Electoral results for the district of Alexandria

Alexandria, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, the first from 1904 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1930.[1][2]

First incarnation (1904–1920)
Election Member Party
1904   John Dacey Labor
1907
1910
1912 by Simon Hickey
1913
1917
 
Second incarnation (1927–1930)
1927   Bill Ratcliffe Labor

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Alexandria.[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Bill Ratcliffe 8,370 67.6
Nationalist Ernest Kidd 4,018 32.4
Total formal votes 12,388 98.8
Informal votes 150 1.2
Turnout 12,538 82.7
Labor win (new seat)

Bill Ratcliffe was one of five sitting MPs for Botany.[3]

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 § Alexandria.[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Simon Hickey 3,670 69.9 −0.1
Nationalist Sydney Smith 1,388 26.4 +26.4
Independent James Dixon 189 3.6 −16.6
Total formal votes 5,247 99.1 +1.9
Informal votes 50 0.9 −1.9
Turnout 5,297 53.9 −0.4
Labor hold Swing −0.1

Sitting Labor MP Simon Hickey was returned with a slightly reduced majority. Sydney Smith was a former member for East Macquarie, Bathurst, Canterbury and federal member for Macquarie.[4]

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Alexandria.[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Simon Hickey 3,785 70.0
Independent Liberal James Dixon 1,092 20.2
Independent Joseph Warner 529 9.8
Total formal votes 5,406 97.2
Informal votes 158 2.8
Turnout 5,564 54.3
Labor hold  

Sitting Labor MP Simon Hickey was returned with an increased majority.[5]

1912 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1912 Alexandria state by-election § Results.[edit]
1912 Alexandria by-election

Saturday 18 May [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Simon Hickey 3,437 65.4 −3.3
Liberal Reform William Ferguson 1,695 32.2 +1.3
Socialist Arthur Duffield 70 1.3
Independent James Dixon 56 1.1
Total formal votes 5,258 97.3 +0.2
Informal votes 147 2.7 −0.2
Turnout 5,405 55.6 [a] −9.5
Labour hold Swing

The by-election was caused by the death of John Dacey.[8] Simon Hickey was Dacey's son-in-law. William Ferguson was a former member for Sturt who had been a member of Labor until switching to Liberal reform in 1904.[6]

Elections in the 1900s

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Alexandria.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Dacey 4,225 68.7 +13.7
Liberal Reform George Smith 1,897 30.9 −11.9
Independent James Horne 25 0.4
Total formal votes 6,147 97.1 −0.6
Informal votes 186 2.9 +0.6
Turnout 6,333 65.2 −6.6
Labour hold Swing +13.7

Sitting Labor MP John Dacey was returned with an increased majority.[7]

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Alexandria.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Dacey 3,523 55.0
Liberal Reform Albert Bruntnell 2,742 42.8
Independent Joseph Edward Warner 119 1.9
Independent Patrick Joseph Craddock 10 0.2
Independent Alexander Bryson 8 0.1
Total formal votes 6,290 97.7
Informal votes 147 2.3
Turnout 6,437 71.7
Labour hold  

Albert Bruntnell had been elected MP for Surry Hills at the 1906 by-election.[9]

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Alexandria.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Dacey 2,859 49.8
Progressive George Anderson 2,742 47.8
Independent Thomas Edwards 90 1.6
Socialist Labor John Wilcox 49 0.9
Total formal votes 5,740 99.4
Informal votes 36 0.6
Turnout 5,776 64.2
Labour win (new seat)
Alexandria was a new seat, comprising parts of the seat of Botany and the abolished seats of Darlington, Newtown-Erskine and Waterloo. John Dacey was the member for Botany who had lost Labour pre-selection for that seat, while George Anderson was the member for the abolished seat of Waterloo. The member for Darlington was Phillip Sullivan (Labour) who successfully contested Phillip while the member for Newtown-Erskine was Robert Hollis (Labour) who successfully contested Newtown.

Notes

  1. ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 9,721 at the 1910 election.[7]

References

  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1927 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  4. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1917 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1913 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  6. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1912 Alexandria by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  7. ^ a b c Green, Antony. "1910 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Mr John Rowland Dacey (1854–1912)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  9. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1907 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.