Electoral results for the district of Middle Harbour

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Middle Harbour, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1904 to 1920 and from 1988 to 1991. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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ElectionMemberParty
1904   Richard Arthur Liberal Reform
1907
1910
1913
1917   Nationalist
 
MemberPartyTerm
1988   Peter Collins Liberal

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Middle Harbour [ edit ]
1988 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Peter Collins 20,14771.2+5.2
Labor Marilyn Dodkin8,16128.8-1.1
Total formal votes28,30896.4-1.4
Informal votes1,0613.6+1.4
Turnout 29,36993.4
Liberal hold Swing +3.2

District recreated

1920 - 1988

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Middle Harbour [ edit ]
1917 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist Richard Arthur 5,10659.5-5.1
Independent Alfred Reid 1,90422.2+22.2
Independent Arthur Keirle1,56818.3+18.3
Total formal votes8,57898.8+1.0
Informal votes1071.2-1.0
Turnout 8,68553.9-13.2
Nationalist hold Swing -5.1

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Middle Harbour [ edit ]
1913 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Richard Arthur 5,78564.6
Labor Ellison Quirk 3,06834.3
Independent James Bray760.9
Independent Henry Johnson290.3
Total formal votes8,95897.8
Informal votes2052.2
Turnout 9,16367.1
Liberal Reform hold 

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Middle Harbour [ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Richard Arthur 7,55468.71
Labour Stephen O'Brien2,79325.40
Independent Liberal David Middleton6475.89
Total formal votes10,99498.65
Informal votes1501.35
Turnout 11,14468.17
Liberal Reform hold 

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Middle Harbour [ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Richard Arthur 5,12057.2
Independent Liberal William Fell 3,67441.0
Independent Thomas Loxton921.0
Independent John Hayes700.8
Total formal votes8,95698.0
Informal votes1832.0
Turnout 9,13975.9
Liberal Reform hold 

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Middle Harbour [ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Richard Arthur 3,13758.2
Independent Progressive Ellison Quirk 2,20741.0
Socialist Labor William Gocher 330.6
Independent Edgar Vanhee130.2
Total formal votes5,39099.3
Informal votes370.7
Turnout 5,42760.5
Liberal Reform win(new seat)
Middle Harbour was a new seat and consisted of part of the abolished seat of Warringah and the balance of Warringah was included in St Leonards. The member for Warringah was Ellison Quirk (Independent).

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 10 October 2020.
  2. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Dr Richard Arthur (1865–1932)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "The Hon. Peter Edward James Collins (1947- )". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1988 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1917 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1913 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1910 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1904 Middle Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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