Electoral results for the district of Armidale

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Armidale, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1981. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

ElectionMemberParty
1894   Henry Copeland Protectionist
1895   Edmund Lonsdale Free Trade
1898   Charles Wilson Protectionist
1901   Edmund Lonsdale Liberal Reform
1903 by   Sydney Kearney Liberal Reform
1904
1907   Edmund Lonsdale Liberal Reform
1910
1913   George Braund Liberal Reform
1915 by   Herbert Lane Liberal Reform
1917   Nationalist
 
ElectionMemberParty
1927   David Drummond Country
1930
1932
1935
1938
1941
1944
1947
1950 by   Davis Hughes Country
1950
1953   Jim Cahill Labor
1956   Davis Hughes Country
1659
1962
1965
1968
1971
1973 by   David Leitch Country
1973
1976   National Country
1978   Bill McCarthy Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Armidale [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill McCarthy 11,53848.5+5.1
National Country David Leitch 11,34547.7-8.9
Democrats Sidney Burkey8903.7+3.7
Total formal votes23,77398.5-0.2
Informal votes3491.5+0.2
Turnout 24,12294.1+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Bill McCarthy 12,03450.6+7.2
National Country David Leitch 11,73949.4-7.2
Labor gain from National Country Swing +7.2

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Armidale [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country David Leitch 13,07856.6-3.1
Labor Hubert Legge10,02443.4+7.2
Total formal votes23,10298.70.0
Informal votes2971.30.0
Turnout 23,39993.0-1.4
Country hold Swing -6.4

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Armidale [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country David Leitch 13,29659.7-2.2
Labor Judith Waters8,05336.2-1.9
Democratic Labor Peter McRae9224.1+4.1
Total formal votes22,27198.7
Informal votes2851.3
Turnout 22,55694.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country David Leitch 14,03363.0+1.1
Labor Judith Waters8,23837.0-1.1
Country hold Swing +1.1

1973 by-election

1973 Armidale by-election
Saturday 17 February [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country David Leitch 5,82631.4-30.5
Labor Justin Rowe8,28244.7
Country Philip Street3,73820.2
Australia Joan Kersey 6823.7
Total formal votes18,52898.7+0.3
Informal votes2531.4-0.3
Turnout 18,78188.9-4.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country David Leitch 9,61251.9-10.0
Labor Justin Rowe8,91648.1
Country hold Swing -10.0 [lower-alpha 1]
Davis Hughes (Country) resigned to be appointed Agent-General in London. [7]

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Armidale [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Davis Hughes 11,56261.9-5.0
Independent Jean Mitchell7,11838.1+38.1
Total formal votes18,68098.3
Informal votes3271.7
Turnout 19,00793.2
Country hold Swing -5.0

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Armidale [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Davis Hughes 12,18666.90.0
Labor Joseph Dawson6,01533.10.0
Total formal votes18,2011.8
Informal votes3381.8
Turnout 18,53994.7
Country hold Swing 0.0

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Armidale [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Davis Hughes 10,77566.9+4.4
Labor Patrick McGee5,32233.1−4.4
Total formal votes16,09798.5−0.1
Informal votes2381.5+0.1
Turnout 16,33594.8+0.1
Country hold Swing +4.4

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Armidale [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Davis Hughes 9,95962.5+4.2
Labor Mark Shanahan5,96637.5−1.0
Total formal votes15,92598.6
Informal votes2251.4
Turnout 16,15094.7
Country hold Swing +1.3

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Armidale [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Davis Hughes 9,95656.3
Labor Percy Love7,17040.5
Democratic Labor Richard Stanley5683.2
Total formal votes17,69498.6
Informal votes2421.4
Turnout 17,93694.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Davis Hughes 10,41058.8
Labor Percy Love7,28441.2
Country hold Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Armidale [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Davis Hughes 9,10752.3+2.3
Labor Jim Cahill 8,31247.7−2.3
Total formal votes17,41998.8+0.2
Informal votes2181.2−0.2
Turnout 17,63793.7−1.4
Country gain from Labor Swing +2.3

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Armidale [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Jim Cahill 8,59550.04
Country Davis Hughes 8,58249.96
Total formal votes17,17798.6
Informal votes2401.4
Turnout 17,41795.1
Labor gain from Country Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Armidale [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Davis Hughes 7,65649.8
Labor Jim Cahill 7,24647.2
Independent Edward Spensley4583.0
Total formal votes15,36098.8
Informal votes1811.2
Turnout 15,54193.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Davis Hughes 7,92251.6
Labor Jim Cahill 7,43848.4
Country hold Swing

1950 by-election

1950 Armidale by-election
Saturday 11 February [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Davis Hughes 4,24032.8
Labor Jim Cahill 6,06446.9
Country William Fooks2,61620.3
Total formal votes12,92099.1
Informal votes1241.0
Turnout 13,04486.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Davis Hughes 6,65251.5
Labor Jim Cahill 6,26848.5
Country hold 
David Drummond (Country) resigned to successfully contest the 1949 election for New England. [16]

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Armidale [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country David Drummond 7,61656.0+4.7
Labor Francis Harvison5,98244.0-4.7
Total formal votes13,59898.8+0.9
Informal votes1641.2-0.9
Turnout 13,76293.2+2.4
Country hold Swing +4.7

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Armidale [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country David Drummond 6,73151.3-1.0
Labor Herbert Oxford6,38048.7+1.0
Total formal votes13,11197.9-0.6
Informal votes2832.1+0.6
Turnout 13,39490.8-2.1
Country hold Swing -1.0

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Armidale [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country David Drummond 7,19253.3
Labor John Shanahan6,30846.7
Total formal votes13,50098.5
Informal votes2091.5
Turnout 13,70992.9
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Armidale [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country David Drummond 7,26456.3-43.7
Independent Charles Hobbs4,24833.0+33.0
Independent William Broun1,38010.7+10.7
Total formal votes12,89297.8
Informal votes2942.2
Turnout 13,18696.5
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1935

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Armidale [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country David Drummond 8,16466.2+14.1
Labor (NSW) Leonard Dawson4,16933.8-14.1
Total formal votes12,33398.3+1.3
Informal votes2181.7-1.3
Turnout 12,55196.5-3.6
Country hold Swing +14.1

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Armidale [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country David Drummond 6,38852.1
Labor Thomas Wilson5,87247.9
Total formal votes12,26097.0
Informal votes3803.0
Turnout 12,64099.1
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Armidale [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country David Drummond 7,62062.7
Labor Alfred McClelland (defeated)4,53937.3
Total formal votes12,15998.9
Informal votes1371.1
Turnout 12,29683.1
Country win(new seat)

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Armidale [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Herbert Lane 3,45956.5+0.6
Labor John Andrews2,66143.5-0.6
Total formal votes6,12099.2+1.8
Informal votes460.8-1.8
Turnout 6,16662.0-11.5
Nationalist hold Swing +0.6

1915 by-election

1915 Armidale by-election
Saturday 18 September [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Herbert Lane unopposed
Liberal Reform hold 
George Braund was killed in action at Gallipoli. [26]

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Armidale [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform George Braund [lower-alpha 2] 3,93955.9
Labor John Eather3,11244.1
Total formal votes7,05197.4
Informal votes1852.6
Turnout 7,23673.5
Liberal Reform hold 

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Armidale [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Edmund Lonsdale 3,40751.3
Labour Francis Bryant 3,23248.7
Total formal votes6,63998.3
Informal votes1161.7
Turnout 6,75573.9
Liberal Reform hold 

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Armidale [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Edmund Lonsdale 2,96452.0
Labour Michael MacMahon 2,74148.1
Total formal votes5,70597.3
Informal votes1582.7
Turnout 5,86368.4
Liberal Reform hold 

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Armidale [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Sydney Kearney 2,12450.7
Progressive Michael MacMahon 2,06749.3
Total formal votes4,19199.4
Informal votes250.6
Turnout 4,21655.9
Liberal Reform hold 
Armidale was expanded to include part of the abolished seat of Uralla-Walcha. Sydney Kearney was the member for Armidale while Michael MacMahon was the member for Uralla-Walcha.

1903 by-election

1903 Armidale by-election
Saturday 12 December [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Sydney Kearney 64245.2-5.6
Independent Charles Wilson 47033.1-16.2
Labour William Watson30921.8+21.8
Total formal votes1,42199.2+0.4
Informal votes110.8-0.4
Turnout 1,43254.1 [lower-alpha 3] -16.3
Liberal Reform hold Swing -5.6
Edmund Lonsdale resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of New England. [31]

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Armidale [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Edmund Lonsdale 93550.8+7.1
Progressive Charles Wilson 90749.2-7.1
Total formal votes1,84298.8-0.6
Informal votes221.2+0.6
Turnout 1,86470.4-8.4
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Armidale [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Federal Charles Wilson 1,02056.3
Free Trade Edmund Lonsdale 79243.7
Total formal votes0100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 00.0
National Federal gain from Free Trade  

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Armidale [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Edmund Lonsdale 89150.4
Protectionist Henry Copeland 87649.6
Total formal votes1,76799.6
Informal votes80.5
Turnout 1,77571.2
Free Trade gain from Protectionist  

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Armidale [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Henry Copeland 82038.4
Free Trade Edmund Lonsdale 68432.0
Labour George Beeby 63229.6
Total formal votes2,13699.4
Informal votes140.7
Turnout 2,15084.3
Protectionist win(new seat)
Henry Copeland (Protectionist) and Edmund Lonsdale (Free Trade) were sitting members for New England. The third member for New England, James Inglis (Free Trade) did not contest the election.

Notes

  1. compared to the two-candidate-preferred vote at the 1971 Armidale election. [8]
  2. Also endorsed by Farmers and Settlers.
  3. based on a roll of 2,648 at the 1901 election. [32]

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