Electoral results for the district of Blayney

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Blayney, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1904 and abolished in 1913. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1904   Paddy Crick Progressive
1907 by   John Withington Liberal Reform
1907   George Beeby Labor
1910
1913 by   Independent

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1913 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1913 Blayney state by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1913 Blayney by-election

Friday 3 January  [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform John Withington 1,80044.2-0.8
Independent George Beeby 1,15628.4
Labour Valentine Johnston 1,12027.5-28.5
Total formal votes4,077100.0+1.2
Informal votes00.0-1.2
Turnout 4,07756.6  [lower-alpha 1] -14.9

A second ballot was necessary because no candidate had won an absolute majority.

1913 Blayney by-election - Second Round
Thursday 23 January  [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent George Beeby 2,24451.6
Liberal Reform John Withington 2,10848.4+3.4
Total formal votes4,35699.0+0.2
Informal votes431.0-0.2
Turnout 4,39961.0  [lower-alpha 1] -10.5
Member changed to Independent from Labour Swing N/A
George Beeby (Labour) resigned from the ministry, parliament and party in protest at the power of the extra-parliamentary Labor Party executive. [4]

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Blayney.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: Blayney   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Beeby 7,79955.0
Liberal Reform William Kelk2,29245.0
Total formal votes5,09198.8
Informal votes611.2
Turnout 5,15271.5
Labour hold 

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Blayney.[ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: Blayney   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Beeby 2,58050.5
Liberal Reform John Withington (defeated)2,53049.5
Total formal votes5,11097.4
Informal votes1352.6
Turnout 5,24571.7
Labour gain from Progressive  
Paddy Crick, Progressive Party, had won the seat at the 1904 election, however he was expelled from the Parliament in 1906. John Withington won the seat for the Liberal Reform Party at the 1907 by-election. [7]

1907 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1907 Blayney state by-election § Results.[ edit ]
1907 Blayney by-election
Saturday 12 January  [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform John Withington 1,73350.3
Labor George Beeby 1,71049.7
Total formal votes3,443100.0+0.7
Informal votes00.0-0.7
Turnout 3,44350.6-15.5
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive  
Paddy Crick (Progressive) was expelled from the Parliament for corruption. [8]

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Blayney.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Blayney   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive Paddy Crick 2,40652.2
Liberal Reform Charles Garland 2,20747.8
Total formal votes4,61399.3
Informal votes350.8
Turnout 4,64866.1
Progressive win(new seat)
Blayney was a new seat consisting of parts of Hartley, The Macquarie and the abolished seat of West Macquarie. Paddy Crick was the member for West Macquarie. The member for Hartley was John Hurley (Independent) who successfully contested that seat while his brother William (Progressive) was the member for The Macquarie who was appointed to the Legislative Council.

Notes

  1. 1 2 estimate based on an electoral roll of 7,207 at the 1910 election. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Blayney". 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. 1 2 3 Green, Antony. "1913 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1910 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  8. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1904 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 December 2019.
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