Electoral results for the district of Cobar

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Cobar, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1894 until 1920 and from 1930 until 1968. [1] [2] [3]

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First incarnation (1894–1920)
ElectionMemberParty
1894   Thomas Waddell Protectionist
1895
1898   William Spence Labour
1901   Donald Macdonell Labour
1904
1907
1910
Oct 1911 by
Dec 1911 by   Charles Fern Labour
1913
1917
1918 by   Mat Davidson Labor
Second incarnation (1930–1968)
ElectionMemberParty
1930   Mat Davidson Labor
1932   Labor (NSW)
1935
1938   Labor / Industrial Labor   [lower-alpha 1]
1941 Labor
1944
1947
1949 by   Ernest Wetherell Labor
1950
1953
1956
1959
1962
1965   Lew Johnstone Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1965 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Lew Johnstone 6,20045.0−55.0
Liberal Allan Connell5,17437.5+37.5
Independent Douglas McFarlane1,41610.3+10.3
Independent William Edwards9977.2+7.2
Total formal votes13,78797.8
Informal votes3152.2
Turnout 14,10289.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Lew Johnstone 7,63655.4−44.6
Liberal Allan Connell6,15144.6+44.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1962 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernest Wetherell unopposed
Labor hold 

Elections in the 1950s

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1959 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernest Wetherell unopposed
Labor hold 

1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1956 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernest Wetherell unopposed
Labor hold 

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1953 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernest Wetherell unopposed
Labor hold 

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1950 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernest Wetherell 8,71766.4
Country Frederick Harding4,41933.6
Total formal votes13,13698.5
Informal votes2031.5
Turnout 13,33987.0
Labor hold Swing
Cobar absorbed the entire district of Sturt, but lost the towns of Bourke and Nyngan to Castlereagh and South Broken Hill and Menindee to the re-constituted Sturt.

Elections in the 1940s

1949 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1949 Cobar state by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1949 Cobar by-election
Saturday 12 March  [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Ernest Wetherell 6,10765.3
Liberal Harold Campbell2,23523.9
Communist Hadley McMeekin1,00710.8
Total formal votes9,34998.1
Informal votes1771.9
Turnout 9,52673.9
Labor hold Swing N/A
The by-election was caused by the death of Mat Davidson (Labor). [12]

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1947 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mat Davidson unopposed
Labor hold 

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1944 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mat Davidson 8,35278.3-6.1
Lang Labor William Burgess2,31321.7+21.7
Total formal votes10,66597.00.0
Informal votes3303.00.0
Turnout 10,99581.1-3.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1941 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mat Davidson 10,00384.4
State Labor David Wight1,84315.6
Total formal votes11,84697.0
Informal votes3663.0
Turnout 12,21284.4
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1938 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mat Davidson unopposed
Labor hold 

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1935 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) Mat Davidson 7,97870.3+10.1
Federal Labor Joseph Bowe3,37029.7+18.0
Total formal votes11,34896.5-1.8
Informal votes4083.5+1.8
Turnout 11,75691.9-1.0
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1932 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) Mat Davidson 6,72960.2-12.2
Country Eric Killen3,13728.1+28.1
Federal Labor Samuel Bailey1,30611.7+11.7
Total formal votes11,17298.3+1.0
Informal votes1971.7-1.0
Turnout 11,36992.9+2.0
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1930 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mat Davidson 7,64572.4
Nationalist John Lawson2,75026.0
Communist Edmund Rees1721.6
Total formal votes10,56797.3
Informal votes2882.7
Turnout 10,85590.9
Labor win(new seat)
Cobar was a re-created seat, and comprised part of the districts of Sturt, Lachlan and Namoi. Mat Davidson (Labor) was the member for Murray.

District recreated

1920 - 1930

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1918 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1918 Cobar state by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1918 Cobar by-election
Saturday 11 May  [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Mat Davidson unopposed
Labor hold 
The by-election was caused by the death of Charles Fern (Labor). [21]

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1917 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Charles Fern unopposed
Labor hold 

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1913 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Charles Fern 3,52976.0
Liberal Reform Maxwell Pahlow1,11424.0
Total formal votes4,64397.2
Informal votes1342.8
Turnout 4,77747.4
Labor hold 
Cobar was significantly expanded, absorbing most of the abolished district of The Darling, including the town of Bourke.

December 1911 by-election

This section is an excerpt from December 1911 Cobar state by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1911 Cobar by-election
Saturday 2 December  [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Charles Fern unopposed
Labour hold 
The by-election caused by the death of Donald Macdonell (Labour). [25]

October 1911 by-election

This section is an excerpt from September 1911 Cobar state by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1911 Cobar by-election 1
Saturday 23 September  [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Macdonell (re-elected)unopposed
Labour hold 
The by-election was required because Donald Macdonell (Labour) had been absent for a full session of parliament. [27]

1910

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Cobar   [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Donald Macdonell 1,98268.8
Liberal Reform Richard McNeice89931.2
Total formal votes2,88199.3
Informal votes190.7
Turnout 2,90044.7
Labour hold 
Cobar absorbed parts of The Lachlan and parts of the abolished seats of The Barwon, Condoublin and Wilcannia. The member for The Barwon was William Willis (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested The Darling. The member for Condoublin was Patrick Clara (Labour) who unsuccessfully contested Ashburnum. The member for The Lachlan was James Carroll (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested that seat. The member for Wilcannia was Richard Sleath (Independent Labour) who also unsuccessfully contested The Darling.

1901

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Cobar   [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Spence 77750.1
National Federal Michael O'Halloran39625.5
Independent Federalist Richard Machattie 33921.9
Independent Samuel Wood392.5
Total formal votes1,55198.0
Informal votes312.0
Turnout 1,58252.0
Labour gain from National Federal  
The sitting member Thomas Waddell (National Federal) successfully contested Cowra.

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Cobar   [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Thomas Waddell 53859.5
Labour Michael O'Halloran35739.5
Ind. Free Trade McA Lamrock91.0
Total formal votes90499.1
Informal votes80.9
Turnout 91255.3
Protectionist hold 

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Cobar.[ edit ]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Cobar   [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Thomas Waddell 61550.1
Labour A Murphy51441.9
Free Trade Neil Morrison988.0
Total formal votes1,22799.0
Informal votes131.1
Turnout 1,24075.3
Protectionist win(new seat)
Cobar consisted of part of Bourke and parts of the abolished districts of The Bogan and Forbes. [35] [36] Thomas Waddell (Protectionist) was one of the members for Bourke.

Notes

  1. ↑ Mat Davidson joined the Industrial Labor Party in April 1939, [4] The Industrial Labor Party was readmitted into Labor at the unity conference on 26 August 1939.

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References

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  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1962 Cobar". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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