Electoral results for the district of Namoi

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Namoi, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1880 to 1894 and from 1904 to 1950. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1880   Thomas Dangar None
1882
1885   Charles Collins None
1887   Thomas Dangar Free Trade
1889
1890 by   Charles Collins Free Trade MemberParty
1891   Job Sheldon Labour
 
ElectionMemberParty
1904   Albert Ernest Collins Independent Liberal
1907
1910   George Black Labor
1913 Labor / Independent Labor
1917   Walter Wearne Ind. Nationalist MemberPartyMemberParty
1920   Progressive   Frank Chaffey Nationalist   Patrick Scully Labor
1922   Nationalist
1923 apt   William Scully Labor
1925
1927   William Scully Labor
1930
1932   Colin Sinclair Country
1935
1938
1941   Raymond Hamilton Labor
1944
1947

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[ edit ]
1947 New South Wales state election: Namoi   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Raymond Hamilton 6,63451.2-8.4
Country Malcolm Heath6,31348.8+8.4
Total formal votes12,94799.1+0.7
Informal votes1110.9−0.7
Turnout 13,05895.0+7.4
Labor hold Swing -8.4

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[ edit ]
1944 New South Wales state election: Namoi   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Raymond Hamilton 7,03659.6+26.6
Country Lancelot Thomas4,76240.4+7.7
Total formal votes11,79898.4+0.1
Informal votes1941.6−0.1
Turnout 11,99287.6−5.5
Labor hold Swing +6.9

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[ edit ]
1941 New South Wales state election: Namoi   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Raymond Hamilton 4,38733.0
Country Ernest Batchelor4,35132.7
Independent Labor Ernest Hogan2,97822.4
Country George Gilby1,59112.0
Total formal votes13,30798.3
Informal votes2311.7
Turnout 13,53893.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Raymond Hamilton 7,01652.7
Country Ernest Batchelor6,29147.3
Labor gain from Country Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[ edit ]
1938 New South Wales state election: Namoi   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Colin Sinclair 7,51651.3-1.3
Labor Ernest Hogan7,12048.7+1.3
Total formal votes14,63699.0+0.4
Informal votes1501.0−0.4
Turnout 14,78696.6+1.2
Country hold Swing -1.3

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[ edit ]
1935 New South Wales state election: Namoi   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Colin Sinclair 7,40452.6-3.7
Labor (NSW) William Scully 6,67847.4+3.7
Total formal votes14,08298.6−0.4
Informal votes1941.4+0.4
Turnout 14,27695.4−0.9
Country hold Swing N/A

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[ edit ]
1932 New South Wales state election: Namoi   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Colin Sinclair 7,26456.3+13.6
Labor (NSW) William Scully 5,48442.5-14.8
Independent Ernest Bachelor1511.2+1.2
Total formal votes12,89999.0+0.2
Informal votes1301.0−0.2
Turnout 13,02996.3+0.9
Country gain from Labor (NSW) Swing N/A

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[ edit ]
1930 New South Wales state election: Namoi   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Scully 7,28657.3
Country William Waterford5,43042.7
Total formal votes12,71698.8
Informal votes1531.2
Turnout 12,86995.4
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[ edit ]
1927 New South Wales state election: Namoi   [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Scully 6,03550.1
Nationalist Leslie Seccombe5,44245.1
Independent Henry Jones5794.8
Total formal votes12,05698.2
Informal votes2161.8
Turnout 12,27279.5
Labor win(new seat)

1925

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[ edit ]
1925 New South Wales state election: Namoi   [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,621
Labor William Scully (elected 1)9,48735.8+5.4
Labor Michael Hagan8973.4+3.4
Labor James Hawkins8033.0+3.0
Nationalist Walter Wearne (elected 2)5,63921.3+0.6
Nationalist Frank Chaffey (elected 3)4,69617.7-4.8
Progressive Aubrey Abbott 3,39512.8+12.8
Progressive Lachlan McLachlan3921.5+1.5
Progressive James Laird2270.9+0.9
Independent Robert Levien 9473.6-5.8
Total formal votes26,48396.3+0.3
Informal votes1,0233.7−0.3
Turnout 27,50670.3+0.1
Party total votes
Labor 11,18742.2+4.4
Nationalist 10,33539.0-4.1
Progressive 4,01415.2+5.5
Independent Robert Levien 9473.6-5.8

1923 appointment

Patrick Scully resigned on 20 September 1923. [13] Between 1920 and 1927 the Legislative Assembly was elected using a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark). The Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act, [14] provided that casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate "who represents the same party interest as the late member". William Scully had the highest number of votes of the unsuccessful Labor candidates at the 1922 election and took his seat on 20 September 1923. [15] [16]

1922

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[ edit ]
1922 New South Wales state election: Namoi   [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 6,483
Nationalist Frank Chaffey (elected 2)5,82322.5+9.4
Nationalist Walter Wearne (elected 3)5,36320.7+5.8
Labor Patrick Scully (elected 1)7,88030.4-6.5
Labor William Scully 1,6026.2+4.4
Labor Septimus Humphries3251.3+1.3
Progressive Roland Green 1,9067.3+7.3
Progressive Albert Studdy5992.3+2.3
Independent Robert Levien 2,4339.4-1.2
Total formal votes25,93196.0+2.5
Informal votes1,0874.0−2.5
Turnout 27,01870.2+8.5
Party total votes
Nationalist 11,18643.1+18.0
Labor 9,80737.8-3.6
Progressive 2,5059.7-13.2
Independent Robert Levien 2,4339.4-1.2

1920

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[ edit ]
1920 New South Wales state election: Namoi   [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 5,432
Labor Patrick Scully (elected 1)8,00736.9
Labor Thomas Boland5922.7
Labor William Scully 3961.8
Nationalist Frank Chaffey (elected 2)2,84813.1
Nationalist John Crane (defeated)2,60512.0
Progressive Walter Wearne (elected 3)3,24414.9
Progressive Frank Heywood9694.5
Progressive Charles Woollett7543.5
Independent Robert Levien 2,30910.6
Total formal votes21,72493.5
Informal votes1,5176.5
Turnout 23,24161.7
Party total votes
Labor 8,99541.4
Nationalist 5,45325.1
Progressive 4,96722.9
Independent Robert Levien 2,30910.6

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[ edit ]
1917 New South Wales state election: Namoi   [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Nationalist Walter Wearne 2,38942.3+42.3
Labor Thomas Egan2,37342.0-11.3
Independent Labor George Black 88315.6+15.6
Total formal votes5,64598.0+0.9
Informal votes1172.0−0.9
Turnout 5,76261.0−2.7
1917 New South Wales state election: Namoi - Second Round  [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Nationalist Walter Wearne 3,11255.3
Labor Thomas Egan2,51644.7
Total formal votes5,62899.6+1.6
Informal votes250.4−1.6
Turnout 5,65359.9−1.1
Ind. Nationalist gain from Labor  
The sitting member George Black was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription. [20]

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Namoi.[ edit ]
1913 New South Wales state election: Namoi   [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor George Black 3,15153.3
Liberal Reform James Florance2,76046.7
Total formal votes5,91197.1
Informal votes1772.9
Turnout 6,08863.7
Labor hold 

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § The Namoi.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: The Namoi   [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Black 3,26760.3+14.2
Independent Liberal Hubert O'Reilly2,15339.7
Total formal votes5,42097.1+0.2
Informal votes1602.9−0.2
Turnout 5,58054.8−11.1
Labour gain from Independent Liberal  

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § The Namoi.[ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: The Namoi   [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal Albert Collins   [lower-alpha 1] 2,53153.9
Labour William Walton2,16546.1
Total formal votes4,69696.9
Informal votes1493.1
Turnout 4,84565.9
Independent Liberal hold 

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § The Namoi.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: The Namoi   [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal Albert Collins 2,07055.9
Labour Thomas Shakespeare 1,63244.1
Total formal votes3,70299.3
Informal votes280.8
Turnout 3,73057.7
Independent Liberal win(new seat)
The Namoi was a re-created seat comprising the abolished seat of Narrabri as well as parts of the abolished seats of Gunnedah and The Barwon. The member for Narrabri was Albert Collins (Liberal Reform), who was not a member of Liberal Reform but was recommended by the party. [26] The member for Gunnedah was David Hall (Labour) who unsuccessfully contested Liverpool Plains.

District re-created

1894 - 1904

District abolished

Elections in the 1890s

1891

This section is an excerpt from 1891 New South Wales colonial election § The Namoi
1891 New South Wales colonial election: The Namoi
Friday 26 June  [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Job Sheldon (elected 1)99539.5
Free Trade Charles Collins (re-elected 2)82532.8
Free Trade John Mackay69727.7
Total formal votes2,51799.6
Informal votes110.4
Turnout 1,66051.6
  Labour win 1(1 new seat)
  Free Trade hold 1

1890 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1890 Namoi colonial by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1890 Namoi by-election
Thursday 31 July  [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Charles Collins (elected)82173.8
Free Trade David Jones29226.2
Total formal votes1,11399.0
Informal votes111.0
Turnout 1,12436.7
Free Trade hold 
Tom Dangar (Free Trade) died. [28]

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from 1889 New South Wales colonial election § The Namoi
1889 New South Wales colonial election: The Namoi
Wednesday 13 February  [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Thomas Dangar (elected)73361.2
Protectionist William Buchanan 46438.8
Total formal votes1,19797.0
Informal votes373.0
Turnout 1,23441.6
Free Trade hold 

1887

This section is an excerpt from 1887 New South Wales colonial election § The Namoi
1887 New South Wales colonial election: The Namoi
Tuesday 22 February  [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Thomas Dangar (elected)76265.0
Free Trade George Dale41135.0
Total formal votes1,17398.3
Informal votes201.7
Turnout 1,19347.4

1885

This section is an excerpt from 1885 New South Wales colonial election § The Namoi
1885 New South Wales colonial election: The Namoi
Monday 26 October  [31]
CandidateVotes%
Charles Collins (elected)74372.1
William Wright28827.9
Total formal votes1,03199.2
Informal votes80.8
Turnout 1,03948.0

The sitting member Thomas Dangar unsuccessfully contested The Gwydir.

1882

This section is an excerpt from 1882 New South Wales colonial election § The Namoi
1882 New South Wales colonial election: The Namoi
Thursday 7 December  [32]
CandidateVotes%
Thomas Dangar (re-elected)53271.9
R H Hyman20828.1
Total formal votes74096.2
Informal votes293.8
Turnout 76938.7

1880

This section is an excerpt from 1880 New South Wales colonial election § The Namoi
1880 New South Wales colonial election: The Namoi
Wednesday 24 November  [33]
CandidateVotes%
Thomas Dangar (re-elected)unopposed
 (new seat)

Thomas Dangar was the sitting member for The Gwydir.

Notes

  1. ↑ Albert Collins was supported by the Liberal Reform Party as having assisted in the work of the government and generally favourable to its policies. [24]

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