Ashfield, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had three incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1959 and the third from 1968 to 1999.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1894 | Thomas Bavister | Free Trade | |
1895 | |||
1898 | Bernhard Wise | Protectionist | |
1899 by | |||
1900 by | Frederick Winchcombe | Free Trade | |
1901 | Liberal Reform | ||
1904 | |||
1905 by | William Robson | Liberal Reform | |
1907 | |||
1910 | |||
1913 | |||
1917 | Nationalist | ||
Election | Member | Party | |
1927 | Milton Jarvie | Nationalist | |
1929 by | |||
1930 | |||
1932 | United Australia / Independent | ||
1935 | Athol Richardson | United Australia | |
1938 | |||
1941 | |||
1944 | Democratic | ||
1946 by | Liberal | ||
1947 | |||
1950 | |||
1952 by | Jack Richardson | Labor | |
1953 | Richard Murden | Liberal | |
1956 | |||
Election | Member | Party | |
1968 | David Hunter | Liberal | |
1971 | |||
1973 | |||
1976 | Paul Whelan | Labor | |
1978 | |||
1981 | |||
1984 | |||
1988 | |||
1991 | |||
1995 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Paul Whelan | 13,902 | 43.8 | -5.4 | |
Liberal | Morris Mansour | 7,836 | 24.7 | -8.5 | |
No Aircraft Noise | Michelle Calvert | 6,269 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
Greens | Paul Fitzgerald | 2,043 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Democrats | John Collins | 1,202 | 3.8 | -3.9 | |
Call to Australia | Clay Wilson | 482 | 1.5 | -0.2 | |
Total formal votes | 31,734 | 93.5 | +8.1 | ||
Informal votes | 2,222 | 6.5 | -8.1 | ||
Turnout | 33,956 | 91.4 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Paul Whelan | 18,561 | 65.2 | +5.4 | |
Liberal | Morris Mansour | 9,895 | 34.8 | -5.4 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +5.4 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Paul Whelan | 13,853 | 49.2 | +6.2 | |
Liberal | Ralph Buono | 9,347 | 33.2 | -1.1 | |
Democrats | Robert Dawson | 2,177 | 7.7 | +3.7 | |
Independent | Paul Wakim | 1,594 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
Independent | Ron Poulsen | 708 | 2.5 | +2.5 | |
Call to Australia | Clay Wilson | 497 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 28,176 | 85.4 | -9.1 | ||
Informal votes | 4,819 | 14.6 | +9.1 | ||
Turnout | 32,995 | 90.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Paul Whelan | 15,733 | 59.9 | +4.1 | |
Liberal | Ralph Buono | 10,554 | 40.1 | -4.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +4.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Paul Whelan | 11,690 | 41.9 | -16.7 | |
Liberal | Kevin O'Reilly | 10,988 | 39.4 | -1.7 | |
Independent | Anne Leembruggen | 2,730 | 9.8 | +9.8 | |
Independent EFF | John Shanahan | 1,249 | 4.5 | +4.5 | |
Democrats | Peter Hennessy | 632 | 2.3 | +2.0 | |
Independent | Sheena Hendley | 583 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 27,872 | 94.9 | -1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 1,494 | 5.1 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 29,366 | 90.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Paul Whelan | 13,225 | 51.2 | -7.6 | |
Liberal | Kevin O'Reilly | 12,610 | 48.8 | +7.6 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -7.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Paul Whelan | 16,290 | 59.9 | -5.6 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Howe | 10,891 | 40.1 | +9.8 | |
Total formal votes | 27,181 | 95.7 | +0.5 | ||
Informal votes | 1,232 | 4.3 | -0.5 | ||
Turnout | 28,413 | 90.4 | +2.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | -8.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Paul Whelan | 17,449 | 65.5 | -2.7 | |
Liberal | George Dryden | 8,078 | 30.3 | -1.6 | |
Democrats | Albert Jarman | 1,095 | 4.1 | +4.1 | |
Total formal votes | 26,622 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,338 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 27,960 | 88.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Paul Whelan | 17,559 | 68.2 | +0.1 | |
Liberal | George Dryden | 8,178 | 31.8 | -0.1 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Paul Whelan | 19,814 | 68.1 | +14.6 | |
Liberal | Arthur McDonald | 9,279 | 31.9 | -11.9 | |
Total formal votes | 29,093 | 96.3 | -1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 1,130 | 3.7 | +1.7 | ||
Turnout | 30,223 | 90.5 | -1.1 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +13.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Paul Whelan | 16,111 | 53.5 | +11.4 | |
Liberal | Alwyn Innes | 13,189 | 43.8 | -3.6 | |
Independent | Warren Wilson | 443 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
Australia | Clifford Bros | 373 | 1.2 | -4.4 | |
Total formal votes | 30,116 | 98.0 | +1.5 | ||
Informal votes | 606 | 2.0 | -1.5 | ||
Turnout | 30,722 | 91.6 | +0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Paul Whelan | 16,594 | 55.1 | +8.7 | |
Liberal | Alwyn Innes | 13,522 | 44.9 | -8.7 | |
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +8.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Hunter | 13,077 | 47.4 | +2.5 | |
Labor | Bede Spillane | 11,625 | 42.1 | -1.4 | |
Australia | John Jordan | 1,531 | 5.6 | +0.1 | |
Democratic Labor | Mary Burton | 1,377 | 5.0 | -1.1 | |
Total formal votes | 27,610 | 96.5 | |||
Informal votes | 993 | 3.5 | |||
Turnout | 28,603 | 90.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | David Hunter | 14,810 | 53.6 | +1.5 | |
Labor | Bede Spillane | 12,800 | 46.4 | -1.5 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | +1.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Hunter | 10,618 | 44.9 | -12.0 | |
Labor | Bede Spillane | 10,301 | 43.5 | +0.4 | |
Democratic Labor | Joseph Conroy | 1,443 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
Australia | David Eden | 1,309 | 5.5 | +5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 23,671 | 96.0 | |||
Informal votes | 990 | 4.0 | |||
Turnout | 24,661 | 90.7 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Liberal | David Hunter | 12,316 | 52.0 | -4.9 | |
Labor | Bede Spillane | 11,355 | 48.0 | +4.9 | |
Liberal hold | Swing | -4.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | David Hunter | 13,838 | 56.9 | -1.0 | |
Labor | Charles Maddocks | 10,481 | 43.1 | +1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 24,319 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 848 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 25,167 | 92.5 | |||
Liberal win | (new seat) |
District abolished
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Murden | 12,134 | 60.3 | +10.0 | |
Labor | James Brady | 7,985 | 39.7 | −10.0 | |
Total formal votes | 20,119 | 98.8 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 253 | 1.2 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 20,372 | 94.1 | −0.6 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +10.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Richard Murden | 10,753 | 50.3 | ||
Labor | Jack Richardson | 10,631 | 49.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,384 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 354 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 21,738 | 94.7 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Jack Richardson | 10,566 | 52.1 | +10.3 | |
Liberal | Ray Watson | 9,697 | 47.9 | -10.3 | |
Total formal votes | 20,263 | 98.5 | -0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 308 | 1.5 | +0.3 | ||
Turnout | 20,571 | 90.8 | -2.5 | ||
Labor gain from Liberal | Swing | +10.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Athol Richardson | 13,296 | 58.2 | ||
Labor | Ernest Grove | 9,559 | 41.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,855 | 98.8 | |||
Informal votes | 285 | 1.2 | |||
Turnout | 23,140 | 93.3 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Athol Richardson | 12,996 | 58.2 | +4.8 | |
Labor | William Peters | 9,332 | 41.8 | -4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 22,328 | 98.7 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 284 | 1.3 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 22,612 | 96.1 | +2.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Athol Richardson (re-elected) | 12,036 | 56.5 | +3.1 | |
Labor | William Peters | 9,265 | 43.5 | -3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 21,301 | 98.9 | +2.1 | ||
Informal votes | 231 | 1.1 | -2.1 | ||
Turnout | 21,532 | 87.6 | -6.2 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing | +3.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic | Athol Richardson | 11,240 | 53.4 | -5.2 | |
Labor | William Bodkin | 9,791 | 46.6 | +5.2 | |
Total formal votes | 21,031 | 96.8 | -1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 688 | 3.2 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 21,719 | 93.8 | +0.7 | ||
Democratic hold | Swing | -5.2 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Athol Richardson | 11,555 | 58.5 | ||
Labor | Rex Jones | 8,179 | 41.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,734 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 389 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 20,123 | 93.1 | |||
United Australia hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Athol Richardson | 8,921 | 53.7 | +0.9 | |
Independent | Thomas Cavill | 7,692 | 46.3 | +46.3 | |
Total formal votes | 16,613 | 97.1 | -1.4 | ||
Informal votes | 498 | 2.9 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 17,111 | 95.7 | -1.0 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Athol Richardson | 8,511 | 52.8 | -19.5 | |
Labor (NSW) | Robert Bruce | 4,425 | 27.5 | -0.2 | |
Ind. United Australia | Milton Jarvie (defeated) | 3,177 | 19.7 | +19.7 | |
Total formal votes | 16,113 | 98.5 | +0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 247 | 1.5 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 16,360 | 96.7 | +0.3 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | Milton Jarvie | 11,658 | 72.3 | +29.3 | |
Labor (NSW) | Lancelot Stevenson | 4,456 | 27.7 | -10.1 | |
Total formal votes | 16,114 | 98.3 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 279 | 1.7 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 16,393 | 96.4 | -2.5 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | +17.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Milton Jarvie | 6,736 | 43.0 | -15.2 | |
Labor | Alfred Paddison | 5,927 | 37.8 | +11.9 | |
Independent | Alexander Huie | 1,616 | 10.3 | -5.6 | |
Australian | George Treloar | 1,388 | 8.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 15,667 | 98.3 | -0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 276 | 1.7 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 15,943 | 93.9 | +8.2 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | Milton Jarvie | 8,592 | 54.8 | ||
Labor | Alfred Paddison | 7,075 | 45.2 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | John Clancy | 3,526 | 38.4 | +12.5 | |
Nationalist | Milton Jarvie | 3,484 | 38.0 | -20.2 | |
Independent | Alexander Huie | 1,692 | 18.5 | +2.6 | |
Nationalist | Reginald Kirkwood | 281 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
Nationalist | Albert Pikett | 190 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
Total formal votes | 9,173 | 99.0 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 95 | 1.0 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,268 | 71.9 | -13.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Nationalist | Milton Jarvie (re-elected) | 4,376 | 51.5 | ||
Labor | John Clancy | 4,128 | 48.5 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Milton Jarvie | 6,537 | 58.2 | ||
Labor | Walter Sparrow | 2,904 | 25.9 | ||
Independent | Alexander Huie | 1,787 | 15.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 11,228 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 90 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 11,318 | 85.7 | |||
Nationalist win | (new seat) |
District abolished
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | William Robson | 6,697 | 76.4 | +5.9 | |
Labor | George Boland | 2,063 | 23.6 | -3.1 | |
Total formal votes | 8,760 | 99.0 | +1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 87 | 1.0 | -1.7 | ||
Turnout | 8,847 | 58.3 | -6.4 | ||
Nationalist hold | Swing | +5.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Robson | 5,954 | 70.5 | ||
Labor | Percy Evans | 2,251 | 26.7 | ||
Independent | Henry Johnson | 242 | 2.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,447 | 97.3 | |||
Informal votes | 231 | 2.7 | |||
Turnout | 8,678 | 64.7 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Robson | 5,800 | 66.3 | ||
Labour | George Davidson | 2,943 | 33.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,743 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 128 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 8,871 | 71.8 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Robson | 4,267 | 67.6 | ||
Independent | James Eve | 2,047 | 32.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 6,314 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 136 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 6,450 | 66.7 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | William Robson | 2,259 | 60.3 | -25.5 | |
Independent | Alexander Miller | 843 | 22.5 | ||
Labor | Thomas Lumley | 642 | 17.2 | +3.0 | |
Total formal votes | 3,744 | 99.3 | +0.7 | ||
Informal votes | 28 | 0.7 | -0.7 | ||
Turnout | 3,772 | 46.1 [a] | -3.5 | ||
Liberal Reform hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Frederick Winchcombe | 3,434 | 85.8 | ||
Labour | Lionel Cahill | 570 | 14.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,004 | 98.6 | |||
Informal votes | 55 | 1.4 | |||
Turnout | 4,059 | 49.6 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Frederick Winchcombe | unopposed | |||
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Frederick Winchcombe | 968 | 60.4 | +10.5 | |
Protectionist | John Watkin | 634 | 39.6 | -10.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,602 | 100.0 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,602 | 45.5 [b] | -20.4 | ||
Free Trade gain from Protectionist | Swing | +10.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protectionist | Bernhard Wise (re-elected) | 831 | 50.6 | +0.5 | |
Free Trade | Thomas Bavister | 810 | 49.4 | -0.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,641 | 99.5 | -0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.5 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,649 | 51.0 | -14.9 | ||
Protectionist hold | Swing | +0.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Federal | Bernhard Wise | 966 | 50.1 | ||
Free Trade | Thomas Bavister | 961 | 49.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,927 | 99.6 | |||
Informal votes | 7 | 0.4 | |||
Turnout | 1,934 | 65.9 | |||
National Federal gain from Free Trade |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Thomas Bavister | 883 | 55.2 | ||
Independent | John Goodlet | 718 | 44.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,601 | 99.5 | |||
Informal votes | 8 | 0.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,609 | 68.5 | |||
Free Trade hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Thomas Bavister | 1,000 | 51.4 | ||
Independent | Mark Hammond | 867 | 44.6 | ||
Labour | Robert Thomson | 64 | 3.3 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Thomas Evans | 13 | 0.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,944 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 17 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,961 | 82.1 | |||
Free Trade win | (new seat) |