Electoral results for the district of Kahibah

Kahibah, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had three incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1930 and the third from 1950 to 1971.[1][2][3]

Term Member Party
1894   Alfred Edden Labour
1895
1898
1901
1904
1907
1910
1913
1917   Nationalist
 
Term Member Party
1927   Hugh Connell Labor
 
Term Member Party
1950   Joshua Arthur Labor
1953 by   Tom Armstrong Independent Labor
1956
1957 by   Jack Stewart Labor
1959
1962
1965
1968

Election results

Elections in the 1960s

1968

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1968 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Stewart 12,949 58.5 −5.1
Liberal Roy Hammond 7,166 32.4 −4.1
Democratic Labor William Crane 1,055 4.8 +4.8
Communist Darrell Dawson 691 3.1 +3.1
Independent William Fricker 259 1.2 +1.2
Total formal votes 22,120 97.6
Informal votes 540 2.4
Turnout 22,660 95.2
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jack Stewart 13,843 62.6 −1.0
Liberal Roy Hammond 8,277 37.4 +1.0
Labor hold Swing −1.0

1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1965 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Stewart 11,740 55.6 −6.1
Liberal Wallace MacDonald 9,384 44.4 +44.4
Total formal votes 21,124 98.5 0.0
Informal votes 311 1.5 0.0
Turnout 21,435 95.5 +0.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1962 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Stewart 12,011 61.7 −2.1
Independent Wallace MacDonald 7,473 38.3 +38.3
Total formal votes 19,484 98.5
Informal votes 298 1.5
Turnout 19,782 95.4
Labor hold Swing −2.1

Elections in the 1950s

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1959 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Stewart 11,908 63.7
Liberal Eric Cupit 6,790 36.3
Total formal votes 18,698 98.4
Informal votes 311 1.6
Turnout 19,009 95.5
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing
Tom Armstrong (Independent Labor) died and Jack Stewart (Labor) won the resulting by-election.

1957 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1957 Kahibah state by-election § Result.[edit]
1957 Kahibah by-election
Saturday 13 April [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jack Stewart 9,232 51.9
Liberal Joseph Richley 4,407 24.8
Democratic Labor John Daley 2,687 15.1
Independent Ethelene James 1,451 8.2
Total formal votes 17,777 98.3
Informal votes 303 1.7
Turnout 18,080 91.2
Labor hold Swing N/A
Tom Armstrong (Independent Labor) died.[8]

1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1956 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Robert McCartney 7,238 39.0 −25.7
Independent Labor Tom Armstrong 6,195 33.4 +33.4
Liberal Joseph Richley 5,129 27.6 −7.7
Total formal votes 18,562 98.9 +3.1
Informal votes 213 1.1 −3.1
Turnout 18,775 95.9 −0.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Tom Armstrong 10,618 57.2 +57.2
Labor Robert McCartney 7,944 42.8 −21.9
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing N/A
Joshua Arthur (Labor) resigned as a result of the Royal Commission concerning his relationship with Reginald Doyle. Tom Armstrong (Independent Labor) won the resulting by-election.[10]

1953 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1953 Kahibah state by-election § Result.[edit]
1953 Kahibah by-election
Saturday 31 October [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Tom Armstrong 5,706 34.67 +34.67
Liberal Harry Quinlan 5,144 31.26 −4.07
Labor Joshua Arthur, Sr. 4,059 24.67 −40.00
Independent Inglis Alexander 1,101 6.69 +6.69
Communist Douglas Olive 446 2.71 +2.71
Total formal votes 16,456
Informal votes 428 2.53
Turnout 16,884 88.82
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Tom Armstrong 10,647 64.70 +64.70
Liberal Harry Quinlan 5,809 35.30 −0.03
Independent gain from Labor Swing N/A
Joshua Arthur (Labor) was forced to resign after a Royal Commission found his dealings with Reginald Doyle were improper.[11] The by-election was a disastrous defeat for Labor in one of their safest seats.

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1953 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joshua Arthur 11,093 64.7
Liberal Inglis Alexander 6,061 35.3
Total formal votes 17,154 95.8
Informal votes 759 4.2
Turnout 17,913 96.0
Labor hold Swing

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1950 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joshua Arthur 12,633 69.3
Liberal William Bourke 5,608 30.7
Total formal votes 18,241 99.0
Informal votes 181 1.0
Turnout 18,422 95.3
Labor notional hold  

District recreated

1930 - 1950

District abolished

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hugh Connell 9,228 72.6
Nationalist Arthur Ashton 3,480 27.4
Total formal votes 12,708 99.2
Informal votes 108 0.8
Turnout 12,816 83.2
Labor win (new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alfred Edden 3,728 48.5 +15.1
Labor Hugh Connell 3,724 48.5 −16.9
Independent William Ellis 234 3.0 +3.0
Total formal votes 7,686 99.1 +1.7
Informal votes 67 0.9 −1.7
Turnout 7,753 63.2 −1.1
1917 New South Wales state election: Kahibah - Second Round [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Alfred Edden 4,396 51.0
Labor Hugh Connell 4,216 49.0
Total formal votes 8,612 99.6 +0.5
Informal votes 36 0.4 −0.5
Turnout 8,648 70.5 +7.3
Member changed to Nationalist from Labor  
The sitting member Alfred Edden was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[16]

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Alfred Edden 4,407 65.4
Liberal Reform William Ellis 2,253 33.4
Country Party Association Edgar de Lough 77 1.1
Total formal votes 6,737 97.4
Informal votes 183 2.6
Turnout 6,920 64.3
Labor hold  

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Edden 4,159 84.6
Liberal Reform Walter Clutton 760 15.4
Total formal votes 4,919 98.1
Informal votes 98 1.9
Turnout 5,017 65.6
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Edden Unopposed
Labour hold  

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Edden 1,966 87.4
Independent Liberal John Bailey 283 12.6
Total formal votes 2,249 99.1
Informal votes 21 0.9
Turnout 2,270 31.6
Labour hold  
Kahibah was expanded to include part of Waratah and the abolished seat of Newcastle West. The member for Kahibah was Alfred Edden (Labour). The member for Newcastle West was Owen Gilbert (Liberal Reform) who unsuccessfully contested Wickham while the member for Waratah was Matthew Charlton (Labour) who successfully contested Northumberland.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Kahibah.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Edden 1,218 89.5 +24.5
Independent Liberal John Bailey 143 10.5
Total formal votes 1,361 100.0 +0.3
Informal votes 0 0.0 −0.3
Turnout 1,369 54.1 −5.1
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Kahibah.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Kahibah [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Edden 843 65.0
Independent Federalist William Richardson 38 2.9
National Federal Oswald Steel 356 27.5
Independent William Williams 60 4.6
Total formal votes 1,297 99.2
Informal votes 11 0.8
Turnout 1,308 59.1
Labour hold  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Kahibah.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Kahibah [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Edden unopposed
Member changed to Labour from Independent Labour  
Alfred Edden left Labor in 1891 over the question of the solidarity pledge and was elected as an Independent Labour member in 1894 and rejoined Labour before this election.

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Kahibah.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Kahibah [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labour Alfred Edden 1,041 54.7
Independent John Penman 364 19.1
Labour George Errington 355 18.7
Ind. Free Trade William Case 70 3.7
Independent William Williams 41 2.2
Ind. Free Trade Joseph Gorrick 31 1.6
Total formal votes 1,902 98.1
Informal votes 37 1.9
Turnout 1,939 91.0
Independent Labour win (new seat)

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