Wammerawa was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales, created in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and named after an alternative name for the Macquarie River. It mainly replaced Mudgee, Castlereagh and Liverpool Plains and elected three members simultaneously. In 1927, it was split into Mudgee, Castlereagh and Liverpool Plains.[1][2][3]

Members for Wammerawa

Member Party Term Member Party Term Member Party Term
  Bill Dunn [4] Labor 1920–1927   Joseph Clark [5] Labor 1920–1922   William Ashford [6] Nationalist 1920–1922
  Harold Thorby [7] Progressive 1922–1927   Independent 1922
  Joseph Clark [5] Labor 1922–1927

Election results

Main article: Electoral results for the district of Wammerawa
1925 New South Wales state election: Wammerawa [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Quota 6,717
Labor Bill Dunn (elected 1) 8,680 32.3 +6.2
Labor Joseph Clark (elected 2) 5,078 18.9 +0.6
Labor John Ritchie 1,352 5.0 +5.0
Progressive Harold Thorby (elected 3) 4,664 17.4 +6.5
Progressive Alfred Yeo 788 2.9 +2.9
Progressive Samuel Armstrong 721 2.7 +2.7
Nationalist Harold Blackett 3,367 12.5 +12.5
Nationalist John Macdonald 1,566 5.8 +0.8
Nationalist Henry Buttsworth 650 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 26,866 97.0 +0.7
Informal votes 823 3.0 -0.7
Turnout 27,689 72.9 +1.6
Party total votes
Labor 15,110 56.2 +8.7
Progressive 6,173 23.0 -6.2
Nationalist 5,583 20.8 +8.6

References

  1. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  2. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Mr (Captain) William Fraser Dunn (1877-1951)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  5. ^ a b "Mr Joseph Alfred Clark (1872–1951)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  6. ^ "The Hon. William George Ashford (1874-1925)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Mr Harold Victor Campbell Thorby (1888–1973)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  8. ^ Green, Antony. "1925 Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.


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