Electoral results for the district of Redfern

Election results

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Redfern[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 14,453 72.4 −9.4
Liberal Gerald Bayliss 4,811 24.1 +10.7
Communist Cecil Sharrock 703 3.5 −1.4
Total formal votes 19,967 96.6 −1.2
Informal votes 692 3.4 +1.2
Turnout 20,659 91.1 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Green 15,015 75.2 −10.5
Liberal Gerald Bayliss 4,952 24.8 +10.5
Labor hold Swing−10.5

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Redfern[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 18,284 81.8 +2.3
Liberal Peter Kamperogianis 2,987 13.4 −3.5
Communist Henry Hatfield 1,090 4.9 +1.2
Total formal votes 22,361 97.8
Informal votes 503 2.2
Turnout 22,864 91.0
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Green 19,156 85.7 +3.5
Liberal Peter Kamperogianis 3,205 14.3 −3.5
Labor hold Swing+3.5

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Redfern[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 15,520 76.5
Liberal Mary Beckett 4,032 19.9
Communist Arthur Shipton 744 3.7
Total formal votes 20,296 97.4
Informal votes 540 2.6
Turnout 20,836 92.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Green 16,115 79.4
Liberal Mary Beckett 4,181 20.6
Labor hold Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Redfern[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 16,584 90.4 −2.3
Communist Arthur Shipton 1,754 9.6 +2.3
Total formal votes 18,338 93.5 −0.4
Informal votes 1,265 6.5 +0.4
Turnout 19,603 93.6 +1.4
Labor hold Swing−2.3

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Redfern[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 18,484 92.7
Communist Henry Hatfield 1,464 7.3
Total formal votes 19,948 93.9
Informal votes 1,295 6.1
Turnout 21,243 92.2
Labor hold Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Redfern[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Green 14,981 74.0
Liberal Phillip Pethers 3,401 16.8
Independent Labor Frederick Fairbrother 1,129 5.6
Communist Mervyn Pidcock 738 3.6
Total formal votes 20,249 96.7
Informal votes 684 3.3
Turnout 20,933 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Green 81.0[lower-alpha 1]
Liberal Phillip Pethers 19.0
Labor hold Swing

1949 by-election

1949 Redfern state by-election

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Redfern[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor George Noble 13,015 65.7 +4.8
Lang Labor Edward Waters 3,785 19.1 -20.0
Protestant Labor Frederick Fairbrother 1,727 8.7 +8.7
Communist Jack Miles 1,281 6.5 +6.5
Total formal votes 19,808 95.9 -0.5
Informal votes 856 4.1 +0.5
Turnout 20,664 94.2 +2.3
Labor hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Redfern[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell 11,299 60.9 -16.4
Lang Labor Patrick Tyrrell 7,246 39.1 +39.1
Total formal votes 18,545 96.4 +0.3
Informal votes 688 3.6 -0.3
Turnout 19,233 91.9 -0.8
Labor hold SwingN/A

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Redfern[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell 14,299 77.3
State Labor Sid Conway 4,201 22.7
Total formal votes 18,500 96.1
Informal votes 747 3.9
Turnout 19,247 92.7
Labor hold Swing

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Redfern[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell unopposed
Labor hold  

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Redfern[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) William McKell 13,981 91.1 +17.7
Communist Robert McWilliams 1,373 8.9 +7.9
Total formal votes 15,354 92.2 -5.9
Informal votes 1,295 7.8 +5.9
Turnout 16,649 96.0 -0.2
Labor (NSW) hold SwingN/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Redfern[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) William McKell 12,190 73.4 -13.7
United Australia John Wright 3,557 21.4 +9.8
Federal Labor Harold Sutton 696 4.2 +4.2
Communist Jean Thomson-Marsh 170 1.0 -0.3
Total formal votes 16,613 98.1 +0.2
Informal votes 326 1.9 -0.2
Turnout 16,939 96.2 +1.7
Labor (NSW) hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Redfern[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell 14,676 87.1
Nationalist James Correy 1,953 11.6
Communist Jean Thomson-Marsh 224 1.3
Total formal votes 16,853 97.9
Informal votes 353 2.1
Turnout 17,206 94.5
Labor hold Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Redfern[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell 9,871 75.5
Nationalist Frederick Meiklejohn 3,197 24.5
Total formal votes 13,068 97.8
Informal votes 294 2.2
Turnout 13,362 81.2
Labor win (new seat)

District re-created

1920 - 1927

District abolished District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Redfern[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William McKell 4,757 66.2 -2.2
Nationalist James McGowen 2,388 33.2 +3.5
Ind. Socialist Labor Henry Ostler 42 0.6 -1.4
Total formal votes 7,187 99.1 +1.5
Informal votes 64 0.9 -1.5
Turnout 7,251 60.6 -1.4
Labor hold Swing-2.2
The sitting member James McGowen was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split split over conscription.[19]

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Redfern[20][21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James McGowen 4,840 68.4
Liberal Reform George Howe 2,100 29.7
Socialist Labor Henry Ostler 140 2.0
Total formal votes 7,080 97.6
Informal votes 177 2.4
Turnout 7,257 62.0
Labor hold  

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Redfern[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 4,411 70.27
Liberal Reform John Fegan 1,866 29.73
Total formal votes 6,277 97.29
Informal votes 175 2.71
Turnout 6,452 68.35
Labour hold  

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Redfern[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 3,222 53.4
Liberal Reform George Howe 2,811 46.6
Total formal votes 6,033 97.6
Informal votes 149 2.4
Turnout 6,182 71.5
Labour hold  

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Redfern[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 2,984 55.0
Liberal Reform George Howe 2,401 44.3
Socialist Labor Henry Ostler 40 0.7
Total formal votes 5,425 98.7
Informal votes 72 1.3
Turnout 5,497 60.7
Labour hold  
Redfern was expanded to include part of the abolished seat of Darlington. The member for Redfern was James McGowen (Labour). The member for Darlington was Phillip Sullivan (Labour) who successfully contested Phillip.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Redfern[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 1,560 68.9 +13.8
Liberal Reform Peter McNaught 608 26.9 +26.9
Independent Joseph Butterfield 96 4.2 +3.5
Total formal votes 2,264 99.5 +0.3
Informal votes 11 0.5 -0.3
Turnout 2,275 61.1 +4.4
Labour hold  

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 916 55.2
National Federal William Cameron 726 43.7
Independent Federalist Joseph Butterfield 13 0.8
Independent William Hunter 6 0.4
Total formal votes 1,661 99.2
Informal votes 13 0.8
Turnout 1,674 56.7
Labour hold  

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 948 59.1
Protectionist Henry Hoyle 614 38.3
Ind. Free Trade Samuel Bradley 43 2.7
Total formal votes 1,605 99.6
Informal votes 6 0.4
Turnout 1,611 62.8
Labour hold  

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 800 37.1
Protectionist Henry Hoyle 590 27.4
Free Trade Samuel Bradley 497 23.1
Ind. Free Trade William Coombes 144 6.7
Ind. Free Trade William Poole 124 5.8
Total formal votes 2,155 99.0
Informal votes 22 1.0
Turnout 2,177 84.6
Labour win (previously 4 members)

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Wednesday 17 June[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Henry Hoyle (elected 1) 2,982 11.8
Protectionist William Schey (re-elected 2) 2,768 10.9
Labour James McGowen (elected 3) 2,712 10.7
Labour William Sharp (elected 4) 2,686 10.6
Protectionist James Howe (defeated) 2,632 10.4
Free Trade George Anderson 2,629 10.4
Free Trade William Stephen (defeated) 2,535 10.0
Free Trade William Manuell 2,279 9.0
Free Trade John Beveridge 2,184 8.6
Protectionist George Garton 1,240 4.9
Ind. Free Trade William Coombes 724 2.9
Total formal votes 25,371 99.1
Informal votes 219 0.9
Turnout 7,479 75.1
  Protectionist hold 2
  Labour gain 2 from Free Trade

1889 by-election

1889 Redfern colonial by-election

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Saturday 2 February[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Sutherland (elected 1) 2,988 13.8
Protectionist James Howe (elected 2) 2,896 13.3
Free Trade William Stephen (elected 3) 2,574 11.9
Protectionist Charles Goodchap (elected 4) 2,528 11.6
Protectionist David Davis 2,480 11.4
Protectionist Thomas Williamson 2,429 11.2
Free Trade George Anderson 2,414 11.1
Free Trade John Beveridge 2,397 11.0
Protectionist William Schey 1,023 4.7
Total formal votes 21,729 98.5
Informal votes 323 1.5
Turnout 6,035 64.7
  Protectionist gain 2 from Free Trade  
  Free Trade hold 2
James Howe (Protectionist) won a seat at a by-election in 1888 and retained it at this election. William Schey had been elected as a Free Trade member in Redfern however changed to the Protectionist party for this election.

1888 by-election

1888 Redfern colonial by-election

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Saturday 5 February[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Sutherland (re-elected 1) 3,582 23.2
Free Trade James Farnell (elected 2) 2,644 17.1
Free Trade William Stephen (elected 3) 2,599 16.8
Free Trade William Schey (elected 4) 2,407 15.6
Protectionist Arthur Renwick (defeated) 1,938 12.6
Protectionist James Howe 1,803 11.7
Protectionist Alfred Fremlin 467 3.0
Total formal votes 15,440 99.3
Informal votes 103 0.7
Turnout 5,053 58.8
  (1 new seat)

1886 by-election

1886 Redfern colonial by-election

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Friday 16 October[32]
Candidate Votes %
John Sutherland (re-elected 1) 2,806 25.3
Arthur Renwick (elected 2) 2,137 19.3
Thomas Williamson (elected 3) 2,009 18.1
William Stephens 1,861 16.8
Francis Wright (defeated) 1,232 11.1
John Martin 1,042 9.4
Total formal votes 11,087 98.9
Informal votes 125 1.1
Turnout 5,325 69.4

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Monday 4 December[33]
Candidate Votes %
Francis Wright (re-elected 1) 2,209 28.2
Alfred Fremlin (re-elected 2) 2,075 26.5
John Sutherland (elected 3) 1,992 25.4
Thomas Williamson 1,555 19.9
Total formal votes 7,831 99.6
Informal votes 34 0.4
Turnout 3,533 59.4
  (1 new seat)

1882 by-election

1882 Redfern by-election
Monday 23 January[34]
Candidate Votes %
Francis Wright (elected) 1,704 67.5
John Williamson 819 32.5
Total formal votes 2,523 98.5
Informal votes 37 1.5
Turnout 2,560 47.8
John Sutherland resigned.[34]

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Friday 19 November[35]
Candidate Votes %
John Sutherland (elected 1) 2,386 40.3
Alfred Fremlin (elected 2) 2,209 37.3
Patrick Stanley 757 12.8
Patrick Hogan 567 9.6
Total formal votes 5,919 99.1
Informal votes 55 0.9
Turnout 3,567 66.0
  (new seat)

Notes

  1. Two party preferred vote was estimated.

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