Electoral results for the district of Byron

Byron, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1913 and abolished in 1988.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1913		John Perry	Liberal Reform
1917			Nationalist	Member		Party	Member		Party
1920		Tom Swiney	Labor		George Nesbitt	Nationalist		Stephen Perdriau	Progressive
1922		William Missingham	Progressive						Nationalist
1925					Robert Gillies	Labor		Frederick Stuart	Progressive
1927		Arthur Budd	Country
1930
1932
1935
1938
1941
1944		Stanley Stephens	Country
1947
1950
1953
1956
1959
1962
1968
1971
1973 by		Jack Boyd	Country
1973
1976
1978
1981			National Country
1984		Don Beck	National

Election results

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Byron [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Don Beck	15,860	45.4	-6.8
	Labor	Lyle Robb	14,586	41.8	-2.1
	Independent	Alan Mountain	1,704	4.9	+4.9
	Democrats	Kenneth Nicholson	1,631	4.7	+0.8
	Independent	James Mangleson	1,133	3.2	+3.2
Total formal votes			34,914	98.1	+0.7
Informal votes			658	1.9	-0.7
Turnout			35,572	89.5	-0.7
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Don Beck	17,431	50.8	-3.5
	Labor	Lyle Robb	16,850	49.2	+3.5
	National hold		Swing	-3.5

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Byron [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Jack Boyd	15,855	52.2	+2.0
	Labor	Thomas Hogan	13,334	43.9	+1.3
	Democrats	Kenneth Nicholson	1,170	3.9	-0.9
Total formal votes			30,359	97.4
Informal votes			821	2.6
Turnout			31,180	90.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Jack Boyd	15,955	54.3	+0.7
	Labor	Thomas Hogan	13,434	45.7	-0.7
	National Country hold		Swing	+0.7

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Byron [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Jack Boyd	12,553	50.2	-9.7
	Labor	Thomas Hogan	10,660	42.6	+2.5
	Democrats	Marcia Ritchie	1,210	4.8	+4.8
	Marijuana	Raymond Hunter	593	2.4	+2.4
Total formal votes			25,016	98.5	-0.1
Informal votes			388	1.5	+0.1
Turnout			25,404	92.0	+0.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Jack Boyd	13,406	53.6	-6.3
	Labor	Thomas Hogan	11,610	46.4	+6.3
	National Country hold		Swing	-6.3

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Byron [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jack Boyd	13,396	59.9	-1.9
	Labor	Keith Enderbury	8,979	40.1	+7.3
Total formal votes			22,375	98.6	-0.1
Informal votes			318	1.4	+0.1
Turnout			22,693	91.2	-1.3
	Country hold		Swing	-4.4

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Byron [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jack Boyd	12,397	61.8	+7.3
	Labor	James Constable	6,589	32.8	-12.7
	Australia	Brian Halesworth	1,083	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			20,069	98.7
Informal votes			257	1.3
Turnout			20,326	92.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jack Boyd	12,900	64.3	+9.8
	Labor	James Constable	7,169	35.7	-9.8
	Country hold		Swing	+9.8

1973 by-election

1973 Byron by-election
Saturday 17 February [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jack Boyd	6,397	35.9
	Labor	James Constable	7,535	42.3	-3.2
	Country	Colville Vincent	3,584	20.1
	Australia	Clemens Vermeulen	314	1.8
Total formal votes			17,830	98.7	+0.2
Informal votes			227	1.3	-0.2
Turnout			18,057	88.5	-3.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jack Boyd	9,584	54.5	-0.8
	Labor	James Constable	7,976	45.5	+0.8
	Country hold		Swing	-0.8

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Byron [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	9,476	54.5	-5.8
	Labor	James Constable	7,905	45.5	+5.8
Total formal votes			17,381	98.5
Informal votes			259	1.5
Turnout			17,640	91.9
	Country hold		Swing	-5.8

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Byron [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	12,646	60.2	-4.0
	Labor	James Constable	8,342	39.8	+4.0
Total formal votes			20,988	98.3
Informal votes			353	1.6
Turnout			21,341	94.5
	Country hold		Swing	-4.0

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Byron [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	10,644	64.2	+6.0
	Labor	James Constable	5,933	35.8	−6.0
Total formal votes			16,577	98.8	−0.6
Informal votes			199	1.2	+0.6
Turnout			16,776	93.9	−0.2
	Country hold		Swing	+6.0

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Byron [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	9,831	58.2	−41.8
	Labor	James Constable	7,045	41.8	+41.8
Total formal votes			16,876	99.4
Informal votes			109	0.6
Turnout			16,985	94.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Byron [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Byron [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	11,394	70.3	−29.7
	Independent	Archibald Johnston	4,805	29.7	+29.7
Total formal votes			16,199	98.8
Informal votes			198	1.2
Turnout			16,397	92.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Byron [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Byron [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	unopposed
	Country hold

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Byron [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	10,485	68.2	+33.4
	Independent	Rodger Pendergast	3,502	22.8	+22.8
	Independent	Christopher Grant	1,383	9.0	+9.0
Total formal votes			15,370	98.7	+1.0
Informal votes			203	1.3	-1.0
Turnout			15,573	93.0	+3.5
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Byron [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Stanley Stephens	4,598	34.8	-21.3
	Labor	Arthur Dodd	3,848	29.1	+29.1
	Country	Frederick Stuart	2,232	16.9	+16.9
	Country	Alick Buckley	2,056	15.6	+15.6
	Independent Labor	John Regan	469	3.6	+3.6
Total formal votes			13,203	97.7	+0.5
Informal votes			307	2.3	-0.5
Turnout			13,510	89.5	-4.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Stanley Stephens	8,239	62.4	+6.3
	Labor	Arthur Dodd	4,964	37.6	+37.6
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Byron [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Budd	7,867	56.1
	Independent	Frederick Stuart	6,157	43.9
Total formal votes			14,004	97.2
Informal votes			405	2.8
Turnout			14,429	93.4
	Country hold		Swing

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Byron [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Budd	7,986	57.7	+5.5
	Independent	Frederick Stuart	5,849	42.3	+19.9
Total formal votes			13,835	97.6	-0.8
Informal votes			340	2.4	+0.8
Turnout			14,175	94.8	+0.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Byron [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Budd	7,012	52.2	-26.6
	Labor (NSW)	John Rogan	3,396	25.3	+4.1
	Independent	Frederick Stuart	3,012	22.4	+22.4
Total formal votes			13,420	98.4	+0.1
Informal votes			214	1.6	-0.1
Turnout			13,634	94.5	-1.7
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Byron [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Budd	9,733	78.8	-21.2
	Labor (NSW)	Fred Crowther	2,613	21.2	+21.2
Total formal votes			12,346	98.2
Informal votes			230	1.8
Turnout			12,576	96.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Byron [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Arthur Budd	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Byron [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Country	Frederick Stuart	4,316	37.2
	Country	Arthur Budd	4,265	36.8
	Labor	Mark Graham	1,569	13.5
	Independent Labor	Robert Gillies	1,449	12.5
Total formal votes			11,599	97.5
Informal votes			302	2.5
Turnout			11,901	82.6
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Arthur Budd	4,940	51.9
	Independent Country	Frederick Stuart	4,584	48.1
	Country win		(new seat)

1925

1925 New South Wales state election: Byron [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			7,684
	Progressive	William Missingham (elected 1)	10,097	32.9	+22.6
	Progressive	Frederick Stuart (elected 3)	3,307	10.8	+10.8
	Progressive	John Williams	2,683	8.7	+8.7
	Progressive	Thomas Foyster	381	1.2	+1.2
	Labor	Robert Gillies (elected 2)	5,775	18.8	+18.8
	Labor	Tom Swiney	4,061	13.2	-9.3
	Labor	Ernest Hollis-Neath	232	0.8	+0.8
	Nationalist	Stephen Perdriau	3,501	11.4	-11.2
	Nationalist	Charles Munro	469	1.5	+1.5
	Nationalist	Stanley Fayle	226	0.7	+0.7
Total formal votes			30,732	97.5	+0.3
Informal votes			790	2.5	-0.3
Turnout			31,522	69.8	-1.0
Party total votes
	Progressive		16,468	53.6	+32.2
	Labor		10,032	32.8	+9.0
	Nationalist		4,196	13.6	-41.2

1922

1922 New South Wales state election: Byron [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Nesbitt (elected 1)	8,672	28.8	+5.2
	Nationalist	Stephen Perdriau (elected 2)	6,813	22.6	+22.6
	Nationalist	John Williams	1,000	3.3	+3.3
	Labor	Tom Swiney	6,782	22.5	+2.9
	Labor	Roger Kiely	277	0.9	+0.9
	Labor	Thomas Reidy	94	0.3	+0.3
	Progressive	William Missingham (elected 3)	3,084	10.2	0.0
	Progressive	William Zuill	2,740	9.1	+9.1
	Progressive	Stephen Blackman	632	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			30,094	97.2	+4.1
Informal votes			867	2.8	-4.1
Turnout			30,961	70.8	+15.1
Party total votes
	Nationalist		16,485	54.8	+21.9
	Labor		7,153	23.8	+3.0
	Progressive		6,456	21.4	-9.1

1920

1920 New South Wales state election: Byron [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			5,103
	Nationalist	George Nesbitt (elected 1)	4,815	23.6
	Nationalist	William Zuill	1,901	9.3
	Progressive	Raymond Perdriau (elected 2)	3,384	16.6
	Progressive	William Missingham	2,092	10.2
	Progressive	Duncan Nicholson	750	3.7
	Labor	Tom Swiney (elected 3)	3,992	19.6
	Labor	Roger Ryan	257	1.3
	Independent	James McDougall	1,385	6.8
	Independent	Percy Tighe	1,119	5.5
	Independent	John Yates	646	3.2
	Independent	William McKeever	43	0.2
	Independent	Thomas Winterton	25	0.1
Total formal votes			20,409	93.1
Informal votes			1,516	6.9
Turnout			21,925	55.7
Party total votes
	Nationalist		6,716	32.9
	Progressive		6,226	30.5
	Labor		4,249	20.7
	Independent	James McDougall	1,385	6.8
	Independent	Percy Tighe	1,119	5.5
	Independent	John Yates	646	3.2
	Independent	William McKeever	43	0.2
	Independent	Thomas Winterton	25	0.1

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Byron [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Perry	2,572	38.6	-12.4
	Independent	Oliver Virtue	2,516	37.7	+37.7
	Independent	Patrick McMahon	1,055	15.8	+15.8
	Independent Labor	Percy Tighe	496	7.4	+7.4
	Independent	William McKeever	29	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			6,668	97.9	+0.4
Informal votes			142	2.1	-0.4
Turnout			6,810	57.8	-7.0

1917 New South Wales state election: Byron - Second Round [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	John Perry	3,445	52.2
	Independent	Oliver Virtue	3,153	47.8
Total formal votes			6,598	99.3	+1.4
Informal votes			43	0.7	-1.4
Turnout			6,641	56.3	-1.5
	Nationalist hold

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Byron [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	John Perry	3,433	51.0
	Independent Liberal	Peter Street	2,416	35.9
	Independent	Robert Campbell	792	11.8
	Independent	John Pearson	86	1.3
Total formal votes			6,727	97.5
Informal votes			170	2.5
Turnout			6,897	64.8
	Liberal Reform hold

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