Electoral results for the district of Annandale
Members
First incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
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Election | Member | Party | |
1894 | William Mahony | Free Trade | |
1895 | |||
1898 | |||
1901 | Liberal Reform | ||
1904 | |||
1907 | |||
1910 | Albert Bruntnell | Liberal Reform | |
1913 | Arthur Griffith | Labor | |
1917 | William O'Brien | Labor | |
Second incarnation (1927–1950) | |||
1927 | Robert Stuart-Robertson | Labor | |
1930 | |||
1931 by | |||
1932 | Labor (NSW)
| ||
1933 by | Bob Gorman | Labor (NSW)
| |
1935 | |||
1938 | Labor / Labor (N-C) | ||
1941 | Labor | ||
1944 | |||
1947 |
Elections in the 1940s
1947
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Gorman | 11,336 | 57.4 | +1.2 | |
Lang Labor | George Stanley | 8,426 | 42.6 | +6.1 | |
Total formal votes | 19,762 | 95.5 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 937 | 4.5 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 20,699 | 94.8 | +3.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
Sitting Labor MP Bob Gorman was returned with an increased majority[4] defeating Lang Labor candidate George Stanley, a first time candidate who never stood again.[5]
1944
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Gorman | 10,089 | 56.2 | -19.5 | |
Lang Labor | Ross Pryor | 6,558 | 36.5 | +36.5 | |
Independent | Arthur Hagen | 1,322 | 7.4 | +7.4 | |
Total formal votes | 17,969 | 94.7 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 1,010 | 5.3 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 18,979 | 91.8 | +1.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Sitting Labor MP Bob Gorman was returned with a significantly reduced majority[6] defeating Lang Labor candidate Ross Pryor and Independent Arthur Hagen two first time candidates who never stood again.[7][8]
1941
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Bob Gorman | 13,018 | 75.7 | ||
Independent | Stanley Moran | 2,244 | 13.1 | ||
New Social Order | Harry Blackwell | 1,926 | 11.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,188 | 94.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,036 | 5.7 | |||
Turnout | 18,224 | 90.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Sitting Labor MP Bob Gorman was returned with an increased majority[9] defeating Independent candidate Stanley Moran who stood as a Communist in the 1932 election in the seat of Glebe [10] and first time New Social Order candidate Harry Blackwell who never stood again.[11]
Elections in the 1930s
1938
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bob Gorman | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1935
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW)
|
Bob Gorman | 11,075 | 71.4 | +8.3 | |
Federal Labor | John Keegan | 4,431 | 28.6 | +22.4 | |
Total formal votes | 15,506 | 95.3 | -1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 767 | 4.7 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 16,273 | 95.5 | -0.1 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold
|
Swing | N/A |
Sitting State Labor MP Bob Gorman was returned with an increased majority[13] defeating John Keegan who stood as the Federal Labor candidate in the 1932 election in the seat of Georges River.[14]
1933 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW)
|
Bob Gorman | 9,517 | 66.34 | ||
Federal Labor | Percival McDonald | 3,819 | 26.62 | ||
Unificationist | Harry Cotter | 543 | 3.79 | ||
Communist | Thomas Wright | 466 | 3.25 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,345 | 95.30 | |||
Informal votes | 708 | 4.70 | |||
Turnout | 15,053 | 86.96 | |||
Labor (NSW) hold
|
Swing |
1932
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW)
|
Robert Stuart-Robertson | 9,937 | 63.1 | -14.4 | |
United Australia | Leo Bolsdon | 4,614 | 29.3 | +9.1 | |
Federal Labor | Percival McDonald | 977 | 6.2 | +6.2 | |
Communist | Robert Brechin | 175 | 1.1 | -1.2 | |
Independent | Harry Meatheringham | 22 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Independent | Christopher Hade | 13 | 0.1 | +0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 15,738 | 97.0 | -0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 484 | 3.0 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 16,222 | 95.6 | +1.7 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold
|
Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
In 1931, the New South Wales Labor Party split from Federal Labor to form the
1931 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert Stuart-Robertson (re-elected) | 8,864 | 68.44 | ||
Independent | Martha Simpson | 3,237 | 24.99 | ||
Independent | Harry David Meatheringham | 428 | 3.30 | ||
Communist | William John Morrison | 423 | 3.27 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,952 | 93.28 | |||
Informal votes | 933 | 6.72 | |||
Turnout | 13,885 | 80.34 [a] | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1930
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert Stuart-Robertson | 12,246 | 77.5 | ||
Nationalist | Osterley Thompson | 3,194 | 20.2 | ||
Communist | Mary Lamm | 362 | 2.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,802 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 383 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 16,185 | 93.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Sitting Labor MP Robert Stuart-Robertson was returned with a significant increased majority,[22] defeating Nationalist Osterley Thompson and Communist Mary Lamm, two first time candidates who never stood again.[23][24]
Elections in the 1920s
1927
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Robert Stuart-Robertson | 6,934 | 56.0 | ||
Nationalist | Edward Hogan | 5,454 | 44.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,388 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 120 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 12,508 | 82.7 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
Sitting Labor MP for Balmain Robert Stuart-Robertson defeated Nationalist Edward Hogan,[25] a first time candidate who did not stand again.[26]
1920 - 1927
District abolished
Elections in the 1910s
1917
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William O'Brien | 3,762 | 51.0 | -3.0 | |
Independent Labor | Arthur Griffith | 3,608 | 49.0 | +49.0 | |
Total formal votes | 7,370 | 99.0 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 77 | 1.0 | -0.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,447 | 64.7 | -9.2 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -3.0 |
Sitting MP and senior cabinet minister on the Holman government
1913
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Arthur Griffith | 4,741 | 54.0 | ||
Liberal Reform | Albert Bruntnell | 3,935 | 44.8 | ||
Independent | John Strachan | 101 | 1.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,777 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 161 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 8,938 | 73.9 | |||
Labor gain from Liberal Reform |
This was Strachan's second attempt at running for office. He previously stood as an independent in the 1898 election in the seat of Sydney-Lang.[31] Sitting Liberal Reform MP Albert Bruntnell was defeated by the sitting Labor MP for Sturt, Arthur Griffith.[30]
1910
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | Albert Bruntnell | 4,321 | 51.2 | ||
Labour | George Davidson | 4,121 | 48.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,442 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 157 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 8,599 | 72.5 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
The 6-term sitting Liberal Reform MP William Mahony retired and did not contest this election.[32] Former Liberal Reform MP for Surry Hills Albert Bruntnell, who ran for the seat of Alexandria in 1907 and lost,[33] defeated Labor's George Davidson, a first time candidate who did not stand again.[34]
Elections in the 1900s
1907
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Mahony | 3,567 | 54.9 | ||
Independent | Isaiah Cohen | 2,933 | 45.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,500 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 200 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 6,700 | 69.2 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
This was Cohen's third and final attempt to win the seat of Annandale, this time standing as an Independent.[36] Sitting Liberal Reform MP William Mahony was returned, for the fifth and final time, with a reduced majority.[35]
1904
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Mahony | 2,815 | 60.7 | ||
Progressive | James Robertson | 1,826 | 39.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,641 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 45 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,686 | 57.0 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
This was Robertson's first and only attempt at state office.[38] Sitting Liberal Reform MP William Mahony was returned with an increased majority, achieving over 60 percent of the vote for the first time.[37]
1901
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | William Mahony | 1,186 | 52.1 | -0.5 | |
Progressive | Isaiah Cohen | 1,076 | 47.3 | 0.2 | |
Independent | Richard Kimber | 14 | 0.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,276 | 99.5 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 14 | 0.5 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 2,290 | 61.2 | -1.3 | ||
Liberal Reform hold |
This was Kimber's first and only attempt at state office,[14] and was Cohen's second of three attempts to win the seat of Annandale.[36] Sitting MP William Mahony, from the newly formed Liberal Reform Party was returned with a slightly reduced majority. The results were subject re-count by the Elections and Qualifications Committee.[39]
Elections in the 1890s
1898
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Mahony | 901 | 52.7 | ||
National Federal | Isaiah Cohen | 810 | 47.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,711 | 99.7 | |||
Informal votes | 5 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,716 | 62.5 | |||
Free Trade hold |
This was Cohen's first of three attempts to win the seat of Annandale.[36] Sitting Free Trade MP William Mahony was returned with a reduced majority.[40]
1895
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Mahony | 783 | 58.3 | +23.0 | |
Protectionist | John Maxwell | 411 | 30.6 | +16.7 | |
Labour | John Skelton | 146 | 10.9 | -17.4 | |
Ind. Free Trade | William Williams | 4 | 0.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,344 | 98.9 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 15 | 1.1 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,359 | 61.8 | -21.9 | ||
Free Trade hold |
This was Skelton's second attempt at colonial office,[42] and Maxwell's and Williams' first.[43][44] All three unsuccessful candidates never stood for election again. Sitting Free Trade MP William Mahony was returned with an increased and absolute majority.[41]
1894
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | William Mahony | 657 | 35.3 | ||
Labour | Alexander Duncan | 527 | 28.3 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Thomas Larkin | 271 | 14.6 | ||
Protectionist | John Young | 259 | 13.9 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | William Pritchard | 149 | 8.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,863 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 17 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,880 | 83.7 | |||
Free Trade win | (new seat) |
No sitting MPs contested in this election however this was Young's fifth,
Notes
- ^ Estimate based on a roll of 17,245 at the 1930 election.[22]
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