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

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Lyndhurst, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had one incarnation, from 1913 to 1920. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1913   Thomas Waddell Farmers and Settlers / Nationalist
1917   Claude Bushell Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Lyndhurst [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Claude Bushell 4,07150.7+1.8
Nationalist Thomas Waddell 3,96749.3-1.8
Total formal votes8,03898.9+1.1
Informal votes881.1−1.1
Turnout 8,12670.6−1.0
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing +1.8

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Lyndhurst [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Farmers and Settlers Thomas Waddell [lower-alpha 1] 4,21551.1
Labor Guy Arkins 4,03348.9
Total formal votes8,24897.8
Informal votes1872.2
Turnout 8,43571.6
Farmers and Settlers win(new seat)

Notes

  1. Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.

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References

  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Lyndhurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 April 2021.
  4. Green, Antony. "1917 Lyndhurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. Green, Antony. "1913 Lyndhurst". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.