Electoral results for the district of Raleigh

Raleigh, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1981.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1894		Patrick Hogan	Protectionist
1895		John McLaughlin	Independent
1898
1901		George Briner	Progressive
1904
1907			Independent Liberal
1910
1913			Country Party Association
1917			Nationalist
Election	Member		Party
1927		Roy Vincent	Country
1930
1932
1935
1938
1941
1944
1947
1950
1953		Radford Gamack	Country
1956
1959		Jim Brown	Country
1962
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978

Election results

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Jim Brown	13,584	55.3	-8.0
	Labor	Joseph Moran	10,975	44.7	+8.0
Total formal votes			24,559	98.8	0.0
Informal votes			306	1.2	0.0
Turnout			24,865	94.4	-0.5
	National Country hold		Swing	-8.0

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Brown	14,502	63.3	-5.1
	Labor	Joseph Moran	8,402	36.7	+5.1
Total formal votes			22,905	98.8	+0.3
Informal votes			280	1.2	-0.3
Turnout			23,185	94.9	+0.4
	Country hold		Swing	-5.1

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Brown	14,347	68.4	+8.0
	Labor	Ken Reed	6,613	31.6	+0.8
Total formal votes			20,960	98.5
Informal votes			309	1.5
Turnout			21,269	94.5
	Country hold		Swing	+2.9

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Brown	11,423	60.4	+4.4
	Labor	Sydney Dodds	5,830	30.8	+2.6
	Independent	Andrew Boyton	1,648	8.7	+8.7
Total formal votes			18,901	99.0
Informal votes			197	1.0
Turnout			19,098	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jim Brown	12,377	65.5	-2.4
	Labor	Sydney Dodds	6,524	34.5	+2.4
	Country hold		Swing	-2.4

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Brown	12,466	56.0	-8.2
	Labor	Robert Melville	6,272	28.2	-7.6
	New Staters	Aubrey Barker	3,514	15.8	+15.8
Total formal votes			22,252	98.7
Informal votes			286	1.3
Turnout			22,538	96.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jim Brown	15,102	67.9	+3.7
	Labor	Robert Melville	7,150	32.1	-3.7
	Country hold		Swing	+3.7

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Brown	10,972	64.2	+0.7
	Labor	Robert Melville	6,114	35.8	−0.7
Total formal votes			17,086	99.2	−0.1
Informal votes			143	0.8	+0.1
Turnout			17,229	96.7	+0.6
	Country hold		Swing	+0.7

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Jim Brown	10,960	63.5	+27.7
	Labor	Trevor Owens	6,302	36.5	+1.4
Total formal votes			17,262	99.3
Informal votes			116	0.7
Turnout			17,378	96.1
	Country hold		Swing	+3.2

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Bailey	7,775	40.1
	Country	Jim Brown	5,967	30.8
	Independent Country	Radford Gamack	5,639	29.1
Total formal votes			19,381	99.0
Informal votes			189	1.0
Turnout			19,570	94.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Jim Brown	10,776	55.6
	Labor	William Bailey	8,605	44.4
	Country hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Radford Gamack	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clyde Reid	7,121	37.6
	Country	Radford Gamack	6,918	36.5
	Independent	Gordon Patterson	3,828	20.2
	Country	William Burns	1,092	5.8
Total formal votes			18,959	98.4
Informal votes			317	1.6
Turnout			19,276	96.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Radford Gamack	11,150	58.8
	Labor	Clyde Reid	7,809	41.2
	Country hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Vincent	unopposed
	Country hold

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Vincent	11,479	67.7	+5.6
	Independent Labor	Millicent Christian	5,477	32.3	+32.3
Total formal votes			16,956	98.8	+0.8
Informal votes			198	1.2	-0.8
Turnout			17,154	95.0	+0.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Vincent	8,948	62.1	+24.1
	Labor	Norman Long	5,453	37.9	+2.0
Total formal votes			14,401	98.0	-0.5
Informal votes			290	2.0	+0.5
Turnout			14,691	94.1	+0.5
	Country hold		Swing	+5.5

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Vincent	5,609	38.0
	Labor	John Howard	5,305	35.9
	Country	Les Jordan	3,853	26.1
Total formal votes			14,767	98.5
Informal votes			221	1.5
Turnout			14,988	93.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Roy Vincent	8,362	56.6
	Labor	John Howard	6,405	43.4
	Country hold		Swing

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Vincent	8,659	56.2	-1.3
	Independent	Les Jordan	5,429	35.2	+35.2
	Labor	John Devine	1,316	8.5	+8.5
Total formal votes			15,404	98.1	-0.2
Informal votes			297	1.9	+0.2
Turnout			15,701	95.1	-0.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Vincent	8,719	57.5	-19.6
	Independent	Arthur Wallace	6,435	42.5	+42.5
Total formal votes			15,154	98.3	0.0
Informal votes			268	1.7	0.0
Turnout			15,422	96.0	-0.3
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Vincent	10,537	77.1	+21.1
	Labor (NSW)	David Walker	3,133	22.9	-8.0
Total formal votes			13,670	98.3	+0.6
Informal votes			239	1.7	-0.6
Turnout			13,909	96.3	+0.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Vincent	7,190	56.0
	Labor	Charles Booth	3,966	30.9
	Independent Country	Henry Wood	1,522	11.8
	Independent	Theodore McLennan	161	1.3
Total formal votes			12,839	97.7
Informal votes			302	2.3
Turnout			13,141	96.1
	Country hold		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Roy Vincent	8,172	73.3
	Labor	John Connolly	2,979	26.7
Total formal votes			11,151	98.9
Informal votes			120	1.1
Turnout			11,271	78.3
	Country win		(new seat)

District re-created

1920 - 1927

District abolished District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	George Briner	4,072	64.7	+64.7
	Labor	Francis Collins	2,221	35.3	+21.4
Total formal votes			6,293	99.2	+2.6
Informal votes			235	3.4	-2.6
Turnout			6,344	54.1	-9.8
	Nationalist hold

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Party Association	George Briner	3,047	45.9
	Liberal Reform	Henry Boultwood	2,663	40.1
	Labor	Theodore McLennan	925	13.9
Total formal votes			6,635	96.6
Informal votes			235	3.4
Turnout			6,870	63.9

1913 New South Wales state election: Raleigh - Second Round
Saturday 20 December [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country Party Association	George Briner	3,925	59.1
	Liberal Reform	Henry Boultwood	2,713	40.9
Total formal votes			6,638	99.1
Informal votes			59	0.9
Turnout			6,697	62.3
	Member changed to Country Party Association from Independent Liberal

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	George Briner	4,981	78.28
	Labour	Clem Johnson	1,382	21.72
Total formal votes			6,363	96.89
Informal votes			204	3.11
Turnout			6,567	61.45
	Member changed to Independent Liberal from Progressive (defunct)

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Former Progressive	George Briner	2,772	64.3
	Independent Liberal	John McLaughlin	1,172	27.2
	Labour	William McCristal	370	8.6
Total formal votes			4,314	94.7
Informal votes			244	5.4
Turnout			4,558	55.9
	Former Progressive hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	George Briner	2,173	58.1
	Liberal Reform	John Davis	1,099	29.4
	Independent	Thomas Lobban	471	12.6
Total formal votes			3,743	99.4
Informal votes			23	0.6
Turnout			3,766	58.6
	Progressive hold

Raleigh lost part of the district to The Clarence and was expanded to include much of The Clarence. The member for Raleigh was George Briner (Progressive). The member for The Clarence was John McFarlane (Progressive) who successfully contested that seat.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	George Briner	827	51.1	+12.8
	Independent	Henry Boltwood	470	29.0
	Independent	Richard Cooke	154	9.5
	Independent Progressive	Eugene Rudder	101	6.2
	Independent	Jeremiah Mannix	67	4.1
Total formal votes			1,619	99.0	-0.3
Informal votes			16	1.0	+0.3
Turnout			1,635	68.6	+5.7
	Progressive gain from Independent

The sitting member John McLaughlin (Independent) did not contest the election.

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Raleigh [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	John McLaughlin	814	61.8
	National Federal	Patrick Hogan	504	38.2
Total formal votes			1,318	99.3
Informal votes			9	0.7
Turnout			1,327	62.9
	Member changed to Independent from Ind. Protectionist

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Raleigh [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Protectionist	John McLaughlin	567	47.8
	Free Trade	James Gregg	313	26.4
	Ind. Protectionist	George Briner	287	24.2
	Ind. Protectionist	Eugene Rudder	20	1.7
Total formal votes			1,187	99.3
Informal votes			9	0.8
Turnout			1,196	67.6
	Ind. Protectionist gain from Protectionist

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Raleigh [31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Patrick Hogan	399	27.8
	Ind. Protectionist	John McLaughlin	379	26.5
	Ind. Protectionist	John Lynn	253	17.7
	Independent Labour	James Gregg	230	16.1
	Independent	Eugene Rudder	83	5.8
	Ind. Protectionist	William Pullen	66	4.6
	Free Trade	Joseph McKay	23	1.6
Total formal votes			1,433	98.7
Informal votes			19	1.3
Turnout			1,452	81.3
	Protectionist win		(new seat)

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