Electoral results for the district of Tenterfield

Tenterfield, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1859 to 1920 and from 1927 to 1981.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1859		Randolph Nott	None
1860		Robert Meston	None
1861 by		Hugh Gordon	None
1864
1869		Colin Fraser	None
1872		Robert Abbott	None
1874 by
1874
1877		John Dillon	None
1880
1882 by		Augustus Fraser	None
1882		Sir Henry Parkes	None
1884 by		Charles Lee	None
1885
1887			Free Trade
1889
1891
1894
1895
1898
1901			Liberal Reform
1904
1904 by
1907
1910
1913
1917			Nationalist
Election	Member		Party
1927		Michael Bruxner	Country
1930
1932
1935
1938
1941
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956
1959
1962		Tim Bruxner	Country
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978			National Country

Election results

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Tim Bruxner	11,819	59.4	-6.6
	Labor	Jim Curran	8,093	40.6	+6.6
Total formal votes			19,912	98.6	-0.2
Informal votes			274	1.4	+0.2
Turnout			20,186	93.4	-0.2
	National Country hold		Swing	-6.6

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tim Bruxner	12,979	66.0	-2.6
	Labor	Joseph Hughes	6,681	34.0	+2.6
Total formal votes			19,660	98.8	0.0
Informal votes			231	1.2	0.0
Turnout			19,891	93.6	+1.9
	Country hold		Swing	-2.6

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tim Bruxner	13,005	68.6	+12.1
	Labor	Alice Clifford	5,944	31.4	-7.8
Total formal votes			18,949	98.8
Informal votes			234	1.2
Turnout			19,183	91.7
	Country hold		Swing	+9.9

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tim Bruxner	9,683	56.5	-10.4
	Labor	Ronald Grafton	6,706	39.2	+6.1
	Independent	George Britz	736	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			17,125	99.0
Informal votes			169	1.0
Turnout			17,294	93.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Tim Bruxner	10,051	58.7	-8.2
	Labor	Ronald Grafton	7,074	41.3	+8.2
	Country hold		Swing	-8.2

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tim Bruxner	11,380	66.9	+9.8
	Labor	Ronald Grafton	5,622	33.1	-9.8
Total formal votes			17,002	98.8
Informal votes			211	1.2
Turnout			17,213	94.4
	Country hold		Swing	+9.8

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tim Bruxner	10,119	57.1	+6.4
	Labor	Eric Potter	7,614	42.9	−6.4
Total formal votes			17,733	98.9	−0.3
Informal votes			203	1.1	+0.3
Turnout			17,936	94.9	+0.6
	Country hold		Swing	+6.4

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Tim Bruxner	8,940	50.7	−17.3
	Labor	Eric Potter	8,675	49.3	+17.3
Total formal votes			17,615	99.2
Informal votes			147	0.8
Turnout			17,762	94.3
	Country hold		Swing	−17.3

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	9,280	68.1
	Labor	Herbert Pottie	4,352	31.9
Total formal votes			13,632	98.9
Informal votes			156	1.1
Turnout			13,788	91.9
	Country hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	8,585	60.1
	Labor	Frederick Cowley	5,688	39.9
Total formal votes			14,273	98.6
Informal votes			201	1.4
Turnout			14,474	93.8
	Country hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	9,669	60.0
	Independent Country	Ben Wade	6,445	40.0
Total formal votes			16,114	96.4
Informal votes			600	3.6
Turnout			16,714	92.1
	Country hold		Swing

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	8,613	67.7	+10.8
	Independent	Edward Ogilvie	4,103	32.3	+32.3
Total formal votes			12,716	97.5	-0.7
Informal votes			329	2.5	+0.7
Turnout			13,045	87.0	-5.1
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	7,797	56.9
	Labor	Edward Ogilvie	5,893	43.1
Total formal votes			13,690	98.2
Informal votes			248	1.8
Turnout			13,938	92.1
	Country hold		Swing

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	7,995	61.9	-38.1
	Independent	William McCotter	2,968	23.0	+23.0
	Independent	Edward Ogilvie	1,959	15.2	+15.2
Total formal votes			12,922	98.2
Informal votes			242	1.8
Turnout			13,164	94.4
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	unopposed
	Country hold		Swing

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	7,161	59.3
	Labor	Alfred Cameron	4,908	40.7
Total formal votes			12,069	98.7
Informal votes			161	1.3
Turnout			12,230	96.4
	Country hold		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Michael Bruxner	unopposed
	Country win		(new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles Lee	4,090	70.7
	Labor	William Sturgess	1,691	29.3
Total formal votes			5,781	99.1
Informal votes			50	0.9
Turnout			5,831	54.3
	Nationalist hold

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Charles Lee	unopposed
	Liberal Reform hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Charles Lee	4,495	59.4
	Labour	Reginald Whereat	2,226	29.4
	Independent	Robert Pyers	849	11.2
Total formal votes			7,570	97.9
Informal votes			162	2.1
Turnout			7,732	67.4
	Liberal Reform hold

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Charles Lee	3,111	53.1
	Independent	Robert Pyers	2,753	47.0
Total formal votes			5,864	97.0
Informal votes			182	3.0
Turnout			6,046	66.6
	Liberal Reform hold

1904 by-election

1904 Tenterfield by-election
Wednesday 14 September [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Charles Lee	2,470	61.7	+5.4
	Progressive	Robert Pyers	1,536	38.3	-5.4
Total formal votes			4,006	100.0	+0.7
Informal votes			0	0.0	-0.7
Turnout			4,006	59.6 [lower-alpha 1]	-0.1
	Liberal Reform hold		Swing	+5.4

Charles Lee was appointed Secretary for Public Works in the Carruthers ministry.[27]

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Charles Lee	2,247	56.3
	Progressive	Robert Pyers	1,742	43.7
Total formal votes			3,989	99.3
Informal votes			27	0.7
Turnout			4,016	59.7
	Liberal Reform hold

Tenterfield was expanded to include part of The Richmond. Charles Lee (Liberal Reform) was the member for Tenterfield while Robert Pyers (Progressive) was the member for The Richmond.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Charles Lee	unopposed
	Liberal Reform hold

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield [31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Charles Lee	704	53.1
	National Federal	John Reid	622	46.9
Total formal votes			1,326	98.7
Informal votes			17	1.3
Turnout			1,343	74.0
	Free Trade hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield [32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Charles Lee	805	67.6
	Protectionist	John Coxall	386	32.4
Total formal votes			1,191	99.8
Informal votes			3	0.3
Turnout			1,194	69.5
	Free Trade hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield [33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Charles Lee	729	51.9
	Labour	John Coxall	660	47.0
	Protectionist	Henry Campbell	16	1.1
Total formal votes			1,405	98.3
Informal votes			25	1.8
Turnout			1,430	82.2
	Free Trade hold

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Tuesday 16 June [34]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Charles Lee (elected)	unopposed
	Free Trade hold

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Saturday 16 February [35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Charles Lee (elected)	692	53.3
	Protectionist	Richard Stuart	606	46.7
Total formal votes			1,298	98.2
Informal votes			24	1.8
Turnout			1,322	52.9
	Free Trade hold

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Monday 21 February [36]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Charles Lee (re-elected)	672	65.8
	Protectionist	William Richardson	350	34.3
Total formal votes			1,022	97.4
Informal votes			27	2.6
Turnout			1,049	45.1

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Friday 30 October [37]

Candidate		Votes	%
Charles Lee (re-elected)		unopposed

1884 by-election

1884 Tenterfield colonial by-election

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Friday 8 December [38]

Candidate		Votes	%
Sir Henry Parkes (elected)		unopposed

. Sir Henry Parkes unsuccessfully contested East Sydney and nominated for both St Leonards and then Tenterfield. Parkes then withdrew from St Leonards.

1882 by-election

1882 Tenterfield colonial by-election

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Monday 22 November [39]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Dillon (re-elected)		381	70.0
William Christie		163	30.0
Total formal votes		544	96.5
Informal votes		20	3.6
Turnout		564	40.0

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Saturday 3 November [40]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Dillon (elected)		642	40.9
Robert Abbott (defeated)		518	33.0
Alexander Murray		410	26.1
Total formal votes		1,570	97.3
Informal votes		44	2.7
Turnout		1,614	38.3

1874

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Tuesday 29 December 1874 [41]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Abbott (re-elected)		999	58.8
Colin Fraser		624	36.7
W Bourke		77	4.5
Total formal votes		1,700	94.8
Informal votes		93	5.2
Turnout		1,793	49.6

1874 by-election

1874 Tenterfield by-election
Monday 24 August [42]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Abbott (re-elected)		658	74.7
Edward Jones		223	25.3
Total formal votes		881	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		881	24.4

Robert Abbott was appointed Secretary for Mines in the first Parkes ministry.[42]

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Tuesday 12 March [43]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Abbott (elected)		453	55.6
Colin Fraser (defeated)		362	44.4
Total formal votes		815	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		827	47.6

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Thursday 23 December 1869 [44]

Candidate		Votes	%
Colin Fraser (elected)		397	43.2
Robert Abbott		308	33.5
James Williamson		215	23.4
Total formal votes		920	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		920	55.7

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Saturday 24 December 1864 [45]

Candidate		Votes	%
Hugh Gordon (re-elected)		290	52.6
Peel Raymond		261	47.4
Total formal votes		551	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		551	58.7

1861 by-election

1861 Tenterfield colonial by-election

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Saturday 15 December [46]

Candidate		Votes	%
Robert Meston (elected)		140	69.3
John Ross		62	30.7
Total formal votes		202	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		202	43.3

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Tenterfield
Friday 24 June [47]

Candidate		Votes	%
Randolph Nott (elected)		99	55.3
Robert Meston		80	44.7
Total formal votes		179	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		179	32.8

Notes

1. estimate based on an electoral roll of 6,724 at the August 1904 election.[28]

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