ELECTIONS FOR THE DIVISION OF PATERSON, NEW SOUTH WALES ==================================================================== ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1949 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- New seat: 1946 notional two-party majority: ALP over Country Party 00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,473 Votes cast: 38,437 97.4 Informal votes: 1,267 03.3 Formal votes: 37,170 96.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Clendinning CP 2,101 05.7 Arie Dorsman CP 5,293 14.2 Allen Fairhall Lib 11,189 30.1 +12.2 John McGirr CP 3,842 10.3 Cecil Robinson + ALP 14,089 37.9 -07.8 Ernest Slater CP 656 01.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,170 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. McGirr was the nephew of Hon James McGirr, Labor Premier of NSW 1947-52. 2. The combined Country Party vote was 32.0%, an increase of 0.6% from the 31.4% notionally polled by the Country Party in 1946. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Slater's 656 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Clendinning 231 35.2 2,332 06.3 Dorsman 86 13.1 5,379 14.5 Fairhall 76 11.6 11,265 30.3 McGirr 138 21.0 3,980 10.7 Robinson + 125 19.1 14,214 38.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 656 37,170 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Clendinning's 2,332 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dorsman 1,759 75.4 7,138 19.2 Fairhall 286 12.3 11,551 31.1 McGirr 218 09.3 4,198 11.3 Robinson + 69 03.0 14,283 38.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 2,332 37,170 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: McGirr's 4,198 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Dorsman 2,239 53.3 9,377 25.2 Fairhall 1,350 32.2 12,901 34.7 Robinson + 609 14.5 14,892 40.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 4,198 37,170 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Dorsman's 9,377 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- FAIRHALL 8,840 94.3 21,741 58.5 Robinson + 537 05.7 15,429 41.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 9,377 37,170 08.5 08.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen Fairhall (1909-2006): Elected 1949 Born: 24 November 1909, Morpeth, NSW. Career: Educated state schools. Electrical engineer. Engineer and manager in commercial radio. Supervising engineer, Ministry of Munitions 1942-45. -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 28 APRIL 1951 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1949 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 08.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 39,879 +01.0 Votes cast: 38,725 97.1 -00.3 Informal votes: 736 01.9 -01.4 Formal votes: 37,989 98.1 +01.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen FAIRHALL * Lib 21,677 57.1 +27.0 Cecil Robinson ALP 16,312 42.9 +05.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 37,989 07.1 01.4 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen Fairhall (1909-2006): Elected 1949, 1951 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 29 MAY 1954 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1951 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,853 +04.9 Votes cast: 40,547 96.9 -00.2 Informal votes: 422 01.0 -00.9 Formal votes: 40,125 99.0 +00.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Kevin Barlow ALP 18,255 45.5 +02.6 Allen FAIRHALL * Lib 21,870 54.5 -02.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,125 04.5 02.6 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen Fairhall (1909-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1955 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1954 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 04.5 Effect of 1955 redistribution: 01.0 shift to Labor New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,345 -01.2 Votes cast: 40,024 96.8 -00.1 Informal votes: 800 02.0 +01.0 Formal votes: 39,224 98.0 -01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen FAIRHALL * Lib 23,623 60.2 +06.9 William Harvey ALP 15,601 39.8 -06.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,224 10.2 06.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen Fairhall (1909-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955 Minister for the Interior from 11 January 1956 Minister for Works from 11 January 1956 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 22 NOVEMBER 1958 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1955 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 10.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,602 +00.6 Votes cast: 40,214 96.7 -00.1 Informal votes: 933 02.3 +00.3 Formal votes: 39,281 97.7 -00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Drinkwater DLP 3,969 10.1 Hon Allen FAIRHALL * Lib 21,064 53.6 -06.6 Alan Lloyd ALP 14,248 36.3 -03.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,281 11.9 e 01.7 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen Fairhall (1909-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958 Minister for the Interior to 10 December 1958 Minister for Works to 10 December 1958 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 9 DECEMBER 1961 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1958 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 11.9 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 41,891 +00.7 Votes cast: 40,330 96.3 -00.4 Informal votes: 733 01.8 -00.5 Formal votes: 39,597 98.2 +00.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aubrey Barr DLP 2,490 06.3 -03.8 Robert Brown ALP 16,952 42.8 +06.5 Hon Allen FAIRHALL * Lib 20,155 50.9 -02.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 39,597 05.1 e 06.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- For Brown, see Hunter 1980. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen Fairhall (1909-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961 Minister for Supply from 22 December 1961 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 30 NOVEMBER 1963 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1961 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 05.1 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,023 +00.3 Votes cast: 40,594 96.6 +00.3 Informal votes: 396 01.0 +00.8 Formal votes: 40,198 99.0 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Allen FAIRHALL * Lib 24,695 61.4 +10.5 Archibald Jones ALP 15,503 38.6 -04.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,198 11.4 06.3 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen Fairhall (1909-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 Minister for Supply to 26 January 1966 Minister for Defence from 26 January 1966 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 26 NOVEMBER 1966 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Scone, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1963 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 11.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 42,802 +01.9 Votes cast: 41,336 96.6 00.0 Informal votes: 965 02.3 +01.3 Formal votes: 40,371 97.3 -01.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aubrey Barr DLP 2,889 07.2 Hon Allen FAIRHALL * Lib 25,437 63.0 +01.6 Francis Murray ALP 12,045 29.8 -08.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 40,371 19.0 e 07.6 to Lib -------------------------------------------------------------------- Allen Fairhall (1909-2006): Elected 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1966 Minister for Defence Fairhall retired at the 1969 election. His ministerial term ended on 12 November 1969. Later career: Company director. Knighted 1970. Died 3 November 2006 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 25 OCTOBER 1969 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Quirindi, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1966 two-party majority: Liberal over Labor 19.9 e Effect of 1968 redistribution: 03.3 shift to ALP New notional majority: Liberal over Labor 16.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 47,725 +11.5 Votes cast: 46,126 96.6 00.0 Informal votes: 1,451 03.1 +00.8 Formal votes: 44,675 96.9 -00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Herbert Collins DLP 1,805 04.0 -03.2 Adrian Edwards 252 00.6 Edward Fletcher AP 227 00.5 John Jobling + Lib 12,500 28.0 -31.7 Francis Murray ALP 16,741 37.5 +04.4 Frank O'Keefe CP 13,150 29.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 44,675 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Fletcher's 227 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Collins 23 10.1 1,828 04.1 Edwards 79 34.8 331 00.7 Jobling 34 15.0 12,534 28.1 Murray 49 21.6 16,790 37.6 O'Keefe 42 (18.5 13,192 29.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 227 44,675 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Edwards's 331 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Collins 139 42.0 1,967 04.4 Jobling 80 24.2 12,614 28.2 Murray 72 21.8 16,862 37.7 O'Keefe 40 12.1 13,232 29.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 331 44,675 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th count: Collins's 1,967 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Jobling 909 46.2 13,523 30.3 Murray 228 11.6 17,090 38.3 O'Keefe 830 42.2 14,062 31.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,967 44,675 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th count: Jobling's 13,523 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Murray 1,893 14.0 18,983 42.5 O'KEEFE 11,630 86.0 25,692 57.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 13,523 44,675 07.5 09.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The Country Party majority over the ALP is compared with the notional Liberal majority over the ALP in 1966. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Lionel O'Keefe (1912-89): Elected 1969 Born: 6 October 1912, Gunnedah, NSW Career: Educated state schools. Distributor of farm machinery, oil company agent. Gunnedah Municipal Council, mayor 18 years. Namoi Valley County Council. State politics: NSW MLA for Liverpool Plains 1961-62, for Upper Hunter 1962-69 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 2 DECEMBER 1972 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Quirindi, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1969 two-party majority: Liberal over ALP 07.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 51,071 +07.0 Votes cast: 49,463 96.9 +00.3 Informal votes: 682 01.4 -01.7 Formal votes: 48,781 98.6 +01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aubrey Barr DLP 1,376 02.8 -01.2 Alan Capp AP 1,005 02.1 +01.6 Frank O'Keefe * CP 22,970 47.1 +17.7 Noel Unicomb ALP 23,430 48.0 +10.5 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 48,781 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Capp's 1,005 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Barr 242 24.1 1,618 03.3 O'Keefe * 320 31.8 23,290 47.7 Unicomb 443 44.1 23,873 48.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,005 48,781 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Barr's 1,618 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'KEEFE * 1,319 81.5 24,609 50.4 Unicomb 299 (18.5 24,172 49.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 1,618 48,781 00.4 07.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Lionel O'Keefe (1912-89): Elected 1969, 1972 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 MAY 1974 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Quirindi, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1972 two-party majority: CP over ALP 00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 56,584 +10.8 Votes cast: 54,253 95.9 -01.0 Informal votes: 658 01.2 -00.2 Formal votes: 53,595 98.8 +00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Robert Fowler AP 916 01.7 -00.4 Frank O'Keefe * CP 26,418 49.3 +02.2 Noel Unicomb ALP 26,261 49.0 +01.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 53,595 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Fowler's 916 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- O'KEEFE * 517 56.4 26,935 50.3 Unicomb 399 43.6 26,660 49.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 916 53,595 00.3 00.1 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Lionel O'Keefe (1912-89): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 13 DECEMBER 1975 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Maitland, Muswellbrook, Quirindi, Singleton -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1974 two-party majority: CP over ALP 00.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 58,888 +04.1 Votes cast: 56,528 96.0 +00.1 Informal votes: 780 01.4 +00.2 Formal votes: 55,748 98.6 -00.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Aussie-Stone 505 00.9 Barnard Hassett 861 01.5 Frank O'KEEFE * NCP 30,985 55.6 +06.3 Noel Unicomb ALP 23,397 42.0 -07.0 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 55,748 07.3 e 07.0 to NCP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Lionel O'Keefe (1912-89): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 10 DECEMBER 1977 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Gunnedah, Maitland, Mudgee, Muswellbrook -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1975 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 07.3 e Effect of 1977 redistribution: 01.1 shift to NCP New notional majority: NCP over ALP 08.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 67,883 +15.3 Votes cast: 64,963 95.7 -00.3 Informal votes: 1,188 01.8 +00.4 Formal votes: 63,775 98.2 -00.4 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul Baker AD 4,250 06.7 William O'Donnell 923 01.4 Frank O'KEEFE * NCP 36,740 57.6 +00.9 Kerry Scott ALP 21,862 34.3 -06.6 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 63,775 12.2 e 03.8 to NCP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Lionel O'Keefe (1912-89): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 18 OCTOBER 1980 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Gunnedah, Maitland, Mudgee, Muswellbrook -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1977 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 12.2 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 70,602 +04.0 Votes cast: 67,267 95.3 -00.4 Informal votes: 1,124 01.7 -00.1 Formal votes: 66,143 98.3 +00.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Denis Driver AD 4,265 06.4 -00.3 Francis Murray ALP 24,946 37.7 +03.4 Frank O'KEEFE * NCP 36,416 55.1 -02.5 William Reeve-Parker 516 00.8 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 66,143 07.7 e 04.5 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Lionel O'Keefe (1912-89): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980 -------------------------------------------------------------------- ELECTION OF 5 MARCH 1983 ==================================================================== North Central NSW: Gunnedah, Maitland, Mudgee, Muswellbrook -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1980 two-party majority: NCP over ALP 07.7 e -------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrolled voters: 73,110 +03.6 Votes cast: 69,426 95.0 +00.8 Informal votes: 938 01.4 -02.1 Formal votes: 68,488 98.6 +02.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Candidate Party Votes % Swing -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank O'KEEFE * NPA 37,028 54.1 -01.0 Michael Williams ALP 28,412 41.5 +03.8 Darrel Woodhouse AD 3,048 04.5 -01.9 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 68,488 05.9 e 01.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank Lionel O'Keefe (1912-89): Elected 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1983 Paterson was abolished at the 1984 redistribution. O'Keefe retired at the 1984 election. Died 21 April 1989 --------------------------------------------------------------------