Electoral results for the district of Ashburnham
Election results for Ashburnham, New South Wales, Australia
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
Elections in the 1940s
1947
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
1938
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
1927
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
District abolished
Elections in the 1910s
1917
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Ashburnham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
- ^ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
- ^ The two seats contested by 3 sitting members were Ashburnham and The Lachlan.
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1947 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1944 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1941 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1938 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1935 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1932 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1930 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1927 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1917 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1913 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1907 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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