Electoral results for the district of Alma

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Electoral district of Alma, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904. [1] [2]

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Members

ElectionMemberParty
1894   Josiah Thomas Labour
1895
1898
1901   William Williams Independent Labour

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Alma.[ edit ]
1901 New South Wales state election: Alma   [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Labour William Williams 87452.0
Labour Jabez Wright 78346.6-42.0
Independent William Colliss251.5+1.5
Total formal votes1,682100+2.8
Informal votes00-2.8
Turnout 1,68264.2+18.8
Independent Labour gain from Labour  
The sitting member was Josiah Thomas (Labour) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Barrier which included Broken Hill. [4] William Williams nominated as an Independent Labor candidate after friction between local branches and the Barrier District Assembly. [5]

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Alma.[ edit ]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Alma   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Josiah Thomas 1,00288.6
National Federal William Harding12611.1
Independent Charles Counsell30.3
Total formal votes1,13197.2
Informal votes332.8
Turnout 1,16445.4
Labour hold 

1895

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Alma.[ edit ]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Alma   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Josiah Thomas 1,44279.0
Protectionist Thomas Coombe31317.1
Independent Charles Pound713.9
Total formal votes1,82698.8
Informal votes221.2
Turnout 1,84889.8
Labour win(new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  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. ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mr Josiah Thomas (1863–1933)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Alma and Sturt". Barrier Miner . 29 June 1901. p. 4. Retrieved 26 July 2020– via Trove.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 19 September 2019.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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