Electoral results for the district of Grenfell

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Grenfell, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1880 and abolished in 1904. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1880   Robert Vaughn None
1882
1885
1887   Protectionist
1889   George Greene Free Trade
1891   Robert Vaughn Labor
1894   George Greene Free Trade
1894 re-count   Michael Loughnane Labor
1895   George Greene Free Trade
1898   William Holman Labor
1901

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Grenfell.[ edit ]
1901 New South Wales state election: Grenfell   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Holman 1,29951.7-3.9
Liberal Reform Arthur Grimm 1,21348.3
Total formal votes2,512100.0+0.4
Informal votes00.0-0.4
Turnout 2,51268.911.3
Labour hold 

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[ edit ]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour William Holman 1,11555.6
National Federal Andrew Kelly 89244.4
Total formal votes2,00799.6
Informal votes80.4
Turnout 2,01557.5
Labour gain from Ind. Free Trade  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[ edit ]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Free Trade George Greene 66448.8
Labour William Holman 55140.5
Protectionist Robert Vaughn 14610.7
Total formal votes1,36199.4
Informal votes80.6
Turnout 1,36968.0
Ind. Free Trade gain from Labour  

1894 re-count

This section is an excerpt from 1894 Grenfell colonial election re-count § Result.[ edit ]
1894 Grenfell election re-count
Thursday 25 October  [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Michael Loughnane 52536.3+0.3
Free Trade George Greene 51635.7-0.4
Protectionist Robert Vaughn 33022.8+0.2
Independent John Williams755.2-0.1
Total formal votes1,44697.0-0.7
Informal votes45 [lower-alpha 1] 3.0+0.7
Turnout 1,49171.0 [lower-alpha 2]  
Labour gain from Free Trade  
The Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1894 Grenfell election and declared that George Greene (Free Trade) had not been elected the member for Grenfell. No by-election was conducted, instead the committee declared that Michael Loughnane (Labour) had been elected. [7]

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[ edit ]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade George Greene 52636.1
Labour Michael Loughnane 52436.0
Protectionist Robert Vaughn 32922.6
Independent John Williams775.3
Total formal votes1,45697.7
Informal votes352.4
Turnout 1,49171.0
Free Trade gain from Labour  

The sitting member, Robert Vaughn had been elected as a Labour member at the 1891 election but stood as a Protectionist candidate for this election.

The result was overturned by the Elections and Qualifications Committee which conducted a re-count in October 1894. [8]

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[ edit ]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell
Saturday 27 June  [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Robert Vaughn (elected)59347.1
Free Trade George Greene (defeated)37930.1
Free Trade Thomas Bembrick22718.0
Protectionist James Gibson594.7
Total formal votes1,25898.5
Informal votes191.5
Turnout 1,27762.2
Labour gain from Free Trade  

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[ edit ]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell
Monday 4 February  [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade George Greene (elected)47552.3
Protectionist Robert Vaughn 43347.7
Total formal votes90898.8
Informal votes111.2
Turnout 91952.0
  Free Trade gain from Protectionist  

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[ edit ]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell
Wednesday 16 February  [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Robert Vaughn (re-elected)43153.3
Free Trade A L Park37846.7
Total formal votes80998.2
Informal votes151.8
Turnout 82451.6

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[ edit ]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell
Thursday 22 October  [12]
CandidateVotes%
Robert Vaughn (re-elected)38759.3
E Whelan26640.7
Total formal votes65399.4
Informal votes40.6
Turnout 71449.0

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[ edit ]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell
Friday 8 December  [13]
CandidateVotes%
Robert Vaughn (re-elected)40458.1
E Whelan29141.9
Total formal votes69597.9
Informal votes152.1
Turnout 70645.6

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[ edit ]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell
Monday 29 November  [14]
CandidateVotes%
Robert Vaughn (elected)42149.2
George Greene 29434.4
J Donkin14116.5
Total formal votes85698.5
Informal votes131.5
Turnout 86953.8
 (new seat)
Grenfell partly replaced the abolished district of The Lachlan.

Notes

  1. ↑ Calculated on the assumption that the total number of votes did not change.
  2. ↑ Change is compared to the previously declared count for the election.

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 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 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. 1 2 "The Grenfell election: return of Mr Loughnane". The Sydney Morning Herald . 26 October 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 19 September 2020– via Trove.
  8. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1894 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1891 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1889 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  11. ↑ Green, Antony. "1887 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  12. ↑ Green, Antony. "1885 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  13. ↑ Green, Antony. "1882 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  14. ↑ Green, Antony. "1880 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 April 2020.
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