Electoral results for the district of Alexandria

Alexandria, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, the first from 1904 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1930.[1][2]

First incarnation (1904–1920)
Election	Member		Party
1904		John Dacey	Labor
1907
1910
1912 by		Simon Hickey	Labor
1913
1917
Second incarnation (1927–1930)
1927		Bill Ratcliffe	Labor

Election results

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Ratcliffe	8,370	67.6
	Nationalist	Ernest Kidd	4,018	32.4
Total formal votes			12,388	98.8
Informal votes			150	1.2
Turnout			12,538	82.7
	Labor win		(new seat)

Bill Ratcliffe was one of five sitting MPs for Botany.[3]

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Simon Hickey	3,670	69.9	-0.1
	Nationalist	Sydney Smith	1,388	26.4	+26.4
	Independent	James Dixon	189	3.6	-16.6
Total formal votes			5,247	99.1	+1.9
Informal votes			50	0.9	-1.9
Turnout			5,297	53.9	-0.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-0.1

Sitting Labor MP Simon Hickey was returned with a slightly reduced majority. Sydney Smith was a former member for East Macquarie, Bathurst, Canterbury and federal member for Macquarie.[4]

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Simon Hickey	3,785	70.0
	Independent Liberal	James Dixon	1,092	20.2
	Independent	Joseph Warner	529	9.8
Total formal votes			5,406	97.2
Informal votes			158	2.8
Turnout			5,564	54.3
	Labor hold

Sitting Labor MP Simon Hickey was returned with an increased majority.[5]

1912 by-election

1912 Alexandria by-election
Saturday 18 May [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Simon Hickey	3,437	65.37
	Liberal Reform	William Ferguson	1,695	32.24
	Socialist	Arthur Duffield	70	1.33
	Independent	James Dixon	56	1.07
Total formal votes			5,258	97.28
Informal votes			147	2.72
Turnout			5,405
	Labor hold

By-election caused by the death of John Dacey.[7] Simon Hickey was Dacey's son-in-law. William Ferguson was a former member for Sturt who had been a member of Labor until switching to Liberal reform in 1904.[6]

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Dacey	4,225	68.73	+12.72
	Liberal Reform	George Smith	1,897	30.86	-10.95
	Independent	James Horne	25	0.41
Total formal votes			6,147	97.06	-0.66
Informal votes			186	2.94	+0.66
Turnout			6,333	65.15	-6.55
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.72

Sitting Labor MP John Dacey was returned with an increased majority.[8]

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Dacey	3,523	56.01
	Liberal Reform	Albert Bruntnell	2,742	47.77
	Independent	Joseph Edward Warner	119	1.89
	Independent	Patrick Joseph Craddock	10	0.16
	Independent	Alexander Bryson	8	0.13
Total formal votes			6,290	97.72
Informal votes			147	2.28
Turnout			6,437	71.70
	Labour hold

Albert Bruntnell had been elected MP for Surry Hills at the 1906 by-election.[9]

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Dacey	2,859	49.8
	Progressive	George Anderson	2,742	47.8
	Independent	Thomas Edwards	90	1.6
	Socialist Labor	John Wilcox	49	0.9
Total formal votes			5,740	99.4
Informal votes			36	0.6
Turnout			5,776	64.2
	Labour win		(new seat)

Alexandria was a new seat, comprising parts of the seat of Botany and the abolished seats of Darlington, Newtown-Erskine and Waterloo. John Dacey was the member for Botany who had lost Labour pre-selection for that seat, while George Anderson was the member for the abolished seat of Waterloo. The member for Darlington was Phillip Sullivan (Labour) who successfully contested Phillip while the member for Newtown-Erskine was Robert Hollis (Labour) who successfully contested Newtown.

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
3. Green, Antony. "1927 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
4. Green, Antony. "1917 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1913 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1912 Alexandria by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
7. "Mr John Rowland Dacey (1854–1912)". Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
8. Green, Antony. "1910 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
9. Green, Antony. "1907 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
10. Green, Antony. "1904 Alexandria". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.