Electoral results for the district of Grenfell
Grenfell, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1880 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1901
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Holman | 1,299 | 51.7 | -3.9 | |
Liberal Reform | Arthur Grimm | 1,213 | 48.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,512 | 100.0 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,512 | 68.9 | 11.3 | ||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]1898
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Holman | 1,115 | 55.6 | ||
National Federal | Andrew Kelly | 892 | 44.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,007 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 2,015 | 57.5 | |||
Labour gain from Ind. Free Trade |
1895
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Free Trade | George Greene | 664 | 48.8 | ||
Labour | William Holman | 551 | 40.5 | ||
Protectionist | Robert Vaughn | 146 | 10.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,361 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,369 | 68.0 | |||
Ind. Free Trade gain from Labour |
1894 re-count
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael Loughnane | 525 | 36.3 | +0.3 | |
Free Trade | George Greene | 516 | 35.7 | -0.4 | |
Protectionist | Robert Vaughn | 330 | 22.8 | +0.2 | |
Independent | John Williams | 75 | 5.2 | -0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 1,446 | 97.0 | −0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 45[a] | 3.0 | +0.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,491 | 71.0 | '"`UNIQ−−ref−0000001C−QINU`"' | ||
Labour gain from Free Trade |
1894
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | George Greene | 526 | 36.1 | ||
Labour | Michael Loughnane | 524 | 36.0 | ||
Protectionist | Robert Vaughn | 329 | 22.6 | ||
Independent | John Williams | 77 | 5.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,456 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 35 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,491 | 71.0 | |||
Free Trade gain from Labour |
The sitting member, Robert Vaughn had been elected as a Labour member at the 1891 election but stood as a Protectionist candidate for this election.
The result was overturned by the Elections and Qualifications Committee which conducted a re-count in October 1894.[8]1891
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Vaughn (elected) | 593 | 47.1 | ||
Free Trade | George Greene (defeated) | 379 | 30.1 | ||
Free Trade | Thomas Bembrick | 227 | 18.0 | ||
Protectionist | James Gibson | 59 | 4.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,258 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 19 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,277 | 62.2 | |||
Labour gain from Free Trade |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]1889
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | George Greene (elected) | 475 | 52.3 | ||
Protectionist | Robert Vaughn | 433 | 47.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 908 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 11 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 919 | 52.0 | |||
Free Trade gain from Protectionist |
1887
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Robert Vaughn (re-elected) | 431 | 53.3 | ||
Free Trade | A L Park | 378 | 46.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 809 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 15 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 824 | 51.6 |
1885
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Vaughn (re-elected) | 387 | 59.3 | |
E Whelan | 266 | 40.7 | |
Total formal votes | 653 | 99.4 | |
Informal votes | 4 | 0.6 | |
Turnout | 714 | 49.0 |
1882
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Vaughn (re-elected) | 404 | 58.1 | |
E Whelan | 291 | 41.9 | |
Total formal votes | 695 | 97.9 | |
Informal votes | 15 | 2.1 | |
Turnout | 706 | 45.6 |
1880
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Vaughn (elected) | 421 | 49.2 | |
George Greene | 294 | 34.4 | |
J Donkin | 141 | 16.5 | |
Total formal votes | 856 | 98.5 | |
Informal votes | 13 | 1.5 | |
Turnout | 869 | 53.8 | |
(new seat) |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 September 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 12 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ a b "The Grenfell election: return of Mr Loughnane". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 October 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via Trove.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1894 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1889 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1887 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1885 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1880 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.