Electoral results for the district of Randwick
Appearance
Randwick, 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 1927 to 1971.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1894 | David Storey | Free Trade | |
1895 | |||
1898 | |||
1901 | Liberal Reform | ||
1904 | |||
1907 | |||
1910 | Independent Liberal | ||
1913 | Liberal Reform | ||
1917 | Nationalist | ||
Election | Member | Party | |
1927 | Jack Flanagan | Labor | |
1930 | Arthur Moverly | United Australia | |
1932 | William Gollan | Labor | |
1935 | |||
1938 | |||
1941 | |||
1944 | |||
1947 | |||
1950 | |||
1953 | |||
1956 | |||
1959 | |||
1962 | Lionel Bowen | Labor | |
1965 | |||
1968 | |||
1970 by | Laurie Brereton | Labor |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1970s
[edit]1970 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Laurie Brereton | 13,201 | 61.5 | +8.9 | |
Liberal | John McLaughlin | 8,252 | 38.5 | -5.1 | |
Total formal votes | 21,453 | 97.3 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 581 | 2.6 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 20,034 | 79.5 | −13.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +8.1 |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]1968
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lionel Bowen | 12,652 | 52.6 | -2.8 | |
Liberal | John McLaughlin | 10,471 | 43.6 | -1.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Cornelius Woodbury | 911 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 24,034 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 784 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 24,818 | 92.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Lionel Bowen | 12,834 | 53.4 | -1.9 | |
Liberal | John McLaughlin | 11,200 | 46.6 | +1.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -1.9 |
1965
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Lionel Bowen | 11,953 | 55.4 | +0.2 | |
Liberal | Sidney Pitkethly | 9,644 | 44.6 | +5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 21,597 | 98.1 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 422 | 1.9 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 22,019 | 92.0 | −1.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −1.0 |
1962
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lionel Bowen | 12,300 | 55.2 | −1.4 | |
Liberal | Adrian Molloy | 8,780 | 39.4 | −1.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Charles De Monchaux | 1,215 | 5.4 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 22,295 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 326 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 22,621 | 93.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Lionel Bowen | 12,543 | 56.3 | −0.7 | |
Liberal | Adrian Molloy | 9,752 | 43.7 | +0.7 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −0.7 |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]1959
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Gollan | 11,938 | 56.6 | ||
Liberal | Graham Price | 8,667 | 41.1 | ||
Democratic Labor | Cecil Russell | 503 | 2.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,108 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 340 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 21,448 | 93.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Gollan | 12,039 | 57.0 | ||
Liberal | Graham Price | 9,069 | 43.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
1956
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Gollan | 10,281 | 52.6 | −11.1 | |
Liberal | Charles De Monchaux | 8,777 | 44.9 | +8.6 | |
Communist | Kenneth O'Hara | 498 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 19,556 | 98.3 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 411 | 2.0 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 19,903 | 93.2 | −0.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Gollan | 10,729 | 54.9 | −8.8 | |
Liberal | Charles De Monchaux | 8,827 | 45.1 | +8.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −8.8 |
1953
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Gollan | 13,003 | 63.7 | ||
Liberal | George Goodwin | 7,399 | 36.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,402 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 411 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 20,813 | 93.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1950
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Gollan | 10,847 | 52.9 | ||
Liberal | Gerald Davis | 9,650 | 47.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,497 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 372 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 20,869 | 92.6 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]1947
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Gollan | 13,014 | 57.2 | -1.8 | |
Liberal | Thomas Murphy | 9,757 | 42.8 | +14.4 | |
Total formal votes | 22,771 | 98.1 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 440 | 1.9 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 23,211 | 93.8 | +0.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1944
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Gollan | 12,592 | 59.0 | +8.0 | |
Democratic | Bertram Butcher | 6,060 | 28.4 | -12.9 | |
Liberal Democratic | Arnold Baker | 2,693 | 12.6 | +12.6 | |
Total formal votes | 21,345 | 96.2 | −2.2 | ||
Informal votes | 846 | 3.8 | +2.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,191 | 93.1 | +0.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1941
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Gollan | 10,537 | 51.0 | ||
United Australia | Arthur Moverly | 8,547 | 41.3 | ||
State Labor | Sam Lewis | 1,591 | 7.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,675 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 331 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 21,006 | 92.5 | |||
Labor gain from United Australia | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]1938
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Arthur Moverly | 11,100 | 56.0 | +3.1 | |
Labor | Bob O'Halloran | 8,719 | 44.0 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 19,819 | 98.3 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 332 | 1.7 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 20,151 | 95.8 | −0.9 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
1935
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Arthur Moverly | 9,892 | 52.9 | +0.5 | |
Labor (NSW) | Jack Flanagan | 8,029 | 43.0 | +1.1 | |
Federal Labor | John Taylor | 772 | 4.1 | -1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 18,693 | 98.4 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 296 | 1.6 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 18,989 | 96.7 | +0.7 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1932
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Arthur Moverly | 9,622 | 52.4 | +16.9 | |
Labor (NSW) | Jack Flanagan | 7,696 | 41.9 | -16.0 | |
Federal Labor | Francis Pollard | 1,042 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Total formal votes | 18,360 | 99.0 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 183 | 1.0 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 18,543 | 96.0 | +4.4 | ||
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Jack Flanagan | 10,243 | 57.9 | ||
Nationalist | Ernest Tresidder (defeated) | 6,283 | 35.5 | ||
Australian | Harold Smith | 1,169 | 6.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,695 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 252 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 17,947 | 91.6 | |||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]1927
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Ernest Tresider | 7,957 | 54.1 | ||
Labor | Jack Flanagan | 6,739 | 45.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 14,696 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 191 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 14,887 | 82.3 | |||
Nationalist win | (new seat) |
District re-created
1920 - 1927
[edit]District abolished District abolished
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]1917
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | David Storey | 7,340 | 60.1 | +1.8 | |
Labor | Bob O'Halloran | 4,879 | 39.9 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 12,219 | 99.0 | +2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 127 | 1.0 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,346 | 59.8 | +2.8 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +1.8 |
1913
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | David Storey | 4,689 | 58.3 | ||
Labor | William Brown | 3,078 | 38.3 | ||
Independent | William Melville | 278 | 3.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,045 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 255 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 8,300 | 57.0 | |||
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Independent Liberal |
1910
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | David Storey | 4,998 | 59.4 | -16.6 | |
Labour | William Brown | 3,413 | 40.6 | +16.6 | |
Total formal votes | 8,411 | 98.1 | +1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 162 | 1.9 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 8,573 | 67.4 | +16.0 | ||
Member changed to Independent Liberal from Liberal Reform |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1907
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | David Storey | 3,499 | 76.0 | ||
Labour | John Browne | 1,104 | 24.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,603 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 168 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 4,771 | 51.4 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1904
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | David Storey | 2,235 | 75.7 | ||
Independent | James O'Donnell | 488 | 16.5 | ||
Progressive | Thomas Armfield | 134 | 4.5 | ||
Independent | Samuel Kennedy | 87 | 3.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,954 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 22 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,976 | 39.6 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1901
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal Reform | David Storey | 1,367 | 72.4 | +21.4 | |
Progressive | James O'Donnell | 508 | 26.9 | -22.1 | |
Independent | Thomas Armfield | 13 | 0.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,888 | 98.3 | −1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 33 | 1.7 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,921 | 53.3 | −7.6 | ||
Liberal Reform hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]1898
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | David Storey | 865 | 51.0 | ||
National Federal | George Raffan | 831 | 49.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,696 | 99.7 | |||
Informal votes | 5 | 0.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,701 | 60.9 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1895
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | David Storey | 796 | 59.2 | ||
Independent | Alexander Wilson | 430 | 32.0 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Tuck | 119 | 8.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,345 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,353 | 57.6 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1894
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | David Storey | 825 | 40.9 | ||
Protectionist | Edmund Barton | 486 | 24.1 | ||
Labour | George Stevenson | 333 | 16.5 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Michael Kinnane | 302 | 15.0 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Richard Colonna-Close | 71 | 3.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,017 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 16 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 2,033 | 84.2 | |||
Free Trade win | (new seat) |
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