ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF DARLING, NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== North-West NSW: Bourke, Cobar, Coonamble, Gilgandra -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 8,930 Votes cast: 5,092 57.0 Informal votes: 128 02.5 Formal votes: 4,964 97.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Bertram FT 1,537 31.0 Patrick Quinn Prot 1,221 24.6 William SPENCE Lab 2,206 44.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,964 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Quinn was NSW MLA for Sydney-Bligh 1898-1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Guthrie Spence (1846-1926): Elected 1901 Born: 1846, Orkney Islands, Scotland. Career: Migrated as child. No formal education. Miner and shearer. President Amalgamated Shearers Union 1886-93, General-Secretary Australian Workers Union 1894-1917. Author and Labor publicist. Father-in-law of Hon Hector Lamond MP. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Cobar 1898-1901. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== North-West NSW: Bourke, Cobar, Coonamble, Gilgandra -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 06.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 15,268 +71.0 Votes cast: 5,582 36.6 -20.4 Informal votes: 171 03.1 +00.6 Formal votes: 5,411 96.9 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denis Acton FT 2,263 41.8 +10.8 William SPENCE * Lab 3,148 58.2 +13.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,411 08.2 01.5 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Guthrie Spence (1846-1926): Elected 1901, 1903 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Cobar, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 26,244 +71.9 Votes cast: 11,514 43.9 +07.3 Informal votes: 532 04.6 +01.5 Formal votes: 10,982 95.4 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denis Acton AS 4,626 42.1 +00.3 Hon William SPENCE * Lab 6,356 57.9 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 10,982 07.9 00.3 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Guthrie Spence (1846-1926): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Cobar, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Labour over Anti-Socialist 07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,833 +06.1 Votes cast: 15,266 54.8 +10.9 Informal votes: 493 03.2 -01.4 Formal votes: 14,773 96.8 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Carroll Lib 5,222 35.3 -06.8 Hon William SPENCE * ALP 9,551 64.7 +06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,773 14.7 06.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Carroll was NSW MLA for The Lachlan 1894-1904. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Guthrie Spence (1846-1926): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Cobar, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 14.7 Effect of 1912 redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,051 +15.2 Votes cast: 20,081 62.7 +07.9 Informal votes: 942 04.7 +01.5 Formal votes: 19,142 95.3 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William SPENCE * ALP 11,582 60.5 -04.2 Edwin Townsend Lib 7,560 39.5 +04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,142 10.5 04.2 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Guthrie Spence (1846-1926): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Cobar, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,464 -05.0 Votes cast: 21,163 69.5 +06.8 Informal votes: 818 03.9 -02.2 Formal votes: 20,345 96.1 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Kelk Lib 8,036 39.5 -00.0 Hon William SPENCE * ALP 12,309 60.5 +00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 20,345 10.5 no swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Guthrie Spence (1846-1926): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Postmaster-General 17 September 1914 to 27 October 1915 Vice-President of the Executive Council 14 November 1916 to 17 February 1917 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Spence left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Cobar, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 29,777 -02.3 Votes cast: 22,255 74.7 +05.2 Informal votes: 651 02.9 +00.6 Formal votes: 21,604 97.1 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur BLAKELEY + ALP 11,523 53.3 -07.2 Hon William Spence * Nat 10,081 46.7 +07.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,604 03.3 07.2 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Guthrie Spence (1846-1926): Elected 1901, 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914. Defeated 1917 Later career: See Darwin by-election 1917. > Arthur Blakeley (1886-1972): Elected 1917 Born: 3 July 1886, Gilberton, South Australia. Career: Primary education. Miner, Broken Hill. Organiser Australian Workers Union. Secretary Western Branch 1915-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Cobar, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 27,665 -07.1 Votes cast: 18,765 67.8 -06.9 Informal votes: 417 02.2 -00.7 Formal votes: 18,348 97.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur BLAKELEY * ALP 11,344 61.8 +08.5 Alfred Perkins Nat 7,004 38.2 -08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 18,348 11.8 08.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Blakeley (1886-1972): Elected 1917, 1919 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Coonamble, Nyngan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 11.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,017 +33.8 Votes cast: 20,456 55.3 -12.5 Informal votes: 976 04.8 +02.6 Formal votes: 19,480 95.2 -02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur BLAKELEY * ALP 8,820 45.3 -16.5 Michael Considine * 4,331 22.2 Walter Wright Nat 6,329 32.5 -05.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 19,480 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Considine was the Member for the abolished seat of Barrier. He was variously described as an Independent Labor or a Socialist Labor candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Considine's 4,331 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BLAKELEY * 3,862 89.2 12,682 65.1 Wright 469 10.8 6,798 34.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,331 19,480 15.1 03.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- * Michael Patrick Considine (1885-1959): Elected 1917, 1919. Defeated 1922 Later career: Lived in Melbourne, rejoined ALP, active in union affairs. Died 2 November 1959 * Arthur Blakeley (1886-1972): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Coonamble, Nyngan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,580 +09.6 Votes cast: 32,785 80.8 +25.5 Informal votes: 777 02.4 -02.4 Formal votes: 32,008 97.6 +02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur BLAKELEY * ALP 20,965 65.5 +20.2 John Dowling Nat 11,043 34.5 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,008 15.5 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Blakeley (1886-1972): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925 Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 26 April 1928 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party from 26 April 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Coonamble, Nyngan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 15.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,214 +01.6 Votes cast: 35,799 86.9 +06.1 Informal votes: 1,881 05.3 +02.9 Formal votes: 33,918 94.7 -02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur BLAKELEY * ALP 24,056 70.9 +05.4 Frederick Drury Nat 9,862 29.1 -05.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,918 20.9 05.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Blakeley (1886-1972): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928 Deputy Leader of the Opposition to 5 February 1929 Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party to 5 February 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Coonamble, Nyngan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 20.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,566 -04.0 Votes cast: 35,598 90.0 +03.1 Informal votes: 1,215 03.4 -01.9 Formal votes: 34,383 96.6 +01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur BLAKELEY * ALP 24,124 70.2 -00.7 Brian Doe Nat 10,259 29.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,383 20.2 00.7 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- Doe was NSW MLA for Murray 1917-20, Sturt 1920-27. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Blakeley (1886-1972): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929 Minister for Home Affairs from 22 October 1929 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Coonamble, Nyngan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 20.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 40,842 +03.2 Votes cast: 37,695 92.3 +02.3 Informal votes: 1,950 05.2 +01.8 Formal votes: 35,745 94.8 -01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Arthur Blakeley * ALP 14,581 40.8 Harold Campbell CP 11,847 33.1 Richard Quintrell ALPN 8,795 24.6 Edward Tripp CPA 522 01.5 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,745 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 65.4%, a decrease of 4.8% from the 70.2% polled by the ALP in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Tripp's 522 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blakeley * 112 21.5 14,693 41.1 Campbell 75 14.4 11,922 33.4 Quintrell 335 64.2 9,130 25.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 522 35,745 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Quintrell's 9,130 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- BLAKELEY * 8,135 89.1 22,828 63.9 Campbell 995 10.9 12,917 36.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,130 35,745 13.9 06.3 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Arthur Blakeley (1886-1972): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931 Minister for Home Affairs to 6 January 1932 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 13.9 Effect of 1934 redistribution: 03.2 shift to Country Party New notional majority: ALP over Country Party 10.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,752 +24.3 Votes cast: 47,211 93.0 +00.7 Informal votes: 1,662 03.5 -01.7 Formal votes: 45,549 96.5 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Arthur Blakeley * ALP 13,016 28.6 -08.4 Joseph Clark ALPN 18,208 40.0 +14.9 Stuart Coombe CPA 758 01.7 +00.5 Paul Goldenstedt CP 13,567 29.8 -06.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 68.6%, an increase (after allowing for the effects of the redistribution) of 6.5% from the 65.4% polled by the two parties in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Coombe's 758 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Blakeley * 160 21.1 13,176 28.9 Clark 460 60.7 18,668 41.0 Goldenstedt 138 18.2 13,705 30.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 758 45,549 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Blakeley's 13,176 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CLARK 10,276 78.0 28,944 63.5 Goldenstedt 2,900 22.0 16,605 36.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,176 45,549 13.5 02.8 to ALPN -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP (NSW) majority over the Country Party is compared with the ALP majority over the Country Party in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Arthur Blakeley (1886-1972): Elected 1917, 1919, 1922, 1925, 1928, 1929, 1931. Defeated 1934 Later career: Commonwealth Arbitration Inspector 1935-42. Conciliation Commissioner 1942-52. Died 27 June 1972 > Joseph James Clarke (1897-1992): Elected 1934 Born: 29 July 1897, Coonamble, NSW. Career: Primary education. Master tailor, Coonamble, NSW. Coonamble Council. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clark joined the ALP Caucus when the federal ALP and the NSW branch were re-united in March 1936. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: ALP (NSW) over Country Party 13.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,340 +05.1 Votes cast: 50,443 94.6 +01.6 Informal votes: 1,347 02.7 -00.8 Formal votes: 49,096 97.3 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph CLARK * ALP 32,515 66.2 Alexander Huie 16,581 33.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,096 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The ALP vote of 66.2% was a decrease of 2.4% from the combined vote of 68.6% polled by the ALP and the ALP (NSW) in 1934. 2. Huie was secretary of the Single Tax League. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph James Clark (1897-1992): Elected 1934, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 majority: ALP over Independent 16.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,044 +01.3 Votes cast: 47,163 87.3 -07.3 Informal votes: 1,229 02.6 -00.1 Formal votes: 45,934 97.4 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph CLARK * ALP 29,128 63.4 -02.8 Alexander Huie 10,648 23.2 Charles Murphy ALPNC 6,158 13.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,934 23.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- The combined ALP and ALP (NC) vote was 76.8%, an increase of 10.6% from the 66.2% polled by the ALP in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph James Clark (1897-1992): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 majority: ALP over Independent 23.5 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,302 +05.1 Votes cast: 46,656 90.9 +03.6 Informal votes: 1,180 02.5 -00.1 Formal votes: 45,476 97.5 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Butler OPA 12,936 28.4 Joseph CLARK * ALP 32,540 71.6 +08.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,476 21.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP vote of 71.6% was a decrease of 5.2% from the combined vote of 76.8% polled by the ALP and the ALP (NC) in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph James Clark (1897-1992): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Dubbo, Gilgandra, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 majority: ALP over OPA 21.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,496 +00.4 Votes cast: 46,269 89.8 -01.1 Informal votes: 1,058 02.3 -00.2 Formal votes: 45,211 97.7 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph CLARK * ALP 27,449 60.7 -10.9 Cyril Glassop 5,533 12.2 John McGirr CP 12,229 27.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,211 16.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Glassop was a Protestant People's Party candidate. 2. McGirr was the nephew of Hon James McGirr, Labor Premier of NSW 1947-52. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph James Clark (1897-1992): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Nyngan, Wentworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 16.8 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 03.5 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Country Party 20.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,452 -31.2 Votes cast: 33,587 94.7 +04.9 Informal votes: 929 02.8 +00.5 Formal votes: 32,658 97.2 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph CLARK * ALP 20,843 63.8 -02.7 Cecil Connors CPA 1,017 03.1 Madge Roberts 450 01.4 Elson Whyte CP 10,348 31.7 +09.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,658 17.3 e 03.0 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph James Clark (1897-1992): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Nyngan, Wentworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 17.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,702 +00.7 Votes cast: 33,727 94.5 -00.2 Informal votes: 864 02.6 -00.2 Formal votes: 32,863 97.4 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph CLARK * ALP 22,610 68.8 +05.0 Elson Whyte CP 10,253 31.2 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 32,863 18.8 01.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph James Clark (1897-1992): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Nyngan, Wentworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 18.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,746 +02.9 Votes cast: 34,494 93.9 -00.6 Informal votes: 607 01.8 -00.8 Formal votes: 33,887 98.2 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph CLARK * ALP 23,875 70.5 +01.7 Rodan Dawson CP 10,012 29.5 -01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 33,887 20.5 01.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph James Clark (1897-1992): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Coonamble, Nyngan, Wentworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 20.5 Effect of 1955 redistribution: 00.2 shift to Labor New notional majority: Labor over Liberal 20.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,368 +04.4 Votes cast: 35,715 93.1 -00.8 Informal votes: 1,005 02.8 +01.0 Formal votes: 34,710 97.2 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph CLARK * ALP 23,428 67.5 -03.2 Ewen Martin CP 11,282 32.5 +03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,710 17.5 03.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph James Clark (1897-1992): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Coonamble, Nyngan, Wentworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Labor over Country Party 17.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,878 +01.3 Votes cast: 36,260 93.3 +00.2 Informal votes: 1,041 02.9 +00.1 Formal votes: 35,219 97.1 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph CLARK * ALP 24,815 70.5 +03.0 Francis O'Donnell 1,349 03.8 Elson Whyte CP 9,055 25.7 -06.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 35,219 22.4 e 4.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph James Clark (1897-1992): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Coonamble, Nyngan, Wentworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 22.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,137 -01.1 Votes cast: 35,690 93.6 +00.3 Informal votes: 918 02.6 -00.3 Formal votes: 34,772 97.4 +00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph CLARK * ALP 25,235 72.6 +02.1 Rodan Dawson CP 9,537 27.4 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,772 22.6 00.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph James Clark (1897-1992): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Coonamble, Nyngan, Wentworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 22.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,648 -01.3 Votes cast: 35,075 93.2 -00.4 Informal votes: 424 01.2 -01.4 Formal votes: 34,651 98.8 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph CLARK * ALP 23,352 67.4 -05.2 Frederick Harding CP 11,299 32.6 +05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,651 17.4 05.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph James Clark (1897-1992): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Coonamble, Nyngan, Wentworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Labor over Country Party 17.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 37,929 +00.7 Votes cast: 35,462 93.5 +00.3 Informal votes: 900 02.5 +01.2 Formal votes: 34,562 97.5 +01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph CLARK * ALP 20,848 60.3 -07.1 Allan Connell Lib 13,714 39.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,562 10.3 07.1 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Joseph James Clark (1897-1992): Elected 1934, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The ALP majority over the Liberals is compared with the ALP majority over the Country Party in 1963. 2. Clark retired at the 1969 election. He was the last serving MP to have been associated with Jack Lang during the splits in the NSW ALP in 1931-41. Died 9 December 1992 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Narromine, Wentworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Labor over Liberal 10.3 Effect of 1968 redistribution: 02.2 shift to Liberal New notional majority: Labor over Country Party 08.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,409 +14.4 Votes cast: 40,934 94.3 -00.8 Informal votes: 642 01.6 -00.9 Formal votes: 40,292 98.4 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jack Bonney Lib 7,650 19.0 -21.8 John FITZPATRICK + ALP 23,168 57.5 +01.1 Maxwell Overton CP 9,474 23.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,292 10.3 e 02.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John FitzPatrick (1915-97): Elected 1969 Born: 24 April 1915, Broken Hill, NSW Career: Educated Catholic schools. Station hand, miner, welder, boilermaker. Secretary Barrier Industrial Council 1964-69. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Narromine, Wentworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 10.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,372 +02.2 Votes cast: 42,207 95.1 +00.8 Informal votes: 682 01.6 00.0 Formal votes: 41,525 98.4 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Darcy DLP 2,826 06.8 James Donohoe Lib 4,029 09.7 -09.3 John FITZPATRICK * ALP 25,310 61.0 +03.5 Maxwell Overton CP 9,360 22.5 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,525 13.1 e 02.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John FitzPatrick (1915-97): Elected 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Narromine, Wentworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: ALP over CP 13.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,290 +06.6 Votes cast: 44,889 94.9 -00.2 Informal votes: 937 02.1 +00.5 Formal votes: 43,952 97.9 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Farry AP 1,871 04.3 John FITZPATRICK * ALP 26,188 59.6 -01.4 Maxwell Overton CP 10,750 24.5 +02.0 William Thornton Lib 5,143 11.7 +02.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 43,952 13.8 e 00.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John FitzPatrick (1915-97): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Western NSW: Broken Hill, Condoblin, Narromine, Wentworth -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: ALP over CP 13.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,979 +01.5 Votes cast: 45,829 95.5 +00.6 Informal votes: 773 01.7 -00.4 Formal votes: 45,056 98.3 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John FITZPATRICK * ALP 25,579 56.8 -02.8 Walter Miller 603 01.3 Walter Mitchell NCP 18,874 41.9 +17.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,056 07.5 e 06.3 to NCP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John FitzPatrick (1915-97): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Darling was abolished at the 1977 redistribution. FitzPatrick contested Riverina in 1977. --------------------------------------------------------------------