Electoral results for the district of Cootamundra

Cootamundra, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1904 and was abolished in 1941, returning one member until 1920, three members from 1920 to 1927 and one member from 1927 to 1941.[1][2][3] It was recreated in 2015.[4]

ElectionMemberParty
1904   William Holman Labor
1906 by
1907
1910
1913
1917   Nationalist MemberPartyMemberParty
1920   Greg McGirr Labor   Peter Loughlin Labor   Hugh Main Progressive
1922   James McGirr Labor
1925  
 		 Ken Hoad Labor Labor / Independent   Country
1927
1930
1932   Bill Ross Country
1935
1938
 
ElectionMemberParty
2015   Katrina Hodgkinson National
2017 by   Steph Cooke National
2019

Election results

2019
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2019 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Cootamundra[edit]
2019 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Steph Cooke 30,206 63.66 −2.24
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Matthew Stadtmiller 7,447 15.70 +15.70
Labor Mark Douglass 7,302 15.39 −10.59
Greens Jeffrey Passlow 1,380 2.91 −0.57
Sustainable Australia Joseph Costello 660 1.39 +1.39
Jim Saleam 453 0.95 +0.95
Total formal votes 47,448 97.30 −0.01
Informal votes 1,319 2.70 +0.01
Turnout 48,767 91.20 −0.63
Two-party-preferred result
National Steph Cooke 32,504 77.07 +6.65
Labor Mark Douglass 9,673 22.93 −6.65
National hold Swing+6.65

2017 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 2017 Cootamundra state by-election § Results[edit]
2017 Cootamundra state by-election [7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Steph Cooke 21,093 46.2 −19.6
Labor Charlie Sheahan 10,930 24.0 −2.0
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers Matthew Stadtmiller 10,621 23.3 +23.3
Christian Democrats Philip Langfield 1,273 2.8 +0.5
Greens Jeffrey Passlow 1,238 2.7 −0.8
Independent Jim Saleam 453 1.0 +1.0
Total formal votes 45,608 97.7 +0.4
Informal votes 1,057 2.3 −0.4
Turnout 46,665 87.2 −4.7
Two-party-preferred result
National Steph Cooke 24,114 60.5 −10.0
Labor Charlie Sheahan 15,769 39.5 +10.0
National hold Swing−10.0

2015
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 2015 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Cootamundra[edit]
2015 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [9][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Katrina Hodgkinson 31,080 65.9 −8.8
Labor Charlie Sheahan 12,253 26.0 +9.3
Greens Rod Therkelsen 1,642 3.5 −1.9
No Land Tax Elio Cacciotti 1,118 2.4 +2.4
Christian Democrats Philip Langfield 1,072 2.3 −0.9
Total formal votes 47,165 97.3 +0.1
Informal votes 1,305 2.7 −0.1
Turnout 48,470 91.8 +1.3
Two-party-preferred result
National Katrina Hodgkinson 31,896 70.4 −9.9
Labor Charlie Sheahan 13,400 29.6 +9.9
National hold Swing−9.9

District recreated

1941 - 2015

District abolished

1938
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Cootamundra[edit]
1938 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Ross 6,698 51.2 -1.5
Labor Ken Hoad 6,382 48.8 +1.5
Total formal votes 13,080 98.5 0.0
Informal votes 205 1.5 0.0
Turnout 13,285 96.5 -1.3
Country hold Swing-1.5

1935
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Cootamundra[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Ross 6,863 52.7 +2.4
Labor (NSW) Ken Hoad 6,167 47.3 +3.7
Total formal votes 13,030 98.5 -0.6
Informal votes 195 1.5 +0.6
Turnout 13,225 97.8 +0.5
Country hold SwingN/A

1932
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Cootamundra[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Bill Ross 6,312 50.3 +9.5
Labor (NSW) Ken Hoad 5,471 43.6 -14.9
Federal Labor Thomas Lavelle 765 6.1 +6.1
Total formal votes 12,548 99.1 +0.8
Informal votes 112 0.9 -0.8
Turnout 12,660 97.3 +0.4
Country gain from Labor (NSW) SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Cootamundra[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken Hoad 6,981 58.5
Country Bill Ross 4,866 40.8
Communist William Beverley 84 0.7
Total formal votes 11,931 98.3
Informal votes 209 1.7
Turnout 12,140 96.9
Labor hold Swing

1927
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Cootamundra[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ken Hoad 6,293 50.3
Country Thomas Fitzpatrick 6,207 49.7
Total formal votes 12,500 99.0
Informal votes 129 1.0
Turnout 12,629 85.0
Labor win (new seat)

1925
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Cootamundra[edit]
1925 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 7,114
Labor Peter Loughlin (elected 1) 8,033 28.2 +5.6
Labor Ken Hoad (elected 3) 4,157 14.6 +7.0
Labor Joseph Carney 2,935 10.3 +10.3
Progressive Hugh Main (elected 2) 5,005 17.6 -3.9
Progressive Ernest Field 1,435 5.0 +5.0
Progressive Benjamin Witenden 424 1.5 +1.5
Progressive Eric Treatt 213 0.7 +0.7
Nationalist Angus Campbell 3,789 13.3 +1.0
Nationalist Ernest Todhunter 895 3.1 +3.1
Nationalist William Pinkstone 603 2.1 +2.1
Protestant Labor George Davey 966 3.4 +3.4
Total formal votes 28,455 96.9 +0.5
Informal votes 918 3.1 -0.5
Turnout 29,373 71.2 +0.6
Party total votes
Labor 15,125 53.2 +2.9
Progressive 7,077 24.9 -9.3
Nationalist 5,287 18.6 +3.7
Protestant Labor 966 3.4 +3.4

1922
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election § Cootamundra[edit]
1922 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Peter Loughlin (elected 1) 6,258 22.6 -3.1
Labor James McGirr (elected 3) 5,577 20.1 -7.2
Labor Ken Hoad 2,097 7.6 +7.6
Progressive Hugh Main (elected 2) 5,966 21.5 +7.5
Progressive Frederick Tout 2,455 8.9 +8.9
Progressive Thomas Hough 1,056 3.8 +3.8
Nationalist Arthur Manning 3,410 12.3 +12.3
Nationalist Alfred Wilcox 448 1.6 +1.6
Nationalist George O'Brien 268 1.0 +1.0
Independent William Lucas 170 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 27,705 96.4 +1.3
Informal votes 1,027 3.6 -1.3
Turnout 28,732 70.6 +3.7
Party total votes
Labor 13,932 50.3 -4.4
Progressive 9,477 34.2 +6.3
Nationalist 4,126 14.9 -2.5
Independent William Lucas 170 0.6 +0.6

1920
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election § Cootamundra[edit]
1920 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 6,325
Labor Greg McGirr (elected 1) 6,895 27.3
Labor Peter Loughlin (elected 2) 6,498 25.7
Labor Charles Trefle 452 1.8
Progressive Hugh Main (elected 3) 3,537 14.0
Progressive John Fitzpatrick 1,831 7.2
Progressive Hugh Brown 1,681 6.7
Nationalist William Holman 4,199 16.6
Nationalist Arthur D'Arcy 204 0.8
Total formal votes 25,297 95.1
Informal votes 1,309 4.9
Turnout 26,606 66.9
Party total votes
Labor 13,845 54.7
Progressive 7,049 27.9
Nationalist 4,403 17.4

1917
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Cootamundra[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist William Holman 4,411 55.1 +55.1
Labor Patrick Minahan 3,590 44.9 -9.8
Total formal votes 8,001 99.4 +0.2
Informal votes 51 0.6 -0.2
Turnout 8,052 70.3 -6.6
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  
The sitting member William Holman was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split split over conscription.[20] Patrick Minahan was the sitting member for Belmore however he lost preselection for that seat.

1913
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Cootamundra[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Holman 5,028 54.7
Farmers and Settlers Thomas Spring [lower-alpha 1] 4,157 45.3
Total formal votes 9,185 99.2
Informal votes 73 0.8
Turnout 9,258 76.9
Labor hold  

1910
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Cootamundra[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Holman 3,551 51.71
Liberal Reform Granville Ryrie 3,316 48.29
Total formal votes 6,867 99.12
Informal votes 61 0.88
Turnout 6,928 71.94
Labour hold  

1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Cootamundra[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Holman 3,005 52.4
Independent Liberal Alfred Conroy 2,730 47.6
Total formal votes 5,735 97.8
Informal votes 129 2.2
Turnout 5,864 72.3
Labour hold  

1906 by-election

1906 Cootamundra state by-election

1904
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Cootamundra[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Holman 2,559 57.8
Progressive John Barnes 1,868 42.2
Total formal votes 4,427 99.2
Informal votes 36 0.8
Turnout 4,463 64.5
Labour win (new seat)
Cootamundra was a new seat that consisted of part of The Murrumbidgee, and parts of the abolished seats of Gundagai, Wagga Wagga and Young. John Barnes was the member for Gundagai. The member for The Murrumbidgee was Thomas Fitzpatrick (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested that seat. The member for Wagga Wagga James Gormly (Progressive) did not contest the election and was appointed to the Legislative Council. The member for Young was George Burgess (Labour) who successfully contested Burrangong. William Holman (Labour) was the member for the abolished seat of Grenfell.

Notes
  1. Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.

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