,097 | 98.5 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 238 | 1.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 16,335 | 94.8 | +0.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +4.4 |
1962
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Davis Hughes | 9,959 | 62.5 | +4.2 | |
Labor | Mark Shanahan | 5,966 | 37.5 | −1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 15,925 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 225 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 16,150 | 94.7 | |||
Country hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Elections in the 1950s
1959
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Davis Hughes | 9,956 | 56.3 | ||
Labor | Percy Love | 7,170 | 40.5 | ||
Democratic Labor | Richard Stanley | 568 | 3.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,694 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 242 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 17,936 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Davis Hughes | 10,410 | 58.8 | ||
Labor | Percy Love | 7,284 | 41.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing |
1956
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Davis Hughes | 9,107 | 52.3 | +2.3 | |
Labor | Jim Cahill | 8,312 | 47.7 | −2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 17,419 | 98.8 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 218 | 1.2 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 17,637 | 93.7 | −1.4 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | +2.3 |
1953
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jim Cahill | 8,595 | 50.04 | ||
Country | Davis Hughes | 8,582 | 49.96 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,177 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 240 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 17,417 | 95.1 | |||
Labor gain from Country | Swing |
1950
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Davis Hughes | 7,656 | 49.8 | ||
Labor | Jim Cahill | 7,246 | 47.2 | ||
Independent | Edward Spensley | 458 | 3.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,360 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 181 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 15,541 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Davis Hughes | 7,922 | 51.6 | ||
Labor | Jim Cahill | 7,438 | 48.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing |
1950 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1950 Armidale state by-election § Result.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Davis Hughes | 4,240 | 32.8 | ||
Labor | Jim Cahill | 6,064 | 46.9 | ||
Country | William Fooks | 2,616 | 20.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,920 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 124 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 13,044 | 86.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Davis Hughes | 6,652 | 51.5 | ||
Labor | Jim Cahill | 6,268 | 48.5 | ||
Country hold |
Elections in the 1940s
1947
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
1944
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
1941
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Elections in the 1930s
1938
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | David Drummond | 7,264 | 56.3 | -43.7 | |
Independent | Charles Hobbs | 4,248 | 33.0 | +33.0 | |
Independent | William Broun | 1,380 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
Total formal votes | 12,892 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 294 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 13,186 | 96.5 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1935
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | David Drummond | unopposed | |||
Country hold |
1932
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | David Drummond | 8,164 | 66.2 | +14.1 | |
Labor (NSW) | Leonard Dawson | 4,169 | 33.8 | -14.1 | |
Total formal votes | 12,333 | 98.3 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 218 | 1.7 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 12,551 | 96.5 | −3.6 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +14.1 |
1930
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Elections in the 1920s
1927
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | David Drummond | 7,620 | 62.7 | ||
Labor | Alfred McClelland (defeated) | 4,539 | 37.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,159 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 137 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 12,296 | 83.1 | |||
Country win | (new seat) |
1920 - 1927
District abolished
Elections in the 1910s
1917
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Herbert Lane | 3,459 | 56.5 | +0.6 | |
Labor | John Andrews | 2,661 | 43.5 | -0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 6,120 | 99.2 | +1.8 | ||
Informal votes | 46 | 0.8 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,166 | 62.0 | −11.5 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +0.6 |
1915 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1915 Armidale state by-election § Result.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Herbert Lane | unopposed | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1913
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | George Braund [b] | 3,939 | 55.9 | ||
Labor | John Eather | 3,112 | 44.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,051 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 185 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 7,236 | 73.5 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1910
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Edmund Lonsdale | 3,407 | 51.3 | ||
Labour | Francis Bryant | 3,232 | 48.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,639 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 116 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,755 | 73.9 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Elections in the 1900s
1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Edmund Lonsdale | 2,964 | 52.0 | ||
Labour | Michael MacMahon | 2,741 | 48.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,705 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 158 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,863 | 68.4 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1904
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Sydney Kearney | 2,124 | 50.7 | ||
Progressive | Michael MacMahon | 2,067 | 49.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,191 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 25 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,216 | 55.9 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1903 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1903 Armidale state by-election § Result.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Sydney Kearney | 642 | 45.2 | -5.6 | |
Independent | Charles Wilson | 470 | 33.1 | -16.2 | |
Labour | William Watson | 309 | 21.8 | +21.8 | |
Total formal votes | 1,421 | 99.2 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.8 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,432 | 54.1 [c] | −16.3 | ||
Liberal Reform hold | Swing | -5.6 |
1901
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Edmund Lonsdale | 935 | 50.8 | +7.1 | |
Progressive | Charles Wilson | 907 | 49.2 | -7.1 | |
Total formal votes | 1,842 | 98.8 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 22 | 1.2 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,864 | 70.4 | −8.4 | ||
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive |
Elections in the 1890s
1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Federal | Charles Wilson | 1,020 | 56.3 | ||
Free Trade | Edmund Lonsdale | 792 | 43.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 0 | 100.0 | |||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | |||
National Federal gain from Free Trade |
1895
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Edmund Lonsdale | 891 | 50.4 | ||
Protectionist | Henry Copeland | 876 | 49.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,767 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,775 | 71.2 | |||
Free Trade gain from Protectionist |
1894
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Armidale.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | Henry Copeland | 820 | 38.4 | ||
Free Trade | Edmund Lonsdale | 684 | 32.0 | ||
Labour | George Beeby | 632 | 29.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,136 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 14 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,150 | 84.3 | |||
Protectionist win | (new seat) |
Notes
- ^ compared to the two-candidate-preferred vote at the 1971 Armidale election.[8]
- ^ Also endorsed by Farmers and Settlers.
- ^ based on a roll of 2,648 at the 1901 election.[32]
References
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- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1978 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1976 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1973 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1965 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1962 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1959 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1956 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1953 Armidale". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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