Electoral results for the district of Tamworth
Tamworth, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations from 1890 until 1920 and from 1927 until the present. It initially returned two members until 1894 and has since returned a single member for all subsequent elections.[1][2][3][4]
Members
[edit]First incarnation (1880–1920) | ||||||
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Election | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||
1880 | Robert Levien | None | Sydney Burdekin | None | ||
1882 | John Gill | |||||
1885 | Michael Burke | |||||
1887 | Protectionist | William Dowel | Protectionist | |||
1889 by | ||||||
1891 | ||||||
1894 | George Dibbs | Protectionist | ||||
1895 | Albert Piddington | Free Trade | ||||
1898 | William Sawers | Protectionist | ||||
1901 | Raymond Walsh | Independent | ||||
1903 by | John Garland | Liberal Reform | ||||
1904 | Robert Levien | Progressive | ||||
1907 | Former Progressive | |||||
1910 | Independent Liberal | |||||
1913 | Frank Chaffey[a] | Farmers and Settlers | ||||
1917 | Nationalist | |||||
Second incarnation (1927–present) | ||||||
Election | Member | Party | ||||
1927 | Frank Chaffey[a] | Nationalist | ||||
1930 | ||||||
1932 | United Australia | |||||
1935 | ||||||
1938 | ||||||
1940 by | Bill Chaffey[a] | |||||
1941 | Independent | |||||
1944 | ||||||
1947 | Country | |||||
1950 | ||||||
1953 | ||||||
1956 | ||||||
1959 | ||||||
1962 | ||||||
1965 | ||||||
1968 | ||||||
1971 | ||||||
1973 | Noel Park | |||||
1976 | ||||||
1978 | National Country | |||||
1981 | ||||||
1984 | National | |||||
1988 | ||||||
1991 | Tony Windsor | Independent | ||||
1995 | ||||||
1999 | ||||||
2001 by | John Cull | National | ||||
2003 | Peter Draper | Independent | ||||
2007 | ||||||
2011 | Kevin Anderson | National | ||||
2015 | ||||||
2019 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 2020s
[edit]2023
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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National | Kevin Anderson | 27,333 | 51.7 | −1.8 | |
Independent | Mark Rodda | 10,418 | 19.7 | +4.0 | |
Labor | Kate McGrath | 6,864 | 13.0 | +3.8 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Matthew Scanlan | 3,705 | 7.0 | −9.8 | |
Greens | Ryan Brooke | 1,786 | 3.4 | +0.6 | |
Legalise Cannabis | Sue Raye | 1,554 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
Informed Medical Options | Rebecca McCredie | 887 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Sustainable Australia | Colin Drain | 328 | 0.6 | +0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 52,875 | 97.5 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,374 | 2.5 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 54,249 | 89.3 | −1.4 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
National | Kevin Anderson | 32,433 | 74.2 | −3.8 | |
Labor | Kate McGrath | 11,292 | 25.8 | +3.8 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
National | Kevin Anderson | 29,998 | 65.8 | −5.0 | |
Independent | Mark Rodda | 15,601 | 34.2 | +5.0 | |
National hold | Swing | −5.0 |
Elections in the 2010s
[edit]2019
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Kevin Anderson | 27,855 | 55.07 | +0.00 | |
Independent | Mark Rodda | 8,283 | 16.38 | +16.38 | |
Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Jeff Bacon | 8,180 | 16.17 | +16.17 | |
Labor | Steve Mears | 4,133 | 8.17 | +2.40 | |
Greens | Robin Gunning | 1,367 | 2.70 | +0.57 | |
Animal Justice | Emma Hall | 760 | 1.50 | +1.50 | |
Total formal votes | 50,578 | 97.80 | +0.11 | ||
Informal votes | 1,136 | 2.20 | −0.11 | ||
Turnout | 51,714 | 91.12 | −1.07 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Kevin Anderson | 32,700 | 79.47 | +0.53 | |
Labor | Steve Mears | 8,448 | 20.53 | −0.53 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
National | Kevin Anderson | 30,522 | 71.11 | +11.07 | |
Independent | Mark Rodda | 12,403 | 28.89 | −11.07 | |
National hold | Swing | +11.07 |
2015
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Kevin Anderson | 26,990 | 55.1 | +0.9 | |
Independent | Peter Draper | 16,855 | 34.4 | –4.2 | |
Labor | Joe Hillard | 2,831 | 5.8 | +1.2 | |
Greens | Pat Schultz | 1,047 | 2.1 | +0.6 | |
Christian Democrats | Michelle Ryan | 655 | 1.3 | +1.3 | |
No Land Tax | Richard Nock | 319 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
Stan Heuston | 314 | 0.6 | +0.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 49,011 | 97.7 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,156 | 2.3 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 50,167 | 92.2 | +0.6 | ||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
National | Kevin Anderson | 30,783 | 78.9 | −1.8 | |
Labor | Joe Hillard | 8,215 | 21.1 | +1.8 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
National | Kevin Anderson | 27,777 | 60.0 | +3.2 | |
Independent | Peter Draper | 18,491 | 40.0 | −3.2 | |
National hold | Swing | +3.2 |
2011
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Kevin Anderson | 25,235 | 55.0 | +14.7 | |
Independent | Peter Draper | 17,237 | 37.6 | -8.7 | |
Labor | Paul Hobbs | 2,167 | 4.7 | -3.9 | |
Greens | Dheera Smith | 722 | 1.6 | +0.4 | |
Independent | Tony Gibson | 510 | 1.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 45,871 | 98.5 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 699 | 1.5 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 46,570 | 94.6 | |||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
National | Kevin Anderson | 30,688 | 80.6 | +5.7 | |
Labor | Paul Hobbs | 7,388 | 19.4 | -5.7 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
National | Kevin Anderson | 25,680 | 57.8 | +12.5 | |
Independent | Peter Draper | 18,786 | 42.2 | -12.5 | |
National gain from Independent | Swing | +12.5 |
Elections in the 2000s
[edit]2007
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Draper | 20,531 | 46.2 | +10.2 | |
National | Kevin Anderson | 17,912 | 40.3 | +1.0 | |
Labor | Denise McHugh | 3,813 | 8.6 | -4.5 | |
Christian Democrats | Neville Mammen | 963 | 2.2 | -2.0 | |
Greens | Bruce Taylor | 537 | 1.2 | -0.8 | |
Against Further Immigration | Norman Parsons | 435 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
Stan Heuston | 209 | 0.5 | +0.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 44,400 | 98.8 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 527 | 1.2 | −0.3 | ||
Turnout | 44,927 | 94.8 | |||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
National | Kevin Anderson | 22,429 | 74.9 | +5.7 | |
Labor | Denise McHugh | 7,521 | 25.1 | -5.7 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Peter Draper | 22,690 | 54.8 | +2.9 | |
National | Kevin Anderson | 18,721 | 45.2 | -2.9 | |
Independent hold | Swing | +2.9 |
2003
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Peter Draper | 16,630 | 40.0 | +40.0 | |
National | John Cull | 16,235 | 39.1 | +27.5 | |
Labor | Ray Tait | 4,949 | 11.9 | -0.5 | |
Christian Democrats | Neville Mammen | 1,901 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Greens | Chris Valentine | 799 | 1.9 | +1.9 | |
One Nation | Terry Dwyer | 700 | 1.7 | -5.0 | |
Independent | Richard Witten | 320 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 41,534 | 98.5 | −0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 621 | 1.5 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 42,155 | 94.2 | |||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
National | John Cull | 20,069 | 69.9 | +15.2 | |
Labor | Ray Tait | 8,637 | 30.1 | -15.2 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Peter Draper | 19,542 | 52.5 | ||
National | John Cull | 17,692 | 47.5 | ||
Independent gain from Independent | Swing | N/A |
2001 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | John Cull | 14,293 | 36.34 | +24.77 | |
Independent | James Treloar | 8,934 | 22.72 | ||
Independent | Warren Woodley | 5,897 | 15.00 | ||
Labor | Ray Tait | 5,831 | 14.83 | +0.06 | |
Independent | Ken McKenzie | 2,775 | 7.06 | ||
Democrats | Marie Cowling | 771 | 1.96 | ||
Independent | Clint Kelly | 466 | 1.18 | ||
Independent | Andre Fritze | 359 | 0.91 | ||
Total formal votes | 39,326 | 98.17 | −0.57 | ||
Informal votes | 735 | 1.83 | +0.57 | ||
Turnout | 40,061 | 90.14 | −4.23 | ||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
National | John Cull | 19,862 | 58.68 | ||
Independent | James Treloar | 13,984 | 41.32 | ||
National gain from Independent | Swing |
Elections in the 1990s
[edit]1999
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tony Windsor | 28,182 | 69.4 | +2.0 | |
Labor | Siobhan Barry | 5,029 | 12.4 | -4.0 | |
National | John Cox | 4,701 | 11.6 | +0.9 | |
One Nation | Daphney Mandel-Hayes | 2,718 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
Total formal votes | 40,630 | 98.7 | +2.4 | ||
Informal votes | 520 | 1.3 | −2.4 | ||
Turnout | 41,150 | 94.4 | |||
Notional two-party-preferred count | |||||
National | John Cox | 13,867 | 54.8 | -27.4 | |
Labor | Siobhan Barry | 11,456 | 45.2 | +27.4 | |
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Tony Windsor | 32,288 | 85.2 | +3.1 | |
Labor | Siobhan Barry | 5,597 | 14.8 | -3.1 | |
Independent hold | Swing | +3.1 |
1995
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tony Windsor | 28,433 | 82.2 | +45.9 | |
Labor | Christine Robertson | 4,985 | 14.4 | -1.2 | |
The Country Party | John Tracy | 1,186 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
Total formal votes | 34,604 | 96.5 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,271 | 3.5 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 35,875 | 94.8 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Tony Windsor | 29,088 | 84.8 | +25.0 | |
Labor | Christine Robertson | 5,215 | 15.2 | +15.2 | |
Independent hold | Swing | +25.0 |
1991
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Tony Windsor | 12,097 | 36.2 | +36.2 | |
National | David Briggs | 10,647 | 31.9 | -37.6 | |
Labor | Christine Robertson | 5,220 | 15.6 | -6.6 | |
Independent | David Evans | 4,718 | 14.1 | +14.1 | |
Democrats | Glen Hausfield | 708 | 2.1 | -5.4 | |
Total formal votes | 33,390 | 95.7 | −2.3 | ||
Informal votes | 1,490 | 4.3 | +2.3 | ||
Turnout | 34,880 | 95.4 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Independent | Tony Windsor | 18,602 | 59.8 | +59.8 | |
National | David Briggs | 12,503 | 40.2 | -34.8 | |
Independent gain from National | Swing | +59.8 |
Elections in the 1980s
[edit]1988
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Noel Park | 21,083 | 70.0 | +11.7 | |
Labor | Christine Robertson | 6,608 | 21.9 | -12.8 | |
Democrats | Ivan Bielefeld | 2,444 | 8.1 | +1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 30,135 | 98.1 | −0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 587 | 1.9 | +0.8 | ||
Turnout | 30,722 | 95.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Noel Park | 22,230 | 75.4 | +13.2 | |
Labor | Christine Robertson | 7,255 | 24.6 | -13.2 | |
National hold | Swing | +13.2 |
1984
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National | Noel Park | 18,639 | 59.1 | +0.7 | |
Labor | Garry Ryan | 10,459 | 33.1 | -2.6 | |
Democrats | Anne Irvine | 2,463 | 7.8 | +1.9 | |
Total formal votes | 31,561 | 98.9 | +0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 354 | 1.1 | −0.9 | ||
Turnout | 31,915 | 94.1 | +1.1 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National | Noel Park | 63.4 | +1.3 | ||
Labor | Garry Ryan | 36.6 | -1.3 | ||
National hold | Swing | +1.3 |
1981
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Country | Noel Park | 17,504 | 58.4 | +8.8 | |
Labor | Garrett Ryan | 10,689 | 35.7 | -6.6 | |
Democrats | Noel Cassel | 1,782 | 5.9 | 0.0 | |
Total formal votes | 29,975 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 596 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 30,571 | 93.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National Country | Noel Park | 18,384 | 62.1 | +8.8 | |
Labor | Garrett Ryan | 11,229 | 37.9 | -8.8 | |
National Country hold | Swing | +8.8 |
Elections in the 1970s
[edit]1978
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Country | Noel Park | 13,033 | 49.6 | -13.2 | |
Labor | William Forrest | 11,114 | 42.3 | +5.1 | |
Democrats | Peter McLoughlin | 1,564 | 6.0 | +6.0 | |
Independent | Noel Cassel | 564 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 26,275 | 98.6 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 362 | 1.4 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 26,637 | 94.9 | +0.4 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
National Country | Noel Park | 14,002 | 53.3 | -9.5 | |
Labor | William Forrest | 12,273 | 46.7 | +9.5 | |
National Country hold | Swing | -9.5 |
1976
[edit]1973
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Noel Park | 7,884 | 35.9 | -6.9 | |
Liberal | Neil Roberts | 5,902 | 26.9 | +26.9 | |
Labor | William Forrest | 3,888 | 17.7 | -17.3 | |
Labor | William Bischoff | 2,959 | 13.5 | +13.5 | |
Australia | Joan Byrne | 559 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Independent | Leonard Hill | 467 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Peter Young | 304 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 21,963 | 95.9 | |||
Informal votes | 943 | 4.1 | |||
Turnout | 22,906 | 94.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Noel Park | 13,975 | 63.6 | +5.5 | |
Labor | William Forrest | 7,988 | 36.4 | -5.5 | |
Country hold | Swing | +5.5 |
1971
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Chaffey | 8,661 | 42.8 | -12.9 | |
Labor | Francis Briscoe-Hough | 7,070 | 35.0 | +35.0 | |
Independent | Alexander Dickinson | 1,758 | 8.7 | +8.7 | |
Independent | Ellis Wall | 1,736 | 8.6 | +8.6 | |
Democratic Labor | Ian de Courcy Dutton | 1,002 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
Total formal votes | 20,227 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 295 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 20,522 | 95.0 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Country | Bill Chaffey | 11,750 | 58.1 | ||
Labor | Francis Briscoe-Hough | 8,477 | 41.9 | ||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1960s
[edit]1968
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Chaffey | 10,506 | 55.7 | -3.2 | |
Independent | Stanley Cole | 4,976 | 26.4 | +26.4 | |
New Staters | Alexander Dickinson | 3,370 | 17.9 | +17.9 | |
Total formal votes | 18,852 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 355 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 19,207 | 95.9 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Country | Bill Chaffey | 12,191 | 64.7 | +5.8 | |
Independent | Stanley Cole | 6,661 | 35.3 | +35.3 | |
Country hold | Swing | +5.8 |
1965
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Chaffey | 11,708 | 58.9 | −2.6 | |
Labor | Stanley Cole | 8,164 | 41.1 | +2.6 | |
Total formal votes | 19,872 | 99.2 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 164 | 0.8 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 20,036 | 95.6 | +0.5 | ||
Country hold | Swing | −2.6 |
1962
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Chaffey | 11,679 | 61.4 | ||
Labor | Norman Turner | 7,328 | 38.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,007 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 173 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 19,180 | 95.1 | |||
Country hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1950s
[edit]1959
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Chaffey | unopposed | |||
Country hold |
1956
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Chaffey | 11,203 | 61.8 | +7.2 | |
Labor | Arthur Foran | 6,921 | 38.2 | −7.2 | |
Total formal votes | 18,124 | 99.1 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 163 | 0.9 | −0.1 | ||
Turnout | 18,287 | 92.8 | −3.1 | ||
Country hold | Swing | +7.2 |
1953
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Chaffey | 9,741 | 54.6 | ||
Labor | William Scully | 8,084 | 45.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,825 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 179 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 18,004 | 95.9 | |||
Country hold | Swing |
1950
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Chaffey | unopposed | |||
Country hold |
Elections in the 1940s
[edit]1947
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Country | Bill Chaffey | 6,004 | 56.8 | +56.8 | |
Labor | Cyril Cahill | 6,076 | 43.2 | +43.2 | |
Total formal votes | 14,080 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 158 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 14,238 | 95.7 | |||
Member changed to Country from Independent | Swing | N/A |
1944
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Bill Chaffey | unopposed | |||
Independent hold |
1941
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ind. United Australia | Bill Chaffey [b] | 6,535 | 49.6 | ||
Labor | John Lyons | 5,145 | 39.1 | ||
United Australia | William McKnight | 1,237 | 9.4 | ||
Independent | Charles Luckett | 258 | 2.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,175 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 207 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 13,382 | 94.2 | |||
After distribution of preferences | |||||
Ind. United Australia | Bill Chaffey | 6,676 | 50.7 | ||
Labor | John Lyons | 5,189 | 39.4 | ||
United Australia | William McKnight | 1,310 | 9.9 | ||
Member changed to Ind. United Australia from United Australia | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed to completion.
1940 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Bill Chaffey [a] | 6,850 | 54.6 | -5.4 | |
Labor (N-C) | Thomas Ryan | 2,958 | 23.6 | ||
Labor | John Lyons | 2,737 | 21.8 | -12.3 | |
Total formal votes | 12,545 | 98.9 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 142 | 1.1 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 12,687 | 87.9 | −6.3 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | -5.4 |
Elections in the 1930s
[edit]1938
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Frank Chaffey | 8,255 | 60.0 | -15.7 | |
Labor | John Killalea | 4,688 | 34.1 | +7.9 | |
Independent | Augustine Logue | 804 | 5.9 | +5.9 | |
Total formal votes | 13,747 | 98.5 | +0.6 | ||
Informal votes | 204 | 1.5 | −0.6 | ||
Turnout | 13,951 | 96.8 | +0.8 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1935
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Frank Chaffey | 5,879 | 44.3 | -16.6 | |
Labor (NSW) | William McArdle | 3,469 | 26.2 | +1.0 | |
Independent | William McKnight | 2,096 | 15.8 | +15.8 | |
Independent | James Brownhill | 1,221 | 9.2 | -3.9 | |
Independent | John Killalea | 602 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Total formal votes | 13,267 | 97.9 | −0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 283 | 2.1 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 13,550 | 96.0 | −0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
United Australia | Frank Chaffey | 8,258 | 62.2 | ||
Labor (NSW) | William McArdle | 5,009 | 37.8 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
1932
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Frank Chaffey | 7,585 | 60.9 | +6.0 | |
Labor (NSW) | Thomas Normoyle | 3,145 | 25.2 | -18.1 | |
Independent Country | James Brownhill | 1,637 | 13.1 | +13.1 | |
Independent | James Neale | 97 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 12,464 | 98.4 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 198 | 1.6 | −0.5 | ||
Turnout | 12,662 | 96.9 | +0.5 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Frank Chaffey | 6,720 | 54.9 | ||
Labor | Samuel Scully | 5,296 | 43.3 | ||
Independent | Francis Brennan | 179 | 1.5 | ||
Communist | Robert McCall | 36 | 0.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 12,231 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 265 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 12,496 | 96.4 | |||
Nationalist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
[edit]1927
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1927 New South Wales state election § Tamworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Frank Chaffey | 7,990 | 71.4 | ||
Independent | Robert Levien | 3,203 | 28.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,193 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 270 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 11,463 | 78.8 | |||
Nationalist win | (new seat) |
District recreated
1920 - 1927
[edit]District abolished
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]1917
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1917 New South Wales state election § Tamworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Frank Chaffey | 3,682 | 53.1 | +53.1 | |
Independent | Robert Levien | 3,246 | 46.9 | +15.6 | |
Total formal votes | 6,928 | 99.1 | +2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 65 | 0.9 | −2.1 | ||
Turnout | 6,993 | 68.1 | −6.1 | ||
Nationalist hold |
1913
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farmers and Settlers | Frank Chaffey [c] | 2,620 | 36.5 | ||
Labor | John Lord | 2,315 | 32.3 | ||
Independent | Robert Levien (defeated) | 2,243 | 31.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,178 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 225 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 7,403 | 74.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Farmers and Settlers | Frank Chaffey | 3,779 | 51.0 | ||
Labor | John Lord | 3,624 | 49.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,403 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 39 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 7,442 | 74.5 | |||
Farmers and Settlers gain from Independent Liberal |
1910
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1910 New South Wales state election § Tamworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | Robert Levien | 3,997 | 60.9 | +0.9 | |
Labour | John Lord | 2,562 | 39.1 | +35.6 | |
Total formal votes | 6,559 | 97.1 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 197 | 2.9 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 6,756 | 69.6 | +5.9 | ||
Member changed to Independent Liberal from Progressive (defunct) |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1907
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1907 New South Wales state election § Tamworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Former Progressive | Robert Levien | 2,783 | 60.0 | ||
Independent | Samuel Walker | 1,696 | 36.5 | ||
Labour | Harold Farleigh [d] | 162 | 3.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,641 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 171 | 3.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,812 | 63.7 | |||
Former Progressive hold |
1904
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1904 New South Wales state election § Tamworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Progressive | Robert Levien | 2,933 | 60.6 | ||
Liberal Reform | John Garland | 1,907 | 39.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,840 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 27 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 4,867 | 70.2 | |||
Progressive gain from Independent |
Tamworth was expanded to include part of the abolished seat of Quirindi. Raymond Walsh (Independent) had won the 1901 election for Tamworth, however he was made bankrupt in 1903 and was defeated in the subsequent by-election, by John Garland (Liberal Reform). Robert Levien (Progressive) was the member for Quirindi and had previously been one of two members for Tamworth from 1880 until 1894.
1903 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | John Garland | 688 | 48.8 | +6.8 | |
Progressive | Raymond Walsh [e] (defeated) | 551 | 39.1 | -5.6 | |
Labor | Thomas Thrower | 164 | 11.6 | ||
Independent | David Todd | 6 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,409 | 99.1 | −0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 13 | 0.9 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,422 | 62.6 [f] | −5.5 | ||
Liberal Reform gain from Independent | Swing |
1901
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1901 New South Wales state election § Tamworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Raymond Walsh | 687 | 44.7 | ||
Liberal Reform | Albert Piddington | 646 | 42.0 | -6.8 | |
Progressive | Geoffrey Codrington | 204 | 13.3 | -38.0 | |
Total formal votes | 1,537 | 99.4 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.6 | −0.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,546 | 68.1 | +2.8 | ||
Independent gain from Progressive |
The sitting member was William Sawers (Progressive) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of New England.
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]1898
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Tamworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Federal | William Sawers | 674 | 51.2 | ||
Free Trade | Albert Piddington | 642 | 48.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,316 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 17 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 1,333 | 65.3 | |||
National Federal gain from Free Trade |
1895
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Tamworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Albert Piddington | 621 | 52.6 | ||
Protectionist | George Dibbs | 559 | 47.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,180 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 7 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,187 | 70.4 | |||
Free Trade gain from Protectionist |
1894
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Tamworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | George Dibbs | 612 | 43.2 | ||
Free Trade | Albert Piddington | 492 | 34.8 | ||
Independent Labour | Raymond Walsh | 277 | 19.6 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | James Toohey | 35 | 2.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,416 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,428 | 83.1 | |||
Protectionist win | (previously 2 members) |
1891
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Tamworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Robert Levien (re-elected 1) | 916 | 28.7 | ||
Protectionist | William Dowel (re-elected 2) | 887 | 27.8 | ||
Labour | Raymond Walsh | 755 | 23.6 | ||
Free Trade | William Tribe | 637 | 19.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,195 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 35 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 2,074 | 52.2 | |||
Protectionist hold 2 |
Elections in the 1880s
[edit]1889 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Robert Levien (re-elected) | unopposed | |||
Protectionist hold |
1889
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Tamworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Robert Levien (elected 1) | 1,011 | 35.3 | ||
Protectionist | William Dowel (elected 2) | 995 | 34.8 | ||
Free Trade | William Tribe | 855 | 29.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,861 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 16 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,774 | 51.1 | |||
Protectionist hold 2 |
1887
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Tamworth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Robert Levien (re-elected 1) | 928 | 28.0 | ||
Protectionist | William Dowel (elected 2) | 829 | 25.0 | ||
Free Trade | William Tribe | 784 | 23.6 | ||
Free Trade | Eustace Pratt | 776 | 23.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 3,317 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 32 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,784 | 58.2 |
1885
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Tamworth
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Levien (re-elected 1) | 882 | 29.4 | |
Michael Burke (elected 2) | 772 | 25.8 | |
John Gill (defeated) | 707 | 23.6 | |
William Dowel | 402 | 13.4 | |
A Sampson | 235 | 7.8 | |
Total formal votes | 2,998 | 98.9 | |
Informal votes | 32 | 1.1 | |
Turnout | 1,676 | 58.4 |
1882
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Tamworth
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Robert Levien (re-elected 1) | 1,021 | 44.2 | |
John Gill (elected 2) | 699 | 30.3 | |
Michael Burke | 591 | 25.6 | |
Total formal votes | 2,311 | 99.1 | |
Informal votes | 21 | 0.9 | |
Turnout | 1,387 | 46.0 |
The other sitting member Sydney Burdekin unsuccessfully contested South Sydney.
1880
[edit]- This section is an excerpt from 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Tamworth
Candidate | Votes | % | |
---|---|---|---|
Sydney Burdekin (elected 1) | 821 | 29.3 | |
Robert Levien (elected 2) | 820 | 29.3 | |
Michael Burke | 610 | 21.8 | |
Hanley Bennett (defeated) | 548 | 19.6 | |
Total formal votes | 2,799 | 99.1 | |
Informal votes | 25 | 0.9 | |
Turnout | 2,824 | 39.2 | |
(new seat) |
Hanley Bennett was the member for the abolished district of Liverpool Plains.
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d Bill Chaffey was the son of former member Frank Chaffey.
- ^ Bill Chaffey had been elected as a UAP candidate at the 1940 Tamworth by-election.[39] He continued to support the government however declined UAP endorsement for the 1941 election on the basis his support came from the Country Party as well as the UAP.[40]
- ^ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
- ^ The Worker listed Harold Farleigh as a Labour candidate,[51] while the Sydney Morning Herald listed him as an Independent Labour candidate.[50][52]
- ^ Raymond Walsh had been elected as an independent at the 1901 election, however he joined the Progressive Party for the by-election.[55]
- ^ based on a roll of 2,270 at the 1901 election.[56]
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