Electoral results for the district of Waratah (New South Wales)

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Waratah, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1913, the second from 1930 to 1999. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

ElectionMemberParty
1894   Arthur Griffith Labour
1895
1898
1901
1903 by   Matthew Charlton Labour
1904   John Estell Labour
1907
1910
 
ElectionMemberParty
1930   Robert Cameron Labor
1932
1935
1938
1941
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956   Frank Purdue Independent
1959
1962   Edward Greaves Labor
1964 by   Frank Purdue Independent
1965   Sam Jones Labor
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978
1981
1984   John Price Labor
1988
1991
1995

Election results

Elections in the 1990s

1995

1995 New South Wales state election: Waratah [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Price 20,97565.7+0.6
Liberal Wayne Shoobridge7,22222.6-1.9
Greens Liz Rene3,74311.7+11.7
Total formal votes31,94093.6+5.4
Informal votes2,1666.4-5.4
Turnout 34,10695.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Price 22,80174.1+3.1
Liberal Wayne Shoobridge7,97225.9-3.1
Labor hold Swing +3.1

1991

1991 New South Wales state election: Waratah [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Price 19,40165.1+6.1
Liberal Mark Booth7,29924.5-8.2
Independent Milton Caine2,1057.1+7.1
Call to Australia Stuart Edser1,0083.4+3.4
Total formal votes29,81388.3-7.7
Informal votes3,96811.7+7.7
Turnout 33,78195.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Price 20,25871.0+9.3
Liberal Mark Booth8,29329.0-9.3
Labor hold Swing -9.3

Elections in the 1970s

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Waratah [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Price 17,29461.4+7.7
Liberal Milton Caine10,86338.6+10.7
Total formal votes28,15795.8-2.2
Informal votes1,2454.2+2.2
Turnout 29,40295.6
Labor hold Swing -3.0

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Waratah [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor John Price 13,64146.8-23.4
Liberal Ashley Saunders7,31425.1-0.6
Independent Sam Jones 6,92623.8+23.8
Democrats Wayne Jarman1,0783.7+3.7
Independent John Cain2050.7+0.7
Total formal votes29,16497.7+0.6
Informal votes6772.3-0.6
Turnout 29,84194.5+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor John Price 15,81663.2-10.4
Liberal Ashley Saunders9,22036.8+10.4
Labor hold Swing -10.4

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Waratah [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Sam Jones 20,40770.2-2.4
Liberal Pauline Graham7,48425.7+1.6
Communist Christopher Dodds1,1994.1+0.9
Total formal votes29,04797.7
Informal votes6872.3
Turnout 29,73494.8
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sam Jones 21,10773.6-2.0
Liberal Pauline Graham7,57426.4+2.0
Labor hold Swing -2.0

Elections in the 1970s

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Waratah [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Sam Jones 21,10072.6+5.2
Liberal Beryl Humble7,00624.1-8.5
Communist Christopher Dodds9413.2+3.2
Total formal votes29,04797.7-0.6
Informal votes6872.3+0.6
Turnout 29,73494.8+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Sam Jones 21,94775.6+8.2
Liberal Beryl Humble7,10024.4-8.2
Labor hold Swing +8.2

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Waratah [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Sam Jones 20,20167.4-5.0
Liberal Richard Bevan9,78632.6+32.6
Total formal votes29,98798.3+1.3
Informal votes5131.7-1.3
Turnout 30,50094.5-0.4
Labor hold Swing -9.2

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Waratah [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Sam Jones 21,15872.4+3.8
Democratic Labor Anne McCosker5,60019.2+19.2
Independent George Wawryck2,4538.4+8.4
Total formal votes29,21197.0
Informal votes9103.0
Turnout 30,12194.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Sam Jones 22,38576.6+8.0
Democratic Labor Anne McCosker6,82623.4+23.4
Labor hold Swing +8.0

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Waratah [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Sam Jones 18,68768.6+10.7
Liberal Malcolm Blackshaw8,54731.4+31.4
Total formal votes27,23498.4
Informal votes4551.6
Turnout 27,68994.9
Labor hold Swing +10.7

Elections in the 1960s

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Waratah [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Sam Jones 12,64257.9+9.7
Independent Frank Purdue 9,20642.1-2.9
Total formal votes21,84898.0
Informal votes4492.0
Turnout 22,29795.4
Labor hold Swing +7.1

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Waratah [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Sam Jones 8,74848.2−4.5
Independent Frank Purdue (defeated)8,17345.0−2.3
Democratic Labor Herbert Collins8244.5+4.5
Independent Brian Morgan4032.2+2.2
Total formal votes18,14898.0−0.8
Informal votes3632.0+0.8
Turnout 18,51195.7+0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Sam Jones 9,21750.8−1.9
Independent Frank Purdue 8,93149.2+1.9
Labor hold Swing −1.9
Edward Greaves (Labor) died and Frank Purdue (Independent) won the resulting by-election. Sam Jones regained the seat for Labor. [14]

1964 by-election

1964 Waratah by-election
Saturday 8 August [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Frank Purdue 8,84751.7+4.4
Labor Reg Allen8,25648.3+4.4
Total formal votes17,10398.5-0.3
Informal votes2651.5+0.3
Turnout 17,36888.5-7.1
Independent gain from Labor Swing +4.4
Edward Greaves (Labor) died. [15]

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Waratah [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Edward Greaves 10,02452.7+6.0
Independent Frank Purdue 8,99847.3−6.0
Total formal votes19,02298.8
Informal votes2241.2
Turnout 19,24695.6
Labor gain from Independent Swing +6.0

Elections in the 1950s

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Waratah [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Frank Purdue 9,47253.3
Labor Edward Greaves 8,29246.7
Total formal votes17,76498.9
Informal votes1971.1
Turnout 17,96196.1
Independent hold Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Waratah [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Frank Purdue 8,82948.8+48.8
Labor Harry Sheedy6,60836.6−31.3
Independent Harry Edwards2,20112.2+12.2
Communist Thomas Graham4342.4+2.4
Total formal votes18,07298.7+1.6
Informal votes2351.3−1.6
Turnout 18,30795.7−0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Frank Purdue 10,12956.0+56.0
Labor Harry Sheedy7,94344.0−23.9
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Waratah [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Cameron 12,18767.9
Independent Alfred Hodge5,76032.1
Total formal votes17,94797.1
Informal votes5272.9
Turnout 18,47495.9
Labor hold Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Waratah [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Cameron 12,11466.4
Liberal Harold Hollis6,14033.6
Total formal votes18,25498.6
Informal votes2621.4
Turnout 18,51695.5
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Waratah [21]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Cameron 21,55187.9+22.1
Independent Stan Deacon2,96012.1+12.1
Total formal votes24,51194.7-2.7
Informal votes1,3735.3+2.7
Turnout 25,88495.5+2.6
Labor hold Swing N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Waratah [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Cameron 15,12165.8-20.7
Communist Stan Deacon5,10222.2+22.2
Lang Labor Leonard Sweeney2,76012.0+12.0
Total formal votes22,98397.4+0.1
Informal votes6182.6-0.1
Turnout 23,60192.9-2.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Waratah [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Cameron 19,07586.5
Independent Robert Cram2,97013.5
Total formal votes22,04597.3
Informal votes6122.7
Turnout 22,65795.1
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Waratah [24]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Cameron 16,44277.8+19.0
Communist Robert Cram4,69322.2+13.8
Total formal votes21.13594.4-2.1
Informal votes1,2495.6+2.1
Turnout 22,38495.9-0.9
Labor hold Swing N/A

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Waratah [25]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) Robert Cameron 11,45158.8+9.9
Federal Labor Roy McIlveen6,39032.8+22.5
Communist Douglas Gillies1,6258.4+6.7
Total formal votes19,46696.5-1.4
Informal votes7123.5+1.4
Turnout 20,17896.8-1.0
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Waratah [26]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor (NSW) Robert Cameron 8,97548.9-28.2
United Australia Arthur Griffiths7,18339.1+17.2
Federal Labor Arthur Griffith 1,89210.3+10.3
Communist Sidney Bethune3131.7+0.7
Total formal votes18,36397.9-0.1
Informal votes3942.1+0.1
Turnout 18,75797.8+2.3
After distribution of preferences
Labor (NSW) Robert Cameron 9,23450.3
United Australia Arthur Griffiths7,20839.2
Federal Labor Arthur Griffith 1,92110.5
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed to completion.
  • Arthur Griffiths was jointly endorsed by the UAP and Country Party.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Waratah [27]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Robert Cameron 13,89077.1
Nationalist Harold Sharp3,93621.9
Communist David Martin1831.0
Total formal votes18,00998.0
Informal votes3692.0
Turnout 18,37895.5
Labor win(new seat)
Robert Cameron (Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Wallsend which was partly replaced by Waratah.

District re-created

1913 - 1930

District abolished

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Waratah [28]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Estell 3,95785.0
Liberal Reform Thomas Collins 69715.0
Total formal votes4,65496.3
Informal votes1783.7
Turnout 4,83261.3
Labour hold 

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Waratah [29]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Estell 3,21484.6
Independent David Renfrew58515.4
Total formal votes3,79993.7
Informal votes2566.3
Turnout 4,05554.5
Labour hold 

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Waratah [30]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour John Estell 2,11280.6
Liberal Reform Charles Turner50819.4
Total formal votes2,62099.1
Informal votes230.9
Turnout 2,64337.1
Labour hold 
Waratah lost parts of the seat to Wickham and Kahibah and was expanded to include part of the abolished seats of East Maitland and Wallsend. John Estell (Labour) was the member for Wallsend. The member for Waratah was Matthew Charlton (Labour) who successfully contested Northumberland while the member for East Maitland, James Brunker (Liberal Reform), unsuccessfully contested Maitland.

1903 by-election

1903 Waratah by-election
Saturday 5 December [31]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Matthew Charlton 1,08567.6+8.7
Independent John Gilbert51932.4
Total formal votes4,60499.4+0.1
Informal votes90.6-0.1
Turnout 1,61361.9 [lower-alpha 1] -10.1
Labour hold Swing
Arthur Griffith (Labour) resigned to unsuccessfully contest a seat in the Senate at the 1903 federal election. [31]

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Waratah [32]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Griffith 1,09958.9+8.6
Independent Progressive William Sharp76641.1
Total formal votes1,86599.3-0.1
Informal votes130.7+0.1
Turnout 1,87872.0+3.3
Labour hold 

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Waratah [33]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Griffith 81750.4
National Federal John Gilbert80549.6
Total formal votes817100.0
Informal votes1,6220.0
Turnout 90.6
Labour hold 

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Waratah [34]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Griffith 85453.3
Protectionist Ninian Melville 66141.3
Ind. Free Trade William Conn835.2
Independent Labour James McWilliams40.3
Total formal votes1,60298.0
Informal votes332.0
Turnout 1,63578.1
Labour hold 

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Waratah [35]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Arthur Griffith 82044.2
Protectionist Ninian Melville 68036.6
Free Trade Alfred Clapin35619.2
Total formal votes1,85699.3
Informal votes130.7
Turnout 1,86987.9
Labour win(new seat)

Notes

  1. Estimate based on a roll of 2,607 at the 1901 election. [32]

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