Electoral results for the district of Cobar
Cobar, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1894 until 1920 and from 1930 until 1968.[1][2][3]
First incarnation (1894–1920) | |||
---|---|---|---|
Election | Member | Party | |
1894 | Thomas Waddell | Protectionist | |
1895 | |||
1898 | William Spence | Labour | |
1901 | Donald Macdonell | Labour | |
1904 | |||
1907 | |||
1910 | |||
Oct 1911 by | |||
Dec 1911 by | Charles Fern | Labour | |
1913 | |||
1917 | |||
1918 by | Mat Davidson | Labor | |
Second incarnation (1930–1968) | |||
Election | Member | Party | |
1930 | Mat Davidson | Labor | |
1932 | Labor (NSW) | ||
1935 | |||
1938 | Labor / Industrial Labor [a] | ||
1941 | Labor | ||
1944 | |||
1947 | |||
1949 by | Ernest Wetherell | Labor | |
1950 | |||
1953 | |||
1956 | |||
1959 | |||
1962 | |||
1965 | Lew Johnstone | Labor |
Election results[edit]
Elections in the 1960s[edit]
1965[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Lew Johnstone | 6,200 | 45.0 | −55.0 | |
Liberal | Allan Connell | 5,174 | 37.5 | +37.5 | |
Independent | Douglas McFarlane | 1,416 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
Independent | William Edwards | 997 | 7.2 | +7.2 | |
Total formal votes | 13,787 | 97.8 | |||
Informal votes | 315 | 2.2 | |||
Turnout | 14,102 | 89.6 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Lew Johnstone | 7,636 | 55.4 | −44.6 | |
Liberal | Allan Connell | 6,151 | 44.6 | +44.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1962[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernest Wetherell | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
Elections in the 1950s[edit]
1959[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernest Wetherell | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1956[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernest Wetherell | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1953[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernest Wetherell | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1950[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernest Wetherell | 8,717 | 66.4 | ||
Country | Frederick Harding | 4,419 | 33.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,136 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 203 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 13,339 | 87.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s[edit]
1949 by-election[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernest Wetherell | 6,107 | 65.3 | ||
Liberal | Harold Campbell | 2,235 | 23.9 | ||
Communist | Hadley McMeekin | 1,007 | 10.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,349 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 177 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 9,526 | 73.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1947[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mat Davidson | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1944[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mat Davidson | 8,352 | 78.3 | -6.1 | |
Lang Labor | William Burgess | 2,313 | 21.7 | +21.7 | |
Total formal votes | 10,665 | 97.0 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 330 | 3.0 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 10,995 | 81.1 | -3.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1941[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mat Davidson | 10,003 | 84.4 | ||
State Labor | David Wight | 1,843 | 15.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,846 | 97.0 | |||
Informal votes | 366 | 3.0 | |||
Turnout | 12,212 | 84.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s[edit]
1938[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mat Davidson | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1935[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Mat Davidson | 7,978 | 70.3 | +10.1 | |
Federal Labor | Joseph Bowe | 3,370 | 29.7 | +18.0 | |
Total formal votes | 11,348 | 96.5 | -1.8 | ||
Informal votes | 408 | 3.5 | +1.8 | ||
Turnout | 11,756 | 91.9 | -1.0 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
1932[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor (NSW) | Mat Davidson | 6,729 | 60.2 | -12.2 | |
Country | Eric Killen | 3,137 | 28.1 | +28.1 | |
Federal Labor | Samuel Bailey | 1,306 | 11.7 | +11.7 | |
Total formal votes | 11,172 | 98.3 | +1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 197 | 1.7 | -1.0 | ||
Turnout | 11,369 | 92.9 | +2.0 | ||
Labor (NSW) hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mat Davidson | 7,645 | 72.4 | ||
Nationalist | John Lawson | 2,750 | 26.0 | ||
Communist | Edmund Rees | 172 | 1.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 10,567 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 288 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 10,855 | 90.9 | |||
Labor win | (new seat) |
District recreated
1920 - 1930[edit]
District abolished
Elections in the 1910s[edit]
1918 by-election[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Mat Davidson | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1917[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Charles Fern | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1913[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Charles Fern | 3,529 | 76.0 | ||
Liberal Reform | Maxwell Pahlow | 1,114 | 24.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,643 | 97.2 | |||
Informal votes | 134 | 2.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,777 | 47.4 | |||
Labor hold |
December 1911 by-election[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Charles Fern | unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
October 1911 by-election[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Donald Macdonell (re-elected) | unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
1910[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Macdonell | unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1900s[edit]
1907[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Macdonell | Unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
1904[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Macdonell | 1,982 | 68.8 | ||
Liberal Reform | Richard McNeice | 899 | 31.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,881 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 19 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 2,900 | 44.7 | |||
Labour hold |
1901[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Donald Macdonell | unopposed | |||
Labour hold |
Elections in the 1890s[edit]
1898[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William Spence | 777 | 50.1 | ||
National Federal | Michael O'Halloran | 396 | 25.5 | ||
Independent Federalist | Richard Machattie | 339 | 21.9 | ||
Independent | Samuel Wood | 39 | 2.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,551 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 31 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,582 | 52.0 | |||
Labour gain from National Federal |
1895[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Waddell | 538 | 59.5 | ||
Labour | Michael O'Halloran | 357 | 39.5 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | McA Lamrock | 9 | 1.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 904 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 912 | 55.3 | |||
Protectionist hold |
1894[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Thomas Waddell | 615 | 50.1 | ||
Labour | A Murphy | 514 | 41.9 | ||
Free Trade | Neil Morrison | 98 | 8.0 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,227 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 13 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 1,240 | 75.3 | |||
Protectionist win | (new seat) |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Mat Davidson joined the Industrial Labor Party in April 1939,[4] The Industrial Labor Party was readmitted into Labor at the unity conference on 26 August 1939.
References[edit]
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