Electoral results for the district of Hastings and Macleay

Election results

1917
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Hastings and Macleay[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Hastings and Macleay [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Henry Morton 4,528 64.4 +64.4
Labor Hercules Rowe 2,506 35.6 +35.6
Total formal votes 7,034 99.1 +0.7
Informal votes 63 0.9 -0.7
Turnout 7,097 61.4 -17.0
Member changed to Nationalist from Independent  

1913
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Hastings and Macleay[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Hastings and Macleay [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Henry Morton 4,515 52.9
Farmers and Settlers Robert Davidson [lower-alpha 1] 4,025 47.1
Total formal votes 8,540 98.4
Informal votes 135 1.6
Turnout 8,675 78.4
Independent hold  

1910
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § The Hastings and The Macleay[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: The Hastings and The Macleay [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Robert Davidson 2,661 45.12
Independent Henry Morton 2,117 35.89
Labour Hugh Bridson 1,120 18.99
Total formal votes 5,898 67.84
Informal votes 130 2.16
Turnout 6,028 73.39
1910 New South Wales state election: Hastings and Macleay - Second Round[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Henry Morton 3,467 54.89
Liberal Reform Robert Davidson 2,849 45.11
Total formal votes 6,316 99.11
Informal votes 57 0.89
Turnout 6,373 77.58
Independent gain from Liberal Reform  

1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Hastings and Macleay[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Hastings and Macleay [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Robert Davidson 2,334 49.4
Independent Edward Noonan 2,002 42.4
Independent William Newton 387 8.2
Total formal votes 4,723 96.8
Informal votes 156 3.2
Turnout 4,879 66.6
Liberal Reform hold  

1904
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § The Hastings and The Macleay[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: The Hastings and The Macleay [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Robert Davidson 2,303 57.4
Progressive Percival Basche 1,709 42.6
Total formal votes 4,012 98.7
Informal votes 52 1.3
Turnout 4,064 62.9
Liberal Reform hold  
The Hastings and The Macleay was expanded to include part of the abolished seat of The Manning. The member for The Hastings and The Macleay was Robert Davidson (Liberal Reform). The member for The Manning was John Thomson (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested Gloucester.

1901
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § The Hastings and The Macleay[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: The Hastings and The Macleay [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Robert Davidson 578 28.9
Progressive Percival Basche 420 21.0
Independent Edward Noonan 403 20.2
Independent Otho Dangar 376 18.8
Independent Hugh Bridson 220 11.0
Total formal votes 1,997 99.3
Informal votes 14 0.7
Turnout 2,011 74.6
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive  
The sitting member was Francis Clarke (Progressive) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Cowper.

1900 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1900 Hastings and Macleay colonial by-election § Result[edit]
1900 Hastings and Macleay by-election
Thursday 1 March [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Francis Clarke 616 47.3
Independent Hugh Bridson 413 31.7
Independent Percival Basche 273 21.0
Total formal votes 1,302 98.7
Informal votes 17 1.3
Turnout 1,319 53.9
Protectionist hold  
Edmund Barton (Protectionist) to travel to London with Alfred Deakin and Charles Kingston to explain the federation bill to the British Government.[10]

1898 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1898 Hastings and Macleay colonial by-election § Result[edit]
1898 Hastings and Macleay by-election
Friday 23 September [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Edmund Barton 960 59.3
Free Trade Sydney Smith 658 40.7
Total formal votes 1,618 99.7
Informal votes 4 0.3
Turnout 1,622 66.8
National Federal hold  
Francis Clarke (National Federal) resigned to allow Edmund Barton to re-enter parliament.[11]

1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings and The Macleay[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings and The Macleay [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Francis Clarke unopposed
National Federal hold  

1895
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings and The Macleay[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings and The Macleay [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Francis Clarke 791 51.8
Free Trade Walter Vivian 736 48.2
Total formal votes 1,527 99.1
Informal votes 14 0.9
Turnout 1,541 69.9
Protectionist hold  

1894
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § The Hastings and The Macleay[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: The Hastings and The Macleay [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Francis Clarke 668 36.7
Free Trade Walter Vivian 556 30.6
Ind. Protectionist Otho Dangar 494 27.2
Ind. Protectionist Enoch Rudder 61 3.4
Labour Henry Stuart 40 2.2
Total formal votes 1,819 98.6
Informal votes 26 1.4
Turnout 1,845 82.4
Protectionist win (new seat)

Notes
  1. Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.

References
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  3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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  8. Green, Antony. "1904 The Hastings and The Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  9. Green, Antony. "1901 The Hastings and The Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
  10. Green, Antony. "1900 Hastings and Macleay by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  11. Green, Antony. "1898 Hastings and Macleay by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  12. Green, Antony. "1898 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  13. Green, Antony. "1895 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  14. Green, Antony. "1894 Hastings and Macleay". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
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