Electoral results for the district of Darling Harbour

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Darling Harbour, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1904 and abolished in 1913.[1][2][3][4][5]


Members

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Election Member Party
1904   William Daley Labour
1907   John Norton Independent
1910 by   John Cochran Labor
1910
1913
1917

Election results

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Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[edit]
1917 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cochran 3,264 73.2 +8.3
Nationalist William Phillips 1,130 25.3 +25.3
Independent William McMahon 65 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 4,459 98.3 +2.7
Informal votes 77 1.7 −2.7
Turnout 4,536 46.8 −7.6
Labor hold Swing +8.3

1913

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[edit]
1913 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour [7][8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor John Cochran 3,585 64.9
Independent Labor Andrew Thomson 1,691 30.6
Australasian Socialist Frederick Riley 202 3.7
Independent Arthur Gloag 45 0.8
Total formal votes 5,523 95.6
Informal votes 255 4.4
Turnout 5,778 54.4
Labor hold  

1910

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[edit]
1910 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cochran 2,998 65.4 +22.7
Independent Labour Andrew Thomson 1,586 34.6
Total formal votes 4,584 96.1 −0.6
Informal votes 187 3.9 +0.6
Turnout 4,771 59.7 −7.2
Labour gain from Independent  

1910 by-election

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This section is an excerpt from 1910 Darling Harbour state by-election § Results.[edit]
1910 Darling Harbour by-election
Wednesday 13 April [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cochran 1,592 76.3 +51.6
Independent Labor William Macey 311 14.9
Liberal Reform Henry Kelly 164 7.9 -6.1
Independent James Jones 21 1.0
Total formal votes 2,088 98.3 +1.7
Informal votes 36 1.7 −1.7
Turnout 2,124 29.5 [a] −37.4
Labour hold Swing
John Norton (Independent) resigned to unsuccessfully contest the 1910 federal Senate election for NSW.[10]

1907

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[edit]
1907 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour [11][12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Norton 1,666 35.8
Labour William Daley 1,146 24.7
International Socialist Harry Holland 746 16.1
Liberal Reform George Whatmore 650 14.0
Independent Evan Jones 435 9.4
Independent Sydney Green 6 0.1
Total formal votes 4,649 96.7
Informal votes 161 3.3
Turnout 4,810 66.9
Independent gain from Labour [b]  

1904

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This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Darling Harbour.[edit]
1904 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Daley 1,907 43.2
Liberal Reform Evan Jones 1,395 31.6
Independent Wilfred Spruson 1,099 24.9
Independent Henry Connell 7 0.2
Independent Sydney Green 4 0.1
Independent William Scafe 4 0.1
Total formal votes 4,416 97.6
Informal votes 109 2.4
Turnout 4,525 50.9
Labour win (new seat)
Darling Harbour was a new seat consisting of the abolished seats of Sydney-Gipps, Sydney-Lang, and parts of the abolished seats of Sydney-King and Sydney-Denison. The member for Sydney-Gipps was William Daley (Labour) and he won the Labour pre-selection ahead of the member for Sydney-Lang, John Power, who did not contest the election. The member for Sydney-King was Ernest Broughton (Progressive) who successfully contested King as a Liberal Reform candidate. The member for Sydney-Denison was Andrew Kelly who successfully contested The Lachlan.

Notes

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  1. ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 7,190 at the 1907 election.[11]
  2. ^ John Norton was backed by breakaway local Labour Leagues who objected to the endorsement of William Daley.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Mr William Michael Daley (1870–1944)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr John Norton (1857-1916)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Mr John Patrick Cochran (1864–1926)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1917 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1913 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  8. ^ "The socialist candidates". The International Socialist. 13 December 1913. p. 4. Retrieved 13 March 2020 – via Trove.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
  10. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1910 Darling Harbour by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  11. ^ a b c Green, Antony. "1907 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  12. ^ Walker, Bertha. Solidarity Forever! (PDF).
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Darling Harbour". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
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