Electoral results for the district of Lachlan

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Lachlan, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had four incarnations, from 1859 to 1880, from 1894 to 1920, from 1927 to 1950 and from 1981 to 2007. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1859   John Ryan None
1860
1864   James Martin None
1869   James Watson None
1872
1875
1877
1879 by
 
ElectionMemberParty
1894   James Carroll Ind. Protectionist
1895   Protectionist
1896 by
1898
1901   Progressive
1904   Andrew Kelly Labor
1907
1910
1913   Thomas Brown Labor
1917   Ernest Buttenshaw Nationalist
 
ElectionMemberParty
1927   Ernest Buttenshaw Country
1930
1932
1935
1938   Griffith Evans Country
1941
1943 by   John Chanter Labor
1944
1947   Robert Medcalf Country
 
ElectionMemberParty
1981   Ian Armstrong National
1984
1988
1991
1995
1999
2003

Election results

Elections in the 2000s

2003

2003 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Ian Armstrong 26,96166.0+10.9
Labor Stephen Pollard10,37425.4-2.1
One Nation Russell Constable1,7914.4-8.6
Greens Jenny McKinnon1,6964.2+2.5
Total formal votes40,82298.0+0.1
Informal votes8142.0−0.1
Turnout 41,63693.8
Two-party-preferred result
National Ian Armstrong 27,83071.2+4.9
Labor Stephen Pollard11,25328.8-4.9
National hold Swing +4.9

Elections in the 1990s

1999

1999 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Ian Armstrong 22,79855.1+10.5
Labor Tony Lord11,38527.5-4.0
One Nation Wilf Reid5,38313.0+13.0
Democrats Peter Mulligan1,1242.7+0.6
Greens Mike Durrant6891.7+1.7
Total formal votes41,37998.0+3.6
Informal votes8542.0−3.6
Turnout 42,23394.9
Two-party-preferred result
National Ian Armstrong 24,94066.3-1.0
Labor Tony Lord12,68033.7+1.0
National hold Swing -1.0

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Ian Armstrong 23,56069.4+12.8
Labor Tim Carney8,57825.3-3.0
Democrats Dave Cox1,7875.3+1.6
Total formal votes33,92594.8+2.2
Informal votes1,8435.2−2.2
Turnout 35,76895.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Ian Armstrong 24,30372.4+6.2
Labor Tim Carney9,24827.6-6.2
National hold Swing +6.2

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Ian Armstrong 18,28956.7-14.2
Labor Peter Gordon9,12628.3+0.5
Country ResidentsPeter Mallon2,3327.2+7.2
Independent Colin Wilson1,3554.2+4.2
Democrats Neil Bartlett1,1763.6+3.6
Total formal votes32,27892.7−5.1
Informal votes2,5447.3+5.1
Turnout 34,82295.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Ian Armstrong 20,19766.2-5.8
Labor Peter Gordon10,31433.8+5.8
National hold Swing -5.8

Elections in the 1980s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Ian Armstrong 21,45173.6+10.0
Labor Leslie Saunders7,68726.4-7.6
Total formal votes29,13897.9−0.9
Informal votes6242.1+0.9
Turnout 29,76294.7
National hold Swing +8.3

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Ian Armstrong 19,10865.9+7.2
Labor Tim West9,88534.1-7.2
Total formal votes28,99398.8+1.1
Informal votes3461.2−1.1
Turnout 29,33993.4+1.0
National hold Swing +7.2

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Country Ian Armstrong 16,53858.7+3.8
Labor Timothy West11,64241.3-3.8
Total formal votes28,18097.7
Informal votes6722.3
Turnout 28,85292.4
National Country notional  hold Swing +3.8

District recreated

1950 - 1981

District abolished

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Chanter 4,99545.8-27.2
Country Robert Medcalf 3,98136.5+36.5
Liberal Daniel Clifton1,75516.1+16.1
Independent Madge Roberts1871.7+1.7
Total formal votes10,91898.4+4.9
Informal votes1731.6−4.9
Turnout 11,09192.2+3.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Robert Medcalf 5,60951.4+51.4
Labor John Chanter 5,30948.6-24.4
Country gain from Labor Swing N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Chanter 7,52573.0+26.9
Independent Labor Joseph Sligar2,78027.0+27.0
Total formal votes10,30593.5−5.2
Informal votes7196.5+5.2
Turnout 11,02489.2−2.9
Labor gain from Country Swing N/A

1943 by-election

1943 Lachlan by-election
Saturday 25 September [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Chanter 5,40856.93
Country Lindsay McIvor2,10722.18
Country John Sommers1,98420.89
Total formal votes9,49999.29
Informal votes680.71
Turnout 9,56774.86
Labor gain from Country Swing
Griffith Evans (Country) died. [14]

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Griffith Evans 6,70353.9
Labor George Grintell5,73746.1
Total formal votes12,44098.7
Informal votes1581.3
Turnout 12,59892.1
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Grace5,39339.5+4.1
Country Griffith Evans 4,09030.0-34.6
Country John Parker1,66112.2+12.2
Country Charles Thomas1,47510.8+10.8
Independent George Berry1,0327.6+7.6
Total formal votes13,65197.8−0.6
Informal votes3062.2+0.6
Turnout 13,95794.9+0.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Griffith Evans 7,64456.0-8.6
Labor John Grace6,00744.0+8.6
Country hold Swing -8.6

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Ernest Buttenshaw 9,09464.6-0.2
Labor (NSW) Valdimer Connellan4,97835.4+11.2
Total formal votes14,07298.4+0.2
Informal votes2251.6−0.2
Turnout 14,29794.7−1.4
Country hold Swing N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Ernest Buttenshaw 8,50864.8+8.1
Labor (NSW) John Heiss3,17324.2-17.5
Federal Labor David Nilon1,1178.5+8.5
Independent Country Philip Bolte3372.6+2.6
Total formal votes13,13598.2+0.2
Informal votes2431.8−0.2
Turnout 13,37896.1+1.2
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Ernest Buttenshaw 7,44456.7
Labor David Tasker5,74341.7
Communist William Axelby2121.6
Total formal votes13,12998.0
Informal votes2652.0
Turnout 13,39494.9
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Ernest Buttenshaw 7,22360.6
Labor Michael Roddy4,69939.4
Total formal votes11,92298.5
Informal votes1831.5
Turnout 12,10574.6
Country win(new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Ernest Buttenshaw 3,63952.0+52.0
Labor Thomas Brown 3,36248.0-2.8
Total formal votes7,00198.5+1.9
Informal votes1031.5−1.9
Turnout 7,10461.4−7.1
Nationalist gain from Labor  

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Lachlan [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Thomas Brown 4,00950.8
Farmers and Settlers Arthur Manning [lower-alpha 1] 3,58845.4
Country Party Association Herbert Bowles3033.8
Total formal votes7,90096.6
Informal votes2753.4
Turnout 8,17568.5
Labor hold 

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: The Lachlan [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Kelly 3,05052.9
Liberal Reform William Ewers2,71747.1
Total formal votes5,76698.7
Informal votes771.3
Turnout 5,84366.0
Labour hold 

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: The Lachlan [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Kelly 2,72653.1
Liberal Reform James Carroll 2,40946.9
Total formal votes5,13597.1
Informal votes1532.9
Turnout 5,28867.4
Labour hold 

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: The Lachlan [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Andrew Kelly 1,52536.8
Liberal Reform William Ferguson 1,39433.6
Independent Liberal James Carroll 1,23029.7
Total formal votes4,14999.2
Informal votes340.8
Turnout 4,18363.9
Labour gain from Progressive  
The Lachlan was one of two seats contested by 3 sitting members. [lower-alpha 2] The district lost parts to Cobar and The Murray and was expanded to absorb part of the abolished seats of Condoublin Grenfell. The member for the Lachlan was James Carroll (Progressive) who stood as Independent Liberal Reform candidate. The member for Condoublin was Patrick Clara (Labour) who unsuccessfully contested Ashburnum. The member for Grenfell was William Holman (Labour) who successfully contested Cootamundra. William Ferguson (Liberal Reform) was the Independent Labour member for Sturt while Andrew Kelly (Labour) was the member for the abolished seat of Sydney-Denison.

1901

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Federal James Carroll 55862.9
Independent Federalist Alexander Cameron32336.4
Ind. Free Trade C N Broome60.7
Total formal votes88799.2
Informal votes70.8
Turnout 89446.2
National Federal hold 

1896 by-election

1896 Lachlan by-election
Friday 11 September [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist James Carroll unopposed
Protectionist hold 
James Carroll (Protectionist) was made bankrupt. [28]

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist James Carroll 46975.0
Ind. Free Trade A Skene14623.4
Ind. Free Trade George Bolton101.6
Total formal votes62598.4
Informal votes101.6
Turnout 63540.3
Member changed to Protectionist from Ind. Protectionist  

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Protectionist James Carroll 45242.3
Ind. Protectionist Alexander Cameron35132.9
Protectionist John Miller13312.5
Ind. Free Trade Alexander Huie 11911.1
Ind. Free Trade James Dunsmore131.2
Total formal votes1,06897.8
Informal votes242.2
Turnout 1,09269.3
Ind. Protectionist win(new seat)

District recreated

1880 - 1894

District abolished

Elections in the 1870s

1879 by-election

1879 The Lachlan by-election
Friday 10 January [31]
CandidateVotes%
James Watson (re-elected)1,05554.7
George McLean87345.3
Total formal votes1,928100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,92837.0
James Watson was appointed Colonial Treasurer in the third Parkes ministry. [31]

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Saturday 3 November [32]
CandidateVotes%
James Watson (re-elected)unopposed 

1875

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Tuesday 12 January 1875 [33]
CandidateVotes%
James Watson (re-elected)unopposed
Total formal votes0100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 00.0

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Saturday 9 March [34]
CandidateVotes%
James Watson (re-elected)1,17773.4
T R Icely42726.6
Total formal votes1,604100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 1,60436.8

Elections in the 1860s

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Tuesday 28 December 1869 [35]
CandidateVotes%
James Watson (elected)97455.6
William Dalley 76743.8
William Forster 120.7
Total formal votes1,75397.3
Informal votes492.7
Turnout 1,80246.7

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Wednesday 28 December 1864 [36]
CandidateVotes%
James Martin (elected)69273.4
Andrew Lynch 25126.6
Total formal votes943100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 94326.3

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Monday 24 December [37]
CandidateVotes%
John Ryan (re-elected)24857.9
James Martin 18042.1
Total formal votes42898.9
Informal votes51.2
Turnout 43339.4

Elections in the 1850s

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: The Lachlan
Friday 24 June [38]
CandidateVotes%
John Ryan (elected)unopposed

Notes

  1. Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
  2. The two seats contested by 3 sitting members were Ashburnham and The Lachlan.

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