Electoral results for the district of Allowrie
Appearance
Allowrie, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1904 and abolished in 1920.[1][2] The only member for Allowrie was Mark Morton.[3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1904 | Mark Morton | Liberal Reform | |
1907 | |||
1910 | |||
1913 | |||
1917 | Nationalist |
Election results
Elections in the 1910s
1917
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Mark Morton | 4,562 | 61.9 | 0.0 | |
Labor | William Gibbs | 2,802 | 38.1 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 7,364 | 99.2 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 57 | 0.8 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,421 | 68.6 | −7.1 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | 0.0 |
Sitting MP Mark Morton was returned with a slightly increased majority. The Liberal Reform Party merged into the Nationalist Party prior to the election.[4]
1913
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Mark Morton | 4,981 | 61.9 | ||
Labor | Charles Craig | 3,069 | 38.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,050 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 161 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 8,211 | 75.7 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Sitting Liberal Reform MP Mark Morton was returned with a reduced majority defeating Labor's Charles Craig for a second time.[5]
Elections in the 1900s
1910
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Mark Morton | 3,298 | 64.4 | ||
Labour | Charles Craig | 1,825 | 35.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,123 | 97.4 | |||
Informal votes | 135 | 2.6 | |||
Turnout | 5,258 | 75.0 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Sitting Liberal Reform MP Mark Morton was returned with an increased majority on his 1904 electoral win.[6]
1907
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Mark Morton | Unopposed | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1904
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Mark Morton | 3,594 | 60.0 | ||
Progressive | Alexander Campbell | 2,395 | 40.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,989 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 29 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 6,018 | 73.2 | |||
Liberal Reform win | (new seat) |
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Mr Mark Fairlies Morton (1865–1938)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1917 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1913 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1910 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1907 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "The New State Electorate: Allowrie substituted for "Illawarra"". The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal. 23 April 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 8 December 2019 – via Trove.