Electoral_results_for_the_district_of_Petersham
Electoral results for the district of Petersham
Election results for Petersham, New South Wales, Australia
Petersham, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1930 to 1941.[1][2][3]
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Election | Member | Party | |
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1894 | Llewellyn Jones | Ind. Free Trade | |
1895 | Free Trade | ||
1898 | John Cohen | Protectionist | |
1901 | Liberal Reform | ||
1904 | |||
1907 | |||
1910 | |||
1913 | |||
1917 | Nationalist | ||
1919 by | Sydney Shillington | Nationalist | |
Election | Member | Party | |
1930 | Joe Lamaro | Labor | |
1932 | Eric Solomon | United Australia | |
1935 | |||
1938 |
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Elections in the 1930s
1938
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | Eric Solomon | 9,033 | 50.5 | +1.4 | |
Labor | Bill Sheahan | 8,861 | 49.5 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 17,894 | 98.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 307 | 1.7 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 18,201 | 97.1 | +1.2 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | -1.3 |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
1935
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | Eric Solomon | 8,701 | 49.1 | -0.3 | |
Labor (NSW) | Bill Sheahan | 7,995 | 45.1 | +1.8 | |
Federal Labor | Patrick Colbourne | 749 | 4.2 | -2.9 | |
Independent | Jervis Blackman | 286 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 17,731 | 98.1 | -0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 341 | 1.9 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,072 | 95.9 | -0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Eric Solomon | 9,178 | 51.8 | -1.7 | |
Labor (NSW) | Patrick Colbourne | 8,553 | 48.2 | +1.7 | |
United Australia hold | Swing | -1.7 |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
1932
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | Eric Solomon | 8,499 | 49.4 | +11.7 | |
Labor (NSW) | Joe Lamaro | 7,453 | 43.3 | -18.1 | |
Federal Labor | Patrick Colbourne | 1,221 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Independent | Edgar Vale | 30 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 17,203 | 98.6 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 250 | 1.4 | -0.6 | ||
Turnout | 17,453 | 96.1 | +2.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Eric Solomon | 9,213 | 53.5 | ||
Labor (NSW) | Joe Lamaro | 7,990 | 46.5 | ||
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | N/A |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
1930
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Joe Lamaro | 10,365 | 61.4 | ||
Nationalist | Henry Morton | 6,367 | 37.7 | ||
Communist | Annie Ford | 138 | 0.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,870 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 335 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 17,205 | 93.5 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Joe Lamaro (Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Enmore which was largely replaced by Petersham.
District re-created
1920 - 1930
District abolished District abolished
Elections in the 1910s
1919 by-election
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Sydney Shillington | 2,633 | 51.0 | -10.6 | |
Labor | Barney Olde | 2,377 | 46.1 | +14.8 | |
Independent | Donald Croal | 150 | 2.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,160 | 99.3 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 35 | 0.7 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,195 | 45.6 [lower-alpha 1] | -18.0 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A |
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This section is an excerpt from 1919 Petersham state by-election § Result.[edit]
The by-election was caused by resignation of John Cohen (Nationalist) who had accepted an appointment as a Judge of the District Court.[8]
1917
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | John Cohen | 4,441 | 61.7 | -38.3 | |
Labor | James Bourke | 2,253 | 31.3 | +31.3 | |
Independent | John Lucas | 507 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Total formal votes | 7,201 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 49 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 7,250 | 63.6 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | -38.3 |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
1913
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | John Cohen | unopposed | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
1910
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | John Cohen | 4,911 | 63.1 | ||
Labour | Adamson Dawson | 2,866 | 36.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,777 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 82 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,859 | 71.7 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Elections in the 1900s
1907
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | John Cohen | 4,398 | 79.2 | ||
Labour | John Kohen | 1,082 | 19.5 | ||
Independent | William Pickup | 73 | 1.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,553 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 90 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 5,643 | 62.6 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
1904
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | John Cohen | 2,940 | 60.6 | ||
Independent Liberal | Henry Davis | 1,897 | 39.1 | ||
Progressive | Adam Pringle | 13 | 0.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,850 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 41 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,891 | 56.8 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Petersham lost part of the district to Annandale, Ashfield and Canterbury and was expanded to include part of Marrickville. The member for Petersham was John Cohen (Liberal Reform). The member for Marrickville was Richard McCoy (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that seat.
1901
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | John Cohen | 1,436 | 58.6 | +21.7 | |
Independent Liberal | Joseph Cockbaine | 950 | 38.8 | ||
Independent | William Richardson | 64 | 2.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,450 | 99.3 | -0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 18 | 0.7 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,468 | 65.6 | -2.8 | ||
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Progressive |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Elections in the 1890s
1898
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National Federal | John Cohen | 674 | 37.0 | ||
Free Trade | Llewellyn Jones | 626 | 34.3 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Percy Hordern | 524 | 28.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,824 | 99.8 | |||
Informal votes | 3 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,827 | 68.4 | |||
National Federal gain from Free Trade |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Petersham.[edit]
1895
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Llewellyn Jones | 643 | 49.5 | ||
Labour | Percy Hordern | 371 | 28.5 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Cornelius Danahey | 279 | 21.5 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | George Wallace | 7 | 0.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,300 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,311 | 61.5 | |||
Free Trade hold |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Petersham.[edit]
1894
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Free Trade | Llewellyn Jones | 627 | 34.4 | ||
Free Trade | Benjamin Short | 386 | 21.2 | ||
Labour | William Webster | 342 | 18.8 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Cornelius Danahey | 258 | 14.2 | ||
Protectionist | William Robson | 174 | 9.6 | ||
Independent | John Gelding | 16 | 0.9 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | George Withers | 11 | 0.6 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | John Bell | 7 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,821 | 99.7 | |||
Informal votes | 6 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,827 | 83.9 | |||
Ind. Free Trade win | (new seat) |
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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Petersham.[edit]
- Estimate based on a roll of 11,404 at the 1917 election.[9]
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