Electoral results for the district of Bourke

Bourke, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1880 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]

Election		Party
1880	Russell Barton	None	Member		Party
1882				Richard Machattie	None
1885				William Sawers	None
1887 [lower-alpha 1]	Thomas Waddell	Free Trade		Alexander Wilson	Free Trade	Member		Party
1889	Thomas Waddell	Protectionist		William Willis	Protectionist		William Davis	Protectionist
1891	James Howe	Protectionist					Hugh Langwell	Independent Labour
1891 by	Thomas Waddell	Protectionist					Hugh Langwell	Independent Labour
1894	Edward Millen	Free Trade
1895	Edward Millen	Free Trade
1898	William Davis	National Federal
1901	William Davis	Progressive

Election results

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Bourke [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	William Davis	unopposed
	Progressive hold

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Bourke [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	National Federal	William Davis	526	50.4
	Free Trade	Edward Millen	517	49.6
Total formal votes			1,043	99.1
Informal votes			10	1.0
Turnout			1,053	45.8
	National Federal gain from Free Trade

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Bourke [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Edward Millen	517	63.5
	Protectionist	William Davis	297	36.5
Total formal votes			814	98.9
Informal votes			9	1.1
Turnout			823	49.6
	Free Trade hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Bourke [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Edward Millen	469	42.3
	Independent Labour	Hugh Langwell	358	32.3
	Protectionist	William Davis	282	25.4
Total formal votes			1,109	98.7
Informal votes			15	1.3
Turnout			1,124	67.1
	Free Trade win		(previously 3 members)

Bourke was reduced in size and parts were given to the new districts of Cobar and The Barwon.[8][9] Hugh Langwell (Independent Labour) was one of the members for Bourke. Of the other two members, Thomas Waddell (Protectionist) successfully contested Cobar and William Willis (Protectionist) successfully contested The Barwon.

1891 by-election

1891 Bourke by-election
Saturday 10 November [10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	Thomas Waddell (elected)	1,337	55.4
	Labour	Donald Macdonell	1,077	44.6
Total formal votes			2,414	99.0
Informal votes			25	1.0
Turnout			2,439	37.3
	Protectionist hold

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Bourke
Friday 3 July [11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent Labour	Hugh Langwell (elected 1)	2,089	23.9
	Protectionist	William Willis (elected 2)	1,886	21.6
	Protectionist	James Howe (elected 3)	1,725	19.7
	Protectionist	Thomas Waddell (defeated)	1,125	12.9
	Free Trade	Edward Millen	942	10.8
	Protectionist	William Davis	869	10.0
	Protectionist	Austin O'Grady	102	1.2
Total formal votes			8,738	99.1
Informal votes			81	0.9
Turnout			3,256	49.8
	Independent Labour gain 1 from Protectionist
	Protectionist hold 2

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Bourke
Wednesday 13 February [12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	Thomas Waddell (elected 1)	1,510	27.4
	Protectionist	William Willis (elected 2)	1,198	21.8
	Protectionist	William Davis (elected 3)	1,102	20.0
	Free Trade	George Griffiths	842	15.3
	Protectionist	W Daniell	501	9.1
	Protectionist	Austin O'Grady	349	6.3
Total formal votes			5,502	99.1
Informal votes			52	0.9
Turnout			2,058	37.5
	Protectionist gain 1 from Free Trade, win 1 and 1 member changed from Free Trade		(1 new seat)

Thomas Waddell had been elected as a Free Trade member at the 1887 election however changed to the Protectionist party for this election.

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Bourke
Tuesday 22 February [13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Thomas Waddell (elected 1)	1,220	38.7
	Free Trade	Alexander Wilson (elected 2)	996	31.6
	Protectionist	William Willis	934	29.7
Total formal votes			3,150	99.3
Informal votes			21	0.7
Turnout			2,047	46.2

1887 by-election

1887 Bourke by-election
Friday 21 January [14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Thomas Waddell (1)	1,019	40.2
	Protectionist	William Willis (2)	833	32.9
	Free Trade	Alexander Wilson	682	26.9
Total formal votes			2,534

Both the sitting members, Russell Barton and William Sawers, resigned. The writ was not returned as the Parliament was dissolved on 26 January.[15]

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Bourke
Monday 26 October [16]
Candidate	Votes	%
William Sawers (elected 1)	934	35.4
Russell Barton (re-elected 2)	750	28.4
Richard Machattie (defeated)	523	19.8
Austin O'Grady	435	16.5
Total formal votes	2,642	99.0
Informal votes	27	1.0
Turnout	1,703	43.8

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Bourke
Tuesday 19 December [17]
Candidate	Votes	%
Russell Barton (re-elected 1)	573	44.2
Richard Machattie (elected 2)	395	30.5
Thomas Matthews	329	25.4
Total formal votes	1,297	98.0
Informal votes	26	2.0
Turnout	1,323	17.0
	(1 new seat)

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Bourke
Tuesday 30 November [18]
Candidate	Votes	%
Russell Barton (elected)	738	56.6
Joseph Olliffe	566	43.4
Total formal votes	1,304	98.0
Informal votes	27	2.0
Turnout	1,331	35.5
	(new seat)

Joseph Olliffe had already unsuccessfully contested East Sydney.

Notes

While a by-election was held in 1887, parliament was dissolved before the writ was returned.

References

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[4] While a by-election was held in 1887, parliament was dissolved before the writ was returned.

[Green_Bourke-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Bourke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 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 16 August 2020.

[Results_of_the_1901_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1901_Bourke-5] Green, Antony. "1901 Bourke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[Results_of_the_1898_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1898_Bourke-6] Green, Antony. "1898 Bourke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1895_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1895_Bourke-7] Green, Antony. "1895 Bourke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1894_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1894_Bourke-8] Green, Antony. "1894 Bourke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1894_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Maps_&_sketches-9] "Maps and sketches of proposed Electoral Districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 23 August 1893. p. 6583. Retrieved 12 April 2020 – via Trove.

[Results_of_the_1894_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Names_&_boundaries-10] "Proclamation: names and boundaries of electoral districts". New South Wales Government Gazette. 5 October 1893. p. 7751. Retrieved 12 April 2020 – via Trove.

[1891_Bourke_colonial_by-election_Green_1891_Bourke-11] Green, Antony. "1891 Bourke by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 August 2020.

[Results_of_the_1891_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1891_Bourke-12] Green, Antony. "1891 Bourke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1889_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1889_Bourke-13] Green, Antony. "1889 Bourke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1887_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1887_Bourke-14] Green, Antony. "1887 Bourke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[15] "Bourke". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 January 1887. p. 9. Retrieved 20 April 2020 – via Trove.

[1887_Bourke_colonial_by-election_Green_1887_Bourke-16] Green, Antony. "1887 Bourke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 August 2020.

[Results_of_the_1885_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1885_Bourke-17] Green, Antony. "1885 Bourke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1882_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1882_Bourke-18] Green, Antony. "1882 Bourke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.

[Results_of_the_1880_New_South_Wales_colonial_election_Green_1880_Bourke-19] Green, Antony. "1880 Bourke". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.

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