Sturt, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1889 until 1968 and from 1971 until 1981. [1] [2] [3]
Election | Member | Party | ||||||
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1889 | Wyman Brown | Protectionist | ||||||
1891 | John Cann | Labor | ||||||
1894 | William Ferguson | Labour | ||||||
1895 | ||||||||
1898 | ||||||||
1901 | Independent Labour / Liberal Reform | |||||||
1904 | Arthur Griffith | Labour | ||||||
1907 | ||||||||
1908 by | ||||||||
1910 | ||||||||
1913 | John Cann | Labor | ||||||
1917 by | Percy Brookfield | Labor / Ind. Socialist Labor | ||||||
1917 | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||||
1920 | Socialist Labor | Mat Davidson | Labor | Brian Doe | Nationalist | |||
1921 Appt | Jabez Wright | Labor | ||||||
1922 | ||||||||
1922 Appt | Ted Horsington | Labor | ||||||
1925 | ||||||||
1927 | ||||||||
1930 | ||||||||
1932 | ||||||||
1935 | ||||||||
1938 | Labor / Industrial Labor / Labor | |||||||
1941 | Labor | |||||||
1944 | ||||||||
1947 | William Wattison | Labor | ||||||
1950 | ||||||||
1953 | ||||||||
1956 | ||||||||
1959 | ||||||||
1962 | ||||||||
1965 | ||||||||
Election | Member | Party | ||||||
1971 | Tim Fischer | National | ||||||
1973 | ||||||||
1976 | ||||||||
1978 | ||||||||
1981 by | John Sullivan | National |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Country | John Sullivan | 11,614 | 63.1 | -3.0 | |
Labor | Michael Anthony | 6,805 | 37.0 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 18,419 | 99.1 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 165 | 0.9 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,584 | 82.6 | −11.2 | ||
National Country hold | Swing | -3.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Country | Tim Fischer | 13,603 | 66.0 | -2.8 | |
Labor | Michael Anthony | 6,995 | 34.0 | +2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 20,598 | 98.7 | −0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 280 | 1.3 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,878 | 93.8 | −0.6 | ||
National Country hold | Swing | -2.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Tim Fischer | 13,803 | 68.8 | +1.2 | |
Labor | Cuthbert Richardson | 6,266 | 31.2 | +3.9 | |
Total formal votes | 20,069 | 99.1 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 182 | 0.9 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 20,251 | 94.4 | +0.7 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -3.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Tim Fischer | 13,012 | 67.6 | +28.1 | |
Labor | John Foley | 5,259 | 27.3 | +27.3 | |
Democratic Labor | Joseph Lenehan | 962 | 5.0 | -3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 19,233 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 240 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 19,473 | 93.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Tim Fischer | 13,782 | 71.7 | +7.4 | |
Labor | John Foley | 5,454 | 28.3 | +28.3 | |
Country hold | Swing | +7.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Tim Fischer | 6,657 | 39.5 | ||
Independent | Ernest Mitchell | 5,484 | 32.5 | ||
Liberal | William Dixon | 3,226 | 19.1 | ||
Democratic Labor | Bernard O'Keeffe | 1,488 | 8.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,855 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 262 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 17,117 | 93.9 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country | Tim Fischer | 10,838 | 64.3 | ||
Independent | Ernest Mitchell | 6,017 | 35.7 | ||
Country notional hold | Swing | N/A |
District re-created
District abolished
District abolished
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Wattison | 9,487 | 71.2 | −3.8 | |
Country | Edward Brown | 3,831 | 28.8 | +3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 13,318 | 98.5 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 196 | 1.5 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 13,514 | 88.6 | +0.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −3.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Wattison | 10,284 | 75.0 | +7.0 | |
Country | Edward Brown | 3,424 | 25.0 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 13,708 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 143 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 13,851 | 87.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Wattison | 10,034 | 68.0 | ||
Country | Edward Brown | 3,016 | 20.4 | ||
Democratic Labor | George Mailath | 1,277 | 8.6 | ||
Communist | Edward Craill | 435 | 3.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,762 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 262 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 15,024 | 88.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Wattison | 10,637 | 72.1 | ||
Country | Edward Brown | 4,125 | 27.9 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Wattison | 10,107 | 70.0 | −30.0 | |
Independent | John Fox | 2,858 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
Communist | William Flynn | 1,468 | 10.2 | +10.2 | |
Total formal votes | 14,433 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 287 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 14,720 | 87.2 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Wattison | 10,841 | 75.1 | −24.9 | |
Independent | John Fox | 3,592 | 24.9 | +24.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Wattison | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Wattison | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Wattison | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Horsington | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Horsington | 8,188 | 70.8 | ||
State Labor | Arthur Campbell | 3,372 | 29.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,560 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 383 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 11,943 | 85.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Horsington | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Ted Horsington | 8,924 | 88.0 | -5.2 | |
Independent | Stuart Coombe | 1,213 | 12.0 | +12.0 | |
Total formal votes | 10,137 | 90.4 | +7.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,070 | 9.6 | −7.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,207 | 92.5 | −2.1 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Ted Horsington | 8,945 | 93.2 | 0.0 | |
Communist | Frederick Miller | 656 | 6.8 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 9,601 | 83.4 | −4.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,907 | 16.6 | +4.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,508 | 94.6 | +0.2 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Horsington | 9,349 | 93.2 | ||
Communist | Leslie King | 685 | 6.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,034 | 87.8 | |||
Informal votes | 1,394 | 12.2 | |||
Turnout | 11,428 | 94.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ted Horsington | 7,218 | 70.0 | ||
Nationalist | Alfred Gorrie | 3,088 | 30.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,306 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 151 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 10,457 | 74.8 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 4,423 | ||||
Labor | Mat Davidson (elected 1) | 7,237 | 40.9 | +9.6 | |
Labor | Ted Horsington (elected 2) | 4,493 | 25.4 | +21.3 | |
Labor | Thomas Griffiths | 1,046 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Nationalist | Brian Doe (elected 3) | 4,355 | 24.6 | +5.1 | |
Nationalist | William Shoobridge | 378 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Nationalist | Francis Harvey | 96 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Independent | Charles Dooley | 85 | 0.5 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 17,690 | 95.0 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 934 | 5.0 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,624 | 60.3 | +0.9 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 12,776 | 72.2 | +25.8 | ||
Nationalist | 4,829 | 27.3 | -5.7 | ||
Independent | Charles Dooley | 85 | 0.5 | +0.5 |
Jabez Wright died on 10 September 1922. [24] Ted Horsington was the only unsuccessful Labor candidate at the 1922 election and took his seat on 20 September 1922. [25]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quota | 4,371 | ||||
Labor | Mat Davidson (elected 1) | 5,472 | 31.3 | +7.1 | |
Labor | Jabez Wright (elected 3) | 1,922 | 11.0 | -7.4 | |
Labor | Ted Horsington | 708 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Nationalist | Brian Doe (elected 2) | 3,401 | 19.5 | -5.1 | |
Nationalist | William Daish | 1,670 | 9.5 | +9.5 | |
Nationalist | John Wicks | 707 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Industrial Labor | Donald Grant | 1,378 | 7.9 | +7.9 | |
Independent | Ernest Wetherell | 856 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Independent | William Couch | 785 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Progressive | Walter O'Grady | 505 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Independent | Charles Dooley | 76 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 17,480 | 94.5 | +2.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,013 | 5.5 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 18,493 | 59.4 | +9.7 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 8,102 | 46.4 | +0.7 | ||
Nationalist | 5,778 | 33.0 | +6.8 | ||
Industrial Labor | 1,378 | 7.9 | +7.9 | ||
Independent | Ernest Wetherell | 856 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Independent | William Couch | 785 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Progressive | 505 | 2.9 | +2.9 | ||
Independent | Charles Dooley | 76 | 0.4 | +0.4 |
On 22 March 1921 Percy Brookfield was murdered while trying to disarm a deranged man at Riverton. [27] 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, [28] provided that casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate "who represents the same party interest as the late member". Which party interest Brookfield represented was not straightforward. He had been the Labor member for Sturt since the 1917 by-election, however he resigned from the Labor Party in August 1919, [29] and joined the Industrial Socialist Labor Party, which in January 1920 merged with the Socialist Labor Party, retaining the later name. Under this banner Brookfield was the first candidate elected at the 1920 election for Sturt. [30] He was however dissatisfied with the manner in which the affairs of that party have been carried on" and formed a new Industrial Labor Party in February 1921, shortly before his death. [31] There was debate concerning who should be appointed. The Industrial Labor Party said that John O'Reilly should be appointed, while The Sydney Morning Herald stated that Thomas Hynes had the greater number of primary votes and thus he should be appointed. [32] The nomination had to come from the recognised party leader according to votes on any censure motion and Labor leader John Storey nominated Jabez Wright. [33] [34]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 3,958 | ||||
Labor | Mat Davidson (elected 3) | 3,824 | 24.2 | ||
Labor | Jabez Wright (defeated) | 2,917 | 18.4 | ||
Labor | Walter Webb | 492 | 3.1 | ||
Socialist Labor | Percy Brookfield [lower-alpha 1] (elected 1) | 4,357 | 27.5 | ||
Socialist Labor | Thomas Hynes [lower-alpha 1] | 55 | 0.4 | ||
Socialist Labor | John O'Reilly [lower-alpha 1] | 34 | 0.2 | ||
Nationalist | Brian Doe (elected 2) | 3,890 | 24.6 | ||
Nationalist | Frank Wilkinson | 207 | 1.3 | ||
Nationalist | John Thorn | 53 | 0.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,829 | 92.1 | |||
Informal votes | 1,358 | 7.9 | |||
Turnout | 17,187 | 49.7 | |||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 7,233 | 45.7 | |||
Socialist Labor | 4,446 | 28.1 | |||
Nationalist | 4,150 | 26.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Percy Brookfield | 4,013 | 57.1 | ||
Ind. Nationalist | Francis Harvey | 3,020 | 42.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,033 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 36 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 7,069 | 62.3 | |||
Labor hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Percy Brookfield | 3,301 | 54.4 | ||
Independent Labor | Brian Doe | 2,739 | 45.2 | ||
Independent | John Evans | 26 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,066 | 100.0 | |||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,066 | 57.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Griffith | 5,450 | 89.2 | ||
Liberal Reform | Henry Kelly | 658 | 10.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,108 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 59 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,167 | 72.2 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Griffith (re-elected) | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Griffith | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Arthur Griffith | 2,658 | 67.1 | ||
Independent | William Williams | 1,304 | 32.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,962 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 43 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 4,005 | 58.0 | |||
Labour gain from Independent Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Labor | William Ferguson | 716 | 64.6 | ||
Labour | Charles Maley | 392 | 35.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,108 | 98.7 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 15 | 1.3 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,123 | 53.9 | +16.9 | ||
Member changed to Independent Labour from Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Ferguson | 655 | 86.5 | ||
National Federal | Thomas Walker | 92 | 12.2 | ||
Independent | Alexander Hendry | 10 | 1.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 757 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 765 | 37.0 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Ferguson | unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Ferguson | 1,065 | 73.1 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | John Souter | 393 | 27.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,458 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 23 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,481 | 85.1 | |||
Labour hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Cann (elected) | unopposed | |||
Labour gain from Protectionist |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Wyman Brown (elected) | 654 | 72.7 | ||
Protectionist | Charles O'Neill | 246 | 27.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 900 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 19 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 919 | 31.4 | |||
Protectionist win | (new seat) |
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