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Electoral results for the district of Macquarie

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Macquarie, until 1910 The Macquarie, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1894, re-created in 1904, retaining nothing but the name, then abolished in 1920.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1894   James Tonkin Free Trade
1895   William Hurley Protectionist
1898
1901   Progressive
 
Election Member Party
1904   Thomas Thrower Labour
1907   Charles Barton Liberal Reform
1910   Thomas Thrower Labor
1913
1917
1917 by   Patrick McGirr Labor

Election results

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Elections in the 1910s

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1917 by-election

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1917 Macquarie by-election
Saturday 28 July [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Patrick McGirr 3,521 50.8 −0.1
Nationalist Murdock McLeod 3,232 46.6 −2.6
Australian Producers Co-Operative Party Frank Foster 182 2.6
Total formal votes 6,935 99.5 +0.5
Informal votes 34 0.5 −0.5
Turnout 6,969 65.1 [a] −7.3
Labor hold Swing N/A
Thomas Thrower (Labor) died.[4]

1917

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1917 New South Wales state election: Macquarie[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Thrower 3,899 50.9 +0.5
Nationalist Murdock McLeod 3,769 49.1 −0.5
Total formal votes 7,668 99.0 +1.6
Informal votes 80 1.0 −1.6
Turnout 7,748 72.4 −7.3
Labor hold Swing +0.5

1913

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1913 New South Wales state election: Macquarie[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Thomas Thrower 4,055 50.4
Farmers and Settlers Reginald Weaver[b] 3,992 49.6
Total formal votes 8,047 97.4
Informal votes 216 2.6
Turnout 8,263 79.7
Labor hold  

1910

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1910 New South Wales state election: The Macquarie[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Thrower 3,698 52.8 +3.3
Liberal Reform James Burns 3,311 47.2 −3.3
Total formal votes 7,009 98.3 +0.3
Informal votes 121 1.7 −0.3
Turnout 7,130 70.3 −2.9
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  

Elections in the 1900s

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1907

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1907 New South Wales state election: The Macquarie[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Charles Barton 3,344 50.5
Labour Thomas Thrower 3,279 49.5
Total formal votes 6,623 98.0
Informal votes 136 2.0
Turnout 6,759 73.2
Liberal Reform gain from Labour  

1904

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1904 New South Wales state election: The Macquarie[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Thomas Thrower 2,566 50.2
Liberal Reform Simeon Phillips 2,476 48.5
Independent John Collins 38 0.7
Independent Liberal Reginald Atkinson 27 0.5
Total formal votes 5,107 95.7
Informal votes 230 4.3
Turnout 5,337 63.2
Labour win (new seat)
The Macquarie electorate retained nothing but the name, the former district being divided between Bathurst, Blayney and Hartley. The member for The Macquarie was William Hurley (Progressive) who was appointed to the Legislative Council. The district re-created in 1904 consisted of parts of the abolished seats of Dubbo and Wellington. The member for Dubbo was Simeon Phillips (Liberal Reform). The member for Wellington was John Haynes (Liberal Reform) who unsuccessfully contested Mudgee.

District recreated

1901

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1901 New South Wales state election: Macquarie[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive William Hurley 849 58.8 +2.7
Liberal Reform John Miller 594 41.2 +4.8
Total formal votes 1,443 98.5 +0.6
Informal votes 22 1.5 −0.6
Turnout 1,465 59.1 +2.8
Progressive hold  

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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1898 New South Wales colonial election: Macquarie[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal William Hurley 724 55.1
Free Trade Robert Thompson 478 36.4
Independent Francis Foster 96 7.3
Independent David Todd 8 0.6
Ind. Free Trade William Paul 6 0.5
Ind. Free Trade Allen Carmichael 2 0.2
Total formal votes 1,314 97.9
Informal votes 28 2.1
Turnout 1,342 56.3
National Federal hold  

1895

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1895 New South Wales colonial election: Macquarie[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist William Hurley 575 42.8
Free Trade James Tonkin 438 32.6
Ind. Free Trade William Paul 233 17.4
Labour Francis Foster 97 7.2
Total formal votes 1,343 99.2
Informal votes 11 0.8
Turnout 1,354 60.7
Protectionist gain from Free Trade  

1894

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1894 New South Wales colonial election: Macquarie[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade James Tonkin 637 38.6
Protectionist William Hurley 542 32.9
Labour John Skelton 237 14.4
Ind. Protectionist John Hughes 174 10.6
Ind. Free Trade Henry Brown 60 3.6
Total formal votes 1,650 98.3
Informal votes 28 1.7
Turnout 1,678 74.3
Free Trade win (new seat)

Notes

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  1. ^ based on an electoral roll of 10,704 at the 1917 state election.[5]
  2. ^ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.

References

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  1. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1917 Macquarie by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1917 Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1913 Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 The Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1907 The Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  12. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Macquarie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 April 2020.