Electoral results for the district of Annandale

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Annandale in New South Wales state elections. The district had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1950.

Members

First incarnation (1894–1920)
MemberPartyTerm
  William Mahony Free Trade 1894–1901
  Liberal Reform 1901–1910
  Albert Bruntnell Liberal Reform 1910–1913
  Arthur Griffith Labor 1913–1916
  Independent Labor 1916–1917
  William O'Brien Labor 1917–1920
Second incarnation (1927–1950)
  Robert Stuart-Robertson Labor 1927–1933
  Bob Gorman Labor 1933–1940
  Labor (N-C) 1940–1941
  Labor 1941–1950

Elections in the 1940s

New South Wales state election, 1947: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gorman 11,336 57.36
Lang Labor George Sydney Stanley 8,426 42.64
Total formal votes 19,762 95.47
Informal votes 937 4.53
Turnout 20,699 94.78
Labor hold Swing

Sitting Labor MP Bob Gorman was returned with an increased majority[1] defeating Lang Labor candidate George Stanley, a first time candidate who never stood again.[2]

New South Wales state election, 1944: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gorman 10,089 56.15
Lang Labor Ross Pryor 6,558 36.50
Independent Arthur Hagen 1,322 7.36
Total formal votes 17,969 94.68
Informal votes 1,010 5.32
Turnout 18,979 91.78
Labor hold Swing

Sitting Labor MP Bob Gorman was returned with a significantly reduced majority[3] defeating Lang Labor candidate Ross Pryor and Independent Arthur Hagen two first time candidates who never stood again.[4][5]

New South Wales state election, 1941: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gorman 13,018 75.74
Independent Stanley James Moran 2,244 13.06
New Social Order Harry le Tissier Blackwell 1,926 11.21
Total formal votes 17,188 94.32
Informal votes 1,036 5.68
Turnout 18,224 90.49
Labor hold Swing

Sitting Labor MP Bob Gorman was returned with an increased majority[6] defeating Independent candidate Stanley Moran who stood as a Communist in the 1932 election in the seat of Glebe[7] and first time New Social Order candidate Harry Blackwell who never stood again.[8]

Elections in the 1930s

New South Wales state election, 1938: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bob Gorman
Labor hold Swing

Sitting Labor MP Bob Gorman was elected unopposed.[9]

New South Wales state election, 1935: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Bob Gorman 11,075 71.42
Labor John Keegan 4,431 28.58
Total formal votes 15,506 95.29
Informal votes 767 4.71
Turnout 16,273 95.54
Labor (NSW) hold Swing

Sitting State Labor MP Bob Gorman was returned with an increased majority[10] defeating John Keegan who stood as the Federal Labor candidate in the 1932 election in the seat of Georges River.[11]

Annandale state by-election, 1933: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Bob Gorman 9,517 66.34
Labor Percival Druitt McDonald 3,819 26.62
Unificationist Harry Edward 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

This by-election was caused by the death of Robert Stuart-Robertson on 2 June 1933.[12] The seat was won by first time State Labor candidate Bob Gorman.[13] He defeated the Federal Labor candidate Percival McDonald, standing in his second and final election,[14] Thomas Wright who stood previously stood as a Communist in the 1930 election in the seat of Kogarah[15] and first time candidate Harry Cotter standing as a Labor Party Unificationist who never stood again.[16]

New South Wales state election, 1932: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Robert Stuart-Robertson 9,937 63.14
United Australia Leo Henry Martin Bolsdon 4,614 29.32
Labor Percival Druitt McDonald 428 3.30
Communist Robert Brechin 175 1.11
Independent Harry David Meatheringham 22 0.14
Independent Christopher Hade 13 0.08
Total formal votes 15,738 97.02
Informal votes 484 2.98
Turnout 16,222 95.63
Labor (NSW) hold Swing

In 1931, the New South Wales Labor Party split from Federal Labor to form the Australian Labor Party (NSW) led by Jack Lang. In this election, Federal Labor ran candidates in 43 seats but none were elected. Sitting MP Robert Stuart-Robertson was returned with a reduced majority[17] defeating four first time candidates: Leo Bolsdon from the UAP,[18] Communist Robert Brechin,[19] Independent Christopher Hade[5] and the Federal Labor candidate Percival McDonald.[14] Bolsdon and Hade never stood again. He also defeated Independent Harry Meatheringham standing in his sixth and final election.[20]

Annandale state by-election, 1931: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson 8,864 68.44
Independent Martha Mildred 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 unknown
Labor hold Swing

The seat was declared vacant on 9 April 1931 when sitting Labor MP Robert Stuart-Robertson was declared bankrupt. He re-contested and was returned with a reduced majority. There was some controversy over using Anzac Day for the by-election.[21] He defeated the Independent candidate Harry Meatheringham who had contested four previous elections in the seats of Auburn, North Shore and North Sydney,[20] as well as Communist William Morrison and another Independent Martha Simpson, two first time candidates who never stood again.[7][22]

New South Wales state election, 1930: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson 12,246 77.50
Nationalist Osterley Lindsay Thompson 3,194 20.21
Communist Mary Margaret Lamm 362 2.29
Total formal votes 15,802 97.63
Informal votes 383 2.37
Turnout 16,185 93.85
Labor hold Swing

Sitting Labor MP Robert Stuart-Robertson was returned with a significant increased majority[23] defeating Nationalist Osterley Thompson and Communist Mary Lamm, two first time candidates who never stood again.[24][25]

Elections in the 1920s

New South Wales state election, 1927: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert Stuart-Robertson 6,934 55.97
Nationalist Edward Hogan 5,454 44.03
Total formal votes 12,388 99.04
Informal votes 120 0.96
Turnout 12,508 82.74
Labor win (new division)

Sitting Labor MP for Balmain Robert Stuart-Robertson defeated Nationalist Edward Hogan,[26] a first time candidate who did not stand again.[27]

Elections in the 1910s

New South Wales state election, 1917: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William O'Brien 3,762 51.04
Independent Labor Arthur Griffith 3,608 48.96
Total formal votes 7,370 98.97
Informal votes 77 1.03
Turnout 7,447 64.67
Labor hold Swing

Sitting MP and senior cabinet minister on the Holman government Arthur Griffith had left the Labor Party in the conscription split of 1916 but did not follow William Holman into the Nationalist Party instead becoming an Independent Labor. In the election, Griffith was defeated by William O'Brien,[28] a first time Labor candidate. When the seat was abolished in 1920, O'Brien went onto serve two terms as one of the MPs for Murray.[29]

New South Wales state election, 1913: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Arthur Griffith 4,741 54.02
Liberal Reform Albert Bruntnell 3,935 44.83
Independent John Strachan 101 1.15
Total formal votes 8,777 98.20
Informal votes 161 1.80
Turnout 8,938 73.92
Labor hold Swing

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.[30] Sitting Liberal Reform MP Albert Bruntnell was defeated by the sitting Labor MP for Sturt, Arthur Griffith.[31]

New South Wales state election, 1910: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Albert Bruntnell 4,321 51.18
Labor George Mitchell Davidson 4,121 48.82
Total formal votes 8,442 98.17
Informal votes 157 1.83
Turnout 8,599 72.49
Liberal Reform hold Swing

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

New South Wales state election, 1907: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Mahony 3,567 54.88
Independent Isaiah Reginald Cohen 2,933 45.12
Total formal votes 6,500 97.01
Informal votes 200 2.99
Turnout 6,700 69.16
Liberal Reform hold Swing

This was Cohen's third and final attempt to win the seat of Annandale, this time standing as an Independent.[35] Sitting Liberal Reform MP William Mahony was returned, for the fifth and final time, with a reduced majority.[36]

New South Wales state election, 1904: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Mahony 2,815 60.66
Progressive James Robertson 1,826 39.34
Total formal votes 4,641 99.04
Informal votes 45 0.96
Turnout 4,686 57.01
Liberal Reform hold Swing

This was Robertson's first and only attempt at state office.[37] Sitting Liberal Reform MP William Mahony was returned with an increased majority, achieving over 60 percent of the vote for the first time.[38]

New South Wales state election, 1901: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Mahony 1,186 52.11
Progressive Isaiah Reginald Cohen 1,076 47.28
Independent Richard Henry Kimber 14 0.62
Total formal votes 2,276 99.39
Informal votes 14 0.61
Turnout 2,290 61.20
Liberal Reform hold Swing

This was Kimber's first and only attempt at state office[11] and was Cohen's second of three attempts to win the seat of Annandale.[35] 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

New South Wales colonial election, 1898: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Mahony 901 52.66 -5.60
Protectionist Isaiah Reginald Cohen 810 47.34 +16.76
Total formal votes 1,711 99.71
Informal votes 5 0.29
Turnout 1,716 62.45
Free Trade hold Swing

This was Cohen's first of three attempts to win the seat of Annandale.[35] Sitting Free Trade MP William Mahony was returned with a reduced majority.[40]

New South Wales colonial election, 1895: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Mahony 783 58.26 +22.99
Protectionist John James Maxwell 411 30.58 +16.68
Labor John Osborn Marshall Skelton 146 10.86 -17.42
Ind. Free Trade William Henry Williams 4 0.30 -7.70
Total formal votes 1,344 98.90 -0.20
Informal votes 15 1.10 +0.20
Turnout 1,359 61.80 -22.87
Free Trade hold Swing

This was Skelton's second attempt and colonial office[22] and Maxwell's and Williams' first.[15][41] All three unsuccessful candidates never stood for election again. Sitting Free Trade MP William Mahony was returned with an increased and absolute majority.[42]

New South Wales colonial election, 1894: Annandale
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Mahony 657 35.27
Labor Alexander Duncan 527 28.29
Ind. Protectionist Thomas Larkin 271 14.55
Protectionist John Young 259 13.90
Ind. Free Trade William Pritchard 149 8.00
Total formal votes 1,863 99.10
Informal votes 17 0.90
Turnout 1,880 83.67
Free Trade win (new division)

No sitting MPs contested in this election however this was Young's fifth[43] and Pritchard's fourth election respectively.[4] Neither had held office previously. Duncan and Larkin were running for the first time.[44][45] All four unsuccessful candidates never stood for election again. This is also Mahony's first attempt for colonial office.[46] He did not achieve an absolute majority but was declared the winner as this election was first-past-the-post.[47]

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1947". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Smyth to Steele". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1944". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  4. 1 2 Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Price to Rea". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  5. 1 2 Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Grusovin to Harcourt-Norton". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  6. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1941". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  7. 1 2 Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Moore to Murdoch". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  8. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Benjamin to Bladon". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  9. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1938". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  10. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1935". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  11. 1 2 Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Kater to Kimber". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  12. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "By-election results for Annandale, 1933". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  13. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Ghalayini to Gorrick". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  14. 1 2 Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: McCaughey to McKeever". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  15. 1 2 Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Wild to Wrightson". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
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  17. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1932". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  18. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Bladwell to Bourke". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  19. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Bourne to Brittain". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  20. 1 2 Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: McKeig to Melouney". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  21. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "By-election results for Annandale, 1931". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  22. 1 2 Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Shipway to Smithers". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  23. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1930". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  24. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Syme to Tindall". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  25. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: King to Lamont". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  26. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1927". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  27. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Ho to Hoyle". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  28. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1917". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  29. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Nolan to O'Neil". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  30. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Sydney-Lang, 1898". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  31. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1913". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  32. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1910". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  33. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Alexandria, 1907". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  34. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: D'Arcy to Dickie". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  35. 1 2 3 Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Coates to Copeland". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
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  37. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Robertson to Ryrie". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  38. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1904". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  39. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1901". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  40. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1898". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  41. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Mannix to McCartney". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  42. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Annandale, 1895". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  43. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Wroblewski to Zylber". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  44. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Drew to Edgell". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  45. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Lampe to Legge". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
  46. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Index to Candidates: Macey to Manning". Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 January 2011.
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