Electoral results for the district of Young

Young, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1880 until 1904 and from 1927 until 1981.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party Member Party
1880   James Watson None   William Watson None
1882   Gerald Spring None   James Mackinnon None
1885   William Watson None
1885 re-count   James Mackinnon None
1887   James Gordon Free Trade   Protectionist
1889   John Gough Protectionist
1891   Labour   Labour
1894   Chris Watson Labour
1895
1898
1901   George Burgess Labour
 
Member Party Term
1927   Albert Reid Country
1930   Clarrie Martin Labor
1932   Albert Reid Country
1935
1938
1941   Fred Cahill Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956
1959   George Freudenstein Country
1962
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

1978

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Young.[edit]
1978 New South Wales state election: Young [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country George Freudenstein 11,625 53.0 −5.4
Labor Timothy West 10,287 47.0 +5.4
Total formal votes 21,912 98.4 −0.2
Informal votes 351 1.6 +0.2
Turnout 22,263 94.7 −0.3
National Country hold Swing −5.4

1976

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Young.[edit]
1976 New South Wales state election: Young [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Freudenstein 12,394 58.4 +1.0
Labor Timothy West 8,818 41.6 +2.8
Total formal votes 21,212 98.6 −0.6
Informal votes 304 1.4 +0.6
Turnout 21,516 95.0 0.0
Country hold Swing −2.0

1973

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Young.[edit]
1973 New South Wales state election: Young [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Freudenstein 11,671 57.4 +9.0
Labor Kenneth Gunn 7,887 38.8 −6.1
Democratic Labor John Hawkins 764 3.8 −2.9
Total formal votes 20,322 99.2
Informal votes 161 0.8
Turnout 20,483 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Freudenstein 12,282 60.4 +6.6
Labor Kenneth Gunn 8,040 39.6 −6.6
Country hold Swing +6.6

1971

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Young.[edit]
1971 New South Wales state election: Young [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Freudenstein 9,192 48.4 −10.9
Labor Jeffrey Condron 8,527 44.9 +9.6
Democratic Labor John Hogan 1,266 6.7 +1.2
Total formal votes 18,985 98.9
Informal votes 210 1.1
Turnout 19,195 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Freudenstein 10,210 53.8 −9.8
Labor Jeffrey Condron 8,775 46.2 +9.8
Country hold Swing −9.8

Elections in the 1960s

1968

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1968 New South Wales state election: Young [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Freudenstein 11,374 59.3 −3.2
Labor Kevin Whalan 6,769 35.3 −2.2
Democratic Labor James Manwaring 1,045 5.4 +5.4
Total formal votes 19,188 98.4
Informal votes 305 1.6
Turnout 19,493 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Freudenstein 12,210 63.6 +1.1
Labor Kevin Whalan 6,978 36.4 −1.1
Country hold Swing +1.1

1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1965 New South Wales state election: Young [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Freudenstein 11,987 62.5 +8.9
Labor Robert Rygate 7,192 37.5 −4.3
Total formal votes 19,179 99.1 −0.1
Informal votes 167 0.9 +0.1
Turnout 19,346 95.8 −0.1
Country hold Swing +5.2

1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1962 New South Wales state election: Young [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country George Freudenstein 9,991 53.6 +19.1
Labor Peter Kelly 7,800 41.8 +2.9
Democratic Labor Ronald Silk 862 4.6 +0.6
Total formal votes 18,653 99.2
Informal votes 150 0.8
Turnout 18,803 95.9
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Freudenstein 10,681 57.3 −1.0
Labor Peter Kelly 7,972 42.7 +1.0
Country hold Swing +1.0

Elections in the 1950s

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1959 New South Wales state election: Young [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Ernest McDermott 7,322 38.9
Country George Freudenstein 6,495 34.5
Liberal Raymond Oliver 4,245 22.6
Democratic Labor John Hogan 743 4.0
Total formal votes 18,805 99.0
Informal votes 195 1.0
Turnout 19,000 95.4
Two-party-preferred result
Country George Freudenstein 10,967 58.3
Labor Ernest McDermott 7,838 41.7
Country gain from Labor Swing

1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1956 New South Wales state election: Young [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Cahill 9,371 49.0 −8.2
Liberal Raymond Oliver 4,904 25.6 +25.6
Country George Freudenstein 4,858 25.4 −17.4
Total formal votes 19,133 99.2 +0.1
Informal votes 151 0.8 −0.1
Turnout 19,284 95.1 −0.5
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Cahill 9,746 50.9 −6.3
Liberal Raymond Oliver 9,387 49.1 +6.3
Labor hold Swing −6.3

1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1953 New South Wales state election: Young [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Cahill 10,802 57.2
Country Reg Hailstone 8,086 42.8
Total formal votes 18,888 99.1
Informal votes 161 0.9
Turnout 19,049 95.6

1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1950 New South Wales state election: Young [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Cahill 9,568 51.4
Country Douglas Beard 5,282 28.4
Liberal Percy Richardson 3,761 20.2
Total formal votes 18,611 99.3
Informal votes 135 0.7
Turnout 18,746 94.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Cahill 53.0
Country Douglas Beard 47.0
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1947 New South Wales state election: Young [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Cahill 7,648 52.7 −5.4
Liberal Percy Richardson 3,936 27.1 +27.1
Country John Collins 2,937 20.2
Total formal votes 14,521 99.3 +0.9
Informal votes 103 0.7 −0.9
Turnout 14,624 96.1 +5.1
Labor hold Swing N/A

1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1944 New South Wales state election: Young [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Fred Cahill 7,758 58.1 +25.9
Country Valentine Bragg 5,607 41.9 −4.3
Total formal votes 13,365 98.4 −0.9
Informal votes 210 1.6 +0.9
Turnout 13,575 91.0 −3.7
Labor hold Swing +5.8

1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1941 New South Wales state election: Young [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Reid 6,561 46.2
Labor Fred Cahill 4,579 32.2
Independent Labor Stanley Neagle 3,062 21.6
Total formal votes 14,202 99.3
Informal votes 97 0.7
Turnout 14,299 94.4
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Fred Cahill 7,431 52.3
Country Albert Reid 6,772 47.7
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 § Young.[edit]
1938 New South Wales state election: Young [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Reid 7,522 53.9 +0.2
Labor Reginald Phillips 6,435 46.1 −0.2
Total formal votes 13,957 99.0 +0.3
Informal votes 145 1.0 −0.3
Turnout 14,102 97.3 +0.7
Country hold Swing +0.2

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1935 New South Wales state election: Young [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Reid 7,480 53.7 +5.0
Labor (NSW) Stanley Neagle 6,460 46.3 +6.2
Total formal votes 13,940 98.7 +0.2
Informal votes 190 1.3 −0.2
Turnout 14,130 96.6 −0.2
Country hold Swing −5.5

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1932 New South Wales state election: Young [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Reid 6,391 48.7 +9.7
Labor (NSW) Clarrie Martin 5,258 40.1 −6.5
Country Mark Whitby 1,467 11.2 +11.2
Total formal votes 13,116 98.5 −0.2
Informal votes 193 1.5 +0.2
Turnout 13,309 96.8 +1.2
Two-party-preferred result
Country Albert Reid 7,762 59.2 +12.4
Labor (NSW) Clarrie Martin 5,354 40.8 −12.4
Country gain from Labor (NSW) Swing +12.4

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1930 New South Wales state election: Young [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Clarrie Martin 6,026 46.6
Country Albert Reid (defeated) 5,040 39.0
Independent Peter Loughlin 1,858 14.4
Total formal votes 12,924 98.7
Informal votes 170 1.3
Turnout 13,094 95.6
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Clarrie Martin 6,869 53.2
Country Albert Reid 6,055 46.8
Labor gain from Country Swing

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1927 New South Wales state election: Young [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Albert Reid 4,349 35.2
Independent Labor Peter Loughlin (defeated) 4,082 33.0
Labor George McCarthy 3,932 31.8
Total formal votes 12,363 99.2
Informal votes 104 0.8
Turnout 12,467 84.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Country Albert Reid 4,603 50.3
Independent Labor Peter Loughlin 4,542 49.7
Country win (new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Young.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Young [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Burgess 833 39.4 −19.3
Independent Alphonso Tewksbury 614 29.1
Independent Thomas Spring 348 16.5
Independent John Lynch 269 12.7
Liberal Reform James Rankin 49 2.3
Total formal votes 2,113 100.0 +0.8
Informal votes 0 0.0 −0.8
Turnout 2,113 70.1 −2.3
Labour hold  
The sitting member was Chris Watson (Labour) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Bland.

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Young.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Young [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Watson 1,244 58.7
National Federal Richard O'Connor 876 41.3
Total formal votes 2,120 99.2
Informal votes 18 0.8
Turnout 2,138 72.4
Labour hold  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Young.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Young [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Watson 900 57.8
Protectionist John Forsythe 656 42.2
Total formal votes 1,556 99.2
Informal votes 12 0.8
Turnout 1,568 68.7
Labour hold  

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Young.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Young [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Watson 703 44.6
Protectionist John Gough (defeated) 401 25.4
Protectionist James Mackinnon (defeated) 400 25.4
Ind. Free Trade William Lewis 74 4.7
Total formal votes 1,578 98.6
Informal votes 23 1.4
Turnout 1,601 68.8
Labour hold (previously 2 members)
Both John Gough and James Mackinnon had been elected as Labour candidates, however they refused to sign the pledge.

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Young.[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: Young
Saturday 27 June [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Mackinnon (re-elected 1) 1,394 32.6
Labour John Gough (re-elected 2) 1,319 30.9
Free Trade James Gordon 903 21.1
Free Trade William Lucas 657 15.4
Total formal votes 4,273 98.9
Informal votes 48 1.1
Turnout 2,296 72.0
  2 Members changed to Labour from Protectionist

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Young.[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: Young
Saturday 9 February [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist John Gough (elected 1) 931 24.8
Protectionist James Mackinnon (elected 2) 917 24.5
Free Trade James Gordon 902 24.1
Free Trade William Lucas 512 13.7
Protectionist John Miller 487 13.0
Total formal votes 3,749 98.9
Informal votes 40 1.1
Turnout 2,287 69.5
  Protectionist win 1 and gain 1 from Free Trade  

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Young.[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Young
Saturday 19 February [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade James Gordon (elected 1) 1,095 30.7
Protectionist James Mackinnon (re-elected 2) 1,053 29.5
Protectionist Gerald Spring (defeated) 922 25.8
Free Trade William Lucas 498 14.0
Total formal votes 3,568 99.3
Informal votes 24 0.7
Turnout 2,206 64.4

1885 re-count

This section is an excerpt from 1885 Young colonial election re-count § Result.[edit]
1885 Young election re-count
Tuesday 22 December [30]
Candidate Votes %
Gerald Spring (re-elected 1) 1,271 38.6
James Mackinnon (elected 2) 1,036 30.7
William Watson (defeated) 988 30.7
Total formal votes 3,295
Informal votes
Turnout 3,295 47.0
The Elections and Qualifications Committee overturned the 1885 general election for Young.[30]

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Young.[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: Young
Thursday 22 October [31]
Candidate Votes %
Gerald Spring (re-elected 1) 1,270 38.6
William Watson (elected 2) 1,011 30.7
James Mackinnon (defeated) 1,009 30.7
Total formal votes 3,290 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 3,290 47.0

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Young.[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: Young
Monday 4 December [32]
Candidate Votes %
Gerald Spring (elected 1) 1,097 40.7
James Mackinnon (elected 2) 799 29.7
James Watson (defeated) 797 29.6
Total formal votes 2,693 98.2
Informal votes 50 1.8
Turnout 2,743 39.7
James Watson was subsequently unsuccessful in contesting Illawarra.

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Young.[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: Young
Monday 22 November [33]
Candidate Votes %
James Watson (re-elected 1) 968 30.3
William Watson (elected 2) 841 26.4
John Heaton 726 22.8
Patrick Crowe 656 20.6
Total formal votes 3,191 98.6
Informal votes 44 1.4
Turnout 1,644 53.9
  (new seat)

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