Electoral results for the district of Yass
Appearance
Yass, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1894 to 1920 and from 1930 to 1950.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1894 | William Affleck | Free Trade | |
1895 | |||
1898 | |||
1901 | Liberal Reform | ||
1904 | Niels Nielsen | Labor | |
1907 | |||
1910 | |||
1913 | |||
1913 by | Greg McGirr | Labor | |
1917 | |||
Election | Member | Party | |
1930 | George Ardill | Nationalist | |
1932 | United Australia | ||
1935 | |||
1938 | |||
1941 | Bill Sheahan | Labor | |
1944 | |||
1947 |
Election results
[edit]Elections in the 1940s
[edit]1947
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Sheahan | 8,393 | 60.4 | -39.6 | |
Country | John MacKay | 3,957 | 28.5 | +28.5 | |
Liberal | Noel Barber | 1,384 | 10.0 | +10.0 | |
Independent | John Cusack | 163 | 1.2 | +1.2 | |
Total formal votes | 13,897 | 99.0 | |||
Informal votes | 137 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 14,043 | 95.5 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1944
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Bill Sheahan | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1941
[edit]Elections in the 1930s
[edit]1938
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | George Ardill | 7,074 | 57.4 | -0.4 | |
Independent | Vivian Partridge | 5,240 | 42.6 | +42.6 | |
Total formal votes | 12,314 | 98.5 | −0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 186 | 1.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 12,500 | 96.1 | −1.0 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
1935
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | George Ardill | 7,206 | 57.8 | -4.1 | |
Labor (NSW) | John Cleary | 5,263 | 42.2 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 12,469 | 98.6 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 180 | 1.4 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,649 | 97.1 | −0.2 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | -4.1 |
1932
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | George Ardill | 7,364 | 61.9 | +33.5 | |
Labor (NSW) | Reginald O'Brien | 4,524 | 38.1 | -8.2 | |
Total formal votes | 11,888 | 98.4 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 197 | 1.6 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 12,085 | 97.3 | +1.1 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | +11.3 |
1930
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Webster | 5,368 | 46.3 | ||
Nationalist | George Ardill | 3,296 | 28.4 | ||
Country | Thomas Collins | 2,942 | 25.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,606 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 208 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 11,814 | 96.2 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | George Ardill | 5,876 | 50.6 | ||
Labor | William Webster | 5,730 | 49.4 | ||
Nationalist win | (new seat) |
District recreated
1920 - 1930
[edit]District abolished
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]1917
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Greg McGirr | 4,524 | 57.8 | +7.1 | |
Nationalist | Patrick Bourke | 3,308 | 42.2 | +9.3 | |
Total formal votes | 7,832 | 98.7 | +1.6 | ||
Informal votes | 100 | 1.3 | −1.6 | ||
Turnout | 7,932 | 70.0 | −5.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +7.1 |
1913
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Greg McGirr | 4,498 | 50.7 | ||
Farmers and Settlers | Patrick Bourke [a] | 2,921 | 32.9 | ||
Country Party Association | Robert Donaldson (defeated) | 1,448 | 16.3 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,867 | 97.1 | |||
Informal votes | 260 | 2.9 | |||
Turnout | 9,127 | 75.1 | |||
Labor hold |
1913 by-election
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Greg McGirr | 2,972 | 50.3 | -3.2 | |
Liberal Reform | Patrick Bourke | 2,931 | 49.7 | +3.2 | |
Total formal votes | 5,903 | 100.0 | +1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | −1.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,903 | 73.8 [b] | +0.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -3.2 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]1910
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Niels Nielsen | 3,113 | 53.5 | ||
Liberal Reform | Bernard Grogan | 2,705 | 46.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,818 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 81 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 5,899 | 73.7 | |||
Labour hold |
1907
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Niels Nielsen | 2,705 | 52.4 | ||
Liberal Reform | Bernard Grogan | 2,453 | 47.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 5,158 | 98.0 | |||
Informal votes | 104 | 2.0 | |||
Turnout | 5,262 | 71.0 | |||
Labour hold |
1904
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Niels Nielsen | 2,260 | 52.2 | ||
Liberal Reform | William Affleck | 2,052 | 47.4 | ||
Progressive | Bernard Grogan | 17 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,329 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 77 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,406 | 67.0 | |||
Labour gain from Liberal Reform |
1901
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Affleck | 875 | 52.3 | +5.8 | |
Progressive | Bernard Grogan | 799 | 47.7 | +4.3 | |
Total formal votes | 1,674 | 100.0 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | −1.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,674 | 75.5 | +12.1 | ||
Liberal Reform hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]1898
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Affleck | 599 | 46.5 | ||
National Federal | Bernard Grogan | 560 | 43.4 | ||
Independent Federalist | George Harrison | 130 | 10.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,289 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 16 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 1,305 | 63.4 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1895
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Affleck | 631 | 54.8 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Colls | 520 | 45.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,151 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 11 | 1.0 | |||
Turnout | 1,162 | 65.1 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1894
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | William Affleck | 516 | 39.8 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Colls | 440 | 33.9 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Argyle McCallum | 342 | 26.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,298 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 10 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,308 | 72.4 | |||
Free Trade gain from Protectionist |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
- ^ Estimate based on a roll of 8,001 at the 1910 election.[14]
References
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