Electoral results for the district of Ashburnham

Ashburnham, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1950.[1][2][3]

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Election Member Party
1894   Albert Gardiner Independent Labor
1895   Joseph Reymond Protectionist
1898
1901   Progressive
1904   Eden George Liberal Reform
1907   John Lynch Labor
1910
1913   Arthur Grimm Farmers and Settlers
1917   Nationalist
Second incarnation (1927–1950)
Election Member Party
1927   Edmund Best Nationalist
1930   William Keast Labor
1932   Hilton Elliott Country
1935
1938
1941   Edgar Dring Labor
1944
1947

Election results

Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1947 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edgar Dring 6,472 47.5 −10.9
Liberal Holman Cockram 3,671 26.9 +26.9
Country Hilton Elliott 3,481 25.6 −16.0
Total formal votes 13,624 98.6 +0.6
Informal votes 194 1.4
Turnout 13,818 95.9 +4.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Edgar Dring 6,921 50.8 −7.6
Liberal Holman Cockram 6,703 49.2 +49.2
Labor hold Swing −7.6

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1944 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edgar Dring 7,418 58.4 +3.8
Country Charles McCarron 5,278 41.6 −3.8
Total formal votes 12,696 98.0 −0.4
Informal votes 264 2.0 +0.4
Turnout 12,960 91.4 −2.8
Labor hold Swing +3.8

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1941 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edgar Dring 7,367 54.6
Country Hilton Elliott 6,136 45.4
Total formal votes 13,503 98.4
Informal votes 220 1.6
Turnout 13,723 94.2
Labor gain from Country Swing

Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1938 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Hilton Elliott 6,409 48.4 −4.5
Labor Edgar Dring 5,779 43.6 −3.5
Independent William Gibbons 1,065 8.0 +8.0
Total formal votes 13,253 98.7 −0.2
Informal votes 175 1.3 +0.2
Turnout 13,428 96.8 0.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Hilton Elliott 6,963 52.5 −0.4
Labor Edgar Dring 6,290 47.5 +0.4
Country hold Swing −0.4

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Hilton Elliott 6,986 52.9 +19.5
Labor (NSW) William Keast 6,228 47.1 +5.4
Total formal votes 13,214 98.9 +0.4
Informal votes 150 1.1 −0.4
Turnout 13,364 96.8 −0.3
Country hold Swing −4.1

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) William Keast 5,211 41.7 −7.6
Country Hilton Elliott 4,175 33.4 +33.4
United Australia Eric Pryor 2,474 19.8 −18.4
Ind. United Australia Edmund Best 631 5.1 +5.1
Total formal votes 12,491 98.5 0.0
Informal votes 189 1.5 0.0
Turnout 12,680 97.1 +2.0
Two-party-preferred result
Country Hilton Elliott 7,124 57.0 +57.0
Labor (NSW) William Keast 5,367 43.0 −7.4
Country gain from Labor (NSW) Swing N/A

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Keast 5,941 49.3
Nationalist Edmund Best (defeated) 4,611 38.2
Independent Country David Kelly 1,512 12.5
Total formal votes 12,064 98.5
Informal votes 179 1.5
Turnout 12,243 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Keast 6,084 50.4
Nationalist Edmund Best 5,980 49.6
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Edmund Best 7,063 58.8
Labor William Keast 4,954 41.2
Total formal votes 12,017 98.4
Informal votes 200 1.6
Turnout 12,217 82.8
Nationalist win (new seat)

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Arthur Grimm 4,169 54.9 +4.6
Labor John Lynch 3,423 45.1 −4.6
Total formal votes 7,592 99.0 +1.5
Informal votes 78 1.0 −1.5
Turnout 7,670 72.6 −4.9
Nationalist hold Swing +4.6

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farmers and Settlers Arthur Grimm [a] 3,999 50.3
Labor John Lynch 3,954 49.7
Total formal votes 7,953 97.5
Informal votes 205 2.5
Turnout 8,158 77.5
Farmers and Settlers gain from Labor  

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Lynch 3,349 53.4
Liberal Reform Reginald Weaver 2,917 46.6
Total formal votes 6,266 98.2
Informal votes 118 1.8
Turnout 6,384 75.8
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Lynch 2,972 53.7 +22.3
Liberal Reform Eden George 2,560 46.3 +10.9
Total formal votes 5,532 96.0
Informal votes 231 4.0
Turnout 5,763 74.0
Labour gain from Liberal Reform Swing +5.7

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Eden George 1,832 35.4
Independent Joseph Reymond 1,721 33.2
Labour Patrick Clara 1,626 31.4
Total formal votes 5,179 99.4
Informal votes 29 0.6
Turnout 5,208 68.7
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive  
Ashburnham was one of two seats contested by 3 sitting members.[b] The district lost parts to Belubula and absorbed parts of the abolished seats of Condoublin and Molong. Joseph Reymond had held the seat since the 1898 election as a member of the Progressive Party, however was standing as an independent. The member for Condoublin was Patrick Clara (Labour) and Eden George (Liberal Reform) was the member for the abolished seat of Sydney-Belmore. The member for Molong was Andrew Ross (Independent Liberal) who unsuccessfully contested Orange.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Joseph Reymond 1,081 56.0 −2.2
Liberal Reform Thomas Bavister 605 31.4 −10.4
Independent Frank Calder 243 12.6
Total formal votes 1,929 99.4 +0.3
Informal votes 12 0.6 −0.3
Turnout 1,941 68.3 +0.6
Progressive hold  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Ashburnham [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Joseph Reymond 1,092 58.2
Free Trade Albert Gardiner 783 41.8
Total formal votes 1,875 99.1
Informal votes 18 1.0
Turnout 1,893 67.6
National Federal hold  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Ashburnham [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Joseph Reymond 672 44.0
Free Trade Albert Gardiner 534 35.0
Labour George Hutchinson 322 21.1
Total formal votes 1,528 99.7
Informal votes 5 0.3
Turnout 1,533 70.1
Protectionist gain from Free Trade  

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Ashburnham.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Ashburnham [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labour Albert Gardiner 577 31.9
Protectionist Alfred Stokes 530 29.3
Ind. Free Trade George Hutchinson 386 21.3
Labour John Hanney 195 10.8
Ind. Free Trade Thomas Spencer 121 6.7
Total formal votes 1,809 97.9
Informal votes 39 2.1
Turnout 1,848 83.3
Independent Labour win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
  2. ^ The two seats contested by 3 sitting members were Ashburnham and The Lachlan.

References

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