Electoral results for the district of Gough

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Gough, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1904 and abolished in 1920. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1904   Follett Thomas Liberal Reform
1907
1910
1913
1917   Nationalist

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Gough.[ edit ]
1917 New South Wales state election: Gough   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Follet Thomas 3,63352.10.0
Labor Lou Cunningham 3,33747.90.0
Total formal votes6,97098.5+1.0
Informal votes1051.5-1.0
Turnout 7,07565.6-12.9
Nationalist hold Swing 0.0

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Gough.[ edit ]
1913 New South Wales state election: Gough   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farmers and Settlers Follett Thomas   [lower-alpha 1] 4,22752.1
Labor Henry Colditz3,87847.9
Total formal votes8,10597.5
Informal votes2072.5
Turnout 8,31278.5
Member changed to Farmers and Settlers from Liberal Reform   [lower-alpha 1]  

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Gough.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: Gough   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Follett Thomas 3,48550.8
Labour Henry Colditz3,38149.2
Total formal votes6,86698.5
Informal votes1061.5
Turnout 6,97273.9
Liberal Reform hold 

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Gough.[ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: Gough   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Follett Thomas 2,98255.6
Labour Francis Bryant 2,16640.4
Independent William Vincent2174.0
Total formal votes5,36596.4
Informal votes2033.7
Turnout 5,56867.2
Liberal Reform hold 

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Gough.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Gough   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Follet Thomas 2,23450.9
Labour Frank Foster 1,79941.0
Progressive John MacDonald2285.2
Independent Thomas Jones1303.0
Total formal votes4,39198.3
Informal votes741.7
Turnout 4,46562.4
Liberal Reform win(new seat)
Gough was a new seat that comprised the abolished seat of Glenn Innes and part of Inverell. The member for Glen Innes was Follet Thomas (Labour). The member for Inverell was George Jones (Labour) who successfully contested The Gwydir.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ↑ Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856 (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Mr Follett Johns Thomas (1863–1942)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 22 May 2019.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1917 Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1913 Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1910 Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1904 Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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