Electoral results for the district of Deniliquin

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Deniliquin, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1913. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1894   John Chanter Protectionist
1895
1898
1901   Joseph Evans Independent Progressive
1904   George Reynoldson Independent
1907   Henry Peters Labour
1910

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Deniliquin.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: Deniliquin   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Peters 2,28259.3
Farmers and Settlers Arthur Trethowan 1,56640.7
Total formal votes3,84898.5
Informal votes601.5
Turnout 3,90858.9
Labour hold 

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Deniliquin.[ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: Deniliquin   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Henry Peters 1,95848.1
Liberal Reform Hugh McKinney1,53637.7
Independent James Wallace3338.2
Independent George Perrin2466.0
Total formal votes4,07397.6
Informal votes992.4
Turnout 4,17262.5
Labour gain from Independent  

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Deniliquin.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Deniliquin   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent George Reynoldson 91131.4
Liberal Reform John Lewis78927.2
Independent Progressive James Wallace54618.8
Progressive Henry Jones32611.2
Total formal votes2,90298.7
Informal votes371.3
Turnout 2,93946.3
Independent gain from Independent Progressive  
Deniliquin was expanded to include part of The Murray. The sitting member for Deniliquin was Joseph Evans (Independent Progressive) who died three weeks prior to the election. The member for The Murray was James Hayes (Progressive) who was appointed to the Legislative Council and did not contest the election.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Deniliquin.[ edit ]
1901 New South Wales state election: Deniliquin   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Progressive Joseph Evans 45229.3
Independent Liberal John Lewis33121.4
Independent Progressive Richard Eames29319.0
Independent Progressive Patrick Fagan21914.2
Independent Hugh McKinney1489.6
Independent Progressive Allen Lakeman 1016.5
Total formal votes1,54498.8-0.4
Informal votes191.2+0.4
Turnout 1,56356.1+2.2
Independent Progressive gain from Progressive  
The sitting member was John Chanter (Progressive) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Riverina which included Deniliquin.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Deniliquin.[ edit ]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Deniliquin   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Federal John Chanter 95875.5
Independent George Berryman31124.5
Total formal votes1,26999.2
Informal votes100.8
Turnout 1,27953.9
National Federal hold 

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Deniliquin.[ edit ]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Deniliquin   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist John Chanter 69667.3
Ind. Free Trade George Chandler33132.0
Independent Labour William Burrell80.8
Total formal votes1,03597.9
Informal votes222.1
Turnout 1,05753.7
Protectionist hold 

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Deniliquin.[ edit ]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Deniliquin   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist John Chanter 1,09570.2
Free Trade George Chandler46529.8
Total formal votes1,56098.5
Informal votes241.5
Turnout 1,58478.3
Protectionist win(new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Deniliquin". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 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. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1910 Deniliquin". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 Deniliquin". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1904 Deniliquin". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Deniliquin". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Deniliquin". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Deniliquin". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Deniliquin". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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