Electoral results for the district of Rozelle

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Rozelle, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1904 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1930. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1904   Sydney Law Liberal Reform
1907   James Mercer Labour
1910
1913 Labor / Nationalist
1917   John Quirk Labor
 
ElectionMemberParty
1927   John Quirk Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Rozelle.[ edit ]
1927 New South Wales state election: Rozelle   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Quirk 7,12653.4
Nationalist Albert Smith 4,92536.9
Independent Labor Cecil Murphy (defeated)1,1818.9
Independent Arthur Doughty1060.8
Total formal votes13,33897.9
Informal votes2832.1
Turnout 13,62186.1
Labor win(new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Rozelle.[ edit ]
1917 New South Wales state election: Rozelle   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Quirk 4,20462.0-4.1
Nationalist Alfred Reed2,57638.0+4.1
Total formal votes6,78099.0+0.4
Informal votes691.0−0.4
Turnout 6,84960.4−3.8
Labor hold Swing -4.1
The sitting member was James Mercer (Nationalist) was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription, [6] and did not contest the election.

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Rozelle.[ edit ]
1913 New South Wales state election: Rozelle   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor James Mercer 4,48666.1
Liberal Reform Alan Chavasse2,30433.9
Total formal votes6,79098.6
Informal votes991.4
Turnout 6,88964.2
Labor hold 

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Rozelle.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: Rozelle   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Mercer 4,46062.5
Liberal Reform Tom Hoskins 2,67737.5
Total formal votes7,13798.7
Informal votes981.4
Turnout 7,23573.3
Labour hold 

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Rozelle.[ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: Rozelle   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Mercer 3,47153.2+4.1
Liberal Reform Sydney Law 3,05646.8-4.1
Total formal votes6,52797.9
Informal votes1432.1
Turnout 6,67074.4
Labour gain from Liberal Reform Swing +4.1

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Rozelle.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Rozelle   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Sydney Law 2,54250.9
Labour James Mercer 2,45049.1
Total formal votes4,99298.9
Informal votes551.1
Turnout 5,04761.8
Liberal Reform win(new seat)
Rozelle was a new seat that consisted of parts of the abolished set of Balmain South and Annandale. The member for Balmain South was Sydney Law who initially won that seat as a Labour candidate, before resigning and winning the seat as an Independent Labour candidate at the 1902 Balmain South by-election and contesting this election as an endorsed Liberal Reform candidate. The member for Annandale was William Mahony (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that seat.

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1927 Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1917 Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ↑ "PLL expulsions". The Sydney Morning Herald . 7 November 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2020– via Trove.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1913 Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1910 Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1904 Rozelle". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 18 December 2019.


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