Electoral results for the district of Allowrie

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Allowrie, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1904 and abolished in 1920. [1] [2] The only member for Allowrie was Mark Morton. [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1904   Mark Morton Liberal Reform
1907
1910
1913
1917   Nationalist

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Allowrie.[ edit ]
1917 New South Wales state election: Allowrie   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Mark Morton 4,56261.90.0
Labor William Gibbs 2,80238.10.0
Total formal votes7,36499.2+1.2
Informal votes570.8-1.2
Turnout 7,42168.6-7.1
Nationalist hold Swing 0.0

Sitting MP Mark Morton was returned with a slightly increased majority. The Liberal Reform Party merged into the Nationalist Party prior to the election. [4]

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Allowrie.[ edit ]
1913 New South Wales state election: Allowrie   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Mark Morton 4,98161.9
Labor Charles Craig3,06938.1
Total formal votes8,05098.0
Informal votes1612.0
Turnout 8,21175.7
Liberal Reform hold 

Sitting Liberal Reform MP Mark Morton was returned with a reduced majority defeating Labor's Charles Craig for a second time. [5]

Elections in the 1900s

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Allowrie.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: Allowrie   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Mark Morton 3,29864.4
Labour Charles Craig1,82535.6
Total formal votes5,12397.4
Informal votes1352.6
Turnout 5,25875.0
Liberal Reform hold 

Sitting Liberal Reform MP Mark Morton was returned with an increased majority on his 1904 electoral win. [6]

1907

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Allowrie.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Allowrie   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Mark Morton 3,59460.0
Progressive Alexander Campbell 2,39540.0
Total formal votes5,98999.5
Informal votes290.5
Turnout 6,01873.2
Liberal Reform win(new seat)
Allowrie was a new seat comprising the abolished seat of Kiama as well as parts of The Shoalhaven and Illawarra. [9] Mark Morton was the member for The Shoalhaven while Alexander Campbell was the member for Kiama. The member for Illawarra was Edward Allen (Liberal Reform) who unsuccessfully contested Wollongong.

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mr Mark Fairlies Morton (1865–1938)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1917 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1913 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  6. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1910 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1904 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  9. ↑ "The New State Electorate: Allowrie substituted for "Illawarra"". The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal . 23 April 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 8 December 2019– via Trove.
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