Electoral results for the district of Yass

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Yass, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1894 to 1920 and from 1930 to 1950. [1] [2] [3]

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ElectionMemberParty
1894   William Affleck Free Trade
1895
1898
1901   Liberal Reform
1904   Niels Nielsen Labor
1907
1910
1913
1913 by   Greg McGirr Labor
1917
 
ElectionMemberParty
1930   George Ardill Nationalist
1932   United Australia
1935
1938
1941   Bill Sheahan Labor
1944
1947

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Yass.[ edit ]
1947 New South Wales state election: Yass   [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Sheahan 8,39360.4-39.6
Country John MacKay3,95728.5+28.5
Liberal Noel Barber1,38410.0+10.0
Independent John Cusack 1631.2+1.2
Total formal votes13,89799.0
Informal votes1371.0
Turnout 14,04395.5
Labor hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Yass.[ edit ]
1944 New South Wales state election: Yass   [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Sheahan unopposed
Labor hold 

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Yass.[ edit ]
1941 New South Wales state election: Yass   [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Bill Sheahan 7,94155.5
Country Bill Ross 6,36344.5
Total formal votes14,30499.4
Informal votes840.6
Turnout 14,38894.3
Labor gain from Country Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Yass.[ edit ]
1938 New South Wales state election: Yass   [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia George Ardill 7,07457.4-0.4
Independent Vivian Partridge5,24042.6+42.6
Total formal votes12,31498.5−0.1
Informal votes1861.5+0.1
Turnout 12,50096.1−1.0
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Yass.[ edit ]
1935 New South Wales state election: Yass   [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia George Ardill 7,20657.8-4.1
Labor (NSW) John Cleary 5,26342.2+4.1
Total formal votes12,46998.6+0.2
Informal votes1801.4−0.2
Turnout 12,64997.1−0.2
United Australia hold Swing -4.1

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Yass.[ edit ]
1932 New South Wales state election: Yass   [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
United Australia George Ardill 7,36461.9+33.5
Labor (NSW) Reginald O'Brien4,52438.1-8.2
Total formal votes11,88898.4+0.2
Informal votes1971.6−0.2
Turnout 12,08597.3+1.1
United Australia hold Swing +11.3

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Yass.[ edit ]
1930 New South Wales state election: Yass   [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor William Webster 5,36846.3
Nationalist George Ardill 3,29628.4
Country Thomas Collins 2,94225.3
Total formal votes11,60698.2
Informal votes2081.8
Turnout 11,81496.2
Two-party-preferred result
Nationalist George Ardill 5,87650.6
Labor William Webster 5,73049.4
Nationalist win(new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1930

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Yass.[ edit ]
1917 New South Wales state election: Yass   [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Greg McGirr 4,52457.8+7.1
Nationalist Patrick Bourke3,30842.2+9.3
Total formal votes7,83298.7+1.6
Informal votes1001.3−1.6
Turnout 7,93270.0−5.1
Labor hold Swing +7.1

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Yass.[ edit ]
1913 New South Wales state election: Yass   [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Greg McGirr 4,49850.7
Farmers and Settlers Patrick Bourke  [lower-alpha 1] 2,92132.9
Country Party Association Robert Donaldson (defeated)1,44816.3
Total formal votes8,86797.1
Informal votes2602.9
Turnout 9,12775.1
Labor hold 
Robert Donaldson was the sitting member for Wynyard which had been largely replaced by Yass.

1913 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1913 Yass state by-election § Result.[ edit ]
1913 Yass by-election
Wednesday 5 March  [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labor Greg McGirr 2,97250.3-3.2
Liberal Reform Patrick Bourke2,93149.7+3.2
Total formal votes5,903100.0+1.4
Informal votes00.0−1.4
Turnout 5,90373.8  [lower-alpha 2] +0.1
Labor hold Swing -3.2
Niels Nielsen (Labor) resigned. [13]

Elections in the 1900s

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Yass.[ edit ]
1910 New South Wales state election: Yass   [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Niels Nielsen 3,11353.5
Liberal Reform Bernard Grogan2,70546.5
Total formal votes5,81898.6
Informal votes811.4
Turnout 5,89973.7
Labour hold 

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Yass.[ edit ]
1907 New South Wales state election: Yass   [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Niels Nielsen 2,70552.4
Liberal Reform Bernard Grogan2,45347.6
Total formal votes5,15898.0
Informal votes1042.0
Turnout 5,26271.0
Labour hold 

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Yass.[ edit ]
1904 New South Wales state election: Yass   [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Niels Nielsen 2,26052.2
Liberal Reform William Affleck 2,05247.4
Progressive Bernard Grogan170.4
Total formal votes4,32998.3
Informal votes771.8
Turnout 4,40667.0
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  
Yass lost part of the electorate to Queanbeyan and was expanded to include parts of the abolished seats of Boorowa and West Macquarie. The member for Yass was William Affleck (Liberal Reform) while the member for Boorowa was Niels Nielsen (Labour). The member for West Macquarie was Paddy Crick (Progressive) who successfully contested Blayney.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Yass.[ edit ]
1901 New South Wales state election: Yass   [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Reform William Affleck 87552.3+5.8
Progressive Bernard Grogan79947.7+4.3
Total formal votes1,674100.0+1.2
Informal votes00.0−1.2
Turnout 1,67475.5+12.1
Liberal Reform hold 

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Yass.[ edit ]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Yass   [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade William Affleck 59946.5
National Federal Bernard Grogan56043.4
Independent Federalist George Harrison13010.1
Total formal votes1,28998.8
Informal votes161.2
Turnout 1,30563.4
Free Trade hold 

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Yass.[ edit ]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Yass   [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade William Affleck 63154.8
Protectionist Thomas Colls 52045.2
Total formal votes1,15199.1
Informal votes111.0
Turnout 1,16265.1
Free Trade hold 

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Yass.[ edit ]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Yass   [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Free Trade William Affleck 51639.8
Protectionist Thomas Colls 44033.9
Ind. Protectionist Argyle McCallum34226.4
Total formal votes1,29899.2
Informal votes100.8
Turnout 1,30872.4
Free Trade gain from Protectionist  
Yass Plains was renamed Yass. Thomas Colls (Protectionist) was the sitting member for Yass Plains.

Notes

  1. ↑ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
  2. ↑ Estimate based on a roll of 8,001 at the 1910 election. [14]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 15 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Green, Antony. "1947 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ↑ Green, Antony. "1944 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony. "1941 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ↑ Green, Antony. "1938 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony. "1935 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony. "1932 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony. "1930 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  11. ↑ Green, Antony. "1917 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  12. ↑ Green, Antony. "1913 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  13. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1913 results Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  14. 1 2 Green, Antony. "1910 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  15. ↑ Green, Antony. "1907 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  16. ↑ Green, Antony. "1904 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  17. ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  18. ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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  20. ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Yass". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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