Electoral results for the district of Namoi

Namoi, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1880 to 1894 and from 1904 to 1950.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1880		Thomas Dangar	None
1882
1885		Charles Collins	None
1887		Thomas Dangar	Free Trade
1889
1890 by		Charles Collins	Protectionist	Member		Party
1891		Charles Collins	Free Trade		Job Sheldon	Labour
Election	Member		Party
1904		Albert Ernest Collins	Independent Liberal
1907
1910		George Black	Labor
1913			Labor / Independent Labor
1917		Walter Wearne	Ind. Nationalist	Member		Party	Member		Party
1920			Progressive		Frank Chaffey	Nationalist		Patrick Scully	Labor
1922			Nationalist
1923 apt								William Scully	Labor
1925
1927		William Scully	Labor
1930
1932		Colin Sinclair	Country
1935
1938
1941		Raymond Hamilton	Labor
1944
1947

Election results

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Namoi [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Raymond Hamilton	6,634	51.2	-8.4
	Country	Malcolm Heath	6,313	48.8	+8.4
Total formal votes			12,947	99.1	+0.7
Informal votes			111	0.9	-0.7
Turnout			13,058	95.0	+7.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.4

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Namoi [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Raymond Hamilton	7,036	59.6	+26.6
	Country	Lancelot Thomas	4,762	40.4	+7.7
Total formal votes			11,798	98.4	+0.1
Informal votes			194	1.6	-0.1
Turnout			11,992	87.6	-5.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+6.9

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Namoi [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Raymond Hamilton	4,387	33.0
	Country	Ernest Batchelor	4,351	32.7
	Independent Labor	Ernest Hogan	2,978	22.4
	Country	George Gilby	1,591	12.0
Total formal votes			13,307	98.3
Informal votes			231	1.7
Turnout			13,538	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Raymond Hamilton	7,016	52.7
	Country	Ernest Batchelor	6,291	47.3
	Labor hold		Swing

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Namoi [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Colin Sinclair	7,516	51.3	-1.3
	Labor	Ernest Hogan	7,120	48.7	+1.3
Total formal votes			14,636	99.0	+0.4
Informal votes			150	1.0	-0.4
Turnout			14,786	96.6	+1.2
	Country hold		Swing	-1.3

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Namoi [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Colin Sinclair	7,404	52.6	-3.7
	Labor (NSW)	William Scully	6,678	47.4	+3.7
Total formal votes			14,082	98.6	-0.4
Informal votes			194	1.4	+0.4
Turnout			14,276	95.4	-0.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Namoi [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Colin Sinclair	7,264	56.3	+13.6
	Labor (NSW)	William Scully	5,484	42.5	-14.8
	Independent	Ernest Bachelor	151	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			12,899	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			130	1.0	-0.2
Turnout			13,029	96.3	+0.9
	Country gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	N/A

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Namoi [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Scully	7,286	57.3
	Country	William Waterford	5,430	42.7
Total formal votes			12,716	98.8
Informal votes			153	1.2
Turnout			12,869	95.4
	Labor hold		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Namoi [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Scully	6,035	50.1
	Nationalist	Leslie Seccombe	5,442	45.1
	Independent	Henry Jones	579	4.8
Total formal votes			12,056	98.2
Informal votes			216	1.8
Turnout			12,272	79.5
	Labor win		(new seat)

1925

1925 New South Wales state election: Namoi [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			6,621
	Labor	William Scully (elected 1)	9,487	35.8	+5.4
	Labor	Michael Hagan	897	3.4	+3.4
	Labor	James Hawkins	803	3.0	+3.0
	Nationalist	Walter Wearne (elected 2)	5,639	21.3	+0.6
	Nationalist	Frank Chaffey (elected 3)	4,696	17.7	-4.8
	Progressive	Aubrey Abbott	3,395	12.8	+12.8
	Progressive	Lachlan McLachlan	392	1.5	+1.5
	Progressive	James Laird	227	0.9	+0.9
	Independent	Robert Levien	947	3.6	-5.8
Total formal votes			26,483	96.3	+0.3
Informal votes			1,023	3.7	-0.3
Turnout			27,506	70.3	+0.1
Party total votes
	Labor		11,187	42.2	+4.4
	Nationalist		10,335	39.0	-4.1
	Progressive		4,014	15.2	+5.5
	Independent	Robert Levien	947	3.6	-5.8

1923 appointment

Patrick Scully resigned on 20 September 1923.[13] Between 1920 and 1927 the Legislative Assembly was elected using a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark). The Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act,[14] provided that casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate "who represents the same party interest as the late member". William Scully had the highest number of votes of the unsuccessful Labor candidates at the 1922 election and took his seat on 20 September 1923.[15][16]

1922

1922 New South Wales state election: Namoi [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			6,483
	Nationalist	Frank Chaffey (elected 2)	5,823	22.5	+9.4
	Nationalist	Walter Wearne (elected 3)	5,363	20.7	+5.8
	Labor	Patrick Scully (elected 1)	7,880	30.4	-6.5
	Labor	William Scully	1,602	6.2	+4.4
	Labor	Septimus Humphries	325	1.3	+1.3
	Progressive	Roland Green	1,906	7.3	+7.3
	Progressive	Albert Studdy	599	2.3	+2.3
	Independent	Robert Levien	2,433	9.4	-1.2
Total formal votes			25,931	96.0	+2.5
Informal votes			1,087	4.0	-2.5
Turnout			27,018	70.2	+8.5
Party total votes
	Nationalist		11,186	43.1	+18.0
	Labor		9,807	37.8	-3.6
	Progressive		2,505	9.7	-13.2
	Independent	Robert Levien	2,433	9.4	-1.2

1920

1920 New South Wales state election: Namoi [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			5,432
	Labor	Patrick Scully (elected 1)	8,007	36.9
	Labor	Thomas Boland	592	2.7
	Labor	William Scully	396	1.8
	Nationalist	Frank Chaffey (elected 2)	2,848	13.1
	Nationalist	John Crane	2,605	12.0
	Progressive	Walter Wearne (elected 3)	3,244	14.9
	Progressive	Frank Heywood	969	4.5
	Progressive	Charles Woollett	754	3.5
	Independent	Robert Levien	2,309	10.6
Total formal votes			21,724	93.5
Informal votes			1,517	6.5
Turnout			23,241	61.7
Party total votes
	Labor		8,995	41.4
	Nationalist		5,453	25.1
	Progressive		4,967	22.9
	Independent	Robert Levien	2,309	10.6

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Namoi [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Nationalist	Walter Wearne	2,389	42.3	+42.3
	Labor	Thomas Egan	2,373	42.0	-11.3
	Independent Labor	George Black	883	15.6	+15.6
Total formal votes			5,645	98.0	+0.9
Informal votes			117	2.0	-0.9
Turnout			5,762	61.0	-2.7

1917 New South Wales state election: Namoi - Second Round [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Nationalist	Walter Wearne	3,112	55.3
	Labor	Thomas Egan	2,516	44.7
Total formal votes			5,628	99.6	+1.6
Informal votes			25	0.4	-1.6
Turnout			5,653	59.9	-1.1
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Labor

The sitting member George Black was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split split over conscription.

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Namoi [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Black	3,151	53.3
	Liberal Reform	James Florance	2,760	46.7
Total formal votes			5,911	97.1
Informal votes			177	2.9
Turnout			6,088	63.7
	Labor hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: The Namoi [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Black	3,267	60.28
	Independent Liberal	Hubert O'Reilly	2,153	39.72
Total formal votes			5,420	97.13
Informal votes			160	2.87
Turnout			5,580	54.80
	Labour gain from Independent Liberal

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: The Namoi [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Albert Collins [lower-alpha 1]	2,531	53.9
	Labour	William Walton	2,165	46.1
Total formal votes			4,696	96.9
Informal votes			149	3.1
Turnout			4,845	65.9
	Independent Liberal hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: The Namoi [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	Albert Collins	2,070	55.9
	Labour	Thomas Shakespeare	1,632	44.1
Total formal votes			3,702	99.3
Informal votes			28	0.8
Turnout			3,730	57.7
	Independent Liberal win		(new seat)

The Namoi was a re-created seat comprising the abolished seat of Narrabri as well as parts of the abolished seats of Gunnedah and The Barwon. The member for Narrabri was Albert Collins (Liberal Reform), who was not a member of Liberal Reform but was recommended by the party.[25] The member for Gunnedah was David Hall (Labour) who unsuccessfully contested Liverpool Plains.

District re-created

1894 - 1904

District abolished

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: The Namoi
Friday 26 June [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Job Sheldon (elected 1)	995	39.5
	Free Trade	Charles Collins (re-elected 2)	825	32.8
	Free Trade	John Mackay	697	27.7
Total formal votes			2,517	99.6
Informal votes			11	0.4
Turnout			1,660	51.6
	Labour win 1		(1 new seat)
	Member changed to Free Trade from Protectionist

1890 by-election

1890 Namoi colonial by-election

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: The Namoi
Wednesday 13 February [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Thomas Dangar (elected)	733	61.2
	Protectionist	William Buchanan	464	38.8
Total formal votes			1,197	97.0
Informal votes			37	3.0
Turnout			1,234	41.6
	Free Trade hold

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: The Namoi
Tuesday 22 February [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Thomas Dangar (elected)	762	65.0
	Free Trade	George Dale	411	35.0
Total formal votes			1,173	98.3
Informal votes			20	1.7
Turnout			1,193	47.4

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: The Namoi
Monday 26 October [29]

Candidate		Votes	%
Charles Collins (elected)		743	72.1
William Wright		288	27.9
Total formal votes		1,031	99.2
Informal votes		8	0.8
Turnout		1,039	48.0

The sitting member Thomas Dangar unsuccessfully contested The Gwydir.

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: The Namoi
Thursday 7 December [30]

Candidate		Votes	%
Thomas Dangar (re-elected)		532	71.9
R H Hyman		208	28.1
Total formal votes		740	96.2
Informal votes		29	3.8
Turnout		769	38.7

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: The Namoi
Wednesday 24 November [31]

Candidate		Votes	%
Thomas Dangar (re-elected)		unopposed
		(new seat)

Thomas Dangar was the sitting member for The Gwydir.

Notes

1. Albert Collins was supported by the Liberal Reform Party as having assisted in the work of the government and generally favourable to its policies.[23]

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