Electoral results for the district of West Maitland

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West Maitland, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1904. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1859   Elias Weekes None
1860
1864   Benjamin Lee None
1869
1872
1874 by   Lewis Levy None
1874   Henry Cohen None
1877
1880   James Fulford None
1882   Henry Cohen None
1885   Richard Thompson None
1887   Free Trade
1891   John Gillies Free Trade
1894   Ind. Free Trade
1895   Free Trade
1898
1901   Independent

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1901 New South Wales state election: West Maitland   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent John Gillies 90378.8+14.0
Independent Richard Proctor24321.2
Total formal votes1,14699.7+0.4
Informal votes40.4-0.4
Turnout 1,15045.5-25.1
Member changed to Independent from Liberal Reform  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade John Gillies 1,14164.8
National Federal Walter Edmunds 62035.2
Total formal votes1,76199.3
Informal votes130.7
Turnout 1,77470.6
Free Trade hold 

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade John Gillies 89080.5
Ind. Protectionist Richard Proctor21519.5
Total formal votes1,10599.1
Informal votes100.9
Turnout 1,11547.3
Member changed to Free Trade from Ind. Free Trade  

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Ind. Free Trade John Gillies 1,24763.9
Free Trade Robert Scobie 61831.6
Independent Labour Richard Proctor814.2
Ind. Protectionist Arthur Payne70.4
Total formal votes1,95398.4
Informal votes321.6
Turnout 1,98583.2
Member changed to Ind. Free Trade from Free Trade  

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Wednesday 17 June  [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade John Gillies (elected)67052.7
Free Trade Richard Thompson (defeated)45936.1
Protectionist Hugh Lusk14311.2
Total formal votes1,27297.5
Informal votes332.5
Turnout 1,30580.2
Free Trade hold 

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Saturday 9 February  [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Richard Thompson (elected)75469.2
Protectionist Thomas Hungerford 33530.8
Total formal votes1,08998.1
Informal votes211.9
Turnout 1,11059.6
Free Trade hold 

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Wednesday 9 February  [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade Richard Thompson (re-elected)unopposed

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Friday 16 October  [11]
CandidateVotes%
Richard Thompson (elected)63254.5
Walter Edmunds 52745.5
Total formal votes1,15997.0
Informal votes363.0
Turnout 1,19572.6

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Thursday 7 December  [12]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Cohen (elected)56459.8
Richard Thompson 38040.3
Total formal votes94499.1
Informal votes90.9
Turnout 95378.5

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Thursday 25 November  [13]
CandidateVotes%
James Fulford (elected)61258.6
Henry Cohen (defeated)43241.4
Total formal votes1,04498.1
Informal votes201.9
Turnout 1,06487.0

Elections in the 1870s

1877

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Wednesday 31 October  [14]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Cohen (re-elected)39755.6
James Pritchard30442.6
Thomas Hungerford 71.0
Thomas Jones60.8
Total formal votes71498.2
Informal votes131.8
Turnout 72767.2

1874

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Monday 21 December 1874  [15]
CandidateVotes%
Henry Cohen (elected)34349.2
Joseph Eckford 19628.1
Archibald Hamilton 15221.8
William Farthing50.7
William Brooks10.1
Total formal votes69798.0
Informal votes142.0
Turnout 71167.9

1874 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1874 West Maitland colonial by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1874 West Maitland by-election
Tuesday 4 August  [16]
CandidateVotes%
Lewis Levy (elected)64780.1
Archibald Hamilton 12919.9
Total formal votes64797.9
Informal votes142.1
Turnout 66163.1
Benjamin Lee resigned. [16]

1872

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Tuesday 5 March  [17]
CandidateVotes%
Benjamin Lee (re-elected)50458.3
Joseph Eckford 26730.9
Archibald Hamilton 9310.8
Total formal votes86498.2
Informal votes161.8
Turnout 88077.0

Elections in the 1860s

1869

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Monday 20 December 1869  [18]
CandidateVotes%
Benjamin Lee (re-elected)48858.6
Andrew Liddell34541.4
Total formal votes833100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 83375.2

1864

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Tuesday 13 December 1864  [19]
CandidateVotes%
Benjamin Lee (elected)44450.9
Peter Green32837.6
Andrew Liddell10011.5
George Rochester10.1
Total formal votes87397.9
Informal votes192.1
Turnout 89171.5

1860

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Tuesday 18 December  [20]
CandidateVotes%
Elias Weekes (re-elected)47390.1
William Cheater529.9
Total formal votes525100.0
Informal votes00.0
Turnout 52537.3

Elections in the 1850s

1859

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[ edit ]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: West Maitland
Tuesday 21 June  [21]
CandidateVotes%
Elias Weekes (re-elected)unopposed

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  13. ↑ Green, Antony. "1880 West Maitland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 24 April 2020.
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  15. ↑ Green, Antony. "1874-5 West Maitland". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 April 2020.
  16. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1874 West Maitland by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 February 2021.
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