Electoral results for the district of Blayney

Blayney, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1904 and abolished in 1913.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1904   Paddy Crick Progressive
1907 by   John Withington Liberal Reform
1907   George Beeby Labor
1910

Election results

1910
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Blayney[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Blayney [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Beeby 7,799 54.98
Liberal Reform William Kelk 2,292 45.02
Total formal votes 5,091 98.82
Informal votes 61 1.18
Turnout 5,152 71.49
Labour hold  

1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Blayney[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Blayney [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Beeby 2,580 50.5
Liberal Reform John Withington 2,530 49.5
Total formal votes 5,110 97.4
Informal votes 135 2.6
Turnout 5,245 71.7
Labour gain from Progressive  
Paddy Crick, Progressive Party, had won the seat at the 1904 election, however he was expelled from the Parliament in 1906. John Withington won the seat for the Liberal Reform Party at the 1907 by-election.[6]

1907 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1907 Blayney state by-election § Results[edit]
1907 Blayney by-election [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Withington 1,733 50.3
Labor George Beeby 1,710 49.7
Total formal votes 3,443 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 3,443 50.6
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive  

1904
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Blayney[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Blayney [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Paddy Crick 2,406 52.2
Liberal Reform Charles Garland 2,207 47.8
Total formal votes 4,613 99.3
Informal votes 35 0.8
Turnout 4,648 66.1
Progressive win (new seat)
Blayney was a new seat consisting of parts of Hartley, The Macquarie and the abolished seat of West Macquarie. Paddy Crick was the member for West Macquarie. The member for Hartley was John Hurley (Independent) who successfully contested that seat while his brother William (Progressive) was the member for The Macquarie who was appointed to the Legislative Council.

References
  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. Green, Antony. "1910 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  5. Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  6. Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  7. Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  8. Green, Antony. "1904 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
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