Electoral results for the district of Raleigh

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Raleigh, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1981. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1894   Patrick Hogan Protectionist
1895   John McLaughlin Independent
1898
1901   George Briner Progressive
1904
1907   Independent Liberal
1910
1913   Country Party Association
1917   Nationalist
 
ElectionMemberParty
1927   Roy Vincent Country
1930
1932
1935
1938
1941
1944
1947
1950
1953   Radford Gamack Country
1956
1959   Jim Brown Country
1962
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1978

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1978 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Country Jim Brown 13,58455.3-8.0
Labor Joseph Moran10,97544.7+8.0
Total formal votes24,55998.80.0
Informal votes3061.20.0
Turnout 24,86594.4−0.5
National Country hold Swing -8.0

1976

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1976 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Jim Brown 14,50263.3-5.1
Labor Joseph Moran8,40236.7+5.1
Total formal votes22,90598.8+0.3
Informal votes2801.2−0.3
Turnout 23,18594.9+0.4
Country hold Swing -5.1

1973

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1973 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Jim Brown 14,34768.4+8.0
Labor Ken Reed 6,61331.6+0.8
Total formal votes20,96098.5
Informal votes3091.5
Turnout 21,26994.5
Country hold Swing +2.9

1971

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1971 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Jim Brown 11,42360.4+4.4
Labor Sydney Dodds5,83030.8+2.6
Independent Andrew Boyton1,6488.7+8.7
Total formal votes18,90199.0
Informal votes1971.0
Turnout 19,09895.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Jim Brown 12,37765.5-2.4
Labor Sydney Dodds6,52434.5+2.4
Country hold Swing -2.4

Elections in the 1960s

1968

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1968 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Jim Brown 12,46656.0-8.2
Labor Robert Melville 6,27228.2-7.6
New Staters Aubrey Barker3,51415.8+15.8
Total formal votes22,25298.7
Informal votes2861.3
Turnout 22,53896.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Jim Brown 15,10267.9+3.7
Labor Robert Melville 7,15032.1-3.7
Country hold Swing +3.7

1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1965 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Jim Brown 10,97264.2+0.7
Labor Robert Melville6,11435.8−0.7
Total formal votes17,08699.2−0.1
Informal votes1430.8+0.1
Turnout 17,22996.7+0.6
Country hold Swing +0.7

1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1962 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Jim Brown 10,96063.5+27.7
Labor Trevor Owens6,30236.5+1.4
Total formal votes17,26299.3
Informal votes1160.7
Turnout 17,37896.1
Country hold Swing +3.2

Elections in the 1950s

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1959 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Bailey7,77540.1
Country Jim Brown 5,96730.8
Independent Country Radford Gamack (defeated)5,63929.1
Total formal votes19,38199.0
Informal votes1891.0
Turnout 19,57094.5
Two-party-preferred result
Country Jim Brown 10,77655.6
Labor William Bailey8,60544.4
Country hold Swing
The sitting member Radford Gamack had been elected as a Country member, but contested this election as an independent.

1956

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1953 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Clyde Reid7,12137.6
Country Radford Gamack 6,91836.5
Independent Gordon Patterson3,82820.2
Country William Burns1,0925.8
Total formal votes18,95998.4
Informal votes3171.6
Turnout 19,27696.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Radford Gamack 11,15058.8
Labor Clyde Reid7,80941.2
Country hold Swing

1950

Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1947 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Roy Vincent 11,47967.7+5.6
Independent Labor Millicent Christian5,47732.3+32.3
Total formal votes16,95698.8+0.8
Informal votes1981.2−0.8
Turnout 17,15495.0+0.9
Country hold Swing N/A

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1944 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Roy Vincent 8,94862.1+24.1
Labor Norman Long5,45337.9+2.0
Total formal votes14,40198.0−0.5
Informal votes2902.0+0.5
Turnout 14,69194.1+0.5
Country hold Swing +5.5

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1941 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Roy Vincent 5,60938.0
Labor John Howard5,30535.9
Country Les Jordan 3,85326.1
Total formal votes14,76798.5
Informal votes2211.5
Turnout 14,98893.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country Roy Vincent 8,36256.6
Labor John Howard6,40543.4
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1938 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Roy Vincent 8,65956.2-1.3
Independent Les Jordan 5,42935.2+35.2
Labor John Devine1,3168.5+8.5
Total formal votes15,40498.1−0.2
Informal votes2971.9+0.2
Turnout 15,70195.1−0.9
Country hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1935 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Roy Vincent 8,71957.5-19.6
Independent Arthur Wallace6,43542.5+42.5
Total formal votes15,15498.30.0
Informal votes2681.70.0
Turnout 15,42296.0−0.3
Country hold Swing N/A

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1932 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Roy Vincent 10,53777.1+21.1
Labor (NSW) David Walker3,13322.9-8.0
Total formal votes13,67098.3+0.6
Informal votes2391.7−0.6
Turnout 13,90996.3+0.2
Country hold Swing N/A

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1930 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Roy Vincent 7,19056.0
Labor Charles Booth3,96630.9
Independent Country Henry Wood1,52211.8
Independent Theodore McLennan1611.3
Total formal votes12,83997.7
Informal votes3022.3
Turnout 13,14196.1
Country hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1927 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Roy Vincent 8,17273.3
Labor John Connolly2,97926.7
Total formal votes11,15198.9
Informal votes1201.1
Turnout 11,27178.3
Country win(new seat)

District re-created

1920 - 1927

District abolished District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1917 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist George Briner 4,07264.7+64.7
Labor Francis Collins2,22135.3+21.4
Total formal votes6,29399.2+2.6
Informal votes2353.4−2.6
Turnout 6,34454.1−9.8
Nationalist hold 

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1913 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Party Association George Briner 3,04745.9
Liberal Reform Henry Boultwood2,66340.1
Labor Theodore McLennan92513.9
Total formal votes6,63596.6
Informal votes2353.4
Turnout 6,87063.9
1913 New South Wales state election: Raleigh - Second Round
Saturday 20 December  [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Country Party Association George Briner 3,92559.1
Liberal Reform Henry Boultwood2,71340.9
Total formal votes6,63899.1
Informal votes590.9
Turnout 6,69762.3
Member changed to Country Party Association from Independent Liberal  

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Liberal George Briner 4,98178.3+14.0
Labour Clem Johnson1,38221.7+13.1
Total formal votes6,36396.9+2.3
Informal votes2043.1−2.3
Turnout 6,56761.4+5.5
Member changed to Independent Liberal from Progressive (defunct)  

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Former Progressive George Briner 2,77264.3
Independent Liberal John McLaughlin 1,17227.2
Labour William McCristal 3708.6
Total formal votes4,31494.7
Informal votes2445.4
Turnout 4,55855.9
Former Progressive hold 

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive George Briner 2,17358.1
Liberal Reform John Davis1,09929.4
Independent Thomas Lobban47112.6
Total formal votes3,74399.4
Informal votes230.6
Turnout 3,76658.6
Progressive hold 
Raleigh lost part of the district to The Clarence and was expanded to include much of The Clarence. The member for Raleigh was George Briner (Progressive). The member for The Clarence was John McFarlane (Progressive) who successfully contested that seat.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1901 New South Wales state election: Raleigh   [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Progressive George Briner 82751.1+12.8
Independent Henry Boltwood47029.0
Independent Richard Cooke1549.5
Ind. Progressive Eugene Rudder1016.2
Independent Jeremiah Mannix674.1
Total formal votes1,61999.0−0.3
Informal votes161.0+0.3
Turnout 1,63568.6+5.7
Progressive gain from Independent  
The sitting member John McLaughlin (Independent) did not contest the election.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Raleigh   [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John McLaughlin 81461.8
National Federal Patrick Hogan 50438.2
Total formal votes1,31899.3
Informal votes90.7
Turnout 1,32762.9
Member changed to Independent from Ind. Protectionist  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Raleigh   [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Protectionist John McLaughlin 56747.8
Free Trade James Gregg31326.4
Ind. Protectionist George Briner 28724.2
Ind. Protectionist Eugene Rudder201.7
Total formal votes1,18799.3
Informal votes90.8
Turnout 1,19667.6
Ind. Protectionist gain from Protectionist  

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Raleigh.[ edit ]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Raleigh   [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Protectionist Patrick Hogan 39927.8
Ind. Protectionist John McLaughlin 37926.5
Ind. Protectionist John Lynn25317.7
Independent Labour James Gregg23016.1
Independent Eugene Rudder835.8
Ind. Protectionist William Pullen664.6
Free Trade Joseph McKay231.6
Total formal votes1,43398.7
Informal votes191.3
Turnout 1,45281.3
Protectionist win(new seat)

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