Electoral results for the district of Burrangong

Burrangong, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1904 and abolished in 1920.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1904   George Burgess Labor
1907
1910
1913   Labor / Nationalist
1917   Peter Loughlin Labor

Election results

1917
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Burrangong[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Loughlin 3,925 51.1 +0.8
Nationalist George Burgess 3,760 48.9 +48.9
Total formal votes 7,685 99.0 +1.4
Informal votes 80 1.0 -1.4
Turnout 7,765 66.3 -1.2
Labor hold Swing+0.8
The sitting member George Burgess was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split split over conscription.[5]

1913
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Burrangong[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Burgess 3,803 50.3
Farmers and Settlers Arthur Trethowan [lower-alpha 1] 3,761 49.7
Total formal votes 7,564 97.6
Informal votes 187 2.4
Turnout 7,751 67.5
Labor hold  

1910
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Burrangong[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Burgess 3,655 54.08
Liberal Reform James Carroll 3,103 45.92
Total formal votes 6,758 98.17
Informal votes 126 1.83
Turnout 6,884 70.27
Labour hold  

1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Burrangong[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Burgess 3,086 52.7
Liberal Reform Hector McWilliam 2,771 47.3
Total formal votes 5,857 97.9
Informal votes 124 2.1
Turnout 5,981 72.8
Labour hold  

1904
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Burrangong[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Burgess 2,892 54.4
Liberal Reform Arthur Grimm 2,427 45.6
Total formal votes 5,319 98.8
Informal votes 65 1.2
Turnout 5,384 69.6
Labour win (new seat)
Burrangong was a new seat consisting of parts of the abolished seats of Boorowa, Grenfell and Young, each of which were held by the Labour Party. The member for Young was George Burgess. The member for Boorowa was Niels Nielsen who successfully contested Yass and the member for Grenfell was William Holman who successfully contested Cootamundra.

Notes
  1. Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.

References
  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Burrangong". 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.
  4. Green, Antony. "1917 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. "PLL expulsions". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Trove.
  6. Green, Antony. "1913 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  7. Green, Antony. "1910 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  8. Green, Antony. "1907 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  9. Green, Antony. "1904 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
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