Electoral_results_for_the_district_of_Macquarie
Electoral results for the district of Macquarie
Election results for Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia
Macquarie, until 1910 The Macquarie, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1894, re-created in 1904, retaining nothing but the name, then abolished in 1920.[1][2][3]
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Election | Member | Party | |
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1894 | James Tonkin | Free Trade | |
1895 | William Hurley | Protectionist | |
1898 | |||
1901 | Progressive | ||
Election | Member | Party | |
1904 | Thomas Thrower | Labour | |
1907 | Charles Barton | Liberal Reform | |
1910 | Thomas Thrower | Labor | |
1913 | |||
1917 | |||
1917 by | Patrick McGirr | Labor |
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Elections in the 1910s
1917 by-election
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Patrick McGirr | 3,521 | 50.8 | -0.1 | |
Nationalist | Murdock McLeod | 3,232 | 46.6 | -2.6 | |
Australian Producers Co-Operative Party | Frank Foster | 182 | 2.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,935 | 99.5 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 34 | 0.5 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 6,969 | 65.1 [lower-alpha 1] | -7.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
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This section is an excerpt from 1917 Macquarie state by-election § Results.[edit]
1917
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Thomas Thrower | 3,899 | 50.9 | +0.5 | |
Nationalist | Murdock McLeod | 3,769 | 49.1 | -0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 7,668 | 99.0 | +1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 80 | 1.0 | -1.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,748 | 72.4 | -7.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.5 |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Macquarie.[edit]
1913
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Thomas Thrower | 4,055 | 50.4 | ||
Farmers and Settlers | Reginald Weaver [lower-alpha 2] | 3,992 | 49.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,047 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 216 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 8,263 | 79.7 | |||
Labor hold |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Macquarie.[edit]
1910
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Thrower | 3,698 | 52.8 | +3.3 | |
Liberal Reform | James Burns | 3,311 | 47.2 | -3.3 | |
Total formal votes | 7,009 | 98.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 121 | 1.7 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 7,130 | 70.3 | -2.9 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal Reform |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § The Macquarie.[edit]
Elections in the 1900s
1907
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Charles Barton | 3,344 | 50.5 | ||
Labour | Thomas Thrower | 3,279 | 49.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,623 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 136 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,759 | 73.2 | |||
Liberal Reform gain from Labour |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § The Macquarie.[edit]
1904
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Thomas Thrower | 2,566 | 50.2 | ||
Liberal Reform | Simeon Phillips | 2,476 | 48.5 | ||
Independent | John Collins | 38 | 0.7 | ||
Independent Liberal | Reginald Atkinson | 27 | 0.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,107 | 95.7 | |||
Informal votes | 230 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 5,337 | 63.2 | |||
Labour win | (new seat) |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § The Macquarie.[edit]
The Macquarie electorate retained nothing but the name, the former district being divided between Bathurst, Blayney and Hartley. The member for The Macquarie was William Hurley (Progressive) who was appointed to the Legislative Council. The district re-created in 1904 consisted of parts of the abolished seats of Dubbo and Wellington. The member for Dubbo was Simeon Phillips (Liberal Reform). The member for Wellington was John Haynes (Liberal Reform) who unsuccessfully contested Mudgee.
District recreated
1901
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | William Hurley | 849 | 58.8 | +2.7 | |
Liberal Reform | John Miller | 594 | 41.2 | +4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 1,443 | 98.5 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 22 | 1.5 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,465 | 59.1 | +2.8 | ||
Progressive hold |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Macquarie.[edit]
Elections in the 1890s
1898
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Federal | William Hurley | 724 | 55.1 | ||
Free Trade | Robert Thompson | 478 | 36.4 | ||
Independent | Francis Foster | 96 | 7.3 | ||
Independent | David Todd | 8 | 0.6 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | William Paul | 6 | 0.5 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Allen Carmichael | 2 | 0.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,314 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 28 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,342 | 56.3 | |||
National Federal hold |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Macquarie.[edit]
1895
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Protectionist | William Hurley | 575 | 42.8 | ||
Free Trade | James Tonkin | 438 | 32.6 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | William Paul | 233 | 17.4 | ||
Labour | Francis Foster | 97 | 7.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,343 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,354 | 60.7 | |||
Protectionist gain from Free Trade |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Macquarie.[edit]
1894
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | James Tonkin | 637 | 38.6 | ||
Protectionist | William Hurley | 542 | 32.9 | ||
Labour | John Skelton | 237 | 14.4 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | John Hughes | 174 | 10.6 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Henry Brown | 60 | 3.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,650 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 28 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,678 | 74.3 | |||
Free Trade win | (new seat) |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Macquarie.[edit]
- based on an electoral roll of 10,704 at the 1917 state election.[5]
- Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
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