Electoral results for the district of Condoublin

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Condoublin, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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ElectionMemberParty
1894   Thomas Brown Independent Labour
1895   Labour
1898
1901   Patrick Clara Labour
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Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1901 by-election

1901 Condoublin by-election
Monday 4 November [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Clara (re-elected)83050.3
Independent Andrew Stewart82149.7
Total formal votes1,65199.5+0.2
Informal votes90.5-0.2
Turnout 1,66059.9 [lower-alpha 1] +2.0
Labour hold 

Elections in the 1900s

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Condoublin [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Patrick Clara 57536.1-18.4
Independent Andrew Stewart56035.1
Independent Liberal David Tasker26816.8
Independent William Nash966.0
Independent William Wilkinson956.0
Total formal votes1,59499.3-
Informal votes110.7-
Turnout 1,60557.9+3.3
Labour hold 
The election was overturned by the Elections and Qualifications Committee due to irregularities in the poll and Patrick Clara retained the seat for Labour at the subsequent by-election.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Condoublin [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Brown 75454.5
National Federal Andrew Stewart63045.5
Total formal votes1,38499.3
Informal votes100.7
Turnout 1,39454.6
Labour hold 

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Condoublin [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Thomas Brown 70764.2
Protectionist Patrick Ryan39435.8
Total formal votes1,10198.5
Informal votes171.5
Turnout 1,11855.9
Member changed to Labour from Independent Labour  

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Condoublin [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Labour Thomas Brown 62248.6
Protectionist Patrick Ryan39430.8
Ind. Free Trade Henry Cooke 25419.9
Ind. Protectionist Thomas Browne 90.7
Total formal votes1,27997.4
Informal votes342.6
Turnout 1,31369.7
Independent Labour win(new seat)

Notes

  1. Estimate based on a roll of 2,771 at the 1901 election. [6]

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