Electoral results for the district of Hartley (New South Wales)

Hartley, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1859 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1968.

Election	Member		Party
1859		Henry Rotton	None
1860
1864		John Lucas	None
1869		James Neale	None
1872		Thomas Brown	None
1874
1876 by		John Hurley	None
1877
1880		Robert Abbott	None
1882		Walter Targett	None
1885
1887		John Hurley	Free Trade
1889
1890 by				Member		Party
1891		Joseph Cook	Labour		George Donald	Free Trade
1894			Independent Labour
1894 by			Free Trade
1895
1898
1901		John Hurley	Independent
1904			Liberal Reform
1907		James Dooley	Labor
1910
1913
1917
Election	Member		Party
1927		Hamilton Knight	Labor
1930
1932			Labor (NSW)
1935
1938			Labor
1941
1944
1947
1947 by		Jim Chalmers	Labor
1950
1953			Independent Labor
1956		Jim Robson	Labor
1959
1962
1965		Harold Coates	Independent

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1965 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Robson	8,228	47.4	−1.5
	Independent	Harold Coates	7,984	46.0	−1.5
	Democratic Labor	Laurence Breen	1,151	6.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			17,363	98.7	0.0
Informal votes			224	1.3	0.0
Turnout			17,587	95.8	−0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Harold Coates	8,933	51.4	+2.1
	Labor	Jim Robson	8,430	48.6	−2.1
	Independent gain from Labor		Swing	+2.1

1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1962 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Robson	8,778	48.9	−39.0
	Independent	Harold Coates	8,530	47.5	+47.5
	Communist	Peter Carroll	658	3.7	−8.4
Total formal votes			17,966	98.7
Informal votes			227	1.3
Turnout			18,193	96.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Robson	9,100	50.7	−37.2
	Independent	Harold Coates	8,866	49.3	+49.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1950s

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1959 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Robson	13,963	87.9
	Communist	Peter Carroll	1,931	12.1
Total formal votes			15,894	92.0
Informal votes			1,378	8.0
Turnout			17,272	94.9
	Labor hold		Swing

1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1956 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Robson	7,595	44.7	+13.0
	Independent Labor	William Black	7,539	44.3	−12.9
	Communist	John King	825	4.9	−6.2
	Independent	Neville Weekes	545	3.2	+3.2
	Independent	Leslie Cant	498	2.9	+2.9
Total formal votes			17,002	96.0	−0.5
Informal votes			709	4.0	+0.5
Turnout			17,711	95.4	+0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Robson	8,567	50.4	+14.0
	Independent Labor	William Black	8,435	49.6	−14.0
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing	+14.0

The sitting member for Hartley, Jim Chalmers (Independent Labor), unsuccessfully contested Nepean.

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1953 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Jim Chalmers	9,815	57.2
	Labor	James Punch	5,443	31.7
	Communist	John King	1,901	11.1
Total formal votes			17,159	96.5
Informal votes			625	3.5
Turnout			17,784	95.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent Labor	Jim Chalmers	10,765	62.7
	Labor	James Punch	6,394	37.3
	Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor		Swing	N/A

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1950 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Chalmers	9,187	67.1
	Liberal	James Cripps	3,371	24.6
	Communist	John King	1,142	8.3
Total formal votes			13,700	98.7
Informal votes			173	1.3
Turnout			13,873	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jim Chalmers		74.1
	Liberal	James Cripps		25.9
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1947 Hartley state by-election § Result.[edit]

1947 Hartley by-election
Saturday 13 December 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Chalmers	7,489	53.26
	Liberal	Harold Coates	5,071	36.07
	Industrial Labor	William Alexander	1,500	10.67
Total formal votes			14,060	98.38
Informal votes			231	1.62
Turnout			14,291	88.10
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Hamilton Knight (Labor) resigned to accept an appointment as a Commissioner in the Commonwealth Industrial Commission.

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1947 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hamilton Knight	12,551	84.7	-15.3
	Communist	John King	2,263	15.3	+15.3
Total formal votes			14,814	94.9
Informal votes			800	5.1
Turnout			15,614	94.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1944 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hamilton Knight	unopposed
	Labor hold

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1941 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hamilton Knight	11,437	83.3
	State Labor	James Starling	2,298	16.7
Total formal votes			13,735	96.4
Informal votes			512	3.6
Turnout			14,247	94.6
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1938 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hamilton Knight	unopposed
	Labor hold

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1935 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Hamilton Knight	8,772	88.2	+26.0
	Communist	Robert Cram	1,169	11.8	+9.4
Total formal votes			9,941	89.5	−9.2
Informal votes			1,168	10.5	+9.2
Turnout			11,109	98.0	+0.6
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1932 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Hamilton Knight	7,080	62.2	-18.8
	United Australia	Horace Bracey	2,440	21.4	+5.7
	Independent Labor	James Dooley	1,585	13.9	+13.9
	Communist	Patrick Walsh	275	2.4	-0.9
Total formal votes			11,380	98.7	+0.3
Informal votes			144	1.3	−0.3
Turnout			11,524	97.4	+2.1
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.
• Horace Bracey was jointly endorsed by the UAP and Country party.

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1930 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hamilton Knight	9,797	81.0
	Nationalist	Alfred Samuels	1,904	15.7
	Communist	Alfred Airey	400	3.3
Total formal votes			12,101	98.4
Informal votes			201	1.6
Turnout			12,302	95.3
	Labor hold		Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1927 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Hamilton Knight	7,582	57.5
	Nationalist	Crawford Vaughan	5,603	42.5
Total formal votes			13,185	99.2
Informal votes			112	0.8
Turnout			13,297	82.9
	Labor win		(new seat)

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Dooley	4,970	52.0	-3.3
	Nationalist	James Ryan	4,582	48.0	+3.3
Total formal votes			9,552	98.7	+1.5
Informal votes			126	1.3	−1.5
Turnout			9,678	67.5	−3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.3

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1913 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Dooley	4,643	55.3
	Liberal Reform	James Charlton	3,759	44.7
Total formal votes			8,402	97.2
Informal votes			241	2.8
Turnout			8,643	71.4
	Labor hold

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1910 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dooley	5,646	65.7
	Liberal Reform	Sydney Innes-Noad	2,993	34.6
Total formal votes			8,639	98.0
Informal votes			177	2.0
Turnout			8,816	67.9
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1907 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Dooley	2,967	50.2
	Liberal Reform	John Hurley	2,947	49.8
Total formal votes			5,914	96.1
Informal votes			241	3.9
Turnout			6,155	59.9
	Labour gain from Liberal Reform

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1904 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	John Hurley	2,498	58.0
	Labour	Robert Pillans	1,812	42.0
Total formal votes			4,310	99.2
Informal votes			36	0.8
Turnout			0	0.0
	Member changed to Liberal Reform from Independent

Hartley lost part of the district to Blayney and Wollondilly and was expanded with parts of The Macquarie, Northumberland, and the abolished seat of Rylstone. The member for Hartley was John Hurley (independent) who stood as a Liberal Reform candidate. The member for The Macquarie was his brother William Hurley (Progressive), who was appointed to the Legislative Council. The member for Rylstone was John Fitzpatrick who unsuccessfully contested Northumberland. The member for Northumberland was John Norton (Independent) who successfully contested Surry Hills.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Hartley.[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John Hurley	518	32.9
	Labour	Robert Pillans	502	31.9
	Liberal Reform	Harry Goyder	472	30.0	-40.4
	Independent	John Tabrett	41	2.6
	Progressive	Henry Brierley	40	2.5	-27.1
Total formal votes			1,573	99.6	+0.9
Informal votes			7	0.4	−0.9
Turnout			1,580	67.8	15.4
	Independent gain from Liberal Reform

The sitting member was Joseph Cook (Liberal Reform) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Parramatta.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Joseph Cook	788	70.4
	National Federal	John Tabrett	332	29.6
Total formal votes			1,120	98.7
Informal votes			15	1.3
Turnout			1,135	52.4
	Free Trade hold

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Joseph Cook	822	65.5
	Protectionist	William Sandford	412	32.8
	Independent	James Dickie	22	1.8
Total formal votes			1,256	98.7
Informal votes			16	1.3
Turnout			1,272	63.9
	Free Trade hold

1894 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1894 Hartley colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1894 Hartley by-election
Tuesday 14 August 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Joseph Cook (re-elected)	942	83.8
	Labour	James Thomson	182	16.2
Total formal votes			1,124	99.5
Informal votes			6	0.5
Turnout			1,130	55.6
	Member changed to Free Trade from Independent Labour

Joseph Cook was appointed Postmaster General in the Reid ministry (Free Trade).

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Joseph Cook	723	47.0
	Ind. Free Trade	John Hurley	474	30.8
	Protectionist	William Richardson	194	12.6
	Ind. Free Trade	George Donald	130	8.5
	Labour	John Henry	17	1.1
Total formal votes			1,538	98.6
Informal votes			22	1.4
Turnout			1,560	76.8
	Independent Labour win		(previously 2 members)

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Saturday 20 June 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Cook (elected 1)	1,049	31.5
	Free Trade	George Donald (elected 2)	699	21.0
	Free Trade	John Hurley	614	18.5
	Protectionist	Evan Jones	485	14.6
	Free Trade	Charles Passmore	231	6.9
	Free Trade	John Tabrett	153	4.6
	Independent	Thomas Richardson	97	2.9
Total formal votes			3,328	99.3
Informal votes			22	0.7
Turnout			1,822	60.3
	Labour win 1		(1 new seat)
	Free Trade hold 1

Elections in the 1880s

1890 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1890 Hartley colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1890 Hartley by-election
Saturday 26 July 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	John Hurley (re-elected)	903	59.8
	Protectionist	John Norton	608	40.2
Total formal votes			1,511	98.6
Informal votes			22	1.4
Turnout			1,533	54.2
	Free Trade hold

John Hurley (Free Trade) resigned due to bankruptcy.

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Saturday 9 February 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	John Hurley (elected)	707	48.9
	Protectionist	J P T Caulfield	537	37.1
	Protectionist	Richard Inch	203	14.0
Total formal votes			1,447	98.0
Informal votes			29	2.0
Turnout			1,476	61.5
	Free Trade hold

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Saturday 12 February 

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	John Hurley (elected)	619	44.8
	Ind. Protectionist	Richard Inch	333	24.1
	Protectionist	John Young	245	17.7
	Protectionist	Brisbane Doyle	184	13.3
Total formal votes			1,381	97.9
Informal votes			30	2.1
Turnout			1,411	64.1

The sitting member Walter Targett unsuccessfully contested The Hastings and Manning.

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Friday 16 October 

Candidate		Votes	%
Walter Targett (re-elected)		591	52.5
Brisbane Doyle		535	47.5
Total formal votes		1,126	98.1
Informal votes		22	1.9
Turnout		1,148	57.3

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Thursday 14 December 

Candidate		Votes	%
Walter Targett (elected)		298	28.4
Charles Passmore		293	28.0
John Shepherd		195	18.6
George Lloyd		174	16.6
John Hughes		88	8.4
Total formal votes		1,048	97.7
Informal votes		25	2.3
Turnout		1,087	54.0

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Friday 26 November 

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Abbott (elected)		396	44.0
John Hurley (defeated)		361	40.1
Walter Targett		143	15.9
Total formal votes		900	96.6
Informal votes		32	3.4
Turnout		932	55.6

Elections in the 1870s

1877

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Thursday 1 November 

Candidate		Votes	%
John Hurley (re-elected)		695	57.8
Patrick Higgins		508	42.2
Total formal votes		1,203	97.8
Informal votes		27	2.2
Turnout		1,230	63.0

1876 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1876 Hartley colonial by-election § Result.[edit]

1876 Hartley by-election
Friday 21 April 

Candidate		Votes	%
John Hurley (elected)		339	52.1
James Neale		722	45.2
Total formal votes		651	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		651	37.4

The Committee of Elections and Qualifications found that Thomas Brown had an office of profit under the crown and declared that his seat was vacant.

1874

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Monday 21 December 1874 

Candidate		Votes	%
Thomas Brown (re-elected)		unopposed

1872

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Wednesday 6 March 

Candidate		Votes	%
Thomas Brown (elected)		434	47.8
Morris Asher		225	24.8
James Byrnes		187	20.6
John Garsed		47	5.2
E N Emmett		10	1.1
Joseph Johnson		4	0.4
John Ardill		1	0.1
Total formal votes		908	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		933	45.0

Elections in the 1860s

1869

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Thursday 23 December 1869 

Candidate		Votes	%
James Neale (elected)		628	77.2
Andrew Brown		179	22.0
John Garsed		7	0.9
Total formal votes		814	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		814	38.8

1864

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Thursday 8 December 1864 

Candidate		Votes	%
John Lucas (elected)		231	55.5
Andrew Brown		185	44.5
Total formal votes		416	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		416	37.4

1860

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Friday 14 December 

Candidate		Votes	%
Henry Rotton (elected)		190	54.1
William Russell		161	45.9
Total formal votes		351	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		351	35.5

Elections in the 1850s

1859

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Hartley.[edit]

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Saturday 25 June 

Candidate		Votes	%
Henry Rotton (elected)		281	57.8
Ryan Brenan		205	42.2
Total formal votes		486	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		486	59.5