Electoral results for the district of St George

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St George, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

ElectionMemberParty
1894   Joseph Carruthers Free Trade
1895
1898
1901   Liberal Reform
1904
1907
1908 by   William Taylor Liberal Reform
1910
1913   William Bagnall Labor
1917   Nationalist MemberPartyMemberPartyMemberPartyMemberParty
1920   George Cann Labor   Mark Gosling Labor   Thomas Ley Progressive   Guy Arkins Nationalist
1922   Nationalist
1925
 		 Joseph Cahill Labor
1925 Appt   William Bagnall Nationalist
1927

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § St George.[ edit ]
1927 New South Wales state election: St George   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Joseph Cahill 8,13755.9
Nationalist James Morrish6,43044.1
Total formal votes14,56799.1
Informal votes1380.9
Turnout 14,70586.9
Labor win(new seat)

1925 appointment

Thomas Ley resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of Barton at the 1925 election. [5] 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, [6] provided that casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the incumbent member's party list. William Bagnall had the most votes of the unsuccessful Nationalist candidates at the 1925 election and took his seat on 30 September 1925. [7]

1925

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § St George.[ edit ]
1925 New South Wales state election: St George   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 10,607
Nationalist Thomas Ley (elected 1)16,17125.4+6.4
Nationalist Guy Arkins (elected 3)4,3936.9-9.5
Nationalist William Bagnall (defeated)3,9796.2-2.9
Nationalist Cecil Monro 3,5285.5+5.5
Nationalist Francis Farrar1,2271.9-0.7
Nationalist Reginald Reid6081.0+1.0
Nationalist Thomas Casserly4970.8+0.8
Labor Mark Gosling (elected 2)11,73118.4+2.5
Labor Joseph Cahill (elected 5)6,2039.8+9.8
Labor George Cann (elected 4)6,1669.7-3.2
Labor George Burns 4,7907.5+7.5
Labor Ernest Sheiles1,4722.3+2.3
Protestant Labor Walter Anderson1,0681.7+1.7
Protestant Labor Arthur Jones6121.0+1.0
Protestant Labor Roy Hindwood4390.7+0.7
Protestant Labor William Goulden3130.5+0.5
Protestant Labor James Dunlop1950.3+0.3
Independent Alfred Dicker1820.3+0.3
Independent John Cooper390.1-0.1
Independent Ernest Lambourne260.04+0.04
Total formal votes63,63996.2−0.2
Informal votes2,4873.8+0.2
Turnout 66,12673.3−0.2
Party total votes
Nationalist 30,40347.8-5.6
Labor 30,36247.7+5.6
Protestant Labor 2,6274.1+4.1
Independent Alfred Dicker1820.3+0.3
Independent John Cooper390.1-0.1
Independent Ernest Lambourne260.04+0.04

1922

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election § St George.[ edit ]
1922 New South Wales state election: St George   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 8,832
Nationalist Thomas Ley (elected 1)10,07119.0+19.0
Nationalist Guy Arkins (elected 2)8,71716.4+6.9
Nationalist William Bagnall (elected 4)4,8299.1-6.2
Nationalist John Ewen2,6365.0+5.0
Nationalist Francis Farrar1,3712.6+2.6
Nationalist John Willson6941.3+1.3
Labor Mark Gosling (elected 3)8,42315.9+10.5
Labor George Cann (elected 5)6,81812.9-8.1
Labor Sam Toombs 4,8529.2-0.9
Labor Patrick Donovan1,5863.0+0.5
Labor Arthur Jones6101.2+1.2
Progressive Reginald McDonald1,9993.8+3.8
Progressive John Cordell1260.2+0.2
Progressive John Wilson800.1+0.1
Independent John Cooper980.2+0.2
Independent Henry Short620.1+0.1
Independent John Gager170.03+0.03
Total formal votes52,98996.4+6.0
Informal votes1,9633.6−6.0
Turnout 54,95273.5+15.9
Party total votes
Nationalist 28,31853.4+21.1
Labor 22,28942.1+0.4
Progressive 2,2054.2-13.5
Independent John Cooper980.2+0.2
Independent Henry Short620.1+0.1
Independent John Gager170.03+0.03

1920

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election § St George.[ edit ]
1920 New South Wales state election: St George   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Quota 5,569
Labor George Cann (elected 1)7,02621.0
Labor Sam Toombs 3,38410.1
Labor Mark Gosling (elected 5)1,8005.4
Labor William Gibbs 8772.6
Labor Patrick Donovan8422.5
Nationalist William Bagnall (elected 3)5,10315.3
Nationalist Guy Arkins (elected 4)3,1919.5
Nationalist Frederick Reed2,4977.5
Progressive Thomas Ley (elected 2)4,44013.3
Progressive Charles Rosenthal 1,4854.4
Democratic William O'Driscoll2,2276.7
Soldiers & Citizens Charles Church1770.5
Soldiers & Citizens Charles Rider690.2
Independent Joseph Andrew2220.7
Independent Sydney Cook700.2
Total formal votes33,41090.4
Informal votes3,5459.6
Turnout 36,95557.6
Party total votes
Labor 13,92941.7
Nationalist 10,79132.3
Progressive 5,92517.7
Democratic 2,2276.7
Soldiers & Citizens 2460.7
Independent Joseph Andrew2220.7
Independent Sydney Cook700.2

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § St George.[ edit ]
1917 New South Wales state election: St George   [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Nationalist William Bagnall 7,41464.9+15.3
Labor Arthur Dengate4,01035.1-10.0
Total formal votes11,42499.2+0.3
Informal votes910.8−0.3
Turnout 11,51570.3−4.5
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  
The sitting member William Bagnall was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription. [12]

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § St George.[ edit ]
1913 New South Wales state election: St George   [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform William Wood 4,79749.6
Labor William Bagnall 4,36645.1
National Progressive Henry Broe5095.3
Total formal votes9,67298.9
Informal votes1101.1
Turnout 9,78274.8
1913 New South Wales state election: St George - Second Round
Saturday 13 December  [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Bagnall 5,23151.0
Liberal Reform William Wood 5,02549.0
Total formal votes10,25699.5
Informal votes460.5
Turnout 10,30278.8
Labor gain from Liberal Reform  

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § St George.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: St George   [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform William Taylor 6,19858.5
Labour William Bagnall 4,39641.5
Total formal votes10,59498.9
Informal votes1181.1
Turnout 10,71276.7
Liberal Reform hold 

Elections in the 1900s

1908 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1908 St George state by-election § Results.[ edit ]
1908 St George by-election
Wednesday 20 May  [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform William Taylor 4,07762.9-15.1
Labour George Holt2,39136.9+14.9
Independent Charles Counsell100.2
Total formal votes6,47898.3+1.4
Informal votes1111.7−1.4
Turnout 6,58962.4  [lower-alpha 1] −4.6
Liberal Reform hold Swing -15.1
Joseph Carruthers (Liberal Reform) resigned. [15]

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § St George.[ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: St George   [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Sir Joseph Carruthers 5,34578.0
Labour George Black 1,50722.0
Total formal votes6,85296.9
Informal votes2203.1
Turnout 7,07266.9
Liberal Reform hold 

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § St George.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: St George   [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Sir Joseph Carruthers 3,06871.8
Labour William Paine1,20728.2
Total formal votes4,27599.3
Informal votes300.7
Turnout 4,30551.6
Liberal Reform hold 
St George lost part of the district to Canterbury.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § St George.[ edit ]
1901 New South Wales state election: St George   [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform Joseph Carruthers 1,51969.2-2.6
Labour William Flinn67630.8
Total formal votes2,195100.0+0.8
Informal votes00.0−0.8
Turnout 2,19553.2−11.6
Liberal Reform hold 

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § St George.[ edit ]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: St George   [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Joseph Carruthers 1,52271.8
National Federal George Waddell59428.0
Independent Francis Brown40.2
Total formal votes2,12099.3
Informal votes160.8
Turnout 2,13664.8
Free Trade hold 

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § St George.[ edit ]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: St George   [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Joseph Carruthers 1,38082.7
Independent William Taylor 28917.3
Total formal votes1,66999.2
Informal votes130.8
Turnout 1,68263.2
Free Trade hold 

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § St George.[ edit ]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: St George   [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Joseph Carruthers 1,52371.6
Labour Denis Acton60428.4
Total formal votes2,12798.4
Informal votes341.6
Turnout 2,16180.5
Free Trade win(new seat)

Notes

  1. ↑ estimate based on an electoral roll of 10,564 at the 1907 election. [16]

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  6. ↑ Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act 1920 (NSW).
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