Electoral results for the district of Waverley

Waverley, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had three incarnations, 1894 to 1920, 1927 to 1959 and 1971 until 1991.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1894   Angus Cameron Free Trade
1895
1896 by   Thomas Jessep Free Trade
1898
1901   Liberal Reform
1904
1907   James Macarthur-Onslow Independent Liberal
1910   Liberal Reform
1913   James Fingleton Labor
1917   Charles Oakes Nationalist
 
Second incarnation (1927–1959)
Member Party Term
1927   Carl Glasgow Nationalist
1930   William Clementson Labor
1932   John Waddell United Australia
1935
1938
1939 by   Clarrie Martin Industrial Labor / Labor
1941   Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953
1953 by   William Ferguson Labor
1956
 
Third incarnation (1971–1991)
Member Party Term
1971   Syd Einfeld Labor
1973
1976
1978
1981   Ernie Page Labor
1984
1988

Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1988

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1988 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Waverley.[edit]
1988 New South Wales state election: Waverley [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Page 12,360 46.2 −3.3
Liberal Sally Betts 12,063 45.1 +4.3
Democrats Heather Meers 2,315 8.7 +1.8
Total formal votes 26,738 96.9 +0.4
Informal votes 843 3.1 −0.4
Turnout 27,581 90.1
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Page 13,303 50.5 −3.9
Liberal Sally Betts 13,016 49.5 +3.9
Labor hold Swing −3.9

1984

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Waverley.[edit]
1984 New South Wales state election: Waverley [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Page 13,255 49.2 −12.7
Liberal Dick Davidson 11,279 41.8 +3.7
Democrats Heather Meers 1,722 6.4 +6.4
Independent Peter Kristofferson 483 1.8 +1.8
Independent Dorothy Sekers 225 0.8 +0.8
Total formal votes 26,964 96.4 +1.2
Informal votes 1,009 3.6 −1.2
Turnout 27,973 86.7 +0.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Ernie Page 14,266 53.7 −8.2
Liberal Dick Davidson 12,326 46.3 +8.2
Labor hold Swing −8.2

1981

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Waverley.[edit]
1981 New South Wales state election: Waverley [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernie Page 16,796 61.9 −3.7
Liberal Albert Ross 10,350 38.1 +10.7
Total formal votes 27,146 95.2
Informal votes 1,375 4.8
Turnout 28,521 85.8
Labor hold Swing −6.9

Elections in the 1970s

1978

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Waverley.[edit]
1978 New South Wales state election: Waverley [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Syd Einfeld 15,649 65.6 +8.6
Liberal Margaret Davis 6,543 27.4 −15.6
Independent Moshe Levy 647 2.7 +2.7
Democrats Michael Smythe 607 2.6 +2.6
Independent Christopher Allen 393 1.7 +1.7
Total formal votes 23,839 96.4 −1.0
Informal votes 891 3.6 +1.0
Turnout 24,730 86.2 −1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Syd Einfeld 16,396 68.8 +11.8
Liberal Margaret Davis 7,443 31.2 −11.8
Labor hold Swing +11.8

1976

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Waverley.[edit]
1976 New South Wales state election: Waverley [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Syd Einfeld 14,691 57.0 +5.9
Liberal Geoffrey Mort 11,075 43.0 +4.8
Total formal votes 25,766 97.4 −1.2
Informal votes 696 2.6 +1.2
Turnout 26,462 88.1 +1.6
Labor hold Swing +0.6

1973

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Waverley.[edit]
1973 New South Wales state election: Waverley [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Syd Einfeld 12,065 51.1 −7.5
Liberal Hans Dreyer 9,031 38.2 −3.2
Australia Virginia Walker 1,586 6.7 +6.7
Democratic Labor Dominique Droulers 604 2.6 +2.6
Independent Martin Smith 341 1.4 +1.4
Total formal votes 23,627 95.7
Informal votes 1,055 4.3
Turnout 24,682 86.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Syd Einfeld 13,322 56.4 −2.2
Liberal Hans Dreyer 10,305 43.6 +2.2
Labor hold Swing −2.2

1971

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Waverley.[edit]
1971 New South Wales state election: Waverley [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Syd Einfeld 13,781 58.6 +5.5
Liberal James Markham 9,736 41.4 −5.5
Total formal votes 23,517 96.8
Informal votes 770 3.2
Turnout 24,287 89.6
Labor notional hold Swing +5.5

1959 - 1971

District abolished

Elections in the 1950s

1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1956 New South Wales state election: Waverley [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Ferguson 11,373 58.6 −9.9
Liberal John Steinwede 7,145 36.8 +5.3
Communist Eddie Maher 900 4.6 +4.6
Total formal votes 19,418 97.9 0.0
Informal votes 425 2.1 0.0
Turnout 19,843 90.8 −0.3
Two-party-preferred result
Labor William Ferguson 12,183 62.7 −5.8
Liberal John Steinwede 7,235 37.3 +5.8
Labor hold Swing −5.8

1953 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1953 Waverley state by-election § Result.[edit]
1953 Waverley by-election
Saturday 31 October [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Ferguson 11,284 61.0 −7.5
Liberal Ben Doig 6,678 36.1 +4.6
Independent Edward Maher 539 2.9
Total formal votes 18,501 98.2 +0.3
Informal votes 338 1.8 −0.3
Turnout 18,839 81.7 −9.3
Labor hold Swing

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1953 New South Wales state election: Waverley [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clarrie Martin 14,354 68.5
Liberal Ben Doig 6,604 31.5
Total formal votes 20,958 97.9
Informal votes 456 2.1
Turnout 21,414 91.1
Labor hold Swing

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1950 New South Wales state election: Waverley [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clarrie Martin 11,415 60.9
Liberal Ross McKinnon 7,324 39.1
Total formal votes 18,739 98.9
Informal votes 215 1.1
Turnout 18,954 91.1
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1947 New South Wales state election: Waverley [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clarrie Martin 13,481 62.5 −37.5
Liberal Thomas Fairbairn 8,095 37.5 +37.5
Total formal votes 21,576 98.7
Informal votes 288 1.3
Turnout 21,864 92.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1944 New South Wales state election: Waverley [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clarrie Martin unopposed
Labor hold  

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1941 New South Wales state election: Waverley [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clarrie Martin 11,464 57.7
United Australia Arnold Lander 6,004 30.2
State Labor John Fisher 2,408 12.1
Total formal votes 19,876 98.2
Informal votes 357 1.8
Turnout 20,233 90.9
Labor hold Swing
  • Preferences were not distributed.

Elections in the 1930s

1939 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1939 Waverley state by-election § Result.[edit]
1939 Waverley by-election
Saturday 22 April [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Industrial Labor Clarrie Martin 6,397 34.8
United Australia Ella Waddell [a] 6,539 34.6 −16.8
Labor James Ormonde 5,630 30.6 −18.0
Total formal votes 18,386 98.0 −0.1
Informal votes 370 2.0 +0.1
Turnout 18,756 93.0 −1.9
Two-party-preferred result
Industrial Labor Clarrie Martin 10,477 56.8
United Australia Ella Waddell [a] 7,939 43.2 −8.2
Industrial Labor gain from United Australia Swing N/A
John Waddell (United Australia) died.[18]

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1938 New South Wales state election: Waverley [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia John Waddell 10,210 51.4 +1.2
Labor William Clementson 9,641 48.6 +2.7
Total formal votes 19,851 98.1 −0.2
Informal votes 380 1.9 +0.2
Turnout 20,231 94.9 −0.9
United Australia hold Swing N/A

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: Waverley [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia John Waddell 9,344 50.2 −2.1
Labor (NSW) William Clementson 8,545 45.9 +3.7
Federal Labor Alexander Hogan 732 3.9 −1.0
Total formal votes 18,621 98.3 −0.4
Informal votes 314 1.7 +0.4
Turnout 18,935 95.8 0.0
United Australia hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: Waverley [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia John Waddell 9,644 52.3 +15.0
Labor (NSW) William Clementson 7,789 42.2 −15.3
Federal Labor Albert Gardiner 904 4.9 +4.9
Communist Esmonde Higgins 102 0.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 18,439 98.7 +1.9
Informal votes 249 1.3 −1.9
Turnout 18,688 95.8 +2.5
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: Waverley [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor William Clementson 9,994 57.5
Nationalist Guy Arkins (defeated) 6,487 37.3
Australian George Overhill 901 5.2
Total formal votes 17,382 96.8
Informal votes 578 3.2
Turnout 17,960 93.3
Labor gain from Nationalist Swing
Guy Arkins (Nationalist) was the sitting member for the aboslied district of Rockdale.

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Waverley [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Carl Glasgow 7,501 55.4
Labor Archibald Moate 6,038 44.6
Total formal votes 13,539 99.3
Informal votes 92 0.7
Turnout 13,631 86.7
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 § Waverley.[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Waverley [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Charles Oakes 5,136 56.7 +13.8
Labor James Fingleton 3,919 43.3 +5.7
Total formal votes 9,055 99.2 +1.7
Informal votes 69 0.8 −1.7
Turnout 9,124 63.9 −6.0
Nationalist gain from Labor Swing +7.0

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Waverley [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Harold Jaques 3,743 42.9
Labor James Fingleton 3,280 37.6
National Progressive George Beeby 1,698 19.5
Total formal votes 8,721 97.5
Informal votes 220 2.5
Turnout 8,941 69.9
1913 New South Wales state election: Waverley - Second Round
Saturday 13 December [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Fingleton 4,609 50.3
Liberal Reform Harold Jaques 4,547 49.7
Total formal votes 9,156 99.4
Informal votes 55 0.6
Turnout 9,211 72.0
Labor gain from Liberal Reform  

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Waverley [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform James Macarthur-Onslow 5,175 52.4 +4.0
Labour Walter Duncan 3,706 37.5 +31.6
Independent Liberal Robert Watkins 921 9.3
Independent Henry Douglass 74 0.8
Total formal votes 9,876 99.3 +0.8
Informal votes 72 0.7 +0.5
Turnout 9,948 73.2 −0.1
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Independent Liberal  

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Waverley [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal James Macarthur-Onslow 3,769 48.4
Liberal Reform Thomas Jessep 3,189 40.9
Labour Edward Whittington 458 5.9
Independent Frank Lock 379 4.9
Total formal votes 7,795 98.5
Informal votes 119 1.5
Turnout 7,914 73.3
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Reform  

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Waverley [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Jessep 2,630 63.0
Labour Alfred Warton 1,080 25.9
Independent Liberal James Conroy 467 11.2
Total formal votes 4,177 99.2
Informal votes 35 0.8
Turnout 4,212 48.3
Liberal Reform hold  
Waverley lost part of the seat to Randwick and was expanded to include parts of Woollahra and Randwick. The member for Waverley was Thomas Jessep (Liberal Reform). The member for Randwick was David Storey (Liberal Reform) while the member for Woollahra was William Latimer and each retained their respective seats.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Waverley.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Waverley [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Jessep 1,035 48.9 −7.4
Independent James Macarthur-Onslow 886 41.8 −1.8
Independent Liberal Alfred Allen 171 8.1
Independent John Carroll 18 0.9 +0.3
Independent David Penfold 8 0.4
Total formal votes 2,118 99.1 −0.0
Informal votes 19 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 2,137 61.9 −1.1
Liberal Reform hold  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Waverley.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Waverley [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Thomas Jessep 998 56.3
National Federal James Onslow 773 43.6
Independent Federalist William Blunt 2 0.1
Total formal votes 1,773 99.2
Informal votes 15 0.8
Turnout 1,788 63.1
Free Trade hold  

1896 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1896 Waverley colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
1896 Waverley colonial by-election[31][32][33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Thomas Jessep 698 50.4 +6.9
Protectionist Thomas Barlow 528 38.1 +5.5
Independent Sir Henry Parkes 160 11.5 +11.5
Total formal votes 1,386 99.4 +0.1
Informal votes 9 0.7 −0.2
Turnout 1,395 62.2[b] −2.2
Free Trade hold  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Waverley.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Waverley [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Angus Cameron 622 43.5
Protectionist Thomas Barlow 466 32.6
Ind. Free Trade Alfred Allen 298 20.8
Ind. Protectionist William Allen 45 3.1
Total formal votes 1,431 99.2
Informal votes 12 0.8
Turnout 1,443 64.4
Free Trade hold  

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Waverley.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Waverley [36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Angus Cameron 747 40.5
Protectionist Thomas Barlow 475 25.8
Ind. Free Trade Alfred Allen 369 20.0
Labour Thomas Kemp 245 13.3
Ind. Protectionist James Carroll 9 0.5
Total formal votes 1,845 99.3
Informal votes 13 0.7
Turnout 1,858 81.7
Free Trade win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ a b Ella Waddell was the widow of former member John Waddell.
  2. ^ Estimate based on a roll of 2,242 at the 1895 election.[34]

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