Electoral results for the district of Tenterfield

Election results

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Tim Bruxner 11,819 59.4 -6.6
Labor Jim Curran 8,093 40.6 +6.6
Total formal votes 19,912 98.6 -0.2
Informal votes 274 1.4 +0.2
Turnout 20,186 93.4 -0.2
National Country hold Swing-6.6

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tim Bruxner 12,979 66.0 -2.6
Labor Joseph Hughes 6,681 34.0 +2.6
Total formal votes 19,660 98.8 0.0
Informal votes 231 1.2 0.0
Turnout 19,891 93.6 +1.9
Country hold Swing-2.6

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tim Bruxner 13,005 68.6 +12.1
Labor Alice Clifford 5,944 31.4 -7.8
Total formal votes 18,949 98.8
Informal votes 234 1.2
Turnout 19,183 91.7
Country hold Swing+9.9

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tim Bruxner 9,683 56.5 -10.4
Labor Ronald Grafton 6,706 39.2 +6.1
Independent George Britz 736 4.3 +4.3
Total formal votes 17,125 99.0
Informal votes 169 1.0
Turnout 17,294 93.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Tim Bruxner 10,051 58.7 -8.2
Labor Ronald Grafton 7,074 41.3 +8.2
Country hold Swing-8.2

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tim Bruxner 11,380 66.9 +9.8
Labor Ronald Grafton 5,622 33.1 -9.8
Total formal votes 17,002 98.8
Informal votes 211 1.2
Turnout 17,213 94.4
Country hold Swing+9.8

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tim Bruxner 10,119 57.1 +6.4
Labor Eric Potter 7,614 42.9 −6.4
Total formal votes 17,733 98.9 −0.3
Informal votes 203 1.1 +0.3
Turnout 17,936 94.9 +0.6
Country hold Swing+6.4

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Tim Bruxner 8,940 50.7 −17.3
Labor Eric Potter 8,675 49.3 +17.3
Total formal votes 17,615 99.2
Informal votes 147 0.8
Turnout 17,762 94.3
Country hold Swing−17.3

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Michael Bruxner 9,280 68.1
Labor Herbert Pottie 4,352 31.9
Total formal votes 13,632 98.9
Informal votes 156 1.1
Turnout 13,788 91.9
Country hold Swing

1956

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Michael Bruxner 8,585 60.1
Labor Frederick Cowley 5,688 39.9
Total formal votes 14,273 98.6
Informal votes 201 1.4
Turnout 14,474 93.8
Country hold Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Michael Bruxner 9,669 60.0
Independent Country Ben Wade 6,445 40.0
Total formal votes 16,114 96.4
Informal votes 600 3.6
Turnout 16,714 92.1
Country hold Swing

1947

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Michael Bruxner 8,613 67.7 +10.8
Independent Edward Ogilvie 4,103 32.3 +32.3
Total formal votes 12,716 97.5 -0.7
Informal votes 329 2.5 +0.7
Turnout 13,045 87.0 -5.1
Country hold SwingN/A

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Michael Bruxner 7,797 56.9
Labor Edward Ogilvie 5,893 43.1
Total formal votes 13,690 98.2
Informal votes 248 1.8
Turnout 13,938 92.1
Country hold Swing

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Michael Bruxner 7,995 61.9 -38.1
Independent William McCotter 2,968 23.0 +23.0
Independent Edward Ogilvie 1,959 15.2 +15.2
Total formal votes 12,922 98.2
Informal votes 242 1.8
Turnout 13,164 94.4
Country hold SwingN/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1935

1932

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Michael Bruxner 7,161 59.3
Labor Alfred Cameron 4,908 40.7
Total formal votes 12,069 98.7
Informal votes 161 1.3
Turnout 12,230 96.4
Country hold Swing

1927

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Charles Lee 4,090 70.7
Labor William Sturgess 1,691 29.3
Total formal votes 5,781 99.1
Informal votes 50 0.9
Turnout 5,831 54.3
Nationalist hold  

1913

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Charles Lee 4,495 59.4
Labour Reginald Whereat 2,226 29.4
Independent Robert Pyers 849 11.2
Total formal votes 7,570 97.9
Informal votes 162 2.1
Turnout 7,732 67.4
Liberal Reform hold  

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Charles Lee 3,111 53.1
Independent Robert Pyers 2,753 47.0
Total formal votes 5,864 97.0
Informal votes 182 3.0
Turnout 6,046 66.6
Liberal Reform hold  

1904 by-election

1904 Tenterfield by-election
Wednesday 14 September[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Charles Lee 2,470 61.7 +5.4
Progressive Robert Pyers 1,536 38.3 -5.4
Total formal votes 4,006 100.0 +0.7
Informal votes 0 0.0 -0.7
Turnout 4,006 59.6[lower-alpha 1] -0.1
Liberal Reform hold Swing+5.4
Charles Lee was appointed Secretary for Public Works in the Carruthers ministry.[27]

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Charles Lee 2,247 56.3
Progressive Robert Pyers 1,742 43.7
Total formal votes 3,989 99.3
Informal votes 27 0.7
Turnout 4,016 59.7
Liberal Reform hold  
Tenterfield was expanded to include part of The Richmond. Charles Lee (Liberal Reform) was the member for Tenterfield while Robert Pyers (Progressive) was the member for The Richmond.

1901

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Charles Lee 704 53.1
National Federal John Reid 622 46.9
Total formal votes 1,326 98.7
Informal votes 17 1.3
Turnout 1,343 74.0
Free Trade hold  

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Charles Lee 805 67.6
Protectionist John Coxall 386 32.4
Total formal votes 1,191 99.8
Informal votes 3 0.3
Turnout 1,194 69.5
Free Trade hold  

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Charles Lee 729 51.9
Labour John Coxall 660 47.0
Protectionist Henry Campbell 16 1.1
Total formal votes 1,405 98.3
Informal votes 25 1.8
Turnout 1,430 82.2
Free Trade hold  

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Tuesday 16 June[34]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Charles Lee (elected) unopposed  
Free Trade hold  

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Saturday 16 February[35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Charles Lee (elected) 692 53.3
Protectionist Richard Stuart 606 46.7
Total formal votes 1,298 98.2
Informal votes 24 1.8
Turnout 1,322 52.9
Free Trade hold  

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Monday 21 February[36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Charles Lee (re-elected) 672 65.8
Protectionist William Richardson 350 34.3
Total formal votes 1,022 97.4
Informal votes 27 2.6
Turnout 1,049 45.1

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Friday 30 October[37]
Candidate Votes %
Charles Lee (re-elected) unopposed  

1884 by-election

1884 Tenterfield colonial by-election

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Friday 8 December[38]
Candidate Votes %
Sir Henry Parkes (elected) unopposed
. Sir Henry Parkes unsuccessfully contested East Sydney and nominated for both St Leonards and then Tenterfield. Parkes then withdrew from St Leonards.

1882 by-election

1882 Tenterfield colonial by-election

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Monday 22 November[39]
Candidate Votes %
John Dillon (re-elected) 381 70.0
William Christie 163 30.0
Total formal votes 544 96.5
Informal votes 20 3.6
Turnout 564 40.0

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Saturday 3 November[40]
Candidate Votes %
John Dillon (elected) 642 40.9
Robert Abbott (defeated) 518 33.0
Alexander Murray 410 26.1
Total formal votes 1,570 97.3
Informal votes 44 2.7
Turnout 1,614 38.3

1874

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Tuesday 29 December 1874[41]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Abbott (re-elected) 999 58.8
Colin Fraser 624 36.7
W Bourke 77 4.5
Total formal votes 1,700 94.8
Informal votes 93 5.2
Turnout 1,793 49.6

1874 by-election

1874 Tenterfield by-election
Monday 24 August[42]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Abbott (re-elected) 658 74.7
Edward Jones 223 25.3
Total formal votes 881 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 881 24.4
Robert Abbott was appointed Secretary for Mines in the first Parkes ministry.[42]

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Tuesday 12 March[43]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Abbott (elected) 453 55.6
Colin Fraser (defeated) 362 44.4
Total formal votes 815 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 827 47.6

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Thursday 23 December 1869[44]
Candidate Votes %
Colin Fraser (elected) 397 43.2
Robert Abbott 308 33.5
James Williamson 215 23.4
Total formal votes 920 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 920 55.7

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Saturday 24 December 1864[45]
Candidate Votes %
Hugh Gordon (re-elected) 290 52.6
Peel Raymond 261 47.4
Total formal votes 551 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 551 58.7

1861 by-election

1861 Tenterfield colonial by-election

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Saturday 15 December[46]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Meston (elected) 140 69.3
John Ross 62 30.7
Total formal votes 202 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 202 43.3

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Friday 24 June[47]
Candidate Votes %
Randolph Nott (elected) 99 55.3
Robert Meston 80 44.7
Total formal votes 179 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 179 32.8

Notes

  1. estimate based on an electoral roll of 6,724 at the August 1904 election.[28]

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