Electoral results for the district of Northumberland

Election results

1910
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Northumberland[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Northumberland [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Kearsley 7,389 79.06
Independent Liberal Reginald Harris 1,957 20.94
Total formal votes 9,346 97.62
Informal votes 228 2.38
Turnout 9,574 56.89
Labour hold  

1910 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1910 Northumberland state by-election § Results[edit]
1910 The Northumberland by-election [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Kearsley Unopposed
Labor hold Swing

1907
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Northumberland[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Northumberland [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew Charlton 3,749 69.2
Liberal Reform John Sutton 1,668 30.8
Total formal votes 5,417 96.5
Informal votes 197 3.5
Turnout 5,614 45.8
Labour hold  

1904
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Northumberland[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Northumberland [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew Charlton 2,009 54.9
Independent Liberal Reginald Harris 1,005 27.5
Liberal Reform John Fitzpatrick 543 14.9
Independent Alfred Jacques 60 1.6
Total formal votes 3,657 98.2
Informal votes 67 1.8
Turnout 3,724 46.2
Labour gain from Independent  
Northumberland lost part of the district to Hartley and The Hawkesbury and was expanded to include parts of the abolished seats of East Maitland, West Maitland and Wallsend. The member for Northumberland was John Norton (Independent) who successfully contested Surry Hills. The member for West Maitland, John Gillies (Independent), defeated the member for East Maitland, James Brunker (Liberal Reform), for Maitland. The member for Wallsend was John Estell (Labour) who successfully contested Waratah while the member for Waratah was Matthew Charlton (Labour). John Fitzpatrick was the member for Rylstone.

1901
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Northumberland[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Northumberland [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Norton unopposed
Independent gain from Protectionist  
Richard Stevenson  (Protectionist) died in 1899 and John Norton (Independent) won the seat in a by-election.

1899 by-election

1899 Northumberland colonial by-election

1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Richard Stevenson 823 52.8
Free Trade Henry Wheeler 735 47.2
Total formal votes 1,558 99.2
Informal votes 12 0.8
Turnout 1,570 66.9
National Federal gain from Free Trade  

1895
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Henry Wheeler 719 52.8
Protectionist Richard Stevenson 643 47.2
Total formal votes 1,362 99.4
Informal votes 8 0.6
Turnout 1,370 72.5
Free Trade gain from Protectionist  

1894
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Richard Stevenson 670 45.2
Free Trade Henry Wheeler 623 42.0
Labour James Donnelly 191 12.9
Total formal votes 1,484 99.4
Informal votes 9 0.6
Turnout 1,493 78.5
Protectionist win (previously 3 members)

1891
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland
Wednesday 24 June [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Thomas Walker (re-elected 1) 3,686 26.2
Protectionist Ninian Melville (re-elected 2) 2,892 20.5
Labour Alfred Edden (elected 3) 2,879 20.4
Labour James Thompson 2,551 18.1
Protectionist Joseph Creer (defeated) 2,089 14.8
Total formal votes 14,097 99.6
Informal votes 52 0.4
Turnout 5,396 72.5
  Protectionist hold 2
  Labour gain 1 from Protectionist

1889
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland
Monday 4 February [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Joseph Creer (elected 1) 3,433 31.5
Protectionist Ninian Melville (elected 2) 3,403 31.3
Protectionist Thomas Walker (elected 3) 3,257 29.9
Free Trade Josiah Wright 791 7.3
Total formal votes 10,884 99.4
Informal votes 62 0.6
Turnout 4,245 64.7
  Protectionist hold 2  
  Member changed to Protectionist from Ind. Protectionist  

1887
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland
Thursday 17 February [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Ninian Melville (re-elected 1) 2,399 23.2
Protectionist Thomas Walker (elected 2) 2,323 22.5
Ind. Protectionist Joseph Creer (re-elected 3) 2,069 20.0
Protectionist John Osborne 1,952 18.9
Free Trade Nicholas Downing 1,010 9.8
Protectionist Andrew Love 578 5.6
Total formal votes 10,331 99.3
Informal votes 71 0.7
Turnout 4,117 75.1
  (1 new seat)

1885
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland
Friday 16 October [15]
Candidate Votes %
Joseph Creer (elected 1) 1,662 27.1
Ninian Melville (re-elected 2) 1,539 25.1
Thomas Walker 1,287 21.0
Joseph Gorrick (defeated) 871 14.2
George Perry 598 9.8
Richard Luscombe (defeated) 176 2.9
Total formal votes 6,133 98.8
Informal votes 73 1.2
Turnout 6,206 63.6
Joseph Gorrick was the sitting member for Wollombi.

1884 by-election

1884 Northumberland colonial by-election

1882
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland
Saturday 9 December [16]
Candidate Votes %
Ninian Melville (re-elected 1) 1,897 43.0
Atkinson Tighe (elected 2) 1,312 29.8
William Christie 1,200 27.2
Total formal votes 4,409 99.5
Informal votes 21 0.5
Turnout 2,530 71.0

1882 by-election

1882 Northumberland colonial by-election

1880
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland
Friday 26 November [17]
Candidate Votes %
Ninian Melville (re-elected 1) 1,978 37.5
William Turner (elected 2) 1,616 30.6
Thomas Hungerford 1,191 22.6
Thomas Dalveen 491 9.3
Total formal votes 5,276 99.6
Informal votes 20 0.4
Turnout 2,906 77.2
  (1 new seat)

1880 by-election

1880 Northumberland colonial by-election

1877
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland
Monday 29 October [18]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Hungerford (elected) 1,580 50.7
William Turner (defeated) 1,534 49.3
Total formal votes 3,114 97.7
Informal votes 75 2.4
Turnout 3,189 72.7

1877 by-election

1877 Northumberland colonial by-election

1874
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland
Thursday 17 December 1874 [19]
Candidate Votes %
Charles Stevens (elected) 1,305 54.7
James Hannell (defeated) 1,083 45.4
Total formal votes 2,388 97.6
Informal votes 59 2.4
Turnout 2,447 79.1

1872
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland
Wednesday 21 February [20]
Candidate Votes %
James Hannell (elected) 991 57.1
William Brookes (defeated) 387 22.3
Francis O'Brien 188 10.8
Thomas Adam 90 5.2
Henry Langley 68 3.9
James Pemell 13 0.8
Total formal votes 1,737 98.6
Informal votes 25 1.4
Turnout 1,762 65.5

1869
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland
Thursday 9 December 1869 [21]
Candidate Votes %
William Brookes (elected) 760 43.7
Joseph Ward 430 24.7
F Shaw 350 20.1
Francis O'Brien 122 7.0
Charles Cleveland 69 4.0
Samuel Gordon 8 0.5
Total formal votes 1,739 96.9
Informal votes 55 3.1
Turnout 1,794 72.0

1868 by-election

1868 Northumberland colonial by-election

1864
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland
Saturday 24 December 1864 [22]
Candidate Votes %
Atkinson Tighe (re-elected) 630 62.1
William Brookes 384 37.9
Total formal votes 1,014 96.7
Informal votes 35 3.3
Turnout 1,049 57.2

1862 by-election

1862 Northumberland colonial by-election

1860
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland
Saturday 8 December [23]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Lewis (elected) 240 41.1
Alexander Scott (defeated) 235 40.2
Arthur Hodgson 109 18.7
Total formal votes 584 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 623 62.8

1859
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § Northumberland[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: Northumberland
Friday 17 June [24]
Candidate Votes %
Alexander Scott (re-elected) unopposed

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