Electoral results for the district of Redfern

Redfern, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1880 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1968.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1880		Alfred Fremlin	None		John Sutherland	None
1882 by					Francis Wright	None	Member		Party
1882								John Sutherland	None
1885		Arthur Renwick	None		Thomas Williamson	None				Member		Party
1887		William Stephen	Free Trade		William Schey	Free Trade			Free Trade		James Farnell	Free Trade
1888 by											James Howe	Protectionist
1889					Charles Goodchap	Protectionist
1889 by								William Schey	Protectionist
1891		James McGowen	Labour		Henry Hoyle	Protectionist					William Sharp	Labour
1894
1895
1898
1901
1904
1907
1910
1913
1917		William McKell	Labor
Election	Member		Party
1927		William McKell	Labor
1930
1932			Labor (NSW)
1935
1938			Labor
1941
1944
1947		George Noble	Labor
1949 by		Kevin Dwyer	Labor
1950		Fred Green	Labor
1953
1956
1959
1962
1965

Election results

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Redfern [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Green	14,453	72.4	−9.4
	Liberal	Gerald Bayliss	4,811	24.1	+10.7
	Communist	Cecil Sharrock	703	3.5	−1.4
Total formal votes			19,967	96.6	−1.2
Informal votes			692	3.4	+1.2
Turnout			20,659	91.1	+0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Green	15,015	75.2	−10.5
	Liberal	Gerald Bayliss	4,952	24.8	+10.5
	Labor hold		Swing	−10.5

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Redfern [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Green	18,284	81.8	+2.3
	Liberal	Peter Kamperogianis	2,987	13.4	−3.5
	Communist	Henry Hatfield	1,090	4.9	+1.2
Total formal votes			22,361	97.8
Informal votes			503	2.2
Turnout			22,864	91.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Green	19,156	85.7	+3.5
	Liberal	Peter Kamperogianis	3,205	14.3	−3.5
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.5

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Redfern [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Green	15,520	76.5
	Liberal	Mary Beckett	4,032	19.9
	Communist	Arthur Shipton	744	3.7
Total formal votes			20,296	97.4
Informal votes			540	2.6
Turnout			20,836	92.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Green	16,115	79.4
	Liberal	Mary Beckett	4,181	20.6
	Labor hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Redfern [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Green	16,584	90.4	−2.3
	Communist	Arthur Shipton	1,754	9.6	+2.3
Total formal votes			18,338	93.5	−0.4
Informal votes			1,265	6.5	+0.4
Turnout			19,603	93.6	+1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	−2.3

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Redfern [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Green	18,484	92.7
	Communist	Henry Hatfield	1,464	7.3
Total formal votes			19,948	93.9
Informal votes			1,295	6.1
Turnout			21,243	92.2
	Labor hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Redfern [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Green	14,981	74.0
	Liberal	Phillip Pethers	3,401	16.8
	Independent Labor	Frederick Fairbrother	1,129	5.6
	Communist	Mervyn Pidcock	738	3.6
Total formal votes			20,249	96.7
Informal votes			684	3.3
Turnout			20,933	92.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Green		81.0 [lower-alpha 1]
	Liberal	Phillip Pethers		19.0
	Labor hold		Swing

1949 by-election

1949 Redfern state by-election

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Redfern [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	George Noble	13,015	65.7	+4.8
	Lang Labor	Edward Waters	3,785	19.1	-20.0
	Protestant Labor	Frederick Fairbrother	1,727	8.7	+8.7
	Communist	Jack Miles	1,281	6.5	+6.5
Total formal votes			19,808	95.9	-0.5
Informal votes			856	4.1	+0.5
Turnout			20,664	94.2	+2.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Redfern [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William McKell	11,299	60.9	-16.4
	Lang Labor	Patrick Tyrrell	7,246	39.1	+39.1
Total formal votes			18,545	96.4	+0.3
Informal votes			688	3.6	-0.3
Turnout			19,233	91.9	-0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Redfern [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William McKell	14,299	77.3
	State Labor	Sid Conway	4,201	22.7
Total formal votes			18,500	96.1
Informal votes			747	3.9
Turnout			19,247	92.7
	Labor hold		Swing

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Redfern [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William McKell	unopposed
	Labor hold

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Redfern [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	William McKell	13,981	91.1	+17.7
	Communist	Robert McWilliams	1,373	8.9	+7.9
Total formal votes			15,354	92.2	-5.9
Informal votes			1,295	7.8	+5.9
Turnout			16,649	96.0	-0.2
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Redfern [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	William McKell	12,190	73.4	-13.7
	United Australia	John Wright	3,557	21.4	+9.8
	Federal Labor	Harold Sutton	696	4.2	+4.2
	Communist	Jean Thomson-Marsh	170	1.0	-0.3
Total formal votes			16,613	98.1	+0.2
Informal votes			326	1.9	-0.2
Turnout			16,939	96.2	+1.7
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Redfern [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William McKell	14,676	87.1
	Nationalist	James Correy	1,953	11.6
	Communist	Jean Thomson-Marsh	224	1.3
Total formal votes			16,853	97.9
Informal votes			353	2.1
Turnout			17,206	94.5
	Labor hold		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Redfern [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William McKell	9,871	75.5
	Nationalist	Frederick Meiklejohn	3,197	24.5
Total formal votes			13,068	97.8
Informal votes			294	2.2
Turnout			13,362	81.2
	Labor win		(new seat)

District re-created

1920 - 1927

District abolished District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Redfern [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William McKell	4,757	66.2	-2.2
	Nationalist	James McGowen	2,388	33.2	+3.5
	Ind. Socialist Labor	Henry Ostler	42	0.6	-1.4
Total formal votes			7,187	99.1	+1.5
Informal votes			64	0.9	-1.5
Turnout			7,251	60.6	-1.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.2

The sitting member James McGowen was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split split over conscription.[19]

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Redfern [20][21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James McGowen	4,840	68.4
	Liberal Reform	George Howe	2,100	29.7
	Socialist Labor	Henry Ostler	140	2.0
Total formal votes			7,080	97.6
Informal votes			177	2.4
Turnout			7,257	62.0
	Labor hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Redfern [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McGowen	4,411	70.27
	Liberal Reform	John Fegan	1,866	29.73
Total formal votes			6,277	97.29
Informal votes			175	2.71
Turnout			6,452	68.35
	Labour hold

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Redfern [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McGowen	3,222	53.4
	Liberal Reform	George Howe	2,811	46.6
Total formal votes			6,033	97.6
Informal votes			149	2.4
Turnout			6,182	71.5
	Labour hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Redfern [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McGowen	2,984	55.0
	Liberal Reform	George Howe	2,401	44.3
	Socialist Labor	Henry Ostler	40	0.7
Total formal votes			5,425	98.7
Informal votes			72	1.3
Turnout			5,497	60.7
	Labour hold

Redfern was expanded to include part of the abolished seat of Darlington. The member for Redfern was James McGowen (Labour). The member for Darlington was Phillip Sullivan (Labour) who successfully contested Phillip.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Redfern [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McGowen	1,560	68.9	+13.8
	Liberal Reform	Peter McNaught	608	26.9	+26.9
	Independent	Joseph Butterfield	96	4.2	+3.5
Total formal votes			2,264	99.5	+0.3
Informal votes			11	0.5	-0.3
Turnout			2,275	61.1	+4.4
	Labour hold

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McGowen	916	55.2
	National Federal	William Cameron	726	43.7
	Independent Federalist	Joseph Butterfield	13	0.8
	Independent	William Hunter	6	0.4
Total formal votes			1,661	99.2
Informal votes			13	0.8
Turnout			1,674	56.7
	Labour hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McGowen	948	59.1
	Protectionist	Henry Hoyle	614	38.3
	Ind. Free Trade	Samuel Bradley	43	2.7
Total formal votes			1,605	99.6
Informal votes			6	0.4
Turnout			1,611	62.8
	Labour hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McGowen	800	37.1
	Protectionist	Henry Hoyle	590	27.4
	Free Trade	Samuel Bradley	497	23.1
	Ind. Free Trade	William Coombes	144	6.7
	Ind. Free Trade	William Poole	124	5.8
Total formal votes			2,155	99.0
Informal votes			22	1.0
Turnout			2,177	84.6
	Labour win		(previously 4 members)

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Wednesday 17 June [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Henry Hoyle (elected 1)	2,982	11.8
	Protectionist	William Schey (re-elected 2)	2,768	10.9
	Labour	James McGowen (elected 3)	2,712	10.7
	Labour	William Sharp (elected 4)	2,686	10.6
	Protectionist	James Howe (defeated)	2,632	10.4
	Free Trade	George Anderson	2,629	10.4
	Free Trade	William Stephen (defeated)	2,535	10.0
	Free Trade	William Manuell	2,279	9.0
	Free Trade	John Beveridge	2,184	8.6
	Protectionist	George Garton	1,240	4.9
	Ind. Free Trade	William Coombes	724	2.9
Total formal votes			25,371	99.1
Informal votes			219	0.9
Turnout			7,479	75.1
	Protectionist hold 2
	Labour gain 2 from Free Trade

1889 by-election

1889 Redfern colonial by-election

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Saturday 2 February [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	John Sutherland (elected 1)	2,988	13.8
	Protectionist	James Howe (elected 2)	2,896	13.3
	Free Trade	William Stephen (elected 3)	2,574	11.9
	Protectionist	Charles Goodchap (elected 4)	2,528	11.6
	Protectionist	David Davis	2,480	11.4
	Protectionist	Thomas Williamson	2,429	11.2
	Free Trade	George Anderson	2,414	11.1
	Free Trade	John Beveridge	2,397	11.0
	Protectionist	William Schey	1,023	4.7
Total formal votes			21,729	98.5
Informal votes			323	1.5
Turnout			6,035	64.7
	Protectionist gain 2 from Free Trade
	Free Trade hold 2

James Howe (Protectionist) won a seat at a by-election in 1888 and retained it at this election. William Schey had been elected as a Free Trade member in Redfern however changed to the Protectionist party for this election.

1888 by-election

1888 Redfern colonial by-election

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Saturday 5 February [31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	John Sutherland (re-elected 1)	3,582	23.2
	Free Trade	James Farnell (elected 2)	2,644	17.1
	Free Trade	William Stephen (elected 3)	2,599	16.8
	Free Trade	William Schey (elected 4)	2,407	15.6
	Protectionist	Arthur Renwick (defeated)	1,938	12.6
	Protectionist	James Howe	1,803	11.7
	Protectionist	Alfred Fremlin	467	3.0
Total formal votes			15,440	99.3
Informal votes			103	0.7
Turnout			5,053	58.8
			(1 new seat)

1886 by-election

1886 Redfern colonial by-election

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Friday 16 October [32]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Sutherland (re-elected 1)		2,806	25.3
Arthur Renwick (elected 2)		2,137	19.3
Thomas Williamson (elected 3)		2,009	18.1
William Stephens		1,861	16.8
Francis Wright (defeated)		1,232	11.1
John Martin		1,042	9.4
Total formal votes		11,087	98.9
Informal votes		125	1.1
Turnout		5,325	69.4

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Monday 4 December [33]

Candidate		Votes	%
Francis Wright (re-elected 1)		2,209	28.2
Alfred Fremlin (re-elected 2)		2,075	26.5
John Sutherland (elected 3)		1,992	25.4
Thomas Williamson		1,555	19.9
Total formal votes		7,831	99.6
Informal votes		34	0.4
Turnout		3,533	59.4
		(1 new seat)

1882 by-election

1882 Redfern by-election
Monday 23 January [34]

Candidate		Votes	%
Francis Wright (elected)		1,704	67.5
John Williamson		819	32.5
Total formal votes		2,523	98.5
Informal votes		37	1.5
Turnout		2,560	47.8

John Sutherland resigned.[34]

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Redfern
Friday 19 November [35]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Sutherland (elected 1)		2,386	40.3
Alfred Fremlin (elected 2)		2,209	37.3
Patrick Stanley		757	12.8
Patrick Hogan		567	9.6
Total formal votes		5,919	99.1
Informal votes		55	0.9
Turnout		3,567	66.0
		(new seat)

Notes

1. Two party preferred vote was estimated.

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