Electoral results for the district of Alexandria
Alexandria, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, the first from 1904 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1930.[1][2]
Members
First incarnation (1904–1920) | |||
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Election | Member | Party | |
1904 | John Dacey | Labor | |
1907 | |||
1910 | |||
1912 | Simon Hickey | Labor | |
1913 | |||
1917 | |||
Second incarnation (1927–1930) | |||
1927 | Bill Ratcliffe | Labor |
Election results
Elections in the 1920s
1927
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Ratcliffe | 8,370 | 67.6 | ||
Nationalist | Ernest Kidd | 4,018 | 32.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,388 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 150 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 12,538 | 82.7 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
Bill Ratcliffe was one of five sitting MPs for Botany.[3]
Elections in the 1910s
1917
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Simon Hickey | 3,670 | 69.9 | -0.1 | |
Nationalist | Sydney Smith | 1,388 | 26.4 | +26.4 | |
Independent | James Dixon | 189 | 3.6 | -16.6 | |
Total formal votes | 5,247 | 99.1 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 50 | 0.9 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 5,297 | 53.9 | −0.4 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -0.1 |
Sitting Labor MP Simon Hickey was returned with a slightly reduced majority. Sydney Smith was a former member for East Macquarie, Bathurst, Canterbury and federal member for Macquarie.[4]
1913
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Simon Hickey | 3,785 | 70.0 | ||
Independent Liberal | James Dixon | 1,092 | 20.2 | ||
Independent | Joseph Warner | 529 | 9.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,406 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 158 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 5,564 | 54.3 | |||
Labor hold |
Sitting Labor MP Simon Hickey was returned with an increased majority.[5]
1912 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Simon Hickey | 3,437 | 65.4 | -3.3 | |
Liberal Reform | William Ferguson | 1,695 | 32.2 | +1.3 | |
Socialist | Arthur Duffield | 70 | 1.3 | ||
Independent | James Dixon | 56 | 1.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,258 | 97.3 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 147 | 2.7 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 5,405 | 55.6 [a] | −9.5 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
By-election caused by the death of John Dacey.[8] Simon Hickey was Dacey's son-in-law. William Ferguson was a former member for Sturt who had been a member of Labor until switching to Liberal reform in 1904.[9]
Elections in the 1900s
1910
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dacey | 4,225 | 68.7 | +13.7 | |
Liberal Reform | George Smith | 1,897 | 30.9 | -11.9 | |
Independent | James Horne | 25 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,147 | 97.1 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 186 | 2.9 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 6,333 | 65.2 | −6.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +13.7 |
Sitting Labor MP John Dacey was returned with an increased majority.[7]
1907
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dacey | 3,523 | 55.0 | ||
Liberal Reform | Albert Bruntnell | 2,742 | 42.8 | ||
Independent | Joseph Edward Warner | 119 | 1.9 | ||
Independent | Patrick Joseph Craddock | 10 | 0.2 | ||
Independent | Alexander Bryson | 8 | 0.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,290 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 147 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 6,437 | 71.7 | |||
Labour hold |
Albert Bruntnell had been elected MP for Surry Hills at the 1906 by-election.[10]
1904
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Dacey | 2,859 | 49.8 | ||
Progressive | George Anderson | 2,742 | 47.8 | ||
Independent | Thomas Edwards | 90 | 1.6 | ||
Socialist Labor | John Wilcox | 49 | 0.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,740 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 36 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 5,776 | 64.2 | |||
Labour win | (new seat) |
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ^ "Part 5B - Members returned for each electorate" (PDF). New South Wales Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1927 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1917 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1913 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1912 Alexandria by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ a b c Green, Antony. "1910 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Rowland Dacey (1854–1912)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Green, Antony. "1907 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
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