Electoral results for the district of Lachlan
Appearance
This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Lachlan in New South Wales state elections during its four incarnations: from 1859 to 1880, from 1894 to 1920, from 1927 to 1950 and from 1981 to 2007.[1]
Members for Lachlan
First incarnation (1859–1880) | |||
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Member | Party | Term | |
John Ryan | None | 1859–1864 | |
James Martin | None | 1864–1869 | |
James Watson | None | 1869–1880 | |
Second incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
James Carroll | Independent Protectionist | 1894–1895 | |
Protectionist | 1895–1901 | ||
Progressive | 1901–1904 | ||
Andrew Kelly | Labor | 1904–1913 | |
Thomas Brown | Labor | 1913–1917 | |
Ernest Buttenshaw | Nationalist | 1917–1920 | |
Third incarnation (1927–1950) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Ernest Buttenshaw | Country | 1927–1938 | |
Griffith Evans | Country | 1938–1943 | |
John Chanter | Labor | 1943–1947 | |
Robert Medcalf | Country | 1947–1950 | |
Fourth incarnation (1981–2007) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
Ian Armstrong | National | 1981–2007 |
Election results
Elections in the 2000s
2003
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ian Armstrong | 26,961 | 66.0 | +10.9 | |
Labor | Stephen Pollard | 10,374 | 25.4 | -2.1 | |
One Nation | Russell Constable | 1,791 | 4.4 | -8.6 | |
Greens | Jenny McKinnon | 1,696 | 4.2 | +2.5 | |
Total formal votes | 40,822 | 98.0 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 814 | 2.0 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 41,636 | 93.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Ian Armstrong | 27,830 | 71.2 | +4.9 | |
Labor | Stephen Pollard | 11,253 | 28.8 | -4.9 | |
National hold | Swing | +4.9 |
Elections in the 1990s
1999
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Ian Armstrong | 22,798 | 55.1 | +10.5 | |
Labor | Tony Lord | 11,385 | 27.5 | -4.0 | |
One Nation | Wilf Reid | 5,383 | 13.0 | +13.0 | |
Democrats | Peter Mulligan | 1,124 | 2.7 | +0.6 | |
Greens | Mike Durrant | 689 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 41,379 | 98.0 | +3.6 | ||
Informal votes | 854 | 2.0 | −3.6 | ||
Turnout | 42,233 | 94.9 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Ian Armstrong | 24,940 | 66.3 | -1.0 | |
Labor | Tony Lord | 12,680 | 33.7 | +1.0 | |
National hold | Swing | -1.0 |
1995
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Ian Armstrong | 23,560 | 69.4 | +12.8 | |
Labor | Tim Carney | 8,578 | 25.3 | -3.0 | |
Democrats | Dave Cox | 1,787 | 5.3 | +1.6 | |
Total formal votes | 33,925 | 94.8 | +2.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,843 | 5.2 | −2.2 | ||
Turnout | 35,768 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Ian Armstrong | 24,303 | 72.4 | +6.2 | |
Labor | Tim Carney | 9,248 | 27.6 | -6.2 | |
National hold | Swing | +6.2 |
1991
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ian Armstrong | 18,289 | 56.7 | -14.2 | |
Labor | Peter Gordon | 9,126 | 28.3 | +0.5 | |
Country Residents | Peter Mallon | 2,332 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
Independent | Colin Wilson | 1,355 | 4.2 | +4.2 | |
Democrats | Neil Bartlett | 1,176 | 3.6 | +3.6 | |
Total formal votes | 32,278 | 92.7 | −5.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,544 | 7.3 | +5.1 | ||
Turnout | 34,822 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Ian Armstrong | 20,197 | 66.2 | -5.8 | |
Labor | Peter Gordon | 10,314 | 33.8 | +5.8 | |
National hold | Swing | -5.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ian Armstrong | 21,451 | 73.6 | +10.0 | |
Labor | Leslie Saunders | 7,687 | 26.4 | -7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 29,138 | 97.9 | −0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 624 | 2.1 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 29,762 | 94.7 | |||
National hold | Swing | +8.3 |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Ian Armstrong | 19,108 | 65.9 | +7.2 | |
Labor | Tim West | 9,885 | 34.1 | -7.2 | |
Total formal votes | 28,993 | 98.8 | +1.1 | ||
Informal votes | 346 | 1.2 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 29,339 | 93.4 | +1.0 | ||
National hold | Swing | +7.2 |
1981
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Country | Ian Armstrong | 16,538 | 58.7 | +3.8 | |
Labor | Timothy West | 11,642 | 41.3 | -3.8 | |
Total formal votes | 28,180 | 97.7 | |||
Informal votes | 672 | 2.3 | |||
Turnout | 28,852 | 92.4 | |||
National Country notional hold | Swing | +3.8 |
Elections in the 1940s
1947
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Chanter | 4,995 | 45.8 | -27.2 | |
Country | Robert Medcalf | 3,981 | 36.5 | +36.5 | |
Liberal | Daniel Clifton | 1,755 | 16.1 | +16.1 | |
Independent | Madge Roberts | 187 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 10,918 | 98.4 | +4.9 | ||
Informal votes | 173 | 1.6 | −4.9 | ||
Turnout | 11,091 | 92.2 | +3.0 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Robert Medcalf | 5,609 | 51.4 | +51.4 | |
Labor | John Chanter | 5,309 | 48.6 | -24.4 | |
Country gain from Labor | Swing | N/A |
1944
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Chanter | 7,525 | 73.0 | +26.9 | |
Independent Labor | Joseph Sligar | 2,780 | 27.0 | +27.0 | |
Total formal votes | 10,305 | 93.5 | −5.2 | ||
Informal votes | 719 | 6.5 | +5.2 | ||
Turnout | 11,024 | 89.2 | −2.9 | ||
Labor gain from Country | Swing | N/A |
- John Chanter had won the seat for Labor at the 1943 Lachlan by-election,[11] and retained it at this election.
1941
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Griffith Evans | 6,703 | 53.9 | ||
Labor | George Grintell | 5,737 | 46.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,440 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 158 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 12,598 | 92.1 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
1938
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | John Grace | 5,393 | 39.5 | +4.1 | |
Country | Griffith Evans | 4,090 | 30.0 | -34.6 | |
Country | John Parker | 1,661 | 12.2 | +12.2 | |
Country | Charles Thomas | 1,475 | 10.8 | +10.8 | |
Independent | George Berry | 1,032 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
Total formal votes | 13,651 | 97.8 | −0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 306 | 2.2 | +0.6 | ||
Turnout | 13,957 | 94.9 | +0.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Griffith Evans | 7,644 | 56.0 | -8.6 | |
Labor | John Grace | 6,007 | 44.0 | +8.6 | |
Country hold | Swing | -8.6 |
1935
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ernest Buttenshaw | 9,094 | 64.6 | -0.2 | |
Labor (NSW) | Valdimer Connellan | 4,978 | 35.4 | +11.2 | |
Total formal votes | 14,072 | 98.4 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 225 | 1.6 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 14,297 | 94.7 | −1.4 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
1932
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ernest Buttenshaw | 8,508 | 64.8 | +8.1 | |
Labor (NSW) | John Heiss | 3,173 | 24.2 | -17.5 | |
Federal Labor | David Nilon | 1,117 | 8.5 | +8.5 | |
Independent Country | Philip Bolte | 337 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 13,135 | 98.2 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 243 | 1.8 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 13,378 | 96.1 | +1.2 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Country | Ernest Buttenshaw | 7,444 | 56.7 | ||
Labor | David Tasker | 5,743 | 41.7 | ||
Communist | William Axelby | 212 | 1.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,129 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 265 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 13,394 | 94.9 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
1927
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Ernest Buttenshaw | 7,223 | 60.6 | ||
Labor | Michael Roddy | 4,699 | 39.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,922 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 183 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 12,105 | 74.6 | |||
Country win | (new seat) |
Elections in the 1910s
1917
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nationalist | Ernest Buttenshaw | 3,639 | 52.0 | +52.0 | |
Labor | Thomas Brown | 3,362 | 48.0 | -2.8 | |
Total formal votes | 7,001 | 98.5 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 103 | 1.5 | −1.9 | ||
Turnout | 7,104 | 61.4 | −7.1 | ||
Nationalist gain from Labor |
1913
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Thomas Brown | 4,009 | 50.8 | ||
Farmers and Settlers | Arthur Manning [a] | 3,588 | 45.4 | ||
Country Party Association | Herbert Bowles | 303 | 3.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,900 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 275 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 8,175 | 68.5 | |||
Labor hold |
Notes
- ^ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
References
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