Warringah, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | Dugald Thomson | Free Trade | |
| 1895 | |||
| 1898 | National Federal | ||
| 1901 | Ellison Quirk | Independent | |
Election results
editElections in the 1900s
edit1901
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Ellison Quirk | 739 | 34.7 | ||
| Independent Liberal | James Alderson | 604 | 28.4 | ||
| Liberal Reform | James Conroy | 490 | 23.0 | −22.0 | |
| Independent Liberal | Thomas Loxton | 296 | 13.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 2,129 | 100.0 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | −0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 2,129 | 62.6 | −3.3 | ||
| Independent gain from Progressive | |||||
The sitting member was Dugald Thomson (Progressive),[a] who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 as a Free Trade member for the federal seat of North Sydney.
Elections in the 1890s
edit1898
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Federal | Dugald Thomson | 805 | 55.0 | ||
| Free Trade | Tom Rolin | 660 | 45.1 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,465 | 99.5 | |||
| Informal votes | 7 | 0.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,472 | 65.9 | |||
| Member changed to National Federal from Free Trade | |||||
1895
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | Dugald Thomson | 629 | 55.2 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | Henry Moss | 510 | 44.8 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,139 | 99.6 | |||
| Informal votes | 5 | 0.4 | |||
| Turnout | 1,144 | 66.2 | |||
| Free Trade hold | |||||
1894
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | Dugald Thomson | 579 | 40.5 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | Henry Moss | 532 | 37.2 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | Leonard Dodds | 210 | 14.7 | ||
| Labour | Jonathan Lepherd | 108 | 7.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,429 | 98.9 | |||
| Informal votes | 16 | 1.1 | |||
| Turnout | 1,445 | 82.5 | |||
| Free Trade win | (new seat) | ||||
Notes
edit- ↑ Dugald Thomson had been elected as member of the Progressive party in 1898, then known as the National Federal party, described as a free trade federationist.[5]
References
edit- ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Warringah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ↑ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Warringah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- ↑ "Mr Dugald Thomson". The Australian Star. 16 July 1898. p. 9. Retrieved 1 April 2020 – via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Warringah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Warringah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Warringah". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.