Electoral_results_for_the_district_of_Armidale

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]

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Election	Member		Party
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		Sydney Kearney	Liberal Reform
1907		Edmund Lonsdale	Liberal Reform
1910		Edmund Lonsdale	Liberal Reform
1913		George Braund	Liberal Reform
1915 by		Herbert Lane	Liberal Reform
1917		Herbert Lane	Nationalist

Election	Member		Party
1927		David Drummond	Country
1930
1932
1935
1938
1941
1944
1947
1950 by		Davis Hughes	Country
1950		Davis Hughes	Country
1953		Jim Cahill	Labor
1956		Davis Hughes	Country
1659
1962
1965
1968
1971
1973 by		David Leitch	Country
1973			Country
1976			National Country
1978		Bill McCarthy	Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1978

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1978 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Armidale.[edit]

1976

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1976 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Leitch	13,078	56.6	-3.1
	Labor	Hubert Legge	10,024	43.4	+7.2
Total formal votes			23,102	98.7	0.0
Informal votes			297	1.3	0.0
Turnout			23,399	93.0	-1.4
	Country hold		Swing	-6.4

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Armidale.[edit]

1973

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1973 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Armidale.[edit]

1973 by-election

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1973 Armidale by-election
Saturday 17 February ^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

This section is an excerpt from 1973 Armidale state by-election § Result.[edit]

Davis Hughes (Country) resigned to be appointed Agent-General in London.^[7]

1971

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1971 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Armidale.[edit]

Elections in the 1960s

1968

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1968 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1965

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1965 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1962

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1962 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

Elections in the 1950s

1959

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1959 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1956

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1956 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1953

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1953 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1950

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1950 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[15]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1950 by-election

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1950 Armidale by-election
Saturday 11 February ^[16]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

This section is an excerpt from 1950 Armidale state by-election § Result.[edit]

David Drummond (Country) resigned to successfully contest the 1949 election for New England.^[16]

Elections in the 1940s

1947

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1947 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[17]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Drummond	7,616	56.0	+4.7
	Labor	Francis Harvison	5,982	44.0	-4.7
Total formal votes			13,598	98.8	+0.9
Informal votes			164	1.2	-0.9
Turnout			13,762	93.2	+2.4
	Country hold		Swing	+4.7

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1944

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1944 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Drummond	6,731	51.3	-1.0
	Labor	Herbert Oxford	6,380	48.7	+1.0
Total formal votes			13,111	97.9	-0.6
Informal votes			283	2.1	+0.6
Turnout			13,394	90.8	-2.1
	Country hold		Swing	-1.0

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1941

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1941 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[19]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	David Drummond	7,192	53.3
	Labor	John Shanahan	6,308	46.7
Total formal votes			13,500	98.5
Informal votes			209	1.5
Turnout			13,709	92.9
	Country hold		Swing

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

Elections in the 1930s

1938

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1938 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

Preferences were not distributed.

1935

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1935 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[21]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	David Drummond	unopposed
	Country hold

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1932

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1932 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[22]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1930

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1930 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[23]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	David Drummond	6,388	52.1
	Labor	Thomas Wilson	5,872	47.9
Total formal votes			12,260	97.0
Informal votes			380	3.0
Turnout			12,640	99.1
	Country hold		Swing

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

Elections in the 1920s

1927

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1927 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[24]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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)

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

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1917 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[25]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1915 by-election

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1915 Armidale by-election
Saturday 18 September ^[26]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Herbert Lane	unopposed
	Liberal Reform hold

This section is an excerpt from 1915 Armidale state by-election § Result.[edit]

George Braund was killed in action at Gallipoli.^[26]

1913

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1913 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[27]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	George Braund ^{[lower-alpha 2]}	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1910

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1910 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[28]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

Elections in the 1900s

1907

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1907 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[29]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

1904

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1904 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[30]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

Armidale was expanded to include part of the abolished seat of Uralla-Walcha. Sydney Kearney was the member for Armidale while Michael MacMahon was the member for Uralla-Walcha.

1903 by-election

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1903 Armidale by-election
Saturday 12 December ^[31]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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 ^{[lower-alpha 3]}	-16.3
	Liberal Reform hold		Swing	-5.6

This section is an excerpt from 1903 Armidale state by-election § Result.[edit]

Edmund Lonsdale resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of New England.^[31]

1901

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1901 New South Wales state election: Armidale ^[32]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Armidale.[edit]

Elections in the 1890s

1898

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1898 New South Wales colonial election: Armidale ^[33]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Armidale.[edit]

1895

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1895 New South Wales colonial election: Armidale ^[34]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Armidale.[edit]

1894

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1894 New South Wales colonial election: Armidale ^[35]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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)

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Armidale.[edit]

Henry Copeland (Protectionist) and Edmund Lonsdale (Free Trade) were sitting members for New England. The third member for New England, James Inglis (Free Trade) did not contest the election.

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]

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