Electoral results for the district of Botany
Election results for Botany, New South Wales, Australia
Botany, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1950.[1][2][3]
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1894 | William Stephen | Ind. Free Trade | |||||||||||||
1895 | John Dacey | Labour | |||||||||||||
1898 | |||||||||||||||
1901 | |||||||||||||||
1904 | Rowland Anderson | Liberal Reform | |||||||||||||
1907 | Fred Page | Labour | |||||||||||||
1910 | |||||||||||||||
1913 | Independent Labor | ||||||||||||||
1917 | Thomas Mutch | Labor | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | Member | Party | |||||
1920 | Simon Hickey | Labor | Frank Burke | Labor | William McKell | Labor | John Lee | Nationalist | |||||||
1922 | Bill Ratcliffe | Labor | |||||||||||||
1925 | |||||||||||||||
1927 | Independent Labor | ||||||||||||||
1930 | Robert Heffron | Labor | |||||||||||||
1932 | |||||||||||||||
1935 | |||||||||||||||
1938 | Industrial Labor | ||||||||||||||
1941 | 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 § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Heffron | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1944
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Heffron | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1941
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Heffron | 14,312 | 76.0 | ||
Independent Labor | Addison Brittain | 4,526 | 24.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,838 | 94.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,129 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 19,967 | 92.3 | |||
Member changed to Labor from Industrial Labor |
Elections in the 1930s
1938
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Industrial Labor | Bob Heffron | 13,865 | 60.3 | ||
Labor | Francis Kelly | 9,118 | 39.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,983 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,150 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 24,133 | 96.8 | |||
Member changed to Industrial Labor from Labor | Swing | N/A |
1935
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor (NSW) | Bob Heffron | unopposed | |||
Labor (NSW) hold |
1932
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor (NSW) | Bob Heffron | 11,023 | 54.3 | -9.2 | |
United Australia | Trevor Levy | 6,084 | 30.0 | +30.0 | |
Federal Labor | Frederick Kerr | 3,013 | 14.8 | +14.9 | |
Communist | Basil Williams | 175 | 0.9 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 20,295 | 98.2 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 361 | 1.8 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 20,656 | 96.8 | +1.6 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Heffron | 12,230 | 63.5 | ||
Independent Labor | Thomas Mutch (defeated) | 6,862 | 35.6 | ||
Communist | Frank Warner | 167 | 0.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,259 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 469 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 19,728 | 95.2 | |||
Labor gain from Independent Labor | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
1927
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Labor | Thomas Mutch | 6,281 | 51.0 | ||
Labor | Bob Heffron | 5,661 | 46.0 | ||
Nationalist | Benjamin Blackburn | 374 | 3.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,316 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 114 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 12,430 | 88.7 | |||
Independent Labor win | (new seat) |
1925
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 7,919 | ||||
Labor | Thomas Mutch (elected 1) | 10,146 | 21.4 | +6.4 | |
Labor | William McKell (elected 3) | 8,523 | 17.9 | +4.1 | |
Labor | Bill Ratcliffe (elected 4) | 5,726 | 12.1 | -0.9 | |
Labor | William Long | 4,284 | 9.0 | +9.0 | |
Labor | Frank Burke (elected 5) | 4,017 | 8.5 | -2.0 | |
Nationalist | John Lee (elected 2) | 10,098 | 21.2 | +0.3 | |
Nationalist | David Alexander | 665 | 1.4 | -1.6 | |
Nationalist | William Herford | 108 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Nationalist | James Sinclair | 99 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Nationalist | Stephen Turner | 46 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent Labor | Peter Gallagher | 3,034 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Protestant Labor | Walter Bateman | 370 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Communist | Henry Denford | 147 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Communist | Nellie Rickie | 111 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Arthur Strange-Mure | 76 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority Labor | Carl Liebau | 63 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 47,513 | 95.6 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 2,210 | 4.4 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 49,723 | 69.2 | +0.6 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 32,696 | 68.8 | +7.0 | ||
Nationalist | 11,016 | 23.2 | -6.5 | ||
Independent Labor | 3,034 | 6.4 | +6.4 | ||
Protestant Labor | 370 | 0.8 | +0.8 | ||
Communist | 258 | 0.5 | +0.5 | ||
Independent | Arthur Strange-Mure | 76 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Majority Labor | 63 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
1922
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Thomas Mutch (elected 4) | 6,733 | 15.0 | -5.3 | |
Labor | William McKell (elected 5) | 6,176 | 13.8 | -1.6 | |
Labor | Bill Ratcliffe (elected 3) | 5,816 | 13.0 | +8.3 | |
Labor | Frank Burke (elected 2) | 4,722 | 10.5 | -5.9 | |
Labor | Simon Hickey (defeated) | 4,239 | 9.5 | -0.6 | |
Nationalist | John Lee (elected 1) | 9,365 | 20.9 | +5.1 | |
Nationalist | David Alexander | 1,362 | 3.0 | +3.0 | |
Nationalist | William Pritchard | 1,269 | 2.8 | +2.8 | |
Nationalist | William Wassall | 756 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Nationalist | Albert Dunning | 532 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Democratic | Daniel McGrath | 3,041 | 6.8 | +6.8 | |
Independent | Fred Page | 523 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Independent | George Overhill | 117 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Industrial Labor | William Wallace | 71 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Independent | Patrick Mulheron | 63 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 44,785 | 95.0 | +10.5 | ||
Informal votes | 2,377 | 5.0 | −10.5 | ||
Turnout | 47,162 | 68.6 | +16.8 | ||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 27,686 | 61.8 | -5.2 | ||
Nationalist | 13,284 | 29.7 | +9.9 | ||
Democratic | 3,041 | 6.8 | -0.8 | ||
Independent | Fred Page | 523 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Independent | George Overhill | 117 | 0.3 | +0.3 | |
Industrial Labor | 71 | 0.2 | +0.2 | ||
Independent | Patrick Mulheron | 63 | 0.1 | +0.1 |
1920
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Quota | 4,749 | ||||
Labor | Thomas Mutch (elected 1) | 5,781 | 20.3 | ||
Labor | Frank Burke (elected 2) | 4,685 | 16.4 | ||
Labor | William McKell (elected 3) | 4,379 | 15.4 | ||
Labor | Simon Hickey (elected 5) | 2,883 | 10.1 | ||
Labor | Bill Ratcliffe | 1,351 | 4.7 | ||
Nationalist | John Lee (elected 4) | 4,499 | 15.8 | ||
Nationalist | James Morrish | 1,132 | 4.0 | ||
Democratic | Edward Connell | 2,179 | 7.7 | ||
Progressive | Philip Strange-Mure | 319 | 1.1 | ||
Progressive | Charles Coghlan | 183 | 0.6 | ||
Socialist Labor | Annie Toohey | 173 | 0.6 | ||
Socialist Labor | Timothy McCristal | 123 | 0.4 | ||
Socialist Labor | Henry Denford | 53 | 0.2 | ||
Socialist Labor | John Jamieson | 44 | 0.2 | ||
Independent | Stanley McGowen | 339 | 1.2 | ||
Soldiers & Citizens | Charles Banks | 255 | 0.9 | ||
Soldiers & Citizens | Christopher Evers | 60 | 0.2 | ||
Independent | Patrick Quinn | 33 | 0.1 | ||
Independent | George Crowley | 19 | 0.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 28,490 | 84.5 | |||
Informal votes | 5,215 | 15.5 | |||
Turnout | 33,705 | 51.8 | |||
Party total votes | |||||
Labor | 19,079 | 67.0 | |||
Nationalist | 5,631 | 19.8 | |||
Democratic | 2,179 | 7.7 | |||
Progressive | 502 | 1.8 | |||
Socialist Labor | 393 | 1.4 | |||
Independent | Stanley McGowen | 339 | 1.2 | ||
Soldiers & Citizens | 315 | 1.1 | |||
Independent | Patrick Quinn | 33 | 0.1 | ||
Independent | George Crowley | 19 | 0.1 |
Elections in the 1910s
1917
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Thomas Mutch | 5,333 | 57.9 | +18.1 | |
Independent Labor | Fred Page | 3,882 | 42.1 | -18.1 | |
Total formal votes | 9,215 | 99.1 | +1.3 | ||
Informal votes | 80 | 0.9 | −1.3 | ||
Turnout | 9,295 | 63.2 | −1.0 | ||
Labor gain from Independent Labor | Swing | +18.1 |
1913
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Labor | Fred Page | 4,559 | 60.2 | ||
Labor | David Johnstone | 3,019 | 39.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,578 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 170 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 7,748 | 64.2 | |||
Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor |
1910
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fred Page | 4,547 | 64.0 | ||
Liberal Reform | George Howe | 2,558 | 36.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,105 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 82 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 7,187 | 68.6 | |||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1900s
1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Fred Page | 3,420 | 53.2 | +14.3 | |
Liberal Reform | Isaac Spackman | 2,958 | 46.0 | +5.9 | |
Independent | William Cox | 55 | 0.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,433 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 212 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,645 | 72.2 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Reform | Swing | +4.2 |
1904
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Rowland Anderson | 2,224 | 40.1 | ||
Labour | George Clark | 2,154 | 38.8 | ||
Independent | Isaac Spackman | 945 | 17.0 | ||
Progressive | Patrick Craddock | 224 | 4.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,547 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 57 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,604 | 67.1 | |||
Liberal Reform gain from Labour |
1901
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Dacey | 1,236 | 54.6 | +23.1 | |
Liberal Reform | William Stephen | 1,027 | 45.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,263 | 99.0 | − | ||
Informal votes | 23 | 1.0 | − | ||
Turnout | 2,286 | 73.3 | +5.8 | ||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1890s
1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Dacey | 568 | 31.5 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | William Stephen | 521 | 28.9 | ||
National Federal | Charles Swinbourne | 465 | 25.8 | ||
Independent Federalist | James Macfadyen | 206 | 11.4 | ||
Independent Federalist | William Wall | 42 | 2.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,802 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 19 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,821 | 67.5 | |||
Labour hold |
1895
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | John Dacey | 610 | 43.4 | ||
Free Trade | William Stephen | 607 | 43.1 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | James Macfadyen | 190 | 13.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,407 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 14 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,421 | 71.0 | |||
Labour gain from Ind. Free Trade |
1894
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Botany.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Free Trade | William Stephen | 632 | 37.9 | ||
Labour | John Dacey | 611 | 36.6 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | James Macfadyen | 295 | 17.7 | ||
Protectionist | Francis Luland | 130 | 7.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,668 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 26 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,694 | 83.4 | |||
Ind. Free Trade win | (new seat) |
References
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1938 Botany". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1935 Botany". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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