ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF CALARE, NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Grenfell, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1903 majority cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,536 Votes cast: 13,717 51.7 Informal votes: 393 02.9 Formal votes: 13,324 97.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas BROWN * Lab 6,759 50.7 John Fitzpatrick AS 6,565 49.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,324 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Brown was member for Canobolas 1901-06 (Canobolas was abolished at the 1906 redistribution). 2. Fitzpatrick was NSW MLA for Rylstone 1895-1904, Orange 1907-20, Bathurst 1920-27, Orange 1927-30. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Brown (1861-1934): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Grenfell, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Labour over Anti-Socialist 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,934 +12.8 Votes cast: 20,102 67.2 +15.5 Informal votes: 394 02.0 -00.9 Formal votes: 19,708 98.0 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas BROWN * ALP 10,561 53.6 +02.9 Henry Pigott Lib 9,147 46.4 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,708 03.6 02.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Pigott, see Calare 1913. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Brown (1861-1934): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Orange, Parkes, Wellington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.6 Effect of 1912 redistribution: 00.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 33,968 +13.4 Votes cast: 23,450 69.0 +01.8 Informal votes: 691 02.9 +00.9 Formal votes: 22,759 97.1 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Thomas Brown * ALP 10,911 47.9 -05.9 Henry PIGOTT Lib 11,848 52.1 +05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,759 02.1 05.9 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas Brown (1861-1934): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910. Defeated 1913 Later career: NSW MLA for Lachlan 1913-17. Died 23 March 1934 > Henry Robert Maguire Pigott (1866-1949): Elected 1913 Born: 2 October 1966, Ceylon, of British parents. Career: Educated London School for the Sons of Missionaries. Migrated 1885. Bank officer, stock and station agent. Landowner Tottenham 1910. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Orange, Parkes, Wellington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,840 -03.3 Votes cast: 25,574 77.9 +08.9 Informal votes: 635 02.5 -00.4 Formal votes: 24,939 97.5 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Johnson ALP 12,169 48.8 +00.9 Henry PIGOTT * Lib 12,770 51.2 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,939 01.2 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnson was member for Robertson 1910-13. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Robert Maguire Pigott (1866-1949): Elected 1913, 1914 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Orange, Parkes, Wellington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,706 -00.4 Votes cast: 26,259 80.3 -02.4 Informal votes: 717 02.7 +00.2 Formal votes: 25,542 97.3 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Lavelle ALP 12,320 48.2 -00.6 Henry PIGOTT * Nat 13,222 51.8 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,542 01.8 00.6 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Lavelle, see Calare 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Henry Robert Maguire Pigott (1866-1949): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Orange, Parkes, Wellington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,643 -00.2 Votes cast: 24,494 75.0 -05.3 Informal votes: 340 01.4 -01.3 Formal votes: 24,154 98.6 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas LAVELLE ALP 12,628 52.3 +04.1 Henry Pigott * Nat 11,526 47.7 -04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,154 02.3 04.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Henry Robert Maguire Pigott (1866-1949): Elected 1913, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919 Later career: Grazier and farmers' leader. Died 11 July 1949 > Thomas James Lavelle (1857-1944): Elected 1919 Born: 2 December 1857, Liverpool, NSW. Career: Primary education. Farmer, canecutter, railworker. Organiser Australian Workers Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 02.3 Effect of redistribution: 00.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,887 +22.2 Votes cast: 25,971 65.1 -09.9 Informal votes: 1,560 06.0 +04.6 Formal votes: 24,411 94.0 -04.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sir Neville Howse Nat 8,449 34.6 -11.2 Thomas Lavelle * ALP 10,263 42.0 -10.2 Henry Pigott CP 5,278 21.6 Selina Siggins CP 421 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 24,411 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Pigott was member for Calare 1913-19. 2. The combined Country Party vote was 23.3%. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Siggins's 421 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Howse 58 13.8 8,507 34.8 Lavelle * 48 11.4 10,311 42.2 Pigott 315 74.8 5,593 22.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 421 24,411 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Pigott's 5,593 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- HOWSE 5,000 89.4 13,507 55.3 Lavelle * 593 10.6 10,904 44.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,593 24,411 05.3 08.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas James Lavelle (1857-1944): Elected 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Insurance salesman, publican, public servant. Died 24 May 1944 > Neville Reginald Howse (1864-1930): Elected 1922 Born: 26 October 1864, Somerset, England. Career: Educated Taunton, England. Studied medicine, London. Practised, London. Migrated 1889. Practised country NSW. Military Service 1899-1902, 1914-18. VC South Africa. Director-General ANZAC Medical Services. Father of John Howse MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Minister for Defence from 16 January 1925 Minister for Health from 16 January 1925 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,738 +02.1 Votes cast: 37,435 91.9 +26.8 Informal votes: 830 02.2 -03.8 Formal votes: 36,605 97.8 +03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Neville HOWSE * Nat 21,645 59.1 +24.5 William Southwick 461 01.3 William Webster ALP 14,499 39.6 -02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,605 09.8 e 04.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Southwick was an independent Nationalist candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neville Reginald Howse (1864-1930): Elected 1922, 1925 Minister of Defence to 2 April 1927 Minister of Health to 2 April 1927 Honorary Minister 2 April 1927 to 24 February 1928 Minister for Health from 24 February 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Howse left the Cabinet between April 1927 and February 1928 due to ill-health. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 09.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,555 +02.0 Votes cast: 38,918 93.7 +01.8 Informal votes: 1,581 04.1 +01.9 Formal votes: 37,337 95.9 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Sir Neville HOWSE * Nat 22,673 60.7 +01.6 James O'Donnell ALP 14,664 39.3 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,337 10.7 00.9 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neville Reginald Howse (1864-1930): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928 Minister for Health -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 10.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,923 +03.3 Votes cast: 41,120 95.8 +02.1 Informal votes: 1,376 03.3 -00.8 Formal votes: 39,744 96.7 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George GIBBONS ALP 20,492 51.6 +12.3 Hon Sir Neville Howse * Nat 19,252 48.4 -12.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,744 01.6 12.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Neville Reginald Howse (1864-1930): Elected 1922, 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Minister for Health to 22 October 1929 Died 22 September 1930 > George Albert Gibbons (1887-1956): Elected 1929 Born: 1887, Tichborne, NSW. Career: Primary education. Farmworker. Secretary Rural Workers Union, later Organiser, Australian Workers Union. Farmer. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,462 +03.6 Votes cast: 42,272 95.1 -00.7 Informal votes: 963 02.3 -01.0 Formal votes: 41,309 97.3 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Gibbons * ALP 7,863 19.0 Harold THORBY CP 22,842 55.3 Thomas Watson ALPN 10,604 25.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,309 10.1 e 11.7 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 44.7%, a decrease of 6.9% from the 51.6% polled by the ALP in 1929. 2. The Country Party majority over the ALP (NSW) is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > George Albert Gibbons (1887-1956): Elected 1929. Defeated 1931 Later career: Farmer. Died 11 August 1956 > Harold Victor Charles Thorby (1888-1960): Elected 1931 Born: 2 October 1888, Sydney. Career: Educated Sydney Grammar School. Farmer and grazier. State politics: NSW MLA for Wammerawa 1922-27, Castlereagh 1927-30. Minister for Agriculture 1927-30. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP (NSW) 10.1 e Effect of 1934 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,222 +19.7 Votes cast: 51,044 95.9 +00.8 Informal votes: 1,891 03.7 +01.4 Formal votes: 49,153 96.3 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ethel Arthur-Smith DSC 1,664 03.4 Theophilus Keast ALPN 18,399 37.4 +12.2 Dr Lewis Nott UAP 8,672 17.6 Reginald Phillips ALP 3,094 06.3 -13.3 Harold Thorby * CP 17,324 35.2 -20.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,153 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Keast was NSW MLA for Ashburnham 1930-32. 2. Nott was member for Herbert, Qld, 1925-28. 3. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 43.7%, a decrease of 1.0% from the 44.7% polled by the two parties in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Arthur-Smith's 1,664 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keast 1,038 62.4 19,437 39.5 Nott 202 12.1 8,874 18.1 Phillips 212 12.7 3,306 06.7 Thorby * 212 12.7 17,536 35.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,664 49,153 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Phillips's 3,306 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keast 2,246 67.9 21,683 44.1 Nott 553 16.7 9,427 19.2 Thorby * 507 15.3 18,043 36.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,306 49,153 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Nott's 9,427 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Keast 949 10.1 22,632 46.0 THORBY * 8,478 89.9 26,521 54.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,427 49,153 04.0 06.1 to ALPN -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Victor Charles Thorby 1888-1960): Elected 1931, 1934 Minister without portfolio from 9 November 1934 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP (NSW) 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,269 +00.1 Votes cast: 51,413 96.5 +00.6 Informal votes: 921 01.8 -01.9 Formal votes: 50,492 98.2 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Folster ALP 24,114 47.8 Hon Harold THORBY * CP 26,378 52.2 +17.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,492 02.2 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Folster was NSW MLA for Orange 1930-32. 2. The ALP vote of 47.8% was an increase of 4.1% from the combined vote of 43.7% polled by the ALP and the ALP (NSW) in 1934. 3. The Country Party majority over the ALP is compared with the Country Party majority over the ALP (NSW) in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Harold Victor Campbell Thorby (1888-1973): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937 Minister without portfolio to 29 November 1937 Minister for Defence 29 November 1937 to 7 November 1938 Minister for Works 24 November 1938 to 26 April 1939 Minister for Civil Aviation 24 November 1938 to 26 April 1939 Postmaster-General from 14 March 1940 Minister for Health from 14 March 1940 Deputy Leader of the Country Party from 13 September 1939 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,528 -01.4 Votes cast: 49,389 94.0 -02.5 Informal votes: 2,017 04.1 -02.3 Formal votes: 47,372 95.8 +02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Brazier 1,435 03.0 John Breen ALP 12,589 26.6 -21.2 John Heiss ALPNC 6,592 13.9 Herbert Hodby CP 4,027 08.5 Gregory McGirr SL 5,502 11.6 Hon Harold Thorby * CP 17,227 36.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,372 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. McGirr was NSW MLA for Yass 1913-20, Cootamundra 1920-22, Sydney 1922-25. He was the elder brother of Hon James McGirr, Premier of NSW 1947-52. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NC) vote was 40.5%, a decrease of 7.3% from the 47.8% polled by the ALP in 1937. 3. The combined Country Party vote was 44.9%, a decrease of 7.3% from the 52.2% polled by one Country Party candidate in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Brazier's 1,435 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Breen 960 66.9 13,549 28.6 Heiss 193 13.4 6,785 14.3 Hodby 104 07.2 4,131 08.7 McGirr 89 06.2 5,591 11.8 Thorby * 89 06.2 17,316 36.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,435 47,372 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hodby's 4,131 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Breen 223 05.4 13,772 29.1 Heiss 165 04.0 6,950 14.7 McGirr 209 05.1 5,800 12.2 Thorby * 3,534 85.5 20,850 44.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,131 47,372 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: McGirr's 5,800 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Breen 3,131 54.0 16,903 35.7 Heiss 1,927 33.2 8,877 18.7 Thorby * 742 12.8 21,592 45.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,800 47,372 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Heiss's 8,877 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BREEN 8,379 94.4 25,282 53.4 Thorby * 498 05.6 22,090 46.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,877 47,372 03.4 05.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Harold Victor Campbell Thorby (1888-1973): Elected 1931, 1934, 1937. Defeated 1940 Postmaster-General to 28 October 1940 Minister for Health to 28 October 1940 Leputy Leader of the Country Party to 28 October 1940 Later career: Farmer, Qurindi, NSW Died 1 January 1973 > John Patrick Breen (1898-1966): Elected 1940 Born: 1898, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. Career: Educated Catholic schools and University of Sydney. Publican, organiser Australian Workers Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over CP 03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,471 -00.1 Votes cast: 44,546 84.9 -09.1 Informal votes: 1,029 02.3 -01.8 Formal votes: 43,517 97.3 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John BREEN * ALP 27,071 62.2 +35.6 Thomas Edols CP 5,142 12.1 Percy Phelan OPA 1,029 02.4 Albert Reid CP 10,275 23.6 Hon Harold Thorby 6,270 14.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,517 09.9 e 06.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. For Reid, see Senate NSW 1949. 2. Thorby was Country Party MP for Calare 1931-40. 3. The combined Country Party vote was 35.7%, a decrease of 9.2% from the 52.2% polled by two Country Party candidates in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Patrick Breen (1898-1966): Elected 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 9.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,467 00.0 Votes cast: 49,583 94.5 +09.6 Informal votes: 840 01.7 -00.5 Formal votes: 48,743 98.3 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Breen * ALP 22,988 47.2 -07.2 John Howse Lib 14,270 29.3 Madge Roberts 296 00.6 Hon Harold Thorby CP 11,189 23.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,743 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Thorby was member for Calare 1931-40. 2. The Country Party vote of 23.0% was a decrease of 7.9% from the 30.9% polled by two Country Party candidates in 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Roberts's 296 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Breen * 106 35.8 23,094 47.4 Howse 126 42.6 14,396 29.5 Thorby 64 21.6 11,253 23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 296 48,743 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Thorby's 11,253 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Breen * 402 03.6 23,496 48.2 HOWSE 10,851 96.4 25,247 51.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,253 48,743 01.8 11.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Liberal majority over the ALP is compared with the ALP majority over the Country Party in 1943. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > John Patrick Breen (1898-1966): Elected 1940, 1943. Defeated 1946 Later career: Trade Commissioner for the Middle East, 1946-48. Died 5 February 1966 > John Brooke Howse (1913-2002): Elected 1946 Born: 10 October 1913, Orange, NSW. Career: Educated Geelong Grammar School and University of Sydney. Company director. Military Service 1939-46. Son of Hon Sir Neville Howse MP. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 01.8 Effect of 1948 redistribution: 01.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over ALP 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,079 -25.5 Votes cast: 38,010 97.3 +02.8 Informal votes: 472 01.2 -00.5 Formal votes: 37,538 98.7 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Gibbons ALP 16,139 43.0 -05.3 John HOWSE * Lib 21,399 57.0 +25.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,538 07.0 06.4 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gibbons was member for Calare 1929-31. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Brooke Howse (1913-2002): Elected 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,588 +01.3 Votes cast: 38,204 96.5 -00.8 Informal votes: 479 01.3 +00.1 Formal votes: 37,725 98.7 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Gardiner 2,067 05.5 John Howell ALP 15,141 40.1 -02.9 John HOWSE * Lib 20,517 54.4 -02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,725 06.2 e 00.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Brooke Howse (1913-2002): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 06.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,614 +02.6 Votes cast: 39,339 96.9 +00.4 Informal votes: 287 00.7 -00.6 Formal votes: 39,052 99.3 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Breen ALP 16,872 43.2 +03.2 John HOWSE * Lib 21,733 55.7 +01.3 Madge Roberts 447 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,052 06.3 e 00.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Breen was member for Calare 1940-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Brooke Howse (1913-2002): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 06.3 e Effect of 1955 redistribution: 00.4 shift to Labor New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 05.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,709 +02.7 Votes cast: 39,942 95.8 -01.1 Informal votes: 797 02.0 -01.3 Formal votes: 39,145 98.0 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John HOWSE * Lib 23,956 61.2 +05.9 Lionel Wood ALP 15,189 38.8 -04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,145 11.2 05.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Brooke Howse (1913-2002): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 11.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,391 -00.8 Votes cast: 39,575 95.6 -00.2 Informal votes: 722 01.8 -00.2 Formal votes: 38,853 98.2 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John HOWSE * Lib 22,557 58.1 -03.1 Robert Rygate ALP 16,296 41.9 +03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,853 08.1 03.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Brooke Howse (1913-2002): Elected 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Resigned seat 28 September 1960 (see By-elections) Later career: Manager and company director. Died 11 July 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 5 NOVEMBER 1960 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of John Howse -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,434 +00.1 Votes cast: 37,351 90.1 -05.5 Informal votes: 445 01.2 -00.6 Formal votes: 36,906 98.8 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John England CP 12,039 32.6 Wallace Meares + Lib 8,039 21.8 -36.3 John Phillips 113 00.3 Raymond Proust DLP 2,540 06.9 Leroy Serisier ALP 14,175 38.4 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Serisier was a NSW MLC 1963-78. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Phillips's 113 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- England 29 25.7 12,068 32.7 Meares + 22 (19.5 8,061 21.8 Proust 25 22.1 2,565 07.0 Serisier 37 32.7 14,212 38.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 113 36,906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Proust's 2,565 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- England 1,776 69.2 13,844 37.5 Meares + 297 11.6 8,358 22.6 Serisier 492 19.2 14,704 39.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,565 36,906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Meares's 8,358 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ENGLAND 7,980 95.5 21,824 59.1 Serisier 378 04.5 15,082 40.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,358 36,906 09.1 01.0 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party majority over the ALP is compared with the Liberal majority over the ALP in 1958. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Armstrong England (1911-85): Elected 1960 By Born: 12 October 1911, Sydney. Career: Educated state schools, Brisbane Boys College. Bank officer. Military Service 1944-46. Farmer and grazier near Grenfell, NSW, from 1947. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.1 1960 by-election two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 09.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,179 -00.5 Votes cast: 39,548 96.0 +00.4 Informal votes: 551 01.4 -00.4 Formal votes: 38,997 98.6 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Boland DLP 3,240 08.3 John ENGLAND * CP 19,547 50.1 Leroy Serisier ALP 16,210 41.6 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,997 06.9 e 01.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Serisier was a NSW MLC 1963-78. -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party majority over the ALP is compared with the Liberal majority over the ALP in 1958. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Armstrong England (1911-85): Elected 1960 By, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 06.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,006 +02.0 Votes cast: 40,223 95.8 -00.2 Informal votes: 311 00.8 -00.6 Formal votes: 39,912 99.2 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Boland DLP 3,289 08.2 -00.1 John ENGLAND * CP 21,690 54.3 +04.2 Leroy Serisier ALP 14,933 37.4 -04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,912 11.1 e 04.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Serisier was a NSW MLC 1963-78. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Armstrong England (1911-85): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Cowra, Forbes, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 11.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,030 +02.4 Votes cast: 41,124 95.6 -00.2 Informal votes: 886 02.2 +01.4 Formal votes: 40,238 97.8 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John ENGLAND * CP 25,200 62.6 +08.3 John Grant DLP 3,053 07.6 -00.6 William Stavert ALP 11,985 29.8 -07.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,238 18.7 e 07.6 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Armstrong England (1911-85): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Forbes, Mudgee, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 18.7 e Effect of 1968 redistribution: 02.5 shift to ALP New notional majority: Country Party over Labor 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 46,850 +08.9 Votes cast: 45,006 96.1 +01.1 Informal votes: 477 01.1 -01.0 Formal votes: 44,529 98.9 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John ENGLAND * CP 23,384 52.5 -07.6 John Grant DLP 2,764 06.2 -01.4 Kerry Scott ALP 18,381 41.3 +09.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,529 07.5 e 08.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Armstrong England (1911-85): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Forbes, Mudgee, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 07.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,761 +01.9 Votes cast: 46,096 96.5 +00.4 Informal votes: 388 00.8 -00.3 Formal votes: 45,708 99.2 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John ENGLAND * CP 23,517 51.5 -01.0 John Grant DLP 2,443 05.3 -00.9 Francis Hall ALP 19,748 43.2 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,708 05.7 e 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Armstrong England (1911-85): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Forbes, Mudgee, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: CP over ALP 05.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,669 +10.3 Votes cast: 50,873 96.6 +00.1 Informal votes: 775 01.5 +00.7 Formal votes: 50,098 98.5 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Neville Bowers ALP 13,082 26.1 Douglas Bray AP 682 01.4 John ENGLAND * CP 27,817 55.5 +04.0 Francis Hall ALP 8,517 17.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 50,098 07.8 e 02.1 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP vote was 43.1%, a decrease of 0.1% from the 43.2% polled by one ALP candidate in 1972. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Armstrong England (1911-85): Elected 1960 By, 1961, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1974 England retired at the 1975 election. Later career: Administrator of the Northern Territory 1976-81. Died 18 June 1985 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Forbes, Mudgee, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: CP over ALP 07.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,276 +03.1 Votes cast: 52,073 95.9 -00.7 Informal votes: 813 01.6 +00.1 Formal votes: 51,260 98.4 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Ashton Lib 14,309 27.9 Francis Hall ALP 18,845 36.8 Sandy Mackenzie + NCP 18,106 35.3 -20.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,260 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP vote of 36.8% was a decrease of 6.3% from the 43.1% polled by two ALP candidates in 1974. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ashton's 14,309 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hall 2,002 14.0 20,847 40.7 MACKENZIE 12,307 86.0 30,413 59.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,309 51,260 09.3 01.5 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander John Mackenzie (born 1941): Elected 1975 Born: 29 August 1941, Melbourne Career: Educated University of New England, Armidale, NSW. Agricultural scientist. Principal, Orange Agricultural College, Orange, NSW. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 09.3 Effect of 1977 redistribution: 04.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: NCP over ALP 04.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,773 +28.6 Votes cast: 67,268 96.4 +00.5 Informal votes: 1,081 01.6 00.0 Formal votes: 66,187 98.4 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Ashton Lib 13,509 20.4 -05.2 Darvell Baird AD 4,986 07.5 Alexander MacKenzie * NCP 20,893 31.6 -01.4 David Simmons ALP 26,799 40.5 -00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,187 -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Simmons, see Calare 1983. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Baird's 4,986 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ashton 1,188 23.8 14,697 22.2 MacKenzie * 1,766 35.4 22,659 34.2 Simmons 2,032 40.8 28,831 43.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,986 66,187 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Ashton's 14,697 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- MACKENZIE * 13,870 94.4 36,529 55.2 Simmons 827 05.6 29,658 44.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,697 66,187 05.2 00.5 to NCP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander John MacKenzie (born 1941): Elected 1975, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,523 +03.9 Votes cast: 69,414 95.7 -00.7 Informal votes: 996 01.4 -00.2 Formal votes: 68,418 98.6 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander MACKENZIE * NCP 34,234 50.0 +18.4 Anne Ritter AD 2,539 03.7 -03.8 David Simmons ALP 31,645 46.3 +05.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,418 01.5 e 03.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Simmons, see Calare 1983. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander John MacKenzie (born 1941): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 01.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,816 +00.4 Votes cast: 70,174 96.4 +01.5 Informal votes: 870 01.2 -00.3 Formal votes: 69,304 98.8 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Alexander Mackenzie * NPA 31,087 44.9 -05.1 Ann Ritter AD 2,562 03.7 +00.0 David SIMMONS ALP 35,089 50.6 +04.3 George Simpson 566 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 69,304 02.9 e 04.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Alexander John Mackenzie (born 1941): Elected 1975, 1977, 1980. Defeated 1983 > David William Simmons (born 1947): Elected 1983 Born: 7 November 1947, Broken Hill, NSW Career: Educated University of New England, Armidale, NSW. Teacher. Bathurst City Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Mudgee, Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: ALP over NPA 02.9 e Effect of 1984 redistribution: 01.1 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over NPA 04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,880 -06.8 Votes cast: 65,094 95.9 -00.6 Informal votes: 2,983 04.6 +03.4 Formal votes: 62,111 95.4 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Byrne Lib 10,794 17.4 Russ Turner NPA 13,664 22.0 -21.8 Margaret Stevenson 4,596 07.4 David Simmons * ALP 30,956 49.8 -01.9 Gregory Hamilton AD 2,101 03.4 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,111 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Hamilton's 2,101 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Byrne 349 16.6 11,143 17.9 Turner 301 14.3 13,965 22.5 Stevenson 614 29.2 5,210 08.4 SIMMONS * 836 39.8 31,792 51.2 (exhausted 1 1 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,101 62,111 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Stevenson's 5,210 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Byrne 1,579 30.3 12,722 20.5 Turner 1,584 30.4 15,549 25.0 SIMMONS * 2,043 39.2 33,835 54.5 (exhausted 4 5 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,210 62,111 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Byrne's 12,722 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Turner 12,039 94.7 27,588 44.4 SIMMONS * 674 05.3 34,509 55.6 (exhausted 9 14 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,722 62,111 05.6 01.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- David William Simmons (born 1947): Elected 1983, 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Mudgee, Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: ALP over NPA 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,959 +03.1 Votes cast: 67,457 96.4 +00.5 Informal votes: 2,074 03.1 -01.5 Formal votes: 65,383 96.9 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mick English Lib 16,319 25.0 +07.6 David Simmons * ALP 31,988 48.9 -00.9 Stewart Hespe NPA 13,653 20.9 -01.1 Bob Dolton AD 2,767 04.2 +00.8 Eve Buscombe 656 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 65,383 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Buscombe's 656 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- English 73 11.1 16,392 25.1 Simmons * 137 20.9 32,125 49.1 Hespe 74 11.3 13,727 21.0 Dolton 372 56.7 3,139 04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 656 65,383 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Dolton's 3,139 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- English 650 20.7 17,042 26.1 SIMMONS * 1,513 48.3 33,638 51.4 Hespe 971 31.0 14,698 22.5 (exhausted 5 5 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,139 65,383 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Hespe's 14,698 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- English 13,495 91.9 30,537 46.7 SIMMONS * 1,196 08.1 34,834 53.3 (exhausted 7 12 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,698 65,383 03.3 02.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP majority over the Liberal Party is compared with the ALP majority over the NPA in 1984. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David William Simmons (born 1947): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987 Minister for Defence Science and Personnel from 6 April 1989 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 MARCH 1990 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Mudgee, Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,704 +03.9 Votes cast: 70,027 96.3 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,487 02.1 -01.0 Formal votes: 68,540 97.9 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joanne Lewis NPA 16,229 23.7 +02.8 Steve Adams AD 3,759 05.5 +01.3 Mike Phillips 1,814 02.6 John Loneregan Lib 13,387 19.5 -05.5 Hon David Simmons * ALP 31,645 46.2 -02.7 Brian Davis 1,706 02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,540 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Davis's 1,706 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis 464 27.9 16,693 24.4 Adams 243 14.6 4,002 05.8 Phillips 429 25.8 2,243 03.3 Loneregan 241 14.5 13,628 19.9 Simmons * 284 17.1 31,929 46.6 (exhausted 45 45 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,706 68,540 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Phillips's 2,243 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis 297 13.3 16,990 24.8 Adams 759 34.1 4,761 07.0 Loneregan 340 15.3 13,968 20.4 Simmons * 833 37.4 32,762 47.8 (exhausted 14 59 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,243 68,540 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Adams's 4,761 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis 1,426 30.2 18,416 26.9 Loneregan 824 17.5 14,792 21.6 SIMMONS * 2,468 52.3 35,230 51.5 (exhausted 43 102 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,761 68,540 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Loneregan¹s 14,792 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lewis 13,408 90.9 31,824 46.5 SIMMONS * 1,348 09.1 36,578 53.5 (exhausted 36 138 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,792 68,540 03.5 00.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP majority over the NPA is compared with the ALP majority over the Liberal Party in 1987. -------------------------------------------------------------------- David William Simmons (born 1947): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990 Minister for Defence Science and Personnel to 4 April 1990 Minister for Arts, Territories and Tourism 4 April 1990 to 27 December 1991 Minister for Local Government from 27 December 1991 ------------------------------------------------------------------ ELECTION OF 13 MARCH 1993 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Blayney, Lithgow, Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 two-party majority: ALP over NPA 03.5 Effect of redistribution: 02.1 shift to NPA New notional majority: ALP over NPA 01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 75,897 +04.4 Votes cast: 73,570 96.9 +00.6 Informal votes: 1,350 01.8 -00.3 Formal votes: 72,220 98.2 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Davis 2,097 02.9 Ron Penny NPA 18,787 26.0 +00.2 John Staal Lib 13,376 18.5 -01.0 Hon David SIMMONS * ALP 36,830 51.0 +06.9 Robert Cianfranco 1,130 01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 72,220 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Cianfranco's 1,130 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Davis 535 47.5 2,632 03.6 Penny 181 16.1 18,968 26.3 Staal 92 08.2 13,468 18.6 SIMMONS * 318 28.2 37,148 51.4 (exhausted 4 4 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,130 72,220 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Davis's 2,632 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Penny 1,245 48.3 20,213 28.0 Staal 412 16.0 13,880 19.2 SIMMONS * 918 35.7 38,066 52.8 (exhausted 57 61 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,632 72,220 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Staal's 13,880 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Penny 12,929 93.2 33,142 45.9 SIMMONS * 939 06.8 39,005 54.1 (exhausted 12 73 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,880 72,220 04.1 02.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- David William Simmons (born 1947): Elected 1983, 1984, 1987, 1990, 1993 Minister for Arts and Territories to 24 March 1993 Simmons retired at the 1996 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Blayney, Lithgow, Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: ALP over NPA 02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 78,088 +02.9 Votes cast: 75,606 96.8 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,687 02.2 +00.4 Formal votes: 73,919 97.8 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Bruce McLean CTA 1,459 02.0 Peter Andren 21,708 29.4 Peter Baker AD 859 01.2 Rob Allen + ALP 21,407 29.0 -22.0 Trevor Toole NPA 15,371 20.8 -05.2 Richard Nolan 172 00.2 Sharon Mullin Grn 1,312 01.8 Ray Fardell Lib 11,613 15.7 -02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 73,919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Toole was the father of Hon Paul Toole, NSW MLA for Bathurst from 2011. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Nolan's 172 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLean 7 04.3 1,466 02.0 Andren 39 23.8 21,747 29.4 Baker 15 09.1 874 01.2 Allen + 16 09.7 21,423 29.0 Toole 31 18.9 15,402 20.8 Mullin 38 23.2 1,350 01.8 Fardell 18 11.0 11,649 15.8 (exhausted 8 8 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 172 73,919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Baker's 874 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McLean 41 04.7 1,507 02.0 Andren 307 35.4 22,054 29.8 Allen + 146 16.8 21,569 29.2 Toole 74 08.5 15,476 20.9 Mullin 223 25.8 1,573 02.1 Fardell 75 08.7 11,724 15.9 (exhausted 8 16 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 874 73,919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: McLean's 1,507 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andren 713 48.0 22,767 30.8 Allen + 87 05.9 21,656 29.3 Toole 472 31.8 15,948 21.6 Mullin 50 03.4 1,623 02.2 Fardell 162 10.9 11,886 16.1 (exhausted 23 39 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,507 73,919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Mullin's 1,623 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andren 851 53.5 23,618 32.0 Allen + 423 26.6 22,079 29.9 Toole 137 08.6 16,085 21.8 Fardell 179 11.2 12,065 16.3 (exhausted 33 72 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,623 73,919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Fardell's 12,065 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andren 2,295 19.1 25,913 35.1 Allen + 239 02.0 22,318 30.2 Toole 9,489 78.9 25,574 34.6 (exhausted 42 114 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 12,065 73,919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Allen's 22,318 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREN 20,573 92.6 46,666 63.3 Toole 1,463 07.4 27,037 36.7 (exhausted 102 216 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,318 73,919 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter James Andren (1946-2007): Elected 1996 Born: 28 August 1946, Gulargambone, NSW Career: Educated Macquarie University. Teacher, radio and television presenter, editor and director, Bathurst NSW. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 OCTOBER 1998 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Blayney, Lithgow, Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 two-party majority: Independent over NPA 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 77,137 -01.2 Votes cast: 73,787 95.7 -01.1 Informal votes: 2,490 03.4 +01.2 Formal votes: 72,812 96.6 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Martin Gleeson ON 7,954 10.9 Peter Andren * 29,522 40.5 +11.1 Garry Sloan Lib 7,640 10.5 -05.2 Joan Lambert Grn 676 00.9 -00.9 Rod Blume NPA 8,556 11.8 -08.9 Ben Saul AD 581 00.8 -00.4 David Simpson 168 00.2 Terence Corkin ALP 17,425 23.9 -05.1 Nelle Edwards 290 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 72,812 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Simpson's 168 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gleeson 29 17.3 7,983 11.0 Andren * 64 38.1 29,586 40.6 Sloane 10 06.0 7,650 10.5 Lambert 4 02.4 680 00.9 Blume 13 07.7 8,569 11.8 Saul 15 08.9 596 00.8 Corkin 29 17.3 17,454 24.0 Edwards 4 02.4 294 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 168 72,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Edwards's 294 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gleeson 13 04.4 7,996 11.0 Andren * 76 25.9 29,662 40.7 Sloane 14 04.8 7,664 10.5 Lambert 32 10.9 712 01.0 Blume 15 05.1 8,584 11.8 Saul 26 08.8 622 00.9 Corkin 118 40.1 17,572 24.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 294 72,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Saul's 622 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gleeson 33 05.3 8,029 11.0 Andren * 256 41.2 29,918 41.1 Sloane 56 09.0 7,720 10.6 Lambert 104 16.7 816 01.1 Blume 52 08.4 8,636 11.9 Corkin 121 19.5 17,693 24.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 622 72,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Lambert's 816 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gleeson 64 07.8 8,093 11.1 Andren * 372 45.6 30,290 41.6 Sloane 68 08.3 7,788 10.7 Blume 73 08.9 8,709 12.0 Corkin 239 29.3 17,932 24.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 816 72,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Sloane's 7,788 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gleeson 541 06.9 8,634 11.9 Andren * 1,955 25.1 32,245 44.3 Blume 5,095 65.4 13,804 19.0 Corkin 197 02.5 18,129 24.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,788 72,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Gleeson's 8,634 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREN * 6,393 74.0 38,638 53.1 Blume 1,379 16.0 15,183 20.9 Corkin 862 10.0 18,991 26.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,634 72,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Blume's 15,183 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREN * 14,015 92.3 52,653 72.3 Corkin 1,168 07.7 20,159 27.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,183 72,810 22.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter James Andren (1946-2007): Elected 1996, 1998 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 NOVEMBER 2001 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Blayney, Lithgow, Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 two-party majority: Independent over ALP 22.3 Effect of redistribution: cannot be calculated -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 84,596 +09.7 Votes cast: 82,047 97.0 +01.3 Informal votes: 2,690 03.2 -00.2 Formal votes: 79,357 96.8 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Don Marshall AD 1,191 01.5 +00.5 Ian Watts Grn 1,217 01.5 +00.4 Peter ANDREN * 40,786 51.4 +15.1 David Simpson 311 00.4 David Shearing NPA 16,289 20.5 +08.6 Terry Nixon ON 3,249 04.1 -06.9 Kathryn Knowles ALP 16,314 20.6 -04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 79,357 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Simpson's 311 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marshall 44 14.1 1,235 01.6 Watts 31 10.0 1,248 01.6 ANDREN * 108 34.7 40,894 51.5 Shearing 63 20.3 16,352 20.6 Nixon 38 12.2 3,287 04.1 Knowles 27 08.7 16,341 20.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 311 79,357 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Marshall's 1,235 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Watts 561 45.4 1,809 02.3 ANDREN * 370 30.0 41,264 52.0 Shearing 104 08.4 16,456 20.7 Nixon 52 04.2 3,339 04.2 Knowles 148 12.0 16,489 20.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,235 79,357 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Watts's 1,809 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREN * 1,234 68.2 42,498 53.5 Shearing 159 08.8 16,615 20.9 Nixon 113 06.2 3,452 04.3 Knowles 303 16.7 16,792 21.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,809 79,357 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Nixon's 3,452 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREN * 1,930 55.9 44,428 56.0 Shearing 853 24.7 17,468 22.0 Knowles 669 19.4 17,461 22.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,452 79,357 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Knowles's 17,461 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREN * 15,120 86.6 59,548 75.0 Shearing 2,341 13.4 19,809 25.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,461 79,357 25.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter James Andren (1946-2007): Elected 1996, 1998, 2001 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 OCTOBER 2004 ==================================================================== Central West NSW: Bathurst, Blayney, Lithgow, Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 two-candidate majority: Independent over NPA 25.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 87,358 +03.3 Votes cast: 84,314 96.5 -00.5 Informal votes: 2,980 03.5 +00.3 Formal votes: 81,334 96.5 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Heidi Van Schaik 648 00.8 Peter ANDREN * 40,851 50.2 -01.2 Robyn Adams ALP 13,439 16.5 -04.0 Stephen Nugent Grn 1,868 02.3 +00.8 Robert Griffith NPA 10,482 12.9 -07.6 Melanie Woods FF 959 01.2 Paul Blanch Lib 13,087 16.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 81,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Van Schaik's 648 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREN * 452 69.7 41,393 50.8 Adams 88 13.6 13,527 16.6 Nugent 40 06.2 1,908 02.4 Griffith 20 03.1 10,502 12.9 Woods 25 03.9 984 01.2 Blanch 23 03.6 13,110 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 648 81,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Woods's 984 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREN * 277 28.2 41,580 51.1 Adams 171 17.4 13,698 16.8 Nugent 124 12.6 2,032 02.5 Griffith 190 19.3 10,692 13.2 Blanch 222 22.6 13,332 16.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 984 81,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Nugent's 2,032 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREN * 1,114 54.8 42,694 52.5 Adams 624 30.7 14,322 17.6 Griffith 171 08.4 10,863 13.4 Blanch 123 06.1 13,455 16.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,032 81,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Griffith's 10,863 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREN * 1,711 15.8 44,405 54.6 Adams 422 03.9 14,744 18.1 Blanch 8,730 80.4 22,185 27.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,863 81,334 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Adams's 14,744 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDREN * 13,534 91.8 57,939 71.2 Blanch 1,210 08.2 23,295 28.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,744 81,334 21.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter James Andren (1946-2007): Elected 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 Andren retired at the 2007 election. Died 3 November 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Notional 6th count: Andren's 44,405 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Adams 25,028 56.4 39,772 48.9 BLANCH 19,377 43.6 41,562 51.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,405 81,334 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- This count was conducted for informational purposes only. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 NOVEMBER 2007 ==================================================================== Central NSW: Bourke, Cowra, Narromine, Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2004 two-candidate majority: Independent over Labor 21.2 Effect of 2006 redistribution: Cannot be calculated 2007 notional two-party majority: Nationals over Labor 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 89,080 +02.0 Votes cast: 85,320 95.8 -00.7 Informal votes: 2,933 03.4 -00.1 Formal votes: 82,387 96.6 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- David John Simpson 794 01.0 Michael Allen ALP 20,266 24.6 +04.8 Jeremy Buckingham Grn 2,351 02.9 +00.2 Hon John Cobb * Nat 39,941 48.5 +10.1 Gavin Priestley 19,035 23.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 82,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cobb was Member for Parkes 2001-07. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Simpson's 794 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen 431 54.3 20,697 25.1 Buckingham 146 18.4 2,497 03.0 Cobb * 114 14.4 40,055 48.6 Priestley 103 13.0 19,138 23.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 794 82,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Buckingham's 2,497 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen 953 38.2 21,650 26.3 Cobb * 524 21.0 40,479 49.3 Priestley 1,020 40.9 20,158 24.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,497 82,387 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Priestley's 20,158 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen 9,613 47.7 31,263 38.0 COBB * 10,545 52.3 51,124 62.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,158 82,387 12.0 00.6 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Calare elected an independent member in 2004. The two-party majority and two-party swing are notional figures, based on a distribution of the independent member's 2004 vote between National and Labor in those areas of the seat which were in Calare on its 2004 boundaries. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Kenneth Cobb (born 1950): Elected 2001, 2004, 2007 Assistant Minister for the Environment and Water Resources to 3 December 2007 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 2010 ==================================================================== Central NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2007 two-candidate majority: National 12.0 Effect of 2009 redistribution: 08.5 shift to Labor 2010 notional two-party majority: National 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 98,504 +10.6 Votes cast: 93,873 95.3 -00.5 Informal votes: 4,631 04.9 +01.5 Formal votes: 89,242 95.1 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jessyka Norsworthy CDP 1,957 02.2 +01.7 Paul Blanch 4,137 04.6 Kevin Duffy ALP 25,926 29.1 -04.4 Karen Romano 3,276 03.7 Jeremy Buckingham Grn 5,354 06.0 +01.8 Hon John COBB * Nat 46,775 52.4 +25.9 Ross Macgregor 1,817 02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 89,242 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Macgregor's 1,817 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norsworthy 76 04.2 2,033 02.3 Blanch 411 22.6 4,548 05.1 Duffy 220 12.1 26,146 29.3 Romano 467 25.7 3,743 04.2 Buckingham 204 11.2 5,558 06.2 COBB * 439 24.2 47,214 52.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,817 89,242 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Norsworthy's 2,033 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blanch 764 37.6 5,312 06.0 Duffy 236 11.6 26,146 29.3 Romano 180 08.9 3,923 04.4 Buckingham 91 04.5 5,649 06.3 COBB * 762 37.5 47,976 53.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,033 89,242 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Romano's 3,923 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blanch 1,789 45.6 7,101 26.9 Duffy 780 19.9 27,162 30.4 Buckingham 436 11.1 6,085 06.8 COBB * 918 23.4 48,894 54.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,923 89,242 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Buckingham's 6,085 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blanch 1,635 26.9 8,736 09.8 Duffy 3,179 52.4 30,341 34.0 COBB * 1,271 20.9 50,165 56.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,085 89,242 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Blanch's 8,736 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Duffy 4,692 53.7 35,033 39.3 COBB * 4,044 46.3 54,209 60.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,736 89,242 10.7 07.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Kenneth Cobb (born 1950): Elected 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 7 SEPTEMBER 2013 ==================================================================== Central NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Orange, Parkes -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2010 two-party majority: National over Labor 10.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 102,044 +03.6 Votes cast: 97,265 95.4 +00.1 Informal votes: 5,942 06.1 +01.2 Formal votes: 91,323 93.9 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John COBB * Nat 52,650 57.7 +05.2 Billie Kirkland KAP 1,293 01.4 Ian Lyons CDP 1,628 01.8 -00.4 Jess Jennings ALP 23,185 25.4 -03.7 Ross Macgregor 2,388 02.6 Brian Cain PUP 4,356 04.8 David Mallard Grn 4,054 04.4 -01.6 Anthony Craig DLP 759 00.8 Peter Schultze 1,010 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 91,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Craig's 759 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COBB * 134 17.7 52,784 57.8 Kirkland 22 02.9 1,315 01.4 Lyons 60 07.9 1,688 01.9 Jennings 195 25.7 23,380 25.6 Macgregor 67 08.8 2,455 02.7 Cain 61 08.0 4,417 04.8 Mallard 105 13.8 4,159 04.6 Schultze 115 15.2 1,125 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 759 91,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Schultze's 1,125 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COBB * 251 22.3 53,035 58.1 Kirkland 130 11.6 1,445 01.6 Lyons 37 03.3 1,725 01.9 Jennings 108 09.6 23,488 25.7 Macgregor 170 15.1 2,625 02.9 Cain 161 14.3 4,578 05.0 Mallard 268 23.8 4,427 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,125 91,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Kirkland's 1,445 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COBB * 487 33.7 53,522 58.6 Lyons 162 11.2 1,887 02.1 Jennings 225 15.6 23,713 26.0 Macgregor 161 11.1 2,786 03.1 Cain 355 24.6 4,933 05.4 Mallard 55 03.8 4,482 04.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,445 91,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Lyons's 1,887 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COBB * 1,126 59.7 54,648 59.8 Jennings 257 13.6 23,970 26.3 Macgregor 242 12.8 3,028 03.3 Cain 194 10.3 5,127 05.6 Mallard 68 03.6 4,550 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,887 91,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Macgregor's 3,028 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COBB * 964 31.8 55,612 60.9 Jennings 785 25.9 24,755 27.1 Cain 712 23.5 5,839 06.4 Mallard 567 18.7 5,117 05.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,028 91,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Mallard's 5,117 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COBB * 1,032 20.2 56,644 62.0 Jennings 3,180 62.2 27,935 30.6 Cain 905 17.7 6,744 17.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,117 91,323 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Cain's 6,744 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- COBB * 3,604 53.4 60,284 66.0 Jennings 3,140 46.6 31,075 34.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,744 91,323 16.0 05.2 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Kenneth Cobb (born 1950): Elected 2001, 2004, 2007, 2010, 2013 Cobb retired at the 2016 election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 JULY 2016 ==================================================================== Central NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Mudgee, Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 two-party majority: Nationals over Labor 16.0 Effect of 2016 redistribution: 01.0 shift to Labor 2016 notional two-party majority: Nationals over Labor 15.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 112,957 +10.7 Votes cast: 105,768 93.6 +01.8 Informal votes: 5,490 05.2 -00.9 Formal votes: 100,278 94.8 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Delanie Sky Grn 7,238 07.2 +02.2 Andrew Gee + Nat 47,717 47.6 -09.0 Glen Davis LDP 6,557 06.5 Bernie Gesling CDP 2,386 02.4 +00.5 Anthony Craig 3,836 03.8 Rod Bloomfield NXT 5,412 05.4 Jess Jennings ALP 27,132 27.1 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 100,278 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Gesling's 2,386 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sky 91 03.8 7,329 07.3 Gee + 1,085 45.5 48,802 48.7 Davis 371 15.6 6,928 16.4 Craig 390 16.5 4,226 04.2 Bloomfield 264 11.1 5,676 05.7 Jennings 185 07.8 27,317 27.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,386 100,278 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Craig's 4,226 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sky 543 12.9 7,872 07.9 Gee + 1,048 24.8 49,850 49.7 Davis 530 12.5 7,458 07.4 Bloomfield 1,156 27.4 6,832 06.8 Jennings 949 22.5 28,266 28.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,226 100,278 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Bloomfield's 6,832 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sky 1,281 18.8 9,153 09.1 GEE + 2,003 29.3 51,853 51.7 Davis 1,053 15.4 8,511 08.5 Jennings 2,495 36.5 30,761 30.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,832 100,278 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Davis's 8,511 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sky 1,068 12.6 10,221 10.2 GEE + 5,869 69.0 57,722 57.6 Jennings 1,574 18.5 32,335 32.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,511 100,278 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Sky's 10,221 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GEE + 4,256 41.6 61,978 61.8 Jennings 5,965 58.4 38,300 38.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,221 100,278 11.8 03.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Robert Gee (born 1968): Elected 2016 Born: 13 September 1968, Maitland NSW Career: Educated University of Sydney. Barrister and solicitor. NSW MLA for Orange 2011-16. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister from 25 January 2019 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 2019 ==================================================================== Central NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Mudgee, Oberon, Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 two-party majority: Nationals over Labor 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 118,099 +04.6 Votes cast: 110,539 93.6 00.0 Informal votes: 6,251 05.7 +00.5 Formal votes: 104,288 94.3 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Sam Romano SFF 18,129 17.4 Shuyi Chen CDP 1,992 01.9 -00.5 Dr Jess Jennings ALP 23,074 22.1 -04.9 Beverley Cameron UAP 3,371 03.2 Hon Andrew Gee * Nat 46,632 44.7 -02.9 Stephen Bisgrove LDP 4,775 04.6 -02.0 Stephanie Luke Grn 6,315 06.1 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 104,288 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Chen's 1,992 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Romano 440 22.1 18,569 17.8 Jennings 169 08.5 23,243 22.3 Cameron 204 10.2 3,575 03.4 Gee * 867 43.5 47,499 45.6 Bisgrove 241 12.1 5,016 04.8 Luke 71 03.6 6,386 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,992 104,288 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Cameron's 3,575 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Romano 1,423 39.8 19,992 19.2 Jennings 446 12.5 23,689 22.7 Gee * 1,101 30.8 48,600 46.6 Bisgrove 364 10.2 5,380 05.2 Luke 241 06.7 6,627 06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,575 104,288 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Bisgrove's 5,380 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Romano 1,350 25.1 21,342 20.5 Jennings 531 09.9 24,220 23.2 Gee * 2,938 54.6 51,538 49.4 Luke 561 10.4 7,188 06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,380 104,288 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Luke's 7,188 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Romano 1,190 16.6 22,532 21.6 Jennings 4,329 60.2 28,549 27.4 GEE * 1,669 23.2 53,207 51.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,188 104,288 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Romano's 22,532 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jennings 9,733 43.2 38,282 36.7 GEE * 12,799 56.8 66,006 63.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22,532 104,288 13.3 01.5 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Robert Gee (born 1968): Elected 2016, 2019 Assistant Minister to the Deputy Prime Minister to 6 February 2020 Minister for Decentralisation and Regional Education 6 February 2020 to 2 July 2021 Minister Assisting the Minister for Trade and Investment 6 February 2020 to 2 July 2021 Minister for Defence Personnel from 2 July 2021 Minister for Veterans' Affairs from 2 July 2021 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 MAY 2022 ==================================================================== Central NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Mudgee, Oberon, Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2019 two-party majority: Nationals over Labor 13.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 121,414 +02.8 Votes cast: 111,774 92.0 -01.6 Informal votes: 4,455 04.0 -01.7 Formal votes: 107,319 96.0 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kate Hook 21,891 20.4 Stacey Whittaker PHON 9,057 08.4 Kay Nankervis Grn 4,891 04.6 -01.5 Sarah Elliott ALP 16,252 15.1 -07.0 Hon Andrew Gee * Nat 51,161 47.7 +03.0 Adam Jannis UAP 4,067 03.8 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 107,319 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Jannis's 4,067 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hook 622 15.3 22,513 21.0 Whittaker 2,055 50.5 11,112 10.4 Nankervis 153 03.8 5,044 04.7 Elliott 311 07.7 16,563 15.4 Gee * 926 22.8 52,087 48.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,067 107,319 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Nankervis's 5,044 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hook 2,283 45.3 24,796 23.1 Whittaker 332 06.6 11,444 10.7 Elliott 1,886 37.4 18,449 17.2 Gee * 543 10.8 52,630 49.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,044 107,319 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Whittaker's 11,444 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hook 4,393 38.4 29,189 27.2 Elliott 1,446 12.6 19,895 18.5 GEE * 5,605 49.0 58,235 54.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,444 107,319 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Elliott's 19,895 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hook 14,083 70.8 43,272 40.3 GEE * 5,812 29.2 64,047 59.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,895 107,319 09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Robert Gee (born 1968): Elected 2016, 2019, 2022 Minister for Defence Personnel to 23 May 2022 Minister for Veterans' Affairs to 23 May 2022 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gee resigned from the Nationals in December 2022 and sat as an independent. ELECTION OF 3 MAY 2025 ==================================================================== Central NSW: Bathurst, Lithgow, Mudgee, Oberon, Orange -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2022 two-candidate majority: Nationals over independent 09.7 Effect of 2024 redistribution: No change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 124,664 +02.7 Votes cast: 11,538 92.6 +00.6 Informal votes: 9,271 08.0 +04.0 Formal votes: 106,267 92.0 -04.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jennifer Hughes PHON 8,200 07.7 -00.7 Sue Raye L Cann 4,162 03.9 Kate Hook 16,756 15.8 -04.6 Vicki O'Leary ToP 1,583 01.5 Ben Parker Grn 3,753 03.5 -01.0 Ross Hazelton FFA 1,733 01.6 Andrew Gee * 25,172 23.7 Jase Lesage SFFP 2,245 02.1 Julie Cunningham Labor 11,086 10.4 -04.7 Sam Farraway Nat 31,577 29.7 -18.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 106,267 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gee was elected as a National in 2022. He resigned from the Nationals in December 2022 and sat as an independent. 2nd count: O'Leary's 1,583 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes 594 37.5 8,794 08.3 Raye 140 08.8 4,302 04.1 Hook 173 10.9 16,929 15.9 Parker 37 02.3 3,790 03.6 Hazelton 98 06.2 1,831 01.7 Gee * 171 10.8 25,343 23.9 Lesage 125 07.9 2,370 02.2 Cunningham 36 02.3 11,122 10.5 Farraway 209 13.2 31,786 29.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,583 106,267 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Hazelton's 1,831 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes 784 42.8 9,578 09.0 Raye 102 05.6 4,404 04.1 Hook 124 06.8 17,053 16.1 Parker 66 03.6 3,856 03.6 Gee * 246 13.4 25,589 24.1 Lesage 112 06.1 2,482 02.3 Cunningham 52 02.8 11,174 10.5 Farraway 345 18.8 32,131 30.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,831 106,267 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Lesage's 2,482 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes 604 24.3 10,182 09.6 Raye 509 20.5 4,913 04.6 Hook 221 08.9 17,274 16.3 Parker 70 02.8 3,926 03.7 Gee * 449 18.1 26,038 24.5 Cunningham 210 08.5 11,384 10.7 Farraway 419 16.9 32,550 30.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,482 106,267 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Parker's 3,926 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes 122 03.1 10,304 09.7 Raye 826 21.0 5,739 05.4 Hook 1,320 33.6 18,594 17.5 Gee * 420 10.7 26,458 24.9 Cunningham 1,090 27.8 12,474 11.7 Farraway 148 03.8 32,698 30.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,926 106,267 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Raye's 5,739 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hughes 1,493 26.0 11,797 11.1 Hook 1,628 28.4 20,222 19.0 Gee * 1,038 18.1 27,496 25.9 Cunningham 929 16.2 13,403 12.6 Farraway 651 11.3 33,349 31.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,739 106,267 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Hughes's 11,797 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hook 3,118 26.4 23,340 22.0 Gee * 2,945 25.0 30,441 28.7 Cunningham 711 06.0 14,114 13.3 Farraway 5,023 42.6 38,372 36.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,797 106,267 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Cunningham's 14,114 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hook 5,260 37.3 28,600 26.9 Gee * 6,778 48.0 37,219 35.0 Farraway 2,076 14.7 40,448 38.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,114 106,267 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Hook's 28,600 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- GEE * 23,119 80.8 60,338 56.8 Farraway 5,481 19.2 45,929 43.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 28,600 106,267 06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew Robert Gee (born 1968): Elected 2016, 2019, 2022, 2025 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Notional 9th count: Gee's 37,219 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cunningham 11,934 32.1 40,109 37.7 FARRAWAY 25,274 67.9 66,158 62.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,219 106,267 12.3 03.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- This count was conducted for informational purposes only.