Electoral results for the district of Bingara

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Bingara, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1920. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty affiliation
1894   Samuel Moore Free Trade
1895
1898
1901   Liberal Reform
1904
1904 by
1907
1910   George McDonald Labor
1913
1916 by   Independent
1917   Nationalist

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Bingara.[ edit ]
1917 New South Wales state election: Bingara   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George McDonald 3,11351.5+3.7
Labor Alfred McClelland 2,93548.5+0.7
Total formal votes6,04898.4+1.0
Informal votes951.6-1.0
Turnout 6,14365.5-5.0
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor / Independent  
George McDonald had been elected as a Labor member in the 1913 election. He resigned from the party and his seat as a protest at the behaviour of the Easter 1916 NSW Labor conference and retained the seat at the by-election as an Independent. [5]

1916 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1916 Bingara state by-election § Results.[ edit ]
1916 Bingara by-election
Saturday 10 June  [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent George McDonald (re-elected)2,97456.2
Labor Alfred McClelland 2,31443.8
Total formal votes5,28899.0
Informal votes521.0
Turnout 5,34052.8  [lower-alpha 1]
Member changed to Independent from Labor  
George McDonald had been elected as a Labor member in the 1913 election. He resigned from the party and his seat as a protest at the behaviour of the Easter 1916 NSW Labor conference and retained the seat at the by-election as an Independent. [5]

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Bingara.[ edit ]
1913 New South Wales state election: Bingara   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farmers and Settlers Robert Higgins  [lower-alpha 2] 3,32047.8
Labor George McDonald 3,31747.8
Country Party Association Frank Cheesbrough3104.5
Total formal votes6,94797.4
Informal votes1822.6
Turnout 7,12970.5
1913 New South Wales state election: Bingara - Second Round
Saturday 20 December  [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George McDonald 3,77351.8
Farmers and Settlers Robert Higgins3,51448.2
Total formal votes7,28799.6
Informal votes320.4
Turnout 7,31972.4
Labor hold 

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Bingara.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: Bingara   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George McDonald 3,03750.3+12.3
Liberal Reform Samuel Moore (defeated)2,99749.7-12.2
Total formal votes6,03498.4+1.5
Informal votes981.6-1.5
Turnout 6,13264.2+4.4
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Bingara.[ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: Bingara   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Samuel Moore 3,14361.9
Labour Samuel Heaton1,93638.1
Total formal votes5,07996.9
Informal votes1613.1
Turnout 5,24059.8
Liberal Reform hold 

1904 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1904 Bingara state by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1904 Bingara by-election
Wednesday 14 September  [9] [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Samuel Moore (re-elected)2,26179.8
Labour Frank Foster 57220.2
Total formal votes2,833100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 2,83373.8  [lower-alpha 3]
Liberal Reform hold Swing N/A
Samuel Moore was appointed Secretary for Mines in the Carruthers ministry. [9]

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Bingara.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Bingara   [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Samuel Moore unopposed
Liberal Reform hold 
Bingara was expanded to include part of Uralla-Walcha. Samuel Moore (Liberal Reform) was the member for Bingara. The member for the abolished seat of Uralla-Walcha was Michael MacMahon (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested Armidale.

1901

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Bingara.[ edit ]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Bingara   [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Samuel Moore 69657.6
National Federal William McIntyre 51342.4
Total formal votes1,20999.2
Informal votes100.8
Turnout 1,21951.7
Free Trade hold 

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Bingara.[ edit ]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Bingara   [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Samuel Moore 74059.0
Protectionist William Dowel 51541.0
Total formal votes1,25599.5
Informal votes70.6
Turnout 1,26261.3
Free Trade hold 

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Bingara.[ edit ]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Bingara   [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Samuel Moore 75150.2
Protectionist William Dowel 53335.6
Ind. Free Trade Herbert Clark1117.4
Ind. Free Trade Robert Buist966.4
Independent Labour Thomas Jones50.3
Total formal votes1,49697.0
Informal votes473.1
Turnout 1,54376.4
Free Trade win(new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ based on an electoral roll of 10,111 at the 1913 election. [6]
  2. ↑ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
  3. ↑ Estimate based on an electoral roll of 6,471 at the August 1904 election. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 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 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 Green, Antony. "1916 Bingara by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 Green, Antony. "1913 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1910 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  9. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1904 Bingara by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  10. ↑ "The election". Bundarra & Tingha Advocate . 17 September 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 10 October 2020– via Trove.
  11. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1904 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  12. ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 September 2019.
  13. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  14. ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  15. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Bingara". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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