Electoral results for the district of Darling Harbour
Election results for Darling Harbour, New South Wales, Australia
Darling Harbour, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1904 and abolished in 1913.[1][2][3][4][5]
Members
Election | Member | Party | |
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1904 | William Daley | Labour | |
1907 | John Norton | Independent | |
1910 by | John Cochran | Labor | |
1910 | |||
1913 | |||
1917 |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
1917
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Cochran | 3,264 | 73.2 | +8.3 | |
Nationalist | William Phillips | 1,130 | 25.3 | +25.3 | |
Independent | William McMahon | 65 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Total formal votes | 4,459 | 98.3 | +2.7 | ||
Informal votes | 77 | 1.7 | −2.7 | ||
Turnout | 4,536 | 46.8 | −7.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.3 |
1913
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Cochran | 3,585 | 64.9 | ||
Independent Labor | Andrew Thomson | 1,691 | 30.6 | ||
Australasian Socialist | Frederick Riley | 202 | 3.7 | ||
Independent | Arthur Gloag | 45 | 0.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,523 | 95.6 | |||
Informal votes | 255 | 4.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,778 | 54.4 | |||
Labor hold |
1910
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Cochran | 2,998 | 65.4 | +22.7 | |
Independent Labour | Andrew Thomson | 1,586 | 34.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,584 | 96.1 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 187 | 3.9 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 4,771 | 59.7 | −7.2 | ||
Labour gain from Independent |
- John Norton (Independent) had won the 1907 election for Darling Harbour; however, he resigned to stand as a Senator for NSW at the 1910 federal election. The by-election in April 1910 was won by John Cochran (Labour) who retained the seat at this election.
1910 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1910 Darling Harbour state by-election § Results.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Cochran | 1,592 | 76.3 | +51.6 | |
Independent Labor | William Macey | 311 | 14.9 | ||
Liberal Reform | Henry Kelly | 164 | 7.9 | −6.1 | |
Independent | James Jones | 21 | 1.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,088 | 98.3 | +1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 36 | 1.7 | −1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,124 | 29.5 [a] | −37.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Norton | 1,666 | 35.8 | ||
Labour | William Daley | 1,146 | 24.7 | ||
International Socialist | Harry Holland | 746 | 16.1 | ||
Liberal Reform | George Whatmore | 650 | 14.0 | ||
Independent | Evan Jones | 435 | 9.4 | ||
Independent | Sydney Green | 6 | 0.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,649 | 96.7 | |||
Informal votes | 161 | 3.3 | |||
Turnout | 4,810 | 66.9 | |||
Independent gain from Labour [b] |
1904
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Daley | 1,907 | 43.2 | ||
Liberal Reform | Evan Jones | 1,395 | 31.6 | ||
Independent | Wilfred Spruson | 1,099 | 24.9 | ||
Independent | Henry Connell | 7 | 0.2 | ||
Independent | Sydney Green | 4 | 0.1 | ||
Independent | William Scafe | 4 | 0.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,416 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 109 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,525 | 50.9 | |||
Labour win | (new seat) |
Notes
- ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 7,190 at the 1907 election.[11]
- ^ John Norton was backed by breakaway local Labour Leagues who objected to the endorsement of William Daley.[11]
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 August 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.
- ^ "Mr William Michael Daley (1870–1944)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Norton (1857-1916)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Patrick Cochran (1864–1926)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1917 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1913 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "The socialist candidates". The International Socialist. 13 December 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1910 Darling Harbour by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ a b c Green, Antony. "1907 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ Walker, Bertha. Solidarity Forever! (PDF).
- ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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