Electoral results for the district of Sherbrooke

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Sherbrooke, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1913. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1894   Jacob Garrard Free Trade
1895
1898   Broughton O'Conor National Federal
1901   Independent
1904   Liberal Reform
1907   John Hunt Liberal Reform
1910

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Sherbrooke.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: Sherbrooke   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform John Hunt 4,40767.4
Labour Andrew Thompson2,13432.6
Total formal votes6,54198.0
Informal votes1332.0
Turnout 6,67474.5
Liberal Reform hold 

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Sherbrooke.[ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: Sherbrooke   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform John Hunt 3,73373.4
Labour Benjamin Prior4769.4
Independent Robert Lalor4408.7
Independent Eugene Rudder4178.2
Independent Donald Campbell230.5
Total formal votes5,08998.0
Informal votes1022.0
Turnout 5,19164.1
Liberal Reform hold 

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Sherbrooke.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Sherbrooke   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Broughton O'Conor 2,91562.5
Ind Progressive Thomas Smith 1,19425.6
Independent Labour Robert Lalor54911.8
Independent John McCook70.2
Total formal votes4,66599.0
Informal votes451.0
Turnout 4,71060.4
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Independent  
Sherbrooke was expanded to include part of The Hawkesbury and parts of the abolished seats of The Nepean and Ryde and Willoughby. Broughton O'Conor (Liberal Reform) was the independent member for Sherbrooke while Thomas Smith (Progressive) was the member for The Nepean. The member for The Hawkesbury was Brinsley Hall (Progressive) who successfully contested that seat, the member for Willoughby was Charles Wade (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested the replacement seat of Gordon while the member for Ryde was Edward Terry (Independent) who did not contest the election.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Sherbrooke.[ edit ]
1901 New South Wales state election: Sherbrooke   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Broughton O'Conor 82356.4+6.9
Liberal Reform John Roughley50534.6-13.2
Independent Liberal Adam Pringle1329.0
Total formal votes1,46099.2-0.1
Informal votes120.8+0.1
Turnout 1,47266.0+4.4
Member changed to Independent from Progressive  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Sherbrooke.[ edit ]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Sherbrooke   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
National Federal Broughton O'Conor 60349.5
Free Trade Jacob Garrard (defeated)58247.8
Independent James Purser332.7
Total formal votes1,21899.3
Informal votes90.7
Turnout 1,22761.7
National Federal gain from Free Trade  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Sherbrooke.[ edit ]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Sherbrooke   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Jacob Garrard 58554.5
Independent Broughton O'Conor 33331.0
Ind. Protectionist George Stimson958.9
Ind. Protectionist Thomas Pye454.2
Ind. Free Trade Edward Wakely151.4
Total formal votes1,07398.4
Informal votes181.7
Turnout 1,09160.8
Free Trade hold 

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Sherbrooke.[ edit ]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Sherbrooke   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Jacob Garrard 60145.0
Ind. Free Trade Samuel Bursill23117.3
Ind. Free Trade John Fitzpatrick 15111.3
Labour James Williamson957.1
Protectionist Ambrose Hallen785.8
Ind. Free Trade William Bladon634.7
Ind. Free Trade Edward Wakely614.6
Ind. Protectionist James Tamsett453.4
Ind. Free Trade Henry Pigott80.6
Ind. Free Trade Donald Campbell30.2
Total formal votes1,33697.3
Informal votes372.7
Turnout 1,37376.2
Free Trade win(new seat)

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References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  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 16 August 2020.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1910 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1904 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Sherbrooke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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