Electoral results for the district of Gunnedah
Gunnedah, 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 | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1880 | Joseph Abbott | None | |
1882 | |||
1885 | |||
1887 | Thomas Goodwin | Protectionist | |
1888 by | Edwin Turner | Free Trade | |
1889 | |||
1891 | John Kirkpatrick | Labour | |
1894 | |||
1895 | Thomas Goodwin | Protectionist | |
1898 | |||
1901 | David Hall | Labour |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1901
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Hall | 1,008 | +61.2 | ||
Liberal Reform | Thomas Wills-Allen | 639 | 38.8 | +13.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,647 | 99.3 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.7 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,658 | 60.4 | 11.4 | ||
Labour gain from Progressive |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]1898
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Federal | Thomas Goodwin | 631 | 62.5 | ||
Free Trade | John Kirkpatrick | 256 | 25.4 | ||
Independent Federalist | William Case | 123 | 12.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,010 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 13 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,023 | 49.0 | |||
National Federal hold |
1895
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Goodwin | 649 | 59.1 | ||
Labour | Samuel Hutchin | 422 | 38.4 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | John Rogers | 28 | 2.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,099 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 20 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,119 | 59.8 | |||
Protectionist gain from Labour |
1894
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Kirkpatrick | 674 | 54.8 | ||
Protectionist | Job Sheldon | 477 | 38.8 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Silas Rose | 42 | 3.4 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | George Birney | 26 | 2.1 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Jonathan Rendalls | 10 | 0.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,229 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 27 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,256 | 66.8 | |||
Labour hold |
1891
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Kirkpatrick (elected) | 659 | 54.9 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Browne | 407 | 33.9 | ||
Protectionist | Michael Burke | 76 | 6.3 | ||
Protectionist | Robert Doolan | 58 | 4.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,200 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 43 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,243 | 53.6 | |||
Labour gain from Free Trade |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]1889
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Edwin Turner (elected) | 658 | 58.2 | ||
Protectionist | Harold Tilley | 472 | 41.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,130 | 95.4 | |||
Informal votes | 55 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,185 | 59.8 | |||
Free Trade gain from Protectionist |
1888 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Edwin Turner (elected) | 475 | 57.9 | ||
Protectionist | William Poole | 346 | 42.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 821 | 100.0 | |||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 821 | 41.4 | |||
Free Trade gain from Protectionist |
1887
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Goodwin (elected) | 616 | 62.7 | ||
Free Trade | J Poole | 367 | 37.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 983 | 95.4 | |||
Informal votes | 47 | 4.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,030 | 50.3 |
1885
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Joseph Abbott (re-elected) | 706 | 59.7 | |
Ethelbert Clemesha | 476 | 40.3 | |
Total formal votes | 1,182 | 96.7 | |
Informal votes | 41 | 3.4 | |
Turnout | 1,223 | 62.6 |
1882
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Joseph Abbott (re-elected) | 616 | 79.3 | |
William Douglass | 161 | 20.7 | |
Total formal votes | 777 | 95.9 | |
Informal votes | 33 | 4.1 | |
Turnout | 837 | 40.1 |
1880
[edit]Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Joseph Abbott (elected) | 714 | 61.1 | |
Thomas Browne | 454 | 38.9 | |
Total formal votes | 1,168 | 97.5 | |
Informal votes | 30 | 2.5 | |
Turnout | 1,198 | 62.5 | |
(new seat) |
References
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Gunnedah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Gunnedah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1889 Gunnedah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1888 Gunnedah by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1887 Gunnedah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1885 Gunnedah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Gunnedah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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