ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF GWYDIR, NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 29-30 MARCH 1901 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 13,000 Votes cast: 6,575 50.6 Informal votes: 156 02.4 Formal votes: 6,419 97.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Buchanan 157 02.4 George CRUICKSHANK Prot 3,522 54.9 Edward Foxall FT 871 13.6 William Webster Lab 1,869 29.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,419 12.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Buchanan was an independent free trade candidate. 2. For Webster, see Gwydir 1903. -------------------------------------------------------------------- George Alexander Cruickshank (1853-1904): Elected 1901 Born: 1853, near Dubbo, NSW. Career: Educated Collegiate School, Bathurst. Grazier northern NSW from 1878. Colonial politics: NSW MLA for Inverell 1889-98. Cruickshank retired in 1903. Died 12 April 1904 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1903 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1901 two-party majority: Protectionist over Labour 12.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 22,360 +72.0 Votes cast: 8,650 38.7 -16.2 Informal votes: 431 05.0 +02.6 Formal votes: 8,219 95.0 -02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Barton 1,302 15.8 James Macarthur Onslow FT 2,522 30.7 +17.1 William WEBSTER Lab 4,395 53.5 +24.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 431 (05.0%) informal 8,219 11.4 24.3 to Lab -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Barton was an independent protectionist candidate. 2. The Labour majority over Free Trade is compared with the Protectionist majority over Labour in 1901. 3. Macarthur Onslow was NSW MLA for Waverley 1907-13, Bondi 1913-20, Eastern Suburbs 1920-22, NSW LC 1922-34. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Webster (1860-1936): Elected 1903 Born: 7 June 1860, Liverpool, England. Career: Primary education. Migrated 1879. Quarryman and builder, Sydney. Secretary Trades and Labor Council. Marrickville Council 1889-92, Petersham Council 1892-95. To Narrabri, union offical. State politics: NSW MLA for Moree 1901-03. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 DECEMBER 1906 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1903 two-party majority: Labour over Free Trade 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 25,764 +15.2 Votes cast: 13,806 53.6 +14.9 Informal votes: 442 03.2 -01.8 Formal votes: 13,364 97.8 +01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Cunningham AS 6,246 46.7 +16.0 William WEBSTER * Lab 7,118 53.3 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,364 03.3 08.1 to AS -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Webster (1860-1936): Elected 1903, 1906 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 APRIL 1910 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1906 two-party majority: Labour over Anti-Socialist 03.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 30,118 +16.9 Votes cast: 18,040 59.9 +06.3 Informal votes: 311 01.7 -01.5 Formal votes: 17,729 98.3 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Patten Lib 7,160 40.4 -06.3 William WEBSTER * ALP 10,569 59.6 +06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,729 09.6 06.3 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Patten, see Hume 1913. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Webster (1860-1936): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 31 MAY 1913 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Inverell, Moree, Narrabri, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1910 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 09.6 Effect of 1912 redistribution: 00.1 shift to Liberal New notional majority: ALP over Liberal 09.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 36,180 +20.1 Votes cast: 22,495 62.2 +02.3 Informal votes: 851 03.8 +02.1 Formal votes: 21,644 96.2 -02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Blackney Lib 10,348 47.8 +07.3 William WEBSTER * ALP 11,296 52.2 -07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,644 02.2 07.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Webster (1860-1936): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 SEPTEMBER 1914 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Inverell, Moree, Narrabri, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1913 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,398 -02.2 Votes cast: 25,937 73.3 +11.1 Informal votes: 719 02.8 -01.0 Formal votes: 25,218 97.2 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Blackney Lib 11,658 46.2 -01.6 William WEBSTER * ALP 13,560 53.8 +01.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 25,218 03.8 01.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Webster (1860-1936): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914 Postmaster-General from 27 October 1915 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Webster left the ALP in November 1916 and joined the Nationalist Party in February 1917. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MAY 1917 =================================================================== Northern NSW: Inverell, Moree, Narrabri, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1914 two-party majority: ALP over Liberal 03.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 35,032 -01.0 Votes cast: 24,295 69.4 -03.8 Informal votes: 781 03.2 +00.5 Formal votes: 23,514 96.8 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cecil Last + ALP 10,239 43.5 -10.3 Hon William WEBSTER * Nat 13,275 56.5 +10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,514 06.5 10.3 to Nat -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Webster (1860-1936): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917 Postmaster-General -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1919 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Inverell, Moree, Narrabri, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1917 two-party majority: Nationalist over ALP 06.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 32,444 -07.4 Votes cast: 22,501 69.4 00.0 Informal votes: 1,477 06.6 +03.4 Formal votes: 21,024 93.4 -03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Bell 1,992 09.5 Lou Cunningham ALP 10,333 49.1 +05.6 Hon William Webster * Nat 8,699 41.4 -15.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 21,024 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Bell's 1,992 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CUNNINGHAM 850 42.7 11,183 53.2 Webster * 1,142 57.3 9,841 46.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,992 21,024 03.2 09.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William Webster (1860-1935): Elected 1903, 1906, 1910, 1913, 1914, 1917. Defeated 1919 Postmaster-General to 3 February 1920 Died 8 October 1935 > Lucien Lawrence Cunningham (1889-1945): Elected 1919 Born: 1889, Inverell, NSW. Career: Primary education. Wool presser and farmer. Organiser, Australian Workers Union. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 16 DECEMBER 1922 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1919 two-party majority: ALP over Nationalist 03.2 Effect of redistribution: 01.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Nationalist 05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,740 +19.4 Votes cast: 24,837 64.1 -05.3 Informal votes: 972 03.9 -02.7 Formal votes: 23,865 96.1 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Ashford Nat 4,121 17.3 -24.3 Lou Cunningham * ALP 11,056 46.3 -05.5 Gordon Wilkins CP 8,688 36.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 23,865 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Ashford was NSW MLA for The Upper Hunter 1910, Liverpool Plains 1911-20, Wammerawa 1920-22. 2. Wilkins was NSW MLA for Bathurst 1932-35. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Ashford's 4,121 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- CUNNINGHAM * 895 21.7 11,951 50.1 Wilkins 3,226 78.3 11,914 49.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,121 23,865 00.1 05.0 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP majority over the Country Party is compared with the ALP majority over the Nationalists in 1919. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lucien Lawrence Cunningham (1889-1948): Elected 1919, 1922 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 14 NOVEMBER 1925 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1922 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,726 +02.5 Votes cast: 35,001 88.1 +24.0 Informal votes: 881 02.5 -01.4 Formal votes: 34,120 97.5 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aubrey Abbott CP 10,509 30.8 -05.6 Lou Cunningham * ALP 15,531 45.5 -00.8 Joseph McGowan Nat 8,080 23.7 +06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,120 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: McGowan's 8,080 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ABBOTT 7,615 94.2 18,124 53.1 Cunningham * 465 05.8 15,996 46.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 8,080 34,120 03.1 03.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lucien Lawrence Cunningham (1889-1948): Elected 1919, 1922. Defeated 1925 Later career: See Gwydir 1929. > Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott (1886-1975): Elected 1925 Born: 4 May 1886, Sydney. Career: Educated King's School, Parramatta. Pastoralist. Military Service 1914-18. Leading grazier, northern NSW. Cousin of Hon Joseph Abbott MP and of Senator Macartney Abbott. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 17 NOVEMBER 1928 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1925 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 03.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,291 +03.9 Votes cast: 38,036 92.1 +04.0 Informal votes: 1,811 04.8 +02.3 Formal votes: 36,225 95.2 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aubrey ABBOTT * CP 18,959 52.3 +21.5 Lou Cunningham ALP 17,266 47.7 +02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,225 02.3 00.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cunningham was member for Gwydir 1919-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott (1886-1975): Elected 1925, 1928 Minister for Home Affairs from 10 December 1928 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 12 OCTOBER 1929 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1928 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,825 +03.7 Votes cast: 39,718 92.7 -00.6 Informal votes: 831 02.1 -02.7 Formal votes: 38,887 97.9 +02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Aubrey Abbott * CP 18,014 46.3 -06.0 Lou CUNNINGHAM ALP 20,873 53.7 +06.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,887 03.7 06.0 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cunningham was member for Gwydir 1919-25. -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott (1886-1975): Elected 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929 Minister for Home Affairs to 22 October 1929 Later career: See Gwydir 1931. > Lucien Lawrence Cunningham (1889-1948): Elected 1919, 1922. Defeated 1925. Elected 1929 Assistant Minister from 26 June 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Warialda -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1929 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 03.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,359 +03.6 Votes cast: 41,566 93.7 +01.0 Informal votes: 1,419 03.4 -01.3 Formal votes: 40,147 96.6 +01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Aubrey Abbott CP 18,321 45.6 Arnold Brown CP 3,900 09.7 Edward Cummins ALPN 7,931 19.8 Hon Lou Cunningham * ALP 9,995 24.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,147 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Abbott was member for Gwydir 1925-29. 2. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 44.7%, a decrease of 9.0% from the 53.7% polled by the ALP in 1929. 3. The combined Country Party vote was 55.3%, an increase of 9.0% from the 46.3% polled by one Country Party candidate (Abbott) in 1929. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Brown's 3,900 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ABBOTT 3,698 94.8 22,019 54.8 Cummins 66 01.7 7,997 19.9 Cunningham * 136 03.5 10,131 25.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,900 40,147 09.8 e 13.5 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Lucien Lawrence Cunningham (1889-1948): Elected 1919, 1922. Defeated 1925. Elected 1929. Elected 1931 Assistant Minister to 6 January 1932 Later career: NSW MLA for Coogee 1941-48. Died 23 March 1948 > Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott (1886-1975): Elected 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929. Elected 1931 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 15 SEPTEMBER 1934 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Inverell, Moree, Mudgee, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 09.8 e Effect of 1934 redistribution: 02.9 shift to Country Party New notional majority: Country Party over ALP 12.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 53,441 +20.5 Votes cast: 50,925 95.3 +01.6 Informal votes: 984 01.9 -01.5 Formal votes: 49,941 98.1 +01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Aubrey ABBOTT * CP 26,229 52.5 Edward Cummins ALPN 19,682 39.4 +28.3 Hon Arthur Griffith ALP 4,030 08.1 -25.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,941 04.5 e 08.2 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 47.5%, an increase (after allowing for the effects of the redistribution) of 2.6% from the 44.7% polled by the two parties in 1931. 2. The Country Party vote of 52.5% was a decrease (after allowing for the effects of the redistribution) of 5.7% from the 55.3% polled by two Country Party candidates in 1931. 3. The Country Party majority over the ALP (NSW) is compared with the Country Party majority over the ALP in 1931. 4. Griffith was NSW MLA for Waratah 1894-1903, for Sturt 1904-07, 1907-13, for Annandale 1913-17. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Lydiard Aubrey Abbott (1886-1975): Elected 1925, 1928. Defeated 1929. Elected 1931, 1934 Resigned seat 28 March 1937 (see By-elections) Later career: Administrator, Northern Territory 1937-46. Died 30 April 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 8 MAY 1937 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Inverell, Moree, Mudgee, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon Aubrey Abbott -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP (NSW) 04.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,791 +02.5 Votes cast: 49,476 90.3 -05.0 Informal votes: 639 01.3 -00.6 Formal votes: 48,837 98.7 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Batchelor + CP 13,168 27.0 Oliver Milling + CP 8,155 16.7 Geoffrey Moore + CP 1,963 04.0 William SCULLY ALP 25,551 52.3 +44.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,837 04.3 e 08.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The combined Country Party vote was 47.7%, a decrease of 4.8% from the 52.5% polled by one Country Party candidate at the 1934 general election. 2. The ALP vote of 52.3% was an increase of 7.6% from the combined vote of 44.7% polled by the ALP and the ALP (NSW) in 1934. The huge increase in the ALP vote was the result of the reunification of the NSW and federal ALP. 3. The ALP majority over the Country Party is compared with the Country Party majority over the ALP (NSW) at the 1934 general election. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Scully (1890-1966): Elected 1937 By Born: 1 February 1890, Bective, NSW. Career: No formal education. Grew up on station, farmworker. Road contractor, Tamworth. Horse-owner. Tamworth Council. State politics: NSW MLA for Namoi 1923-32. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 23 OCTOBER 1937 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Inverell, Moree, Mudgee, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1934 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP (NSW) 04.5 e 1937 by-election two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 04.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,125 +01.3 Votes cast: 52,420 96.8 +01.5 Informal votes: 601 01.1 -00.8 Formal votes: 51,819 98.9 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Batchelor CP 24,679 47.6 -04.9 William SCULLY * ALP 27,140 52.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,819 02.4 06.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. The ALP vote of 52.4% was an increase of 4.9% from the combined vote of 47.5% polled by the ALP and the ALP (NSW) in 1934. 2. The ALP majority over the Country Party is compared with the Country Party majority over the ALP (NSW) in 1934. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Scully (1890-1966): Elected 1937 By, 1937 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 SEPTEMBER 1940 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Inverell, Moree, Mudgee, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1937 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 02.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,261 +00.3 Votes cast: 50,011 92.2 -04.6 Informal votes: 881 01.8 +00.7 Formal votes: 49,130 98.2 -00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernest Batchelor CP 7,738 15.8 Frederick Deakins 788 01.6 William SCULLY * ALP 27,231 55.4 +03.0 Benjamin Wade CP 13,373 27.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,130 08.8 e 06.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Wade was NSW MLA for Barwon 1932-40. 2. The combined Country Party vote was 43.0%, a decrease of 4.6% from the 47.6% polled by one Country Party candidate in 1937. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Scully (1890-1966): Elected 1937 By, 1937, 1940 Minister for Commerce 7 October 1941 to 22 December 1942 Minister for Commerce and Agriculture from 22 December 1942 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 21 AUGUST 1943 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Inverell, Moree, Mudgee, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1940 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 8.8 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 50,980 -06.0 Votes cast: 48,420 95.0 +02.8 Informal votes: 684 01.4 -00.4 Formal votes: 47,736 98.6 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edmund Daniel 3,985 08.3 Collin Gale CP 14,320 30.0 William Mills OPA 1,027 02.2 Hon William SCULLY * ALP 28,404 59.5 +04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 47,736 13.7 e 04.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party vote of 30.0% was a decrease of 13.0% from the 43.0% polled by two Country Party candidates in 1940. -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Scully (1890-1966): Elected 1937 By, 1937, 1940, 1943 Minister for Commerce and Agriculture -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 SEPTEMBER 1946 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Inverell, Moree, Mudgee, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1943 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 13.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,936 +01.9 Votes cast: 48,118 92.6 -02.4 Informal votes: 2,054 04.3 +03.0 Formal votes: 46,064 95.7 -03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- William Campbell 2,661 05.8 Tom Carmody 914 02.0 George McDonald 381 00.8 Thomas Mort Lib 1,689 03.7 Kevin Nott 322 00.7 Hon William Scully * ALP 22,434 48.7 -10.8 Thomas Treloar CP 16,313 35.4 +05.4 Benjamin Wade 1,350 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 46,064 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Campbell was a Protestant People's Party candidate. 2. Carmody was a Services Party candidate. 3. McDonald was NSW MLA for Bingara 1910-20, NSW MLC 1920-30. 4. For Treloar, see Gwydir 1949. 5. Wade was NSW MLA for Barwon 1932-40. He was an independent Country candidate. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Nott's 322 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Campbell 23 07.1 2,684 05.8 Carmody 10 03.1 924 02.0 McDonald 9 02.8 390 00.8 Mort 48 14.9 1,737 03.8 Scully * 175 54.3 22,609 49.1 Treloar 50 15.5 16,363 35.5 Wade 7 02.2 1,357 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 322 46,064 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: McDonald's 390 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Campbell 36 09.2 2,720 05.9 Carmody 50 12.8 974 02.1 Mort 56 14.4 1,793 03.9 Scully * 61 15.6 22,670 49.2 Treloar 151 38.7 16,514 35.9 Wade 36 09.2 1,393 03.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 390 46,064 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Carmody's 974 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Campbell 139 14.3 2,859 06.2 Mort 147 15.1 1,940 04.2 Scully * 197 20.2 22,867 49.6 Treloar 404 41.5 16,918 36.7 Wade 87 08.9 1,480 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 974 46,064 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Wade's 1,480 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Campbell 80 05.4 2,939 06.4 Mort 130 08.8 2,070 04.5 SCULLY * 210 14.2 23,077 50.1 Treloar 1,060 71.6 17,978 39.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,480 46,064 01.2 e 12.5 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- William James Scully (1890-1966): Elected 1937 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946 Minister for Commerce and Agriculture to 1 November 1946 Vice-President of the Executive Council from 1 November 1946 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== North-Western NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1946 two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 01.2 e Effect of 1948 redistribution: 02.9 shift to ALP New notional majority: ALP over Country Party 04.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,236 -26.4 Votes cast: 36,646 95.8 +03.2 Informal votes: 346 00.9 -03.4 Formal votes: 36,300 99.1 +03.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon William Scully * ALP 16,282 44.9 -03.5 Thomas TRELOAR CP 20,018 55.1 +17.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,300 05.1 09.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- > William James Scully (1890-1966): Elected 1937 By, 1937, 1940, 1943, 1946. Defeated 1949 Vice-President of the Executive Council to 19 December 1949 Later career: Farmer. Tamworth City Council. Died 19 March 1966 > Thomas John Treloar (1892-1953): Elected 1949 Born: 1 August 1892, Tamworth, NSW. Career: Educated Sydney Grammar School. Shopkeeper, Tamworth, NSW. Company director. Military Service 1915-18 1942-46. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== North-Western NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 05.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 38,765 +01.4 Votes cast: 37,015 95.5 -00.3 Informal votes: 408 01.1 +00.2 Formal votes: 36,607 98.9 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Norman Ferguson ALP 17,147 46.8 +01.9 Thomas TRELOAR * CP 19,460 53.2 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 36,607 03.2 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas John Treloar (1892-1953): Elected 1949, 1951 Died 15 November 1953 (see By-elections) -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1953 ==================================================================== North-Western NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the death of Thomas Treloar -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 03.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,618 +02.2 Votes cast: 35,320 89.2 -06.3 Informal votes: 480 01.4 +00.3 Formal votes: 34,840 98.6 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Allan + CP 9,823 28.2 Arthur Howard Lib 3,584 10.3 Thelma Kirkby + CP 5,649 16.2 Michael Quinn ALP 15,784 45.3 -01.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 34,840 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Quinn was a NSW MLC 1960-65. 2. The combined Country Party vote was 44.4%, a decline of 8.8% from the 53.2% polled by one Country Party candidate in 1951. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Howard's 3,584 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allan + 1,837 51.3 11,660 33.5 Kirkby + 1,554 43.4 7,203 20.7 Quinn 193 05.4 15,977 45.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,584 34,840 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Kirkby's 7,203 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ALLAN + 6,749 93.7 18,409 52.8 Quinn 454 06.3 16,431 47.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,203 34,840 02.8 00.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Ian Allan (1916-2000): Elected 1953 by Born: 3 January 1916, Newcastle, NSW. Career: Educated Sydney Grammar School. Overseer, CSR Co. Military Service 1939-46. ABC announcer, Tamworth, NSW. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== North-Western NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 03.2 1953 by-election two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 02.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,806 +02.7 Votes cast: 38,096 95.7 +00.2 Informal votes: 264 00.7 -00.4 Formal votes: 37,832 99.3 +00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian ALLAN * CP 20,101 53.1 -00.1 Michael Quinn ALP 17,731 46.9 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,832 03.1 00.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Quinn was a NSW MLC 1960-65. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Ian Allan (1916-2000): Elected 1953 By, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 03.1 Effect of 1955 redistribution: 00.2 shift to Labor New notional majority: Country Party over Labor 02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,239 +03.6 Votes cast: 39,133 94.9 -00.8 Informal votes: 700 01.8 +01.1 Formal votes: 38,433 98.2 -01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian ALLAN * CP 22,271 57.9 +05.0 Austin Heffernan ALP 16,162 42.1 -05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,433 07.9 05.0 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Ian Allan (1916-2000): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 07.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,491 +00.6 Votes cast: 39,358 94.9 00.0 Informal votes: 640 01.6 -00.2 Formal votes: 38,718 98.4 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian ALLAN * CP 21,304 55.0 -02.9 Austin Heffernan ALP 17,414 45.0 +02.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 38,718 05.0 02.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Ian Allan (1916-2000): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,153 +01.6 Votes cast: 40,224 95.4 +00.5 Informal votes: 642 01.6 00.0 Formal votes: 39,582 98.4 00.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian ALLAN * CP 19,845 50.1 -04.9 Austin Heffernan ALP 17,836 45.1 +00.1 Stanley Parmenter DLP 1,901 04.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,582 03.9 e 01.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Ian Allan (1916-2000): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 03.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 43,351 +02.8 Votes cast: 41,161 94.9 -00.5 Informal votes: 311 00.8 -00.8 Formal votes: 40,850 99.2 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian ALLAN * CP 22,477 55.0 +04.9 Kenneth Green ALP 18,373 45.0 -00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,850 05.0 01.1 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Ian Allan (1916-2000): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 44,170 +01.9 Votes cast: 41,819 94.7 -00.2 Informal votes: 740 01.8 +01.0 Formal votes: 41,079 98.2 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian ALLAN * CP 25,184 61.3 +06.3 Reginald Lang ALP 15,895 38.7 -06.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 41,079 11.3 06.3 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Archibald Ian Allan (1916-2000): Elected 1953 By, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Resigned seat 30 April 1969 (see By-elections) Later career: Secretary-General and Regional Director of Anzac War Graves in the Pacific Region of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Died 13 February 2000 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 7 JUNE 1969 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Inverell, Moree, Quirindi -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Ian Allan -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 11.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 45,104 +02.1 Votes cast: 39,800 88.2 -06.5 Informal votes: 394 01.0 -00.8 Formal votes: 39,406 99.0 +00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph HUNT + CP 21,113 53.6 -07.7 Roger Nott ALP 18,293 46.4 +07.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,406 03.6 07.7 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nott was NSW MLA for Liverpool Plains 1941-61. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph James Dunnet Hunt (1928-2011): Elected 1969 by Born: 31 March 1928, Narrabri, NSW Career: Educated Scots College, Sydney. Farmer, grazier and stud breeder at Rowena, NSW. Boomi Shire Council. Chairman NSW Country Party 1964-69, Chairman Federal Executive Country Party 1969. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Narrabri -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Country Party over Labor 11.3 Effect of 1968 redistribution: 00.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: Country Party over Labor 11.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,138 +09.0 Votes cast: 46,057 95.7 -01.0 Informal votes: 619 01.3 +00.5 Formal votes: 45,438 98.7 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Edwards AP 2,014 04.4 Ralph HUNT * CP 22,735 50.0 -11.1 Roger Nott ALP 20,143 44.3 +05.4 Halwyn Webster 546 01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,438 03.0 e 08.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nott was NSW MLA for Liverpool Plains 1941-61. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph James Dunnet Hunt (1928-2011): Elected 1969 By, 1969 Minister for the Interior from 5 February 1971 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Narrabri -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Country Party over ALP 03.0 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 48,617 +01.0 Votes cast: 46,679 96.0 +00.3 Informal votes: 865 01.9 +00.6 Formal votes: 45,814 98.1 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Downing ALP 19,896 43.4 -00.9 John Gough DLP 1,532 03.3 Hon Ralph HUNT * CP 22,979 50.2 +00.2 Kevin Mapperson AP 1,083 02.4 -02.0 William O'Donnell 324 00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 45,814 04.2 e 01.2 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph James Dunnet Hunt (1928-2011): Elected 1969 By, 1969, 1972 Minister for the Interior to 5 December 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Narrabri -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: CP over ALP 04.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 52,457 +07.9 Votes cast: 50,432 96.1 +00.1 Informal votes: 602 01.2 -00.7 Formal votes: 49,830 98.8 +00.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Bourke ALP 20,249 40.6 -02.8 Hon Ralph HUNT * CP 28,892 58.0 +07.8 James Thompson AP 689 01.4 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 49,830 08.6 e 04.4 to CP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph James Dunnet Hunt (1928-2011): Elected 1969 By, 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Gunnedah, Moree, Narrabri -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: CP over ALP 08.6 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 54,157 +03.2 Votes cast: 52,138 96.3 +00.2 Informal votes: 893 01.7 +00.5 Formal votes: 51,245 98.3 -00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Francis Bourke ALP 18,686 36.5 -04.1 Norbert Hennessy 449 00.9 Hon Ralph HUNT * NCP 31,779 62.0 +04.0 William O'Donnell 331 00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 51,245 13.5 e 04.9 to NCP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph James Dunnet Hunt (1928-2011): Elected 1969 By, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 Minister for Health from 22 December 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Moree, Narrabri, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 13.5 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: 03.2 shift to ALP New notional majority: NCP over ALP 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,931 +25.4 Votes cast: 65,056 95.8 -00.5 Informal votes: 1,362 02.1 +00.4 Formal votes: 63,694 97.9 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Brian Allen 1,743 02.7 Francis Fish ALP 20,831 32.7 -07.0 Heather Howe AD 2,866 04.5 Hon Ralph HUNT * NCP 37,600 59.0 +00.2 Lyall Munro 654 01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,694 13.3 e 03.0 to NCP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph James Dunnet Hunt (1928-2011): Elected 1969 By, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977 Minister for Health to 8 December 1979 Minister for Transport from 8 December 1979 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Moree, Narrabri, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 13.3 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 71,534 +05.3 Votes cast: 67,430 94.3 -01.5 Informal votes: 1,041 01.5 -00.6 Formal votes: 66,389 98.5 +00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gloria Collison AD 4,004 06.0 +01.5 Robert Hamilton ALP 23,589 35.5 +02.8 Hon Ralph HUNT * NCP 38,796 58.4 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,389 10.4 e 02.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph James Dunnet Hunt (1928-2011): Elected 1969 By, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980 Minister for Transport to 7 May 1982 Minister for Transport and Construction from 7 May 1982 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Dubbo, Moree, Narrabri, Narromine -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 10.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,111 +02.2 Votes cast: 69,067 94.5 +00.2 Informal votes: 932 01.3 -00.2 Formal votes: 68,135 98.7 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gloria Collison AD 3,711 05.4 -00.6 Robert Hamilton ALP 25,585 37.6 +02.1 Hon Ralph HUNT * NPA 38,839 57.0 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,135 08.8 e 01.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph James Dunnet Hunt (1928-2011): Elected 1969 By, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983 Minister for Transport and Construction to 11 March 1983 Deputy Leader of the NPA from 18 February 1984 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 1 DECEMBER 1984 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Moree, Walgett, Wee Wah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1983 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 08.8 e Effect of 1984 redistribution: 01.1 shift to NPA New notional majority: NPA over ALP 09.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,284 +09.3 Votes cast: 64,516 94.5 00.0 Informal votes: 2,331 03.6 +02.3 Formal votes: 62,185 96.4 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Pamela Smith ALP 25,271 40.6 +04.1 Hon Ralph HUNT * NPA 33,988 54.7 -01.2 John Brazier 968 01.6 Lyall Munro AD 1,958 03.1 -02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,185 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Brazier's 968 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith 250 25.8 25,521 41.0 HUNT * 467 48.2 34,455 55.4 Munro 251 25.9 2,209 03.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 968 62,185 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Munro's 2,209 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Smith 1,066 48.3 26,587 42.7 HUNT * 1,179 53.4 35,634 57.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,209 62,185 07.3 02.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph James Dunnet Hunt (1928-2011): Elected 1969 By, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984 Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 11 JULY 1987 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Moree, Walgett, Wee Wah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1984 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 07.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,719 +00.6 Votes cast: 65,116 94.8 +00.3 Informal votes: 2,287 03.5 -00.1 Formal votes: 62,829 96.5 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Lloyd Fleming 3,695 05.9 Trevor Elks ALP 23,200 36.9 -03.7 Hon Ralph HUNT * NPA 35,934 57.2 +02.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 62,829 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Fleming's 3,695 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Elks 1,758 45.6 24,958 39.7 HUNT * 1,937 52.4 37,871 60.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,695 62,829 10.3 03.0 to NPA -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph James Dunnet Hunt (1928-2011): Elected 1969 By, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987 Deputy Leader of the NPA to 23 July 1987 Resigned seat 24 February 1989 (see By-elections) Died 21 May 2011 -------------------------------------------------------------------- BY-ELECTION OF 15 APRIL 1989 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Moree, Walgett, Wee Wah -------------------------------------------------------------------- Following the resignation of Hon Ralph Hunt -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 10.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 69,709 +01.4 Votes cast: 58,518 84.0 -10.8 Informal votes: 2,768 04.7 +01.2 Formal votes: 55,750 95.3 -01.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John ANDERSON + NPA 31,209 56.0 -01.2 Bevan O'Regan 9,881 17.7 John Uebergang 14,660 26.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,750 10.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Although it is a requirement of the Electoral Act that preferences be distributed, the Electoral Commission has no record of this having been done for this by-election. The estimated majority assumes that 75% of O'Regan's preferences went to Uebergang. -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Duncan Anderson (born 1956): Elected 1989 by Born: 14 November 1956, Sydney Career: Educated University of Sydney. Farmer and grazier at Tambar Springs, NSW. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 24 MARCH 1990 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Moree, Walgett, Wee Wah -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1987 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 10.3 1989 by-election two-party majority: NPA over Ind 10.4 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 68,897 +02.6 Votes cast: 66,200 96.1 +01.3 Informal votes: 1,581 02.4 -01.1 Formal votes: 64,619 97.6 +01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John ANDERSON * NPA 33,449 51.8 -05.4 Anthony Styles AD 3,956 06.1 Bevan O'Regan 5,661 08.8 Ted Stubbins ALP 21,553 33.4 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 64,619 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Styles's 3,956 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDERSON * 1,388 35.5 34,837 53.9 O'Regan 1,112 28.4 6,773 10.5 Stubbins 1,410 36.1 22,963 35.6 (exhausted 46 46 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,956 64,619 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: O'Regan's 6,773 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDERSON * 4,588 69.4 39,425 61.2 Stubbins 2,021 30.6 24,984 38.8 (exhausted 164 210 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,773 64,619 11.2 00.9 to NPA -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Duncan Anderson (born 1956): Elected 1989 By, 1990 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 MARCH 1993 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Moree, Mudgee, Walgett -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1990 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 11.2 Effect of redistribution: no change -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 76,706 +11.3 Votes cast: 73,674 96.0 -00.1 Informal votes: 1,999 02.7 +00.3 Formal votes: 71,675 97.3 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- John ANDERSON * NPA 40,950 57.1 +05.3 Ted Stubbins ALP 26,916 37.6 +04.2 Jim Perrett 3,809 05.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 71,675 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Perrett's 3,809 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDERSON * 2,197 59.0 43,147 60.3 Stubbins 1,526 41.0 28,442 39.7 (exhausted 86 86 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,809 71,675 10.3 00.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Duncan Anderson (born 1956): Elected 1989 By, 1990, 1993 Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia from 23 March 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 MARCH 1996 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Moree, Mudgee, Walgett -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1993 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,855 -03.7 Votes cast: 71,430 96.7 -00.7 Informal votes: 1,817 02.5 -00.2 Formal votes: 69,613 97.5 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jim Perrett 2,914 04.2 Anne Graham AD 3,634 05.2 John ANDERSON * NPA 43,385 62.3 +05.2 John Curley ALP 19,680 28.3 -09.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 69,613 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Perrett's 2,914 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Graham 1,422 49.6 5,056 07.3 ANDERSON * 930 32.4 44,315 63.7 Curley 514 17.9 20,194 29.0 (exhausted 48 48 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,914 69,430 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Graham's 5,056 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDERSON * 3,237 66.1 47,552 68.5 Curley 1,662 33.9 21,856 31.5 (exhausted 157 205 ) -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 5,056 69,430 18.5 08.0 to NPA -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Duncan Anderson (born 1956): Elected 1989 By, 1990, 1993, 1996 Minister for Primary Industries and Energy from 11 March 1996 Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia Appointed Delegate to the 1998 Constitutional Convention -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 3 OCTOBER 1998 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Gunnedah, Moree, Mudgee, Walgett -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1996 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 18.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 72,185 -02.3 Votes cast: 69,555 96.4 -00.3 Informal votes: 2,745 03.9 +01.4 Formal votes: 66,810 96.1 -01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John Anderson * NPA 30,829 46.1 -16.2 Derrick Paxton CDP 1,106 01.7 Anne Murnain ALP 17,773 26.6 -01.7 Ken Graham AD 1,624 02.4 -02.8 Jim Perrett 856 01.3 Bob Johns ON 13,875 20.8 Gary Edwards 747 01.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Edwards's 747 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson * 122 16.3 30,951 46.3 Paxton 23 03.1 1,129 01.7 Murnain 48 06.4 17,821 26.7 Graham 72 09.6 1,696 02.5 Perrett 332 44.4 1,188 01.8 Johns 150 20.1 14,025 21.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 747 66,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Paxton's 1,129 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson * 629 55.7 31,580 47.3 Murnain 159 14.1 17,980 26.9 Graham 114 10.1 1,810 02.7 Perrett 91 08.1 1,279 01.9 Johns 136 12.0 14,161 21.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,129 66,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Perrett's 1,279 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson * 384 30.0 31,964 47.8 Murnain 174 13.6 18,154 27.2 Graham 341 26.7 2,151 03.2 Johns 380 29.7 14,541 21.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,279 66,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Graham's 2,151 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Anderson * 899 41.8 32,863 49.2 Murnain 908 42.2 19,062 28.5 Johns 344 16.0 14,885 22.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,151 66,810 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: Johns's 14,885 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDERSON * 9,617 64.6 42,480 63.6 Murnain 5,268 35.4 24,330 36.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 14,885 66,810 13.6 04.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Duncan Anderson (born 1956): Elected 1989 By, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998 Minister for Primary Industries and Energy to 21 October 1998 Minister for Transport and Regional Services from 21 October 1998 Deputy Prime Minister from 20 July 1999 Deputy Leader of the National Party of Australia to 1 July 1999 Leader of the National Party of Australia from 1 July 1999 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 NOVEMBER 2001 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Bourke, Moree, Mudgee, Walgett -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1998 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 13.6 Effect of redistribution: 01.6 shift to ALP New notional majority: NPA over ALP 12.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 84,188 +16.6 Votes cast: 80,430 95.5 -00.9 Informal votes: 3,603 04.5 +00.6 Formal votes: 76,827 95.5 -00.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Richard Witten 1,197 01.6 Bruce Haigh 4,637 06.0 Ken Grahame AD 1,242 01.6 -00.8 Colin Rogers ON 7,716 10.0 -09.1 Neil Strachan Grn 1,324 01.7 +01.5 Harry Weber 1,194 01.5 Hon John ANDERSON * NPA 40,437 52.6 +11.1 Anne Murnain ALP 17,402 22.6 -05.7 Gary Edwards 389 00.5 -00.3 Bevan O'Regan 1,289 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 76,827 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Edwards's 389 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Witten 11 02.8 1,208 01.6 Haigh 40 10.3 4,677 06.1 Grahame 11 02.8 1,253 01.6 Rogers 22 05.7 7,738 10.1 Strachan 14 03.6 1,338 01.7 Weber 13 03.3 1,207 01.6 ANDERSON * 38 09.8 40,475 52.7 Murnain 32 08.2 17,434 22.7 O'Regan 208 53.5 1,497 01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 389 76,827 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Weber's 1,207 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Witten 85 07.0 1,293 01.7 Haigh 118 09.8 4,795 06.2 Grahame 59 04.9 1,312 01.7 Rogers 220 18.2 7,958 10.4 Strachan 140 11.6 1,478 01.9 ANDERSON * 268 22.2 40,743 53.0 Murnain 202 16.7 17,636 23.0 O'Regan 115 09.5 1,612 02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,207 76,827 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Witten's 1,293 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Haigh 746 57.7 5,541 07.2 Grahame 155 12.0 1,467 01.9 Rogers 110 08.5 8,068 10.5 Strachan 39 03.0 1,517 02.0 ANDERSON * 80 06.2 40,823 53.1 Murnain 45 03.5 17,681 23.0 O'Regan 118 09.1 1,730 02.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,293 76,827 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Grahame's 1,467 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Haigh 408 27.8 5,949 07.7 Rogers 132 09.0 8,200 10.7 Strachan 333 22.7 1,850 02.4 ANDERSON * 251 17.1 41,074 53.5 Murnain 271 18.5 17,952 23.4 O'Regan 72 04.9 1,802 02.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,467 76,827 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6th count: O'Regan's 1,802 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Haigh 561 31.1 6,510 08.5 Rogers 343 19.0 8,543 11.1 Strachan 108 06.0 1,958 02.5 ANDERSON * 390 21.6 41,464 54.0 Murnain 400 22.2 18,352 23.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,802 76,827 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 7th count: Strachan's 1,958 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Haigh 601 30.7 7,111 09.3 Rogers 263 13.4 8,806 11.5 ANDERSON * 439 22.4 41,903 54.5 Murnain 655 33.4 19,007 24.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,958 76,827 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 8th count: Haigh's 7,111 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Rogers 2,936 41.3 11,742 15.3 ANDERSON * 2,130 29.9 44,033 57.3 Murnain 2,045 28.8 21,052 27.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 7,111 76,827 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 9th count: Rogers's 11,742 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- ANDERSON * 5,811 49.5 49,844 64.9 Murnain 5,931 50.5 26,983 35.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 11,742 76,827 14.9 02.9 to NPA -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Duncan Anderson (born 1956): Elected 1989 By, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001 Minister for Transport and Regional Services Deputy Prime Minister Leader of the National Party of Australia -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 OCTOBER 2004 ==================================================================== Northern NSW: Bourke, Moree, Mudgee, Walgett -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2001 two-party majority: NPA over ALP 14.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 82,626 -01.9 Votes cast: 78,662 95.2 -00.3 Informal votes: 2,830 03.6 -00.9 Formal votes: 75,792 96.4 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon John ANDERSON * NPA 46,951 62.0 +09.3 Glenn Sims ALP 17,396 22.9 +00.3 Michael Anderson Grn 3,399 04.5 +02.8 Richard Stringer 808 01.1 -00.5 Colin Rogers ON 3,441 04.5 -05.5 Bruce Haigh 3,797 05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 75,792 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Stringer's 808 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- J ANDERSON * 163 20.2 47,114 62.2 Sims 139 17.2 17,353 23.1 M Anderson 85 10.5 3,484 04.6 Rogers 288 35.6 3,729 04.9 Haigh 133 16.5 3,930 05.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 808 75,842 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: M Anderson's 3,484 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- J ANDERSON * 741 21.3 47,855 63.1 Sims 1,750 23.1 19,285 25.4 Rogers 328 09.4 4,057 05.4 Haigh 665 19.1 4,595 06.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 3,484 75,842 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Rogers's 4,057 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- J ANDERSON * 1,154 28.4 49,009 64.7 Sims 768 18.9 20,053 26.5 Haigh 2,135 52.6 6,730 08.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,057 75,842 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Haigh's 6,730 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- J ANDERSON * 2,826 42.0 51,835 68.4 Sims 3,904 58.0 23,957 31.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 6,730 75,842 18.4 03.5 to NPA -------------------------------------------------------------------- John Duncan Anderson (born 1956): Elected 1989 By, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004 Minister for Transport and Regional Services to 6 July 2005 Deputy Prime Minister to 6 July 2005 Leader of the National Party of Australia to 6 July 2005 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Gwydir was abolished at the 2006 NSW redistribution. Anderson retired at the 2007 election. --------------------------------------------------------------------