Electoral results for the district of Liverpool Plains
Liverpool Plains, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had three incarnations, from 1859 to 1880, from 1904 to 1920 and from 1927 to 1962.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1859 | Andrew Loder | None | |
1860 by | Charles Kemp | None | |
1860 | Alexander Dick | None | |
1863 by | Marshall Burdekin | None | |
1864 | John Lloyd | None | |
1869 | Charles Cowper | None | |
1870 by | |||
1871 by | Lewis Levy | None | |
1872 | Hanley Bennett | None | |
1875 | |||
1876 by | |||
1877 | |||
Election | Member | Party | |
1904 | John Perry | Independent Liberal | |
1907 | Henry Horne | Labor | |
1910 | |||
August 1911 by | John Perry | Liberal Reform | |
October 1911 by | William Ashford | Labor | |
1913 | |||
1917 | Nationalist | ||
Election | Member | Party | |
1927 | Harry Carter | Country | |
1930 | |||
1932 | |||
1935 | |||
1938 | |||
1941 | Roger Nott | Labor | |
1944 | |||
1947 | |||
1950 | |||
1953 | |||
1956 | |||
1959 | |||
1961 by | Frank O'Keefe | Country |
Election results
1961 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Frank O'Keefe | 7,312 | 50.21 | +3.05 | |
Labor | Robert Johnson | 7,252 | 49.79 | -1.89 | |
Total formal votes | 14,564 | 98.89 | -0.05 | ||
Informal votes | 163 | 1.11 | +0.05 | ||
Turnout | 14,727 | 82.30 | -12.43 | ||
Country gain from Labor | Swing | +2.5 |
1959
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Roger Nott | 8,694 | 51.7 | ||
Country | Frank O'Keefe | 7,933 | 47.2 | ||
Independent | John Pender | 195 | 1.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,822 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 180 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 17,002 | 94.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Roger Nott | 8,792 | 52.3 | ||
Country | Frank O'Keefe | 8,030 | 47.7 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
1956
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Roger Nott | 9,109 | 54.7 | −4.3 | |
Country | Geoffrey Thomas | 4,868 | 29.2 | +0.9 | |
Liberal | Henry Gregson | 2,609 | 15.7 | +2.9 | |
Independent | John Pender | 72 | 0.4 | +0.4 | |
Total formal votes | 16,658 | 99.2 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 139 | 0.8 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 16,797 | 94.0 | −1.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Roger Nott | 9,406 | 56.5 | −3.5 | |
Country | Geoffrey Thomas | 7,252 | 43.5 | +3.5 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −3.5 |
1953
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Roger Nott | 9,560 | 59.0 | ||
Country | Frank O'Keefe | 4,583 | 28.3 | ||
Liberal | James Reeves | 2,071 | 12.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 16,214 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 180 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 16,394 | 95.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Roger Nott | 9,728 | 60.0 | ||
Country | Frank O'Keefe | 6,486 | 40.0 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
1950
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Roger Nott | 7,851 | 51.8 | ||
Country | Frank O'Keefe | 4,791 | 31.6 | ||
Liberal | Keith Mitchell | 2,522 | 16.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,164 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 147 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 15,311 | 89.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Roger Nott | 54.0 [lower-alpha 1] | |||
Country | Frank O'Keefe | 46.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1947
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Roger Nott | 6,894 | 54.9 | -3.8 | |
Country | Cleve Slacksmith | 5,662 | 45.1 | +3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 12,556 | 98.9 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 133 | 1.1 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 12,689 | 95.3 | +5.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -3.8 |
1944
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Roger Nott | 6,715 | 58.7 | +8.1 | |
Country | James Scott | 4,726 | 41.3 | +24.2 | |
Total formal votes | 11,441 | 98.5 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 170 | 1.5 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 11,611 | 89.9 | -3.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1941
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Roger Nott | 6,169 | 50.6 | ||
Country | James Scott | 2,080 | 17.1 | ||
Country | Alister McMullin | 1,978 | 16.2 | ||
Country | Alfred Yeo | 1,956 | 16.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,183 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 239 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 12,422 | 93.3 | |||
Labor gain from Country | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1938
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Harry Carter | 7,489 | 60.1 | -1.0 | |
Labor | Thomas Ryan | 4,975 | 39.9 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 12,464 | 98.5 | -0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 194 | 1.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,658 | 95.2 | -0.6 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -1.0 |
1935
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Harry Carter | 7,590 | 61.1 | -5.2 | |
Labor (NSW) | Percy Forsyth | 4,835 | 38.9 | +5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 12,425 | 98.6 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 181 | 1.4 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,606 | 95.8 | -0.6 | ||
Country hold | Swing | -5.2 |
1932
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Harry Carter | 7,932 | 66.3 | +15.4 | |
Labor (NSW) | Elijah Smith | 4,030 | 33.7 | -15.4 | |
Total formal votes | 11,962 | 98.4 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 193 | 1.6 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 12,155 | 96.4 | +0.5 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +15.4 |
1930
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Harry Carter | 6,013 | 50.4 | ||
Labor | Thomas Egan | 5,920 | 49.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,933 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 227 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 12,160 | 95.9 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
1927
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Harry Carter | 6,813 | 54.7 | ||
Labor | Michael Hagan | 5,630 | 45.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,443 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 174 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 12,617 | 85.4 | |||
Country win | (new seat) |
District recreated
1920 - 1927
District abolished
1917
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | William Ashford | 3,593 | 52.9 | +21.3 | |
Labor | Abraham Berry | 3,194 | 47.1 | -4.9 | |
Total formal votes | 6,787 | 99.0 | +2.8 | ||
Informal votes | 69 | 1.0 | -2.8 | ||
Turnout | 6,856 | 62.9 | -6.7 | ||
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor |
1913
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Ashford | 3,598 | 52.0 | ||
Liberal Reform | George Higgins | 2,183 | 31.6 | ||
Farmers and Settlers | Augustus Perrett | 1,137 | 16.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,918 | 96.2 | |||
Informal votes | 270 | 3.8 | |||
Turnout | 7,188 | 69.6 | |||
Labor hold |
October 1911 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Ashford | 4,030 | 53.5 | ||
Liberal Reform | John Perry | 3,524 | 46.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,554 | 100 | |||
Informal votes | 0 | 0 | |||
Turnout | 7,554 | 83.0 [lower-alpha 2] | |||
Labor gain from Liberal Reform |
August 1911 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | John Perry | 2,912 | 50.0 | +9.8 | |
Labor | William Ashford | 2,909 | 50.0 | -9.8 | |
Total formal votes | 5,821 | 98.5 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 91 | 1.5 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 5,912 | 65.0 [lower-alpha 2] | |||
Liberal Reform gain from Labor |
1910
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Horne | 3,265 | 56.90 | ||
Farmers and Settlers | Robert Patten | 2,473 | 43.10 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,738 | 97.92 | |||
Informal votes | 122 | 2.08 | |||
Turnout | 5,860 | 64.40 | |||
Labour hold |
1907
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Henry Horne | 2,519 | 51.5 | ||
Liberal Reform | John Perry | 2,373 | 48.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,892 | 96.9 | |||
Informal votes | 155 | 3.1 | |||
Turnout | 5,047 | 66.1 | |||
Labour gain from Independent Liberal |
1904
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | John Perry | 1,650 | 45.8 | ||
Labour | David Hall | 1,629 | 45.2 | ||
Liberal Reform | George Nowland | 323 | 9.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,602 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 39 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 3,641 | 54.3 | |||
Independent Liberal win | (new seat) |
District recreated
1880 - 1904
District abolished
1877
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Hanley Bennett (re-elected) | 703 | 42.5 | |
Michael Burke | 536 | 32.4 | |
George Grehan | 415 | 25.1 | |
Total formal votes | 1,654 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,654 | 36.4 |
1876 by-election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Hanley Bennett (re-elected) | 843 | 46.2 | |
Sydney Burdekin | 823 | 45.2 | |
William Gordon | 126 | 6.9 | |
George McLean | 30 | 1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 1,823 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,823 | 44.0 |
1875
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Hanley Bennett (re-elected) | 766 | 51.5 | |
Daniel Macquarie | 721 | 48.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,487 | 97.8 | |
Informal votes | 33 | 2.2 | |
Turnout | 1,520 | 47.6 |
1872
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Hanley Bennett (elected) | 532 | 45.1 | |
Francis Rusden | 207 | 17.5 | |
William Gordon | 152 | 12.9 | |
Bowie Wilson | 151 | 12.8 | |
George Wallace | 125 | 10.6 | |
Alexander Bowman | 13 | 1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 1,180 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 1,230 | 43.1 |
1871 by-election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Lewis Levy (elected) | 374 | 61.8 | |
Hanley Bennett | 198 | 32.7 | |
John Robertson | 33 | 5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 605 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 605 | 21.9 |
1870 by-election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Cowper (re-elected) | 721 | 85.6 | |
Edward Parnell | 120 | 14.3 | |
Joseph Palmer Abbott | 1 | 0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 842 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 842 | 35.6 |
1869
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Cowper (elected) | 468 | 91.4 | |
Hanley Bennett | 44 | 8.6 | |
Total formal votes | 512 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 512 | 21.6 |
1864
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
John Lloyd (elected) | unopposed |
1863 by-election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Marshall Burdekin (elected) | 319 | 53.5 | |
William Mullen | 277 | 46.5 | |
Total formal votes | 596 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 596 | 37.5 |
1860
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Alexander Dick (elected) | 436 | 79.1 | |
Charles Kemp (defeated) | 115 | 20.9 | |
Total formal votes | 551 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 551 | 39.4 |
1860 by-election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Charles Kemp (elected) | 164 | 55.6 | |
Thomas Dangar | 131 | 44.4 | |
Total formal votes | 295 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 295 | 25.0 |
1859
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Andrew Loder (elected) | 380 | 71.6 | |
Francis Rusden | 151 | 28.4 | |
Total formal votes | 531 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 534 | 45.3 |
Notes
- Two party preferred vote was estimated.
- estimate based on an electoral roll of 9,100 at the 1910 election.[22]
- The New South Wales Election Results database is incomplete as it is based on the report of The Maitland Mercury of 13 June 1871 which did not include the official declaration of the poll.
- The New South Wales Election Results database is incomplete as it is based on the report of The Sydney Morning Herald of 14 January 1871 which did not include returns from 2 polling places, Breeza and Quirindi.
- The New South Wales Election Results database is incomplete as it is based on the report of The Maitland Mercury of 10 February 1863 which did not include returns from 2 polling places, Carroll and Grover's Inn.<ref name='1863 Liverpool Plains colonial by-election Mercury poll'>"Liverpool Plains election". The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser. 10 February 1863. p. 2. Retrieved 8 October 2020 – via Trove.
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