Electoral results for the district of Gloucester

1985 Gloucester by-election
Saturday 1 February [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Wendy Machin	21,461	68.32
	Independent	Rodney Hickman	7,096	22.59
	Nuclear Disarmament	Marie-Anne Hockings	2,589	8.24
	Small Business and Enterprise Party	Kusala Fitzroy-Mendis	161	0.51
	Small Business and Enterprise Party	Stanley Fitzroy-Mendis	104	0.33
Total formal votes			31,411	97.62
Informal votes			765	2.38
Turnout			32,176	81.02
	National hold		Swing

National MP Leon Punch resigned.[4]

1984 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Leon Punch	21,678	61.9	+1.7
	Labor	John Eastman	13,360	38.1	-1.7
Total formal votes			35,038	97.8	-0.4
Informal votes			777	2.2	+0.4
Turnout			35,815	94.2	+0.5
	National hold		Swing	+1.7

1981 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Leon Punch	19,261	60.2
	Labor	John Eastman	12,721	39.8
Total formal votes			31,982	98.2
Informal votes			578	1.8
Turnout			32,560	93.7
	National Country hold		Swing	-5.4

1978 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Leon Punch	14,265	55.4	-6.2
	Labor	Ronald Aiken	9,551	37.1	+7.8
	Independent	Bruce MacKenzie	1,942	7.5	+7.5
Total formal votes			25,758	98.5	-0.6
Informal votes			404	1.5	+0.6
Turnout			26,162	93.9	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Leon Punch	15,236	59.2	-10.0
	Labor	Ronald Aiken	10,522	40.8	+10.0
	National Country hold		Swing	-10.0

1976 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leon Punch	14,160	61.6	-3.6
	Labor	Johannes Winkelman	6,723	29.3	+7.0
	Independent	Herbert Collins	2,085	9.1	-3.4
Total formal votes			22,968	99.1	+0.5
Informal votes			219	0.9	-0.5
Turnout			23,187	93.8	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leon Punch	15,886	69.2	-6.0
	Labor	Johannes Winkelman	7,082	30.8	+6.0
	Country hold		Swing	-6.0

1973 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leon Punch	12,708	65.2	+3.1
	Labor	Terence Wallis	4,355	22.3	-5.3
	Democratic Labor	Herbert Collins	2,435	12.5	+12.5
Total formal votes			19,498	98.6
Informal votes			273	1.4
Turnout			19,771	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leon Punch	14,656	75.2	+10.4
	Labor	Terence Wallis	4,842	24.8	-10.4
	Country hold		Swing	+10.4

1971 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leon Punch	12,720	62.1	+2.3
	Labor	Terence Wallis	5,664	27.6	+4.5
	Independent	James Bogan	2,112	10.3	+10.3
Total formal votes			20,496	98.9
Informal votes			217	1.1
Turnout			20,713	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leon Punch	13,987	68.2	-4.5
	Labor	Terence Wallis	6,509	31.8	+4.5
	Country hold		Swing	-4.5

1968 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leon Punch	11,152	59.8	-13.4
	Labor	Philip Jackson	4,305	23.1	+23.1
	Independent	Walter Scott	1,325	7.1	-19.7
	Independent	Charles Buckingham	973	5.2	+5.2
	Independent	John Tully	891	4.8	+4.8
Total formal votes			18,646	98.0
Informal votes			375	2.0
Turnout			19,021	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leon Punch	13,066	70.1	-3.1
	Labor	Philip Jackson	5,580	29.9	+29.9
	Country hold		Swing	-3.1

1965 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leon Punch	14,337	73.2	+29.4
	Independent	Walter Scott	5,249	26.8	+26.8
Total formal votes			19,586	98.5	−0.4
Informal votes			306	1.5	+0.4
Turnout			19,892	95.7	−0.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1962 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Leon Punch	8,590	43.8	−13.4
	Labor	Loris Kable	5,801	29.6	+29.6
	Country	Alan Borthwick	4,576	23.3	+23.3
	Democratic Labor	Aubrey Barr	640	3.3	+3.3
Total formal votes			19,607	98.9
Informal votes			214	1.1
Turnout			19,821	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Leon Punch	12,567	64.1	+6.9
	Labor	Loris Kable	7,040	35.9	+35.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1959 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ray Fitzgerald	9,490	57.2
	Independent	Alan Borthwick	7,109	42.8
Total formal votes			16,599	98.1
Informal votes			325	1.9
Turnout			16,924	94.5
	Country hold		Swing

1956 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ray Fitzgerald	10,307	65.4	+2.4
	Labor	Thomas Breen	5,440	34.6	−2.4
Total formal votes			15,747	98.7	+0.5
Informal votes			206	1.3	−0.5
Turnout			15,953	92.0	−2.8
	Country hold		Swing	+2.4

1953 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Ray Fitzgerald	9,696	63.0
	Labor	Percy Randle	5,694	37.0
Total formal votes			15,390	98.2
Informal votes			276	1.8
Turnout			15,666	94.8
	Country hold		Swing

1950 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edward Robb	4,792	30.2
	Country	Ray Fitzgerald	4,711	29.7
	Liberal	Roderick Richardson	3,601	22.7
	Country	Bruce Cowan	2,577	16.2
	Independent	William McCristal	180	1.1
Total formal votes			15,861	97.8
Informal votes			360	2.2
Turnout			16,221	90.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Ray Fitzgerald	10,488	66.1
	Labor	Edward Robb	5,373	33.9
	Member changed to Country from Independent		Swing	N/A

1947 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ray Fitzgerald	5,650	41.4	+0.4
	Country	Donald Mackay	4,194	30.7	+9.7
	Liberal	Alan Borthwick	3,066	22.5	-15.4
	Independent	James Bogan	366	2.7	+2.7
	Independent	Edwin Dark	366	2.7	+2.7
Total formal votes			13,642	97.2	-1.0
Informal votes			396	2.8	+1.0
Turnout			14,038	94.8	+2.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Ray Fitzgerald	6,885	50.5	+0.3
	Country	Donald Mackay	6,757	49.5	+49.5
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.3

1944 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ray Fitzgerald	5,194	41.0	+16.5
	Democratic	Harold Young	4,805	37.9	+4.8
	Country	Charles Bennett	2,665	21.0	+21.0
Total formal votes			12,664	98.2	-0.9
Informal votes			124	0.9	+0.9
Turnout			12,894	92.6	-2.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Ray Fitzgerald	6,362	50.2	-1.3
	Democratic	Harold Young	6,302	49.8	+1.3
	Independent hold		Swing	-1.3

1941 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Charles Bennett	4,494	33.1
	Labor	William Morgan	3,735	27.5
	Independent	Ray Fitzgerald	3,321	24.5
	Independent	Robert Bruce	2,031	14.9
Total formal votes			13,581	99.1
Informal votes			124	0.9
Turnout			13,705	94.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Ray Fitzgerald	6,999	51.5
	United Australia	Charles Bennett	6,582	48.5
	Independent gain from United Australia		Swing

1938 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Charles Bennett	7,732	54.3	-45.7
	Independent	Ray Fitzgerald	5,010	35.2	+35.2
	Independent	Henry Rooke	1,492	10.5	+10.5
Total formal votes			14,234	98.4
Informal votes			238	1.6
Turnout			14,472	96.2
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1935 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Charles Bennett	unopposed
	United Australia hold		Swing

1934 Gloucester by-election
Saturday 25 August [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Charles Bennett	6,868	53.2	+2.6
	Country	George Waller	3,531	27.4	+27.4
	Country	William Hawdon	2,506	19.4	−10.6
Total formal votes			12,905	97.2	−1.1
Informal votes			374	2.8	+1.1
Turnout			13,279	89.9	−6.3
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

• The by-election was triggered by the death of Walter Bennett, (United Australia).[23]

1932 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Walter Bennett	6,620	50.6	-20.1
	Independent Country	William Hawdon	3,930	30.0	+30.0
	Labor (NSW)	William Campbell	1,959	15.0	-14.3
	Independent	William Flannery	569	4.4	+4.4
Total formal votes			13,078	98.3	-0.3
Informal votes			229	1.7	+0.3
Turnout			13,307	96.2	+1.8
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Walter Bennett	8,731	70.7
	Labor	Willie Harris	3,622	29.3
Total formal votes			12,353	98.6
Informal votes			178	1.4
Turnout			12,531	94.4
	Nationalist hold		Swing

1927 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Walter Bennett	6,146	52.2
	Ind. Nationalist	William Brown	2,687	22.8
	Labor	Henry Hall	1,650	14.0
	Independent	William Flannery	1,293	11.0
Total formal votes			11,776	98.6
Informal votes			167	1.4
Turnout			11,943	81.3
	Nationalist win		(new seat)

1917 Gloucester by-election
Saturday 10 November [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Price	3,740	59.6	+3.6
	Nationalist	Lewis Martin	2,999	40.4	-3.6
Total formal votes			6,275	100.0	+0.3
Informal votes			0	0.0	-0.3
Turnout			6,275	62.7 [lower-alpha 1]	-5.6
	Independent hold		Swing	+3.6

Richard Price (Independent) was expelled from Parliament for abusing parliamentary privilege by making baseless allegations against William Ashford, the Secretary for Lands.[27]

1917 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Lewis Martin	2,671	40.8	+40.8
	Independent	Richard Price	2,390	36.5	-17.2
	Labor	Albert Jones	1,487	22.7	+2.1
Total formal votes			6,548	99.2	+1.2
Informal votes			54	0.8	-1.2
Turnout			6,602	65.9	-5.2

1917 New South Wales state election: Gloucester - Second Round [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Price	3,815	56.0
	Nationalist	Lewis Martin	2,999	44.0
Total formal votes			6,814	99.7	+0.5
Informal votes			22	0.3	-0.5
Turnout			6,836	68.3	+2.4
	Member changed to Independent from Farmers and Settlers / Nationalist

Richard Price had been elected as a Farmers and Settlers member in the 1913 election. He joined the Nationalist Party however he was not endorsed by the party for the 1917 election and ran as an independent.

1913 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Farmers and Settlers	Richard Price [lower-alpha 2]	3,750	53.7
	Labor	Albert Jones	1,441	20.6
	Country Party Association	David Cowan	1,372	19.7
	Independent	Robert Malcolm	420	6.0
Total formal votes			6,983	98.0
Informal votes			140	2.0
Turnout			7,123	71.1
	Member changed to Farmers and Settlers from Liberal Reform [lower-alpha 2]

1910 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Richard Price	4,608	65.3
	Labour	Con Hogan	1,943	27.53
	Independent	James Gregg	506	7.17
Total formal votes			7,057	96.95
Informal votes			222	3.05
Turnout			7,279	65.91
	Member changed to Liberal Reform from Independent

1907 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Price	2,854	52.7
	Liberal Reform	James Young	2,407	44.4
	Independent	Henry Gardem	160	3.0
Total formal votes			5,421	97.1
Informal votes			160	2.9
Turnout			5,581	73.0
	Independent gain from Liberal Reform [lower-alpha 3]

1904 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	James Young	2,635	57.4
	Progressive	John Thomson	1,955	42.6
Total formal votes			4,590	99.7
Informal votes			12	0.3
Turnout			4,602	70.1
	Liberal Reform gain from Independent

Gloucester lost part of the district to Durham and absorbed part of Manning. The member for Gloucester was Richard Price (Independent) who nominated to contest Durham however he withdrew from the contest. John Thomson (Progressive) was the member for Manning.

1901 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Richard Price	981	79.4	+15.5
	Liberal Reform	Alfred Lee	255	20.6	-15.5
Total formal votes			1,236	99.8	+0.2
Informal votes			3	0.2	-0.2
Turnout			1,239	48.3	-12.4
	Member changed to Independent from Progressive

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester [37]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Federal	Richard Price	859	63.9
	Free Trade	Frederick Hooke	486	36.1
Total formal votes			1,345	99.6
Informal votes			6	0.4
Turnout			1,351	60.7
	National Federal hold

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester [38]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Richard Price	904	86.5
	Independent Labour	William Ellingworth	141	13.5
Total formal votes			1,045	99.5
Informal votes			5	0.5
Turnout			1,050	48.2
	Protectionist hold

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester [39]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Richard Price	1,084	59.8
	Free Trade	John Hart	591	32.6
	Ind. Protectionist	Donald McKinnon	109	6.0
	Independent Labour	William Ellingworth	29	1.6
Total formal votes			1,813	98.9
Informal votes			20	1.1
Turnout			1,833	84.7
	Protectionist gain from Free Trade

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester
Saturday 27 June [40]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	John Hart (elected)	613	52.5
	Protectionist	Richard Price	555	47.5
Total formal votes			1,168	99.5
Informal votes			6	0.5
Turnout			1,174	70.6
	Free Trade hold

The sitting member, Jonathan Seaver (Free Trade), unsuccessfully contested St Leonards because of his opposition to the leadership of Sir Henry Parkes.[40]

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester
Saturday 16 February [41]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Jonathan Seaver (elected)	369	36.0
	Protectionist	Richard Price	360	35.2
	Free Trade	John Hart	295	28.8
Total formal votes			1,024	98.8
Informal votes			12	1.2
Turnout			1,036	58.5
	Free Trade hold

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester
Wednesday 23 February [42]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Jonathan Seaver (elected)	434	45.4
	Free Trade	John Hart	267	27.9
	Free Trade	John McLaughlin	207	21.7
	Protectionist	George Perry	48	5.0
Total formal votes			956	98.6
Informal votes			14	1.4
Turnout			970	59.2

John McLaughlin had been unsuccessful in contesting Paddington on 9 February.

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester
Saturday 24 October [43]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert White (re-elected)		unopposed

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester
Thursday 21 December [44]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert White (elected)		445	44.7
Henry Hudson		382	38.4
William Christie		107	10.8
William Johnston		61	6.1
Total formal votes		995	98.8
Informal votes		12	1.2
Turnout		1,007	70.6

Sitting member Archibald Jacob unsuccessfully contested Morpeth.

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester
Saturday 27 November [45]

Candidate		Votes	%
Archibald Jacob (re-elected)		471	50.2
Charles Readett		468	49.8
Total formal votes		939	97.6
Informal votes		23	2.4
Turnout		962	63.0
		(new seat)

Archibald Jacob was the member for the abolished district of The Lower Hunter.