Electoral results for the district of Leichhardt (New South Wales)

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Leichhardt, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1894 to 1920 and from 1927 to 1962. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

ElectionMemberParty
1894   John Hawthorne Ind. Free Trade
1895   Free Trade
1898
1901   Liberal Reform
1904   Robert Booth Liberal Reform
1907   Campbell Carmichael Labor
1910
1913
1917 Labor / Soldiers & Citizens
 
ElectionMemberParty
1927   Barney Olde Labor
1930
1932   Labor (NSW)
1932 by   Joe Lamaro Labor (NSW)
1934 by   Claude Matthews Labor (NSW)
1935
1938   Labor / Labor (N-C)
1941 Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953
1954 by   Reg Coady Labor
1956
1959

Election results

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Reg Coady 12,72661.6
Liberal Barney Morton7,94838.4
Total formal votes20,67498.3
Informal votes3581.7
Turnout 21,03292.4
Labor hold Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Reg Coady 14,14568.9−5.6
Liberal Barney Morton6,38631.1+5.6
Total formal votes20,53197.8+0.5
Informal votes4622.2−0.5
Turnout 20,99391.7−0.9
Labor hold Swing −5.6

1954 by-election

1954 Leichhardt by-election
Saturday 20 March [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Reg Coady 12,64668.14
Independent John Blackmore3,06016.5
Independent William Dougherty2,53313.7
Independent William McCristal 3201.7
Total formal votes18,55996.5
Informal votes6653.5
Turnout 19,22479.4
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Claude Matthews 16,91574.5
Liberal William Cole5,79425.5
Total formal votes22,70997.3
Informal votes6332.7
Turnout 23,34292.6
Labor hold Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Claude Matthews 13,39568.3
Liberal Charles Shields5,19026.5
Independent Arthur Doughty1,0165.2
Total formal votes19,60197.8
Informal votes4402.2
Turnout 20,04193.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Claude Matthews 70.0 [lower-alpha 1]
Liberal Charles Shields30.0
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Claude Matthews 13,58472.6-10.5
Independent Labor Francis Edgcumbe2,73114.6+14.6
Independent Labor Charles Shields2,40012.8+12.8
Total formal votes18,71594.1+0.5
Informal votes1,1655.9-0.5
Turnout 19,88092.4-0.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Claude Matthews 14,96483.1
State Labor Anthony Bellanto3,03416.9
Total formal votes17,99893.6
Informal votes1,2306.4
Turnout 19,22892.5
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Claude Matthews 9,82260.5+3.4
Industrial Labor James Dunn 3,87023.8+23.8
Independent Arthur Doughty2,54215.7+15.7
Total formal votes16,23496.0-1.7
Informal votes6684.0+1.7
Turnout 16,90296.5-1.1
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) Claude Matthews 9,53957.1+2.6
Federal Labor William Dyer7,17542.9+35.3
Total formal votes16,71497.7-0.6
Informal votes3932.3+0.6
Turnout 17,10797.6+0.3
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A

1934 by-election

1934 Leichhardt by-election
Saturday 20 October [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) Claude Matthews 9,54660.0
Federal Labor William Dyer5,61635.3
Communist Robert Brechin4602.9
Independent Edward Cotter1731.1
Independent Francis McFadden1090.7
Total formal votes15,90497.1-1.2
Informal votes4792.9+1.2
Turnout 16,38390.9-7.0
Labor (NSW) hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932 by-election

1932 Leichhardt by-election
Saturday 10 December [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) Joe Lamaro 9,40162.0
Federal Labor Robert Storey5,16434.1
Communist Thomas Payne3132.1
Douglas Credit William Benjamin2271.5
Independent Arthur Doughty510.3
Total formal votes15,15696.0
Informal votes6404.1
Turnout 15,79693.0
Labor (NSW) hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) Barney Olde 8,97654.5-20.4
United Australia Andrew Campbell6,18437.5+15.5
Federal Labor Robert Storey1,2487.6+7.6
Independent Charles Shields750.5-0.9
Total formal votes16,48398.3+1.6
Informal votes2841.7-1.6
Turnout 16,76797.9+1.6
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Barney Olde 12,18874.9
Nationalist Thomas Morrow 3,58022.0
Independent Charles Shields2281.4
Independent Arthur Doughty1901.2
Communist Jane Mountjoy900.6
Total formal votes16,27696.7
Informal votes5513.3
Turnout 16,82796.3
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Barney Olde 7,13653.6
Nationalist Albert Lane (defeated)5,91244.4
Independent George Boland2762.1
Total formal votes13,32499.0
Informal votes1381.0
Turnout 13,46285.7
Labor win(new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [20] [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Campbell Carmichael 4,91857.0
Liberal Reform Henry Brierley3,58441.5
Australasian Socialist John Kilburn 1271.5
Total formal votes8,62998.3
Informal votes1531.7
Turnout 8,78271.7
Labor hold 

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Campbell Carmichael 5,46255.9
Liberal Reform Frederick Reed4,30544.1
Total formal votes9,96799.1
Informal votes910.9
Turnout 9,85878.5
Labour hold 

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Campbell Carmichael 3,55444.2
Liberal Reform Robert Booth 3,06938.1
Independent Liberal John Hawthorne 1,42517.7
Total formal votes8,04897.9
Informal votes1762.1
Turnout 8,22479.6
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Robert Booth 2,37039.0
Independent Liberal John Hawthorne 1,98032.6
Labour George Beeby 1,72228.4
Total formal votes6,07299.5
Informal votes280.5
Turnout 6,10070.5
Liberal Reform hold 
Leichhardt was not significantly changed. [25] John Hawthorne had been the Liberal Reform member for Leichhardt for 10 years, however stood as an Independent Liberal Reform Candidate, having been denied pre-selection in favour of Robert Booth, who had the support of the United Protestant Defence Association due to Hawthorne voting to grant money to various charities which included a Catholic orphanage. [26] [27]

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform John Hawthorne 1,47567.4+18.6
Labour William Niland71532.7+8.4
Total formal votes2,19099.5-0.3
Informal votes120.5+0.3
Turnout 2,20258.4-5.6
Liberal Reform hold 

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Leichhardt [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade John Hawthorne 96048.8
National Federal Richard Colonna-Close 53026.9
Labour George Clark 47824.3
Total formal votes1,96899.8
Informal votes40.2
Turnout 1,97264.1
Free Trade hold 

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Leichhardt [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade John Hawthorne 99057.7
Labour John Dobbie72742.3
Total formal votes1,71799.5
Informal votes90.5
Turnout 1,72665.8
Free Trade hold 

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Leichhardt [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Free Trade John Hawthorne 82637.1
Labour William Holman 73132.8
Free Trade George Clark 37216.7
Ind. Free Trade Robert Cropley1597.1
Protectionist Edward Purnell954.3
Ind. Free Trade Edward Darnley 341.5
Ind. Protectionist Aaron Wheeler110.5
Total formal votes2,22899.1
Informal votes210.9
Turnout 2,24983.5
Ind. Free Trade win(new seat)

Notes

  1. Two party preferred vote was estimated.

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