Electoral results for the district of Young

Young, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, from 1880 until 1904 and from 1927 until 1981.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party	Member		Party
1880		James Watson	None		William Watson	None
1882		Gerald Spring	None		James Mackinnon	None
1885					William Watson	None
1885 re-count					James Mackinnon	None
1887		James Gordon	Free Trade			Protectionist
1889		John Gough	Protectionist
1891			Labour			Labour
1894		Chris Watson	Labour
1895
1898
1901		George Burgess	Labour
Member		Party	Term
1927		Albert Reid	Country
1930		Clarrie Martin	Labor
1932		Albert Reid	Country
1935
1938
1941		Fred Cahill	Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956
1959		George Freudenstein	Country
1962
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978

Election results

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Young [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	George Freudenstein	11,625	53.0	-5.4
	Labor	Timothy West	10,287	47.0	+5.4
Total formal votes			21,912	98.4	-0.2
Informal votes			351	1.6	+0.2
Turnout			22,263	94.7	-0.3
	National Country hold		Swing	-5.4

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Young [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Freudenstein	12,394	58.4	+1.0
	Labor	Timothy West	8,818	41.6	+2.8
Total formal votes			21,212	98.6	-0.6
Informal votes			304	1.4	+0.6
Turnout			21,516	95.0	0.0
	Country hold		Swing	-2.0

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Young [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Freudenstein	11,671	57.4	+9.0
	Labor	Kenneth Gunn	7,887	38.8	-6.1
	Democratic Labor	John Hawkins	764	3.8	-2.9
Total formal votes			20,322	99.2
Informal votes			161	0.8
Turnout			20,483	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	George Freudenstein	12,282	60.4	+6.6
	Labor	Kenneth Gunn	8,040	39.6	-6.6
	Country hold		Swing	+6.6

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Young [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Freudenstein	9,192	48.4	-10.9
	Labor	Jeffrey Condron	8,527	44.9	+9.6
	Democratic Labor	John Hogan	1,266	6.7	+1.2
Total formal votes			18,985	98.9
Informal votes			210	1.1
Turnout			19,195	95.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	George Freudenstein	10,210	53.8	-9.8
	Labor	Jeffrey Condron	8,775	46.2	+9.8
	Country hold		Swing	-9.8

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Young [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Freudenstein	11,374	59.3	-3.2
	Labor	Kevin Whalan	6,769	35.3	-2.2
	Democratic Labor	James Manwaring	1,045	5.4	+5.4
Total formal votes			19,188	98.4
Informal votes			305	1.6
Turnout			19,493	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	George Freudenstein	12,210	63.6	+1.1
	Labor	Kevin Whalan	6,978	36.4	-1.1
	Country hold		Swing	+1.1

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Young [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Freudenstein	11,987	62.5	+8.9
	Labor	Robert Rygate	7,192	37.5	−4.3
Total formal votes			19,179	99.1	−0.1
Informal votes			167	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			19,346	95.8	−0.1
	Country hold		Swing	+5.2

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Young [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Freudenstein	9,991	53.6	+19.1
	Labor	Peter Kelly	7,800	41.8	+2.9
	Democratic Labor	Ronald Silk	862	4.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			18,653	99.2
Informal votes			150	0.8
Turnout			18,803	95.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	George Freudenstein	10,681	57.3	−1.0
	Labor	Peter Kelly	7,972	42.7	+1.0
	Country hold		Swing	+1.0

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Young [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernest McDermott	7,322	38.9
	Country	George Freudenstein	6,495	34.5
	Liberal	Raymond Oliver	4,245	22.6
	Democratic Labor	John Hogan	743	4.0
Total formal votes			18,805	99.0
Informal votes			195	1.0
Turnout			19,000	95.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	George Freudenstein	10,967	58.3
	Labor	Ernest McDermott	7,838	41.7
	Country gain from Labor		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Young [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Cahill	9,371	49.0	−8.2
	Liberal	Raymond Oliver	4,904	25.6	+25.6
	Country	George Freudenstein	4,858	25.4	−17.4
Total formal votes			19,133	99.2	+0.1
Informal votes			151	0.8	−0.1
Turnout			19,284	95.1	−0.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Cahill	9,746	50.9	−6.3
	Liberal	Raymond Oliver	9,387	49.1	+6.3
	Labor hold		Swing	−6.3

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Young [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Cahill	10,802	57.2
	Country	Reg Hailstone	8,086	42.8
Total formal votes			18,888	99.1
Informal votes			161	0.9
Turnout			19,049	95.6

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Young [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Cahill	9,568	51.4
	Country	Douglas Beard	5,282	28.4
	Liberal	Percy Richardson	3,761	20.2
Total formal votes			18,611	99.3
Informal votes			135	0.7
Turnout			18,746	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Cahill		53.0
	Country	Douglas Beard		47.0
	Labor hold		Swing

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Young [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Cahill	7,648	52.7	-5.4
	Liberal	Percy Richardson	3,936	27.1	+27.1
	Country	John Collins	2,937	20.2
Total formal votes			14,521	99.3	+0.9
Informal votes			103	0.7	-0.9
Turnout			14,624	96.1	+5.1
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Young [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Fred Cahill	7,758	58.1	+25.9
	Country	Valentine Bragg	5,607	41.9	-4.3
Total formal votes			13,365	98.4	-0.9
Informal votes			210	1.6	+0.9
Turnout			13,575	91.0	-3.7
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.8

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Young [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Reid	6,561	46.2
	Labor	Fred Cahill	4,579	32.2
	Independent Labor	Stanley Neagle	3,062	21.6
Total formal votes			14,202	99.3
Informal votes			97	0.7
Turnout			14,299	94.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Fred Cahill	7,431	52.3
	Country	Albert Reid	6,772	47.7
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Young [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Reid	7,522	53.9	+0.2
	Labor	Reginald Phillips	6,435	46.1	-0.2
Total formal votes			13,957	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			145	1.0	-0.3
Turnout			14,102	97.3	+0.7
	Country hold		Swing	+0.2

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Young [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Reid	7,480	53.7	+5.0
	Labor (NSW)	Stanley Neagle	6,460	46.3	+6.2
Total formal votes			13,940	98.7	+0.2
Informal votes			190	1.3	-0.2
Turnout			14,130	96.6	-0.2
	Country hold		Swing	-5.5

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Young [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Reid	6,391	48.7	+9.7
	Labor (NSW)	Clarrie Martin	5,258	40.1	-6.5
	Country	Mark Whitby	1,467	11.2	+11.2
Total formal votes			13,116	98.5	-0.2
Informal votes			193	1.5	+0.2
Turnout			13,309	96.8	+1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Albert Reid	7,762	59.2	+12.4
	Labor (NSW)	Clarrie Martin	5,354	40.8	-12.4
	Country gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	+12.4

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Young [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Martin	6,026	46.6
	Country	Albert Reid	5,040	39.0
	Independent	Peter Loughlin	1,858	14.4
Total formal votes			12,924	98.7
Informal votes			170	1.3
Turnout			13,094	95.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clarrie Martin	6,869	53.2
	Country	Albert Reid	6,055	46.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Young [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Albert Reid	4,349	35.2
	Independent Labor	Peter Loughlin	4,082	33.0
	Labor	George McCarthy	3,932	31.8
Total formal votes			12,363	99.2
Informal votes			104	0.8
Turnout			12,467	84.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Country	Albert Reid	4,603	50.3
	Independent Labor	Peter Loughlin	4,542	49.7
	Country win		(new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Young [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Burgess	833	39.4	-19.3
	Independent	Alphonso Tewksbury	614	29.1
	Independent	Thomas Spring	348	16.5
	Independent	John Lynch	269	12.7
	Liberal Reform	James Rankin	49	2.3
Total formal votes			2,113	100.0	+0.8
Informal votes			0	0.0	-0.8
Turnout			2,113	70.1	-2.3
	Labour hold

The sitting member was Chris Watson (Labour) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Bland.

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Young [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Watson	1,244	58.7
	National Federal	Richard O'Connor	876	41.3
Total formal votes			2,120	99.2
Informal votes			18	0.8
Turnout			2,138	72.4
	Labour hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Young [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Watson	900	57.8
	Protectionist	John Forsythe	656	42.2
Total formal votes			1,556	99.2
Informal votes			12	0.8
Turnout			1,568	68.7
	Labour hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Young [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Chris Watson	703	44.6
	Protectionist	John Gough	401	25.4
	Protectionist	James Mackinnon	400	25.4
	Ind. Free Trade	William Lewis	74	4.7
Total formal votes			1,578	98.6
Informal votes			23	1.4
Turnout			1,601	68.8
	Labour win		(new seat)

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Young
Saturday 27 June [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Mackinnon (re-elected 1)	1,394	32.6
	Labour	John Gough (re-elected 2)	1,319	30.9
	Free Trade	James Gordon	903	21.1
	Free Trade	William Lucas	657	15.4
Total formal votes			4,273	98.9
Informal votes			48	1.1
Turnout			2,296	72.0
	2 Members changed to Labour from Protectionist

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Young
Saturday 9 February [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	John Gough (elected 1)	931	24.8
	Protectionist	James Mackinnon (elected 2)	917	24.5
	Free Trade	James Gordon	902	24.1
	Free Trade	William Lucas	512	13.7
	Protectionist	John Miller	487	13.0
Total formal votes			3,749	98.9
Informal votes			40	1.1
Turnout			2,287	69.5
	Protectionist win 1 and gain 1 from Free Trade

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Young
Saturday 19 February [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	James Gordon (elected 1)	1,095	30.7
	Protectionist	James Mackinnon (re-elected 2)	1,053	29.5
	Protectionist	Gerald Spring (defeated)	922	25.8
	Free Trade	William Lucas	498	14.0
Total formal votes			3,568	99.3
Informal votes			24	0.7
Turnout			2,206	64.4

1885 re-count

1885 Young colonial election re-count

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Young
Thursday 22 October [30]

Candidate		Votes	%
Gerald Spring (re-elected 1)		1,270	38.6
William Watson (elected 2)		1,011	30.7
James Mackinnon (defeated)		1,009	30.7
Total formal votes		3,290	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		3,290	47.0

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Young
Monday 4 December [31]

Candidate		Votes	%
Gerald Spring (elected 1)		1,097	40.7
James Mackinnon (elected 2)		799	29.7
James Watson (defeated)		797	29.6
Total formal votes		2,693	98.2
Informal votes		50	1.8
Turnout		2,743	39.7

James Watson was subsequently unsuccessful in contesting Illawarra.

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Young
Monday 22 November [32]

Candidate		Votes	%
James Watson (re-elected 1)		968	30.3
William Watson (elected 2)		841	26.4
John Heaton		726	22.8
Patrick Crowe		656	20.6
Total formal votes		3,191	98.6
Informal votes		44	1.4
Turnout		1,644	53.9
		(new seat)

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