Electoral results for the district of Belmore

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Belmore, 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] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1904   Edward O'Sullivan Progressive
1907 Former Progressive / Labor
1910 by   Patrick Minahan Labor
1910
1913
1917   Michael Burke Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Belmore.[ edit ]
1917 New South Wales state election: Belmore   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Michael Burke 3,22466.9+16.0
Independent Labor Thomas Barlow1,59633.1+33.1
Total formal votes4,82098.5+1.9
Informal votes711.5-1.9
Turnout 4,89148.1-11.7
Labor hold Swing +16.0
The sitting Labor member for Belmore, Patrick Minahan, lost preselection and unsuccessfully contested Cootamundra against Labor turned Nationalist Premier William Holman.

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Belmore.[ edit ]
1913 New South Wales state election: Belmore   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Patrick Minahan 3,51850.9
Independent Labor John English2,50036.2
Liberal Reform John Haynes 88712.8
Independent Forbes Logie100.1
Total formal votes6,91596.6
Informal votes2423.4
Turnout 7,15759.8
Labor hold 

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Belmore.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: Belmore   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Minahan 2,65650.7
Independent Labour John English2,58749.3
Total formal votes5,24397.4-0.9
Informal votes1422.6+0.9
Turnout 5,38562.1-0.2
Labour gain from Progressive Party (defunct)   

1910 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1910 Belmore state by-election § Results.[ edit ]
1910 Belmore by-election
Saturday 21 May  [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Minahan 1,58974.6
Liberal Reform George Clarke 52524.6-5.6
Independent James Jones170.8
Total formal votes2,13195.7-1.2
Informal votes954.3+1.2
Turnout 2,22627.6  [lower-alpha 1] -39.3
Labour gain from Progressive Party (defunct)  

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Belmore.[ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: Belmore   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Former Progressive Edward O'Sullivan 3,44169.7
Liberal Reform Richard Teece1,49430.3
Total formal votes4,93598.3
Informal votes871.7
Turnout 5,02262.3
Former Progressive hold 

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Belmore.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Belmore   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Edward O'Sullivan 2,76051.0
Liberal Reform Albert Bruntnell 1,96536.3
Independent Jack FitzGerald 4848.9
Independent George Perry1783.3
Socialist Labor Thomas Batho240.4
Total formal votes5,41199.3
Informal votes380.7
Turnout 5,44957.1
Progressive win(new seat)
Belmore was a new seat consisted of the abolished seat of Sydney-Belmore and parts of the abolished seats of Sydney-Cook and Sydney-Phillip. The member for Sydney-Belmore was Eden George (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested Ashburnum. The members for Sydney-Cook, Samuel Whiddon (Liberal reform), and Sydney-Phillip, Daniel O'Connor (Progressive), did not contest the election. Edward O'Sullivan (Progressive) was the member for Queanbeyan.

Notes

  1. ↑ based on an electoral roll of 8,068 at the 1907 election. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1917 Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1913 Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1910 Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1910 Belmore by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  8. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1907 Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1904 Belmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 December 2019.
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