Electoral results for the district of Singleton

Singleton, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1894 and abolished in 1920.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1894   Albert Gould Free Trade
1894 by
1895
1898   Charles Dight National Federal
1901   Progressive
1904   James Fallick Liberal Reform
1907
1910
1913
1917   Nationalist

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Singleton.[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Singleton [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist James Fallick 2,905 51.4 −1.4
Labor Richard Bramston 2,505 44.3 +4.2
Independent Valdemar Olling 131 2.3 +2.3
Independent Leslie Hewitt 114 2.0 −5.2
Total formal votes 5,655 98.5 +2.1
Informal votes 88 1.5 −2.1
Turnout 5,743 56.8 −9.7
Nationalist hold Swing −1.4

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Singleton.[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Singleton [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform James Fallick 3,294 52.8
Labor Thomas Braye 2,500 40.1
Country Party Association Leslie Hewitt 447 7.2
Total formal votes 6,241 96.4
Informal votes 231 3.6
Turnout 6,472 66.5
Liberal Reform hold  

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Singleton.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Singleton [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform James Fallick 2,805 55.4
Labour Sydney Pender 2,257 44.6
Total formal votes 5,062 98.3
Informal votes 88 1.7
Turnout 5,150 70.1
Liberal Reform hold  

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Singleton.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Singleton [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform James Fallick 2,243 58.1
Labour William Johnson 1,619 41.9
Total formal votes 3,862 97.9
Informal votes 85 2.2
Turnout 3,947 64.6
Liberal Reform hold  

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Singleton.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Singleton [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform James Fallick 2,106 50.9
Progressive Charles Dight 2,036 49.2
Total formal votes 4,142 99.4
Informal votes 24 0.6
Turnout 4,166 69.2
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive  
Singleton absorbed part of the seat of Northumberland and parts of the abolished seats of Robertson and Rylstone. The member for Northumberland was John Norton (Independent) who successfully contested Surry Hills, the member for Robertson was William Fleming (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested The Upper Hunter and the member for Rylstone was John Fitzpatrick (Liberal Reform) who unsuccessfully contested Northumberland. Charles Dight (Progressive) was the member for Singleton while James Fallick (Independent Liberal) was the member for Newtown-St Peters.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Singleton.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Singleton [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Charles Dight 972 57.1 +1.0
Liberal Reform Augustus Walker 585 34.4 −9.5
Independent Thomas Blick 144 8.5
Total formal votes 1,701 99.8 +0.3
Informal votes 4 0.2 −0.3
Turnout 1,705 68.2 +4.2
Progressive hold  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Singleton.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Singleton [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Charles Dight 878 56.1
Free Trade Albert Gould 687 43.9
Total formal votes 1,565 99.5
Informal votes 8 0.5
Turnout 1,573 64.0
National Federal gain from Free Trade  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Singleton.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Singleton [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Albert Gould 932 55.4
Protectionist Alfred Holden 751 44.6
Total formal votes 1,683 99.2
Informal votes 13 0.8
Turnout 1,696 72.3
Free Trade hold  

1894 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1894 Singleton colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1894 Singleton by-election
Tuesday 14 August [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Albert Gould (re-elected) 1,008 69.0 +22.4
Labour Robert Connelly 452 31.0 +9.4
Total formal votes 1,460 98.3 −0.6
Informal votes 25 1.7 +0.6
Turnout 1,485 63.0 [a] −18.2
Free Trade hold  
Albert Gould (Free Trade) was appointed Minister for Justice in the Reid ministry.[12]

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Singleton.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Singleton [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Albert Gould 882 46.6
Protectionist John Connelly 603 31.8
Labour William Burnett 409 21.6
Total formal votes 1,894 98.9
Informal votes 22 1.2
Turnout 1,916 81.2
Free Trade win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ Estimate based on a roll of 2,359 at the July 1894 election.[13]

References

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  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1917 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1913 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1907 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 December 2019.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  12. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1894 Singleton by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  13. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1894 Singleton". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.