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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill McCarthy | 11,538 | 48.5 | +5.1 | |
National Country | David Leitch | 11,345 | 47.7 | -8.9 | |
Democrats | Sidney Burkey | 890 | 3.7 | +3.7 | |
Total formal votes | 23,773 | 98.5 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 349 | 1.5 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 24,122 | 94.1 | +1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Bill McCarthy | 12,034 | 50.6 | +7.2 | |
National Country | David Leitch | 11,739 | 49.4 | -7.2 | |
Labor gain from National Country | Swing | +7.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Leitch | 13,078 | 56.6 | -3.1 | |
Labor | Hubert Legge | 10,024 | 43.4 | +7.2 | |
Total formal votes | 23,102 | 98.7 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 297 | 1.3 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 23,399 | 93.0 | −1.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -6.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Leitch | 13,296 | 59.7 | -2.2 | |
Labor | Judith Waters | 8,053 | 36.2 | -1.9 | |
Democratic Labor | Peter McRae | 922 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 22,271 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 285 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 22,556 | 94.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | David Leitch | 14,033 | 63.0 | +1.1 | |
Labor | Judith Waters | 8,238 | 37.0 | -1.1 | |
Country hold | Swing | +1.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Leitch | 5,826 | 31.4 | -30.5 | |
Labor | Justin Rowe | 8,282 | 44.7 | ||
Country | Philip Street | 3,738 | 20.2 | ||
Australia | Joan Kersey | 682 | 3.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,528 | 98.7 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 253 | 1.4 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 18,781 | 88.9 | −4.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | David Leitch | 9,612 | 51.9 | -10.0 | |
Labor | Justin Rowe | 8,916 | 48.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -10.0 [lower-alpha 1] |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Davis Hughes | 11,562 | 61.9 | -5.0 | |
Independent | Jean Mitchell | 7,118 | 38.1 | +38.1 | |
Total formal votes | 18,680 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 327 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 19,007 | 93.2 | |||
Country hold | Swing | -5.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Davis Hughes | 12,186 | 66.9 | 0.0 | |
Labor | Joseph Dawson | 6,015 | 33.1 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 18,201 | 1.8 | |||
Informal votes | 338 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 18,539 | 94.7 | |||
Country hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Davis Hughes | 10,775 | 66.9 | +4.4 | |
Labor | Patrick McGee | 5,322 | 33.1 | −4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 16,097 | 98.5 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 238 | 1.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 16,335 | 94.8 | +0.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +4.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Davis Hughes | 9,959 | 62.5 | +4.2 | |
Labor | Mark Shanahan | 5,966 | 37.5 | −1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 15,925 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 225 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 16,150 | 94.7 | |||
Country hold | Swing | +1.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Davis Hughes | 9,956 | 56.3 | ||
Labor | Percy Love | 7,170 | 40.5 | ||
Democratic Labor | Richard Stanley | 568 | 3.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,694 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 242 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 17,936 | 94.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Davis Hughes | 10,410 | 58.8 | ||
Labor | Percy Love | 7,284 | 41.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Davis Hughes | 9,107 | 52.3 | +2.3 | |
Labor | Jim Cahill | 8,312 | 47.7 | −2.3 | |
Total formal votes | 17,419 | 98.8 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 218 | 1.2 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 17,637 | 93.7 | −1.4 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | +2.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jim Cahill | 8,595 | 50.04 | ||
Country | Davis Hughes | 8,582 | 49.96 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,177 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 240 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 17,417 | 95.1 | |||
Labor gain from Country | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Davis Hughes | 7,656 | 49.8 | ||
Labor | Jim Cahill | 7,246 | 47.2 | ||
Independent | Edward Spensley | 458 | 3.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,360 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 181 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 15,541 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Davis Hughes | 7,922 | 51.6 | ||
Labor | Jim Cahill | 7,438 | 48.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Davis Hughes | 4,240 | 32.8 | ||
Labor | Jim Cahill | 6,064 | 46.9 | ||
Country | William Fooks | 2,616 | 20.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,920 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 124 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 13,044 | 86.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Davis Hughes | 6,652 | 51.5 | ||
Labor | Jim Cahill | 6,268 | 48.5 | ||
Country hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Drummond | 7,616 | 56.0 | +4.7 | |
Labor | Francis Harvison | 5,982 | 44.0 | -4.7 | |
Total formal votes | 13,598 | 98.8 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 164 | 1.2 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 13,762 | 93.2 | +2.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +4.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Drummond | 6,731 | 51.3 | -1.0 | |
Labor | Herbert Oxford | 6,380 | 48.7 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 13,111 | 97.9 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 283 | 2.1 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 13,394 | 90.8 | −2.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -1.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Drummond | 7,192 | 53.3 | ||
Labor | John Shanahan | 6,308 | 46.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,500 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 209 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 13,709 | 92.9 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Drummond | 7,264 | 56.3 | -43.7 | |
Independent | Charles Hobbs | 4,248 | 33.0 | +33.0 | |
Independent | William Broun | 1,380 | 10.7 | +10.7 | |
Total formal votes | 12,892 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 294 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 13,186 | 96.5 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Drummond | unopposed | |||
Country hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Drummond | 8,164 | 66.2 | +14.1 | |
Labor (NSW) | Leonard Dawson | 4,169 | 33.8 | -14.1 | |
Total formal votes | 12,333 | 98.3 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 218 | 1.7 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 12,551 | 96.5 | −3.6 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +14.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Drummond | 6,388 | 52.1 | ||
Labor | Thomas Wilson | 5,872 | 47.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,260 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 380 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 12,640 | 99.1 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | David Drummond | 7,620 | 62.7 | ||
Labor | Alfred McClelland (defeated) | 4,539 | 37.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,159 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 137 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 12,296 | 83.1 | |||
Country win | (new seat) |
District abolished
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Herbert Lane | 3,459 | 56.5 | +0.6 | |
Labor | John Andrews | 2,661 | 43.5 | -0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 6,120 | 99.2 | +1.8 | ||
Informal votes | 46 | 0.8 | −1.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,166 | 62.0 | −11.5 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Herbert Lane | unopposed | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | George Braund [lower-alpha 2] | 3,939 | 55.9 | ||
Labor | John Eather | 3,112 | 44.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,051 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 185 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 7,236 | 73.5 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Edmund Lonsdale | 3,407 | 51.3 | ||
Labour | Francis Bryant | 3,232 | 48.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,639 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 116 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 6,755 | 73.9 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Edmund Lonsdale | 2,964 | 52.0 | ||
Labour | Michael MacMahon | 2,741 | 48.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,705 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 158 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 5,863 | 68.4 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Sydney Kearney | 2,124 | 50.7 | ||
Progressive | Michael MacMahon | 2,067 | 49.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,191 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 25 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,216 | 55.9 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Sydney Kearney | 642 | 45.2 | -5.6 | |
Independent | Charles Wilson | 470 | 33.1 | -16.2 | |
Labour | William Watson | 309 | 21.8 | +21.8 | |
Total formal votes | 1,421 | 99.2 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.8 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,432 | 54.1 [lower-alpha 3] | −16.3 | ||
Liberal Reform hold | Swing | -5.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Edmund Lonsdale | 935 | 50.8 | +7.1 | |
Progressive | Charles Wilson | 907 | 49.2 | -7.1 | |
Total formal votes | 1,842 | 98.8 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 22 | 1.2 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,864 | 70.4 | −8.4 | ||
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Federal | Charles Wilson | 1,020 | 56.3 | ||
Free Trade | Edmund Lonsdale | 792 | 43.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 0 | 100.0 | |||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 0 | 0.0 | |||
National Federal gain from Free Trade |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Edmund Lonsdale | 891 | 50.4 | ||
Protectionist | Henry Copeland | 876 | 49.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,767 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,775 | 71.2 | |||
Free Trade gain from Protectionist |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Henry Copeland | 820 | 38.4 | ||
Free Trade | Edmund Lonsdale | 684 | 32.0 | ||
Labour | George Beeby | 632 | 29.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,136 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 14 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,150 | 84.3 | |||
Protectionist win | (new seat) |
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