Electoral results for the district of West Maitland
Appearance
West Maitland, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1859 | Elias Weekes | None | |
1860 | |||
1864 | Benjamin Lee | None | |
1869 | |||
1872 | |||
1874 by | Lewis Levy | None | |
1874 | Henry Cohen | None | |
1877 | |||
1880 | James Fulford | None | |
1882 | Henry Cohen | None | |
1885 | Richard Thompson | None | |
1887 | Free Trade | ||
1891 | John Gillies | Free Trade | |
1894 | Ind. Free Trade | ||
1895 | Free Trade | ||
1898 | |||
1901 | Independent |
Election results
Elections in the 1900s
1901
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | John Gillies | 903 | 78.8 | +14.0 | |
Independent | Richard Proctor | 243 | 21.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,146 | 99.7 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 4 | 0.4 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,150 | 45.5 | −25.1 | ||
Member changed to Independent from Liberal Reform |
Elections in the 1890s
1898
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Gillies | 1,141 | 64.8 | ||
National Federal | Walter Edmunds | 620 | 35.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,761 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 13 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,774 | 70.6 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1895
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Gillies | 890 | 80.5 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Richard Proctor | 215 | 19.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,105 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 10 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,115 | 47.3 | |||
Member changed to Free Trade from Ind. Free Trade |
1894
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. Free Trade | John Gillies | 1,247 | 63.9 | ||
Free Trade | Robert Scobie | 618 | 31.6 | ||
Independent Labour | Richard Proctor | 81 | 4.2 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Arthur Payne | 7 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,953 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 32 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,985 | 83.2 | |||
Member changed to Ind. Free Trade from Free Trade |
1891
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | John Gillies (elected) | 670 | 52.7 | ||
Free Trade | Richard Thompson (defeated) | 459 | 36.1 | ||
Protectionist | Hugh Lusk | 143 | 11.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,272 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 33 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,305 | 80.2 | |||
Free Trade hold |
Elections in the 1880s
1889
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Richard Thompson (elected) | 754 | 69.2 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Hungerford | 335 | 30.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,089 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 21 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,110 | 59.6 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1887
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Richard Thompson (re-elected) | unopposed |
1885
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Richard Thompson (elected) | 632 | 54.5 | |
Walter Edmunds | 527 | 45.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,159 | 97.0 | |
Informal votes | 36 | 3.0 | |
Turnout | 1,195 | 72.6 |
1882
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Cohen (elected) | 564 | 59.8 | |
Richard Thompson | 380 | 40.3 | |
Total formal votes | 944 | 99.1 | |
Informal votes | 9 | 0.9 | |
Turnout | 953 | 78.5 |
1880
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
James Fulford (elected) | 612 | 58.6 | |
Henry Cohen (defeated) | 432 | 41.4 | |
Total formal votes | 1,044 | 98.1 | |
Informal votes | 20 | 1.9 | |
Turnout | 1,064 | 87.0 |
Elections in the 1870s
1877
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Cohen (re-elected) | 397 | 55.6 | |
James Pritchard | 304 | 42.6 | |
Thomas Hungerford | 7 | 1.0 | |
Thomas Jones | 6 | 0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 714 | 98.2 | |
Informal votes | 13 | 1.8 | |
Turnout | 727 | 67.2 |
1874
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Henry Cohen (elected) | 343 | 49.2 | |
Joseph Eckford | 196 | 28.1 | |
Archibald Hamilton | 152 | 21.8 | |
William Farthing | 5 | 0.7 | |
William Brooks | 1 | 0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 697 | 98.0 | |
Informal votes | 14 | 2.0 | |
Turnout | 711 | 67.9 |
1874 by-election
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Lewis Levy (elected) | 647 | 80.1 | |
Archibald Hamilton | 129 | 19.9 | |
Total formal votes | 647 | 97.9 | |
Informal votes | 14 | 2.1 | |
Turnout | 661 | 63.1 |
1872
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Benjamin Lee (re-elected) | 504 | 58.3 | |
Joseph Eckford | 267 | 30.9 | |
Archibald Hamilton | 93 | 10.8 | |
Total formal votes | 864 | 98.2 | |
Informal votes | 16 | 1.8 | |
Turnout | 880 | 77.0 |
Elections in the 1860s
1869
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Benjamin Lee (re-elected) | 488 | 58.6 | |
Andrew Liddell | 345 | 41.4 | |
Total formal votes | 833 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 833 | 75.2 |
1864
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Benjamin Lee (elected) | 444 | 50.9 | |
Peter Green | 328 | 37.6 | |
Andrew Liddell | 100 | 11.5 | |
George Rochester | 1 | 0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 873 | 97.9 | |
Informal votes | 19 | 2.1 | |
Turnout | 891 | 71.5 |
1860
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Elias Weekes (re-elected) | 473 | 90.1 | |
William Cheater | 52 | 9.9 | |
Total formal votes | 525 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 525 | 37.3 |
Elections in the 1850s
1859
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Elias Weekes (re-elected) | unopposed |
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