Electoral results for the district of Petersham
Election results for Petersham, New South Wales, Australia
Petersham, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1930 to 1941.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1894 | Llewellyn Jones | Ind. Free Trade | |
1895 | Free Trade | ||
1898 | John Cohen | Protectionist | |
1901 | Liberal Reform | ||
1904 | |||
1907 | |||
1910 | |||
1913 | |||
1917 | Nationalist | ||
1919 by | Sydney Shillington | Nationalist | |
Election | Member | Party | |
1930 | Joe Lamaro | Labor | |
1932 | Eric Solomon | United Australia | |
1935 | |||
1938 |
Election results
Elections in the 1930s
1938
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | Eric Solomon | 9,033 | 50.5 | +1.4 | |
Labor | Bill Sheahan | 8,861 | 49.5 | +4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 17,894 | 98.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 307 | 1.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 18,201 | 97.1 | +1.2 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | -1.3 |
1935
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | Eric Solomon | 8,701 | 49.1 | -0.3 | |
Labor (NSW) | Bill Sheahan | 7,995 | 45.1 | +1.8 | |
Federal Labor | Patrick Colbourne | 749 | 4.2 | -2.9 | |
Independent | Jervis Blackman | 286 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 17,731 | 98.1 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 341 | 1.9 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 18,072 | 95.9 | −0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Eric Solomon | 9,178 | 51.8 | -1.7 | |
Labor (NSW) | Patrick Colbourne | 8,553 | 48.2 | +1.7 | |
United Australia hold | Swing | -1.7 |
1932
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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United Australia | Eric Solomon | 8,499 | 49.4 | +11.7 | |
Labor (NSW) | Joe Lamaro | 7,453 | 43.3 | -18.1 | |
Federal Labor | Patrick Colbourne | 1,221 | 7.1 | +7.1 | |
Independent | Edgar Vale | 30 | 0.2 | +0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 17,203 | 98.6 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 250 | 1.4 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 17,453 | 96.1 | +2.6 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Eric Solomon | 9,213 | 53.5 | ||
Labor (NSW) | Joe Lamaro | 7,990 | 46.5 | ||
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | N/A |
1930
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Joe Lamaro | 10,365 | 61.4 | ||
Nationalist | Henry Morton | 6,367 | 37.7 | ||
Communist | Annie Ford | 138 | 0.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,870 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 335 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 17,205 | 93.5 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
District re-created
1920 - 1930
District abolished District abolished
Elections in the 1910s
1919 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1919 Petersham state by-election § Result.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Sydney Shillington | 2,633 | 51.0 | -10.6 | |
Labor | Barney Olde | 2,377 | 46.1 | +14.8 | |
Independent | Donald Croal | 150 | 2.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,160 | 99.3 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 35 | 0.7 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 5,195 | 45.6 [a] | −18.0 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A |
1917
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | John Cohen | 4,441 | 61.7 | -38.3 | |
Labor | James Bourke | 2,253 | 31.3 | +31.3 | |
Independent | John Lucas | 507 | 7.0 | +7.0 | |
Total formal votes | 7,201 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 49 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 7,250 | 63.6 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing | -38.3 |
1913
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | John Cohen | unopposed | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1910
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | John Cohen | 4,911 | 63.1 | ||
Labour | Adamson Dawson | 2,866 | 36.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,777 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 82 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,859 | 71.7 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Elections in the 1900s
1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | John Cohen | 4,398 | 79.2 | ||
Labour | John Kohen | 1,082 | 19.5 | ||
Independent | William Pickup | 73 | 1.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,553 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 90 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 5,643 | 62.6 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1904
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | John Cohen | 2,940 | 60.6 | ||
Independent Liberal | Henry Davis | 1,897 | 39.1 | ||
Progressive | Adam Pringle | 13 | 0.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,850 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 41 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,891 | 56.8 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1901
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Petersham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | John Cohen | 1,436 | 58.6 | +21.7 | |
Independent Liberal | Joseph Cockbaine | 950 | 38.8 | ||
Independent | William Richardson | 64 | 2.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,450 | 99.3 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 18 | 0.7 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 2,468 | 65.6 | −2.8 | ||
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Progressive |
Elections in the 1890s
1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Petersham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Federal | John Cohen | 674 | 37.0 | ||
Free Trade | Llewellyn Jones | 626 | 34.3 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Percy Hordern | 524 | 28.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,824 | 99.8 | |||
Informal votes | 3 | 0.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,827 | 68.4 | |||
National Federal gain from Free Trade |
1895
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Petersham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Llewellyn Jones | 643 | 49.5 | ||
Labour | Percy Hordern | 371 | 28.5 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Cornelius Danahey | 279 | 21.5 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | George Wallace | 7 | 0.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,300 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 11 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,311 | 61.5 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1894
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Petersham.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Free Trade | Llewellyn Jones | 627 | 34.4 | ||
Free Trade | Benjamin Short | 386 | 21.2 | ||
Labour | William Webster | 342 | 18.8 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Cornelius Danahey | 258 | 14.2 | ||
Protectionist | William Robson | 174 | 9.6 | ||
Independent | John Gelding | 16 | 0.9 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | George Withers | 11 | 0.6 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | John Bell | 7 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,821 | 99.7 | |||
Informal votes | 6 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,827 | 83.9 | |||
Ind. Free Trade win | (new seat) |
Notes
- ^ Estimate based on a roll of 11,404 at the 1917 election.[9]
References
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- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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- ^ Green, Antony. "1935 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1932 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1930 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1919 Petersham by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1917 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1913 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1907 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
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