Electoral results for the district of Burwood (New South Wales)

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Burwood, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1894 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1988. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

ElectionMemberParty
1894   William McMillan Free Trade
1895
1898   William Archer Independent
1901
1904   Thomas Henley Liberal Reform
1907
1910
1913
1917   Nationalist
 
ElectionMemberParty
1927   Sir Thomas Henley Nationalist
1930
1932   United Australia
1935   Gordon Jackett [lower-alpha 1] United Australia
1938   Harrie Mitchell United Australia
1941   Gordon Jackett [lower-alpha 1] Independent UAP
1944   Democratic
1947   Liberal
1950
1951 by   Leslie Parr Liberal
1953
1956
1957 by   Ben Doig Liberal
1959
1962 Liberal / Independent
1965   John Jackett [lower-alpha 1] Liberal
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978   Phil O'Neill Labor
1981
1984   Paul Zammit Liberal

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Burwood [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Paul Zammit 14,37749.9+8.1
Labor Phil O'Neill 13,55647.1-8.1
Democrats Stephen Kirkham8573.0-0.1
Total formal votes28,79097.4+0.9
Informal votes7752.6-0.9
Turnout 29,56592.8+2.5
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal Paul Zammit 14,80251.6+8.8
Labor Phil O'Neill 13,86948.4-8.8
Liberal gain from Labor Swing +8.8

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Burwood [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Phil O'Neill 14,97655.2+5.5
Liberal Bruce MacCarthy 11,33441.8-4.9
Democrats Stephen Kirkham8343.1-0.5
Total formal votes27,14496.5
Informal votes9703.5
Turnout 28,11490.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Phil O'Neill 15,07656.9+2.2
Liberal Bruce MacCarthy 11,43443.1-2.2
Labor hold Swing +2.2

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Burwood [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Phil O'Neill 12,61149.7+9.4
Liberal John Jackett 11,83646.7-8.7
Democrats Stephen Kirkham9073.6+3.6
Total formal votes25,35497.2-0.8
Informal votes7362.8+0.8
Turnout 26,09091.4-0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Phil O'Neill 13,08351.6+10.0
Liberal John Jackett 12,27148.4-10.0
Labor gain from Liberal Swing +10.0

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Burwood [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Jackett 14,68055.4-1.8
Labor Peter Woods10,68740.3+4.0
Workers John Coles1,1374.3+4.3
Total formal votes26,50498.0+1.0
Informal votes5502.0-1.0
Turnout 27,05492.3+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jackett 15,47658.4-4.0
Labor Peter Woods11,02841.6+4.0
Liberal hold Swing -4.0

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Burwood [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Jackett 14,40157.2+5.6
Labor Phil O'Neill 9,14236.3+2.5
Democratic Labor Agnes Bannon1,6426.5+6.5
Total formal votes25,18597.0
Informal votes7653.0
Turnout 25,95091.1
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jackett 15,71562.4-1.4
Labor Phil O'Neill 9,47037.6+1.4
Liberal hold Swing -1.4

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Burwood [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Jackett 12,47651.6-0.1
Labor Phil O'Neill 8,18433.8+4.3
Independent Ben Doig 3,09112.8-6.0
Communist Jack Mundey 4411.8+1.8
Total formal votes24,19297.4
Informal votes6332.6
Turnout 24,82591.3
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jackett 15,16462.7-4.8
Labor Phil O'Neill 9,02837.3+4.8
Liberal hold Swing -4.8

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Burwood [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Jackett 12,03051.7+9.8
Labor Antony Kelly6,85729.5-0.3
Independent Ben Doig 4,36418.8-9.5
Total formal votes23,25196.9
Informal votes7393.1
Turnout 23,99091.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jackett 15,70067.5+2.0
Labor Antony Kelly7,55132.5-2.0
Liberal hold Swing +2.0

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Burwood [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal John Jackett 10,12542.9−18.7
Labor Norman Newey6,80628.8−9.6
Independent Ben Doig 6,67228.3+28.3
Total formal votes23,60398.1−0.2
Informal votes4631.9+0.2
Turnout 24,06692.4+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
Liberal John Jackett 15,73466.7+5.1
Labor Norman Newey7,86933.3−5.1
Liberal hold Swing +5.1
  • Ben Doig was the sitting Liberal member for Burwood, however he lost pre-selection which he blamed on his support for state aid to church schools. [13]

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Burwood [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ben Doig 14,86261.60.0
Labor Doug Sutherland 9,27238.40.0
Total formal votes24,13498.3
Informal votes4071.7
Turnout 24,54191.6
Liberal hold Swing 0.0

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Burwood [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ben Doig 13,41361.6
Labor John Cunningham8,37538.4
Total formal votes21,78897.6
Informal votes5252.4
Turnout 22,31392.2
Liberal hold Swing

1957 by-election

1957 Burwood by-election
Saturday 16 February [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Ben Doig 8,41445.8
Democratic Labor Maurice Colreavy3,81520.8
Independent Liberal Henry Seldon2,95116.1
Independent Labor John Cunningham2,74815.0
Independent Edward Spensley4312.4
Total formal votes18,35997.3
Informal votes5142.7
Turnout 18,87384.9
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Leslie Parr (Liberal) died. [16]

1956

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Burwood [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Leslie Parr 12,41157.1
Labor William Weiss9,31142.9
Total formal votes21,72298.7
Informal votes2781.3
Turnout 22,00093.2
Liberal hold Swing

1951 by-election

1951 Burwood by-election
Saturday 2 June [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Leslie Parr 11,04552.6-5.4
Labor Cliff Mallam 7,78337.1
Independent Rex Reynolds2,16810.3
Total formal votes20,99699.0+3.9
Informal votes2101.0-3.9
Turnout 21,20685.9-6.5
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Gordon Jackett (Liberal) died. [19]

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Burwood [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gordon Jackett 12,58758.0
Independent Harrie Mitchell 9,12242.0
Total formal votes21,70995.1
Informal votes1,1144.9
Turnout 22,82392.4
Liberal hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Burwood [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Gordon Jackett 14,21660.3+21.7
Labor George Russell9,36139.7+5.5
Total formal votes23,57798.7+2.2
Informal votes3051.3-2.2
Turnout 23,88295.2+1.4
Liberal hold Swing +7.9

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Burwood [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Gordon Jackett 8,25338.6+9.8
Labor Cliff Mallam 7,31034.2-4.7
Communist Stanley Coulton3,01014.1+14.1
Liberal Democratic Keith Sutherland2,80213.1+13.1
Total formal votes21,37596.5-1.6
Informal votes7803.5+1.6
Turnout 22,15593.8+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Democratic Gordon Jackett 11,20552.4+52.4
Labor Cliff Mallam 10,17047.6+6.3
Member changed to Democratic from Independent UAP Swing N/A
  • Gordon Jackett had been elected at the previous election as an Independent UAP candidate, and held the seat as a Democratic member.

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Burwood [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Albert Thompson7,95038.9
Independent UAP Gordon Jackett 6,62032.4
United Australia Harrie Mitchell 5,88228.8
Total formal votes20,45298.1
Informal votes3861.9
Turnout 20,83893.7
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent UAP Gordon Jackett 11,99758.7
Labor Albert Thompson8,45541.3
Independent UAP gain from United Australia Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Burwood [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Harrie Mitchell 9,19951.0+51.0
United Australia Gordon Jackett 8,85349.0-13.4
Total formal votes18,05292.3-6.2
Informal votes1,5037.7+6.2
Turnout 19,55595.6-0.9
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Burwood [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Gordon Jackett 11,31662.4-1.4
Labor (NSW) Arthur Dowd5,03527.8-5.0
Independent George Bland1,7929.9+9.9
Total formal votes18,14398.5-0.5
Informal votes2701.5+0.5
Turnout 18,41396.5+0.5
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Burwood [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia Thomas Henley 11,52363.8+19.6
Labor (NSW) Horace Foley 5,93032.8-6.4
Independent UAP Abraham Taylor6023.3+3.3
Total formal votes18,05599.0+1.5
Informal votes1831.0-1.5
Turnout 18,23896.0-0.3
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Burwood [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Thomas Henley 7,82144.2
Labor Francis Miller6,93739.2
Australian Stan Lloyd 2,81315.9
Communist Frank Dodds1280.7
Total formal votes17,69997.5
Informal votes4602.5
Turnout 18,15996.3
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist Thomas Henley 9,18351.9
Labor Francis Miller8,51648.1
Nationalist hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Burwood [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Thomas Henley 8,55569.2
Labor Henry Joyce2,85823.1
Independent Harry Beach9497.7
Total formal votes12,36299.0
Informal votes1211.0
Turnout 12,48380.4
Nationalist win(new seat)

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Burwood [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Thomas Henley 7,12577.0+9.5
Labor Arthur Apsey2,12223.0-9.5
Total formal votes9,24799.1+1.8
Informal votes830.9-1.8
Turnout 9,33060.1-8.3
Nationalist hold Swing +9.5

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Burwood [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Henley 5,68067.5
Labor William Hocking2,72832.5
Total formal votes8,40897.3
Informal votes2352.7
Turnout 8,64368.4
Liberal Reform hold 

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Burwood [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Henley 5,56362.6
Labour Thomas Tytherleigh3,32537.4
Total formal votes8,88898.5
Informal votes1391.5
Turnout 9,02774.8
Liberal Reform hold 

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Burwood [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Henley 3,94855.2
Labour Thomas Tytherleigh1,50321.0
Independent William Archer 1,10315.4
Independent Stapleton Rodd6008.4
Total formal votes7,15497.3
Informal votes1972.7
Turnout 7,35174.4
Liberal Reform hold 

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Burwood [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Henley 3,26558.5
Independent William Archer 2,29941.2
Independent Harry McConnell200.4
Total formal votes5,58499.3
Informal votes380.7
Turnout 5,62264.0
Liberal Reform gain from Independent  
Burwood was expanded to include part of Ashfield. The member for Burwood was William Archer (Independent). The member for Ashfield was Frederick Winchcombe (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that electorate.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Burwood [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent William Archer 1,08464.6+15.9
Liberal Reform Alexander Ralston59435.4
Total formal votes1,67899.4-
Informal votes100.6-
Turnout 1,68865.3+2.8
Independent hold 

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Burwood [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Free Trade William Archer 70048.7
National Federal William McMillan 64745.0
Ind. Free Trade James Eve 906.3
Total formal votes1,43799.5
Informal votes80.6
Turnout 1,44562.5
Ind. Free Trade gain from Free Trade  
William McMillan had been elected as a Free Trade member, but changed to National Federal for this election.

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Burwood [36]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade William McMillan 73062.5
Ind. Free Trade William Archer 43937.6
Total formal votes1,16999.2
Informal votes100.9
Turnout 1,17960.4
Free Trade hold 

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Burwood [37]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade William McMillan 93256.9
Labour John Quinnen34020.7
Ind. Free Trade Griffith Russell-Jones19211.7
Ind. Free Trade William Dumbrell825.0
Protectionist Frederick Gipps583.5
Ind. Free Trade Adam Pringle352.1
Total formal votes1,63999.3
Informal votes120.7
Turnout 1,65182.7
Free Trade win(new seat)

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