Electoral results for the district of Darling Harbour

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Darling Harbour, 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] [4] [5]

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Members

ElectionMemberParty
1904   William Daley Labour
1907   John Norton Independent
1910 by   John Cochran Labor
1910
1913
1917

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[ edit ]
1917 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cochran 3,26473.2+8.3
Nationalist William Phillips1,13025.3+25.3
Independent William McMahon651.5+1.5
Total formal votes4,45998.3+2.7
Informal votes771.7-2.7
Turnout 4,53646.8-7.6
Labor hold Swing +8.3

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[ edit ]
1913 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour   [7] [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Cochran 3,58564.9
Independent Labor Andrew Thomson1,69130.6
Australasian Socialist Frederick Riley 2023.7
Independent Arthur Gloag450.8
Total formal votes5,52395.6
Informal votes2554.4
Turnout 5,77854.4
Labor hold 

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cochran 2,99865.4+22.7
Independent Labour Andrew Thomson1,58634.6
Total formal votes4,58496.1-0.6
Informal votes1873.9+0.6
Turnout 4,77159.7-7.2
Labour gain from Independent  

1910 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1910 Darling Harbour state by-election § Results.[ edit ]
1910 Darling Harbour by-election
Wednesday 13 April  [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Cochran 1,59276.3+51.6
Independent Labor William Macey31114.9
Liberal Reform Henry Kelly1647.9-6.1
Independent James Jones211.0
Total formal votes2,08898.3+1.7
Informal votes361.7-1.7
Turnout 2,12429.5  [lower-alpha 1] -37.4
Labour hold Swing
John Norton (Independent) resigned to unsuccessfully contest the 1910 federal Senate election for NSW. [10]

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour   [11] [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Norton 1,66635.8
Labour William Daley 1,14624.7
International Socialist Harry Holland 74616.1
Liberal Reform George Whatmore65014.0
Independent Evan Jones4359.4
Independent Sydney Green60.1
Total formal votes4,64996.7
Informal votes1613.3
Turnout 4,81066.9
Independent gain from Labour   [lower-alpha 2]  

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour   [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Daley 1,90743.2
Liberal Reform Evan Jones1,39531.6
Independent Wilfred Spruson 1,09924.9
Independent Henry Connell70.2
Independent Sydney Green40.1
Independent William Scafe40.1
Total formal votes4,41697.6
Informal votes1092.4
Turnout 4,52550.9
Labour win(new seat)
Darling Harbour was a new seat consisting of the abolished seats of Sydney-Gipps, Sydney-Lang, and parts of the abolished seats of Sydney-King and Sydney-Denison. The member for Sydney-Gipps was William Daley (Labour) and he won the Labour pre-selection ahead of the member for Sydney-Lang, John Power, who did not contest the election. The member for Sydney-King was Ernest Broughton (Progressive) who successfully contested King as a Liberal Reform candidate. The member for Sydney-Denison was Andrew Kelly who successfully contested The Lachlan.

Notes

  1. ↑ estimate based on an electoral roll of 7,190 at the 1907 election. [11]
  2. ↑ John Norton was backed by breakaway local Labour Leagues who objected to the endorsement of William Daley. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 31 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. ↑ "Mr William Michael Daley (1870–1944)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Mr John Norton (1857-1916)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ↑ "Mr John Patrick Cochran (1864–1926)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1917 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1913 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "The socialist candidates". The International Socialist . 13 December 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 13 March 2020– via Trove.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1910 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  10. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1910 Darling Harbour by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  11. 1 2 3 Green, Antony. "1907 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  12. ↑ Walker, Bertha. Solidarity Forever! (PDF).
  13. ↑ Green, Antony. "1904 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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