Electoral results for the district of Burrangong

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Burrangong, 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   George Burgess Labor
1907
1910
1913   Labor / Nationalist
1917   Peter Loughlin Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Peter Loughlin 3,92551.1+0.8
Nationalist George Burgess 3,76048.9+48.9
Total formal votes7,68599.0+1.4
Informal votes801.0-1.4
Turnout 7,76566.3-1.2
Labor hold Swing +0.8
The sitting member George Burgess was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription. [5]

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Burgess 3,80350.3
Farmers and Settlers Arthur Trethowan [lower-alpha 1] 3,76149.7
Total formal votes7,56497.6
Informal votes1872.4
Turnout 7,75167.5
Labor hold 

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Burgess 3,65554.1
Liberal Reform James Carroll 3,10345.9
Total formal votes6,75898.2
Informal votes1261.8
Turnout 6,88470.3
Labour hold 

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Burgess 3,08652.7
Liberal Reform Hector McWilliam2,77147.3
Total formal votes5,85797.9
Informal votes1242.1
Turnout 5,98172.8
Labour hold 

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Burgess 2,89254.4
Liberal Reform Arthur Grimm 2,42745.6
Total formal votes5,31998.8
Informal votes651.2
Turnout 5,38469.6
Labour win(new seat)
Burrangong was a new seat consisting of parts of the abolished seats of Boorowa, Grenfell and Young, each of which were held by the Labour Party. The member for Young was George Burgess. The member for Boorowa was Niels Nielsen who successfully contested Yass and the member for Grenfell was William Holman who successfully contested Cootamundra.

Notes

  1. Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.

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References

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  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 16 August 2020.
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  5. "PLL expulsions". The Sydney Morning Herald . 7 November 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2020 via Trove.
  6. Green, Antony. "1913 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. Green, Antony. "1910 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  8. Green, Antony. "1907 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  9. Green, Antony. "1904 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 December 2019.