Wammerawa was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales, created in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and named after an alternative name for the Macquarie River. It mainly replaced Mudgee, Castlereagh and Liverpool Plains and elected three members simultaneously. In 1927, it was split into Mudgee, Castlereagh and Liverpool Plains.[1][2][3]
Members for Wammerawa
| Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | Member | Party | Term | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Dunn [4] | Labor | 1920–1927 | Joseph Clark [5] | Labor | 1920–1922 | William Ashford [6] | Nationalist | 1920–1922 | |||
| Harold Thorby [7] | Progressive | 1922–1927 | Independent | 1922 | |||||||
| Joseph Clark [5] | Labor | 1922–1927 | |||||||||
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 6,717 | ||||
| Labor | Bill Dunn (elected 1) | 8,680 | 32.3 | +6.2 | |
| Labor | Joseph Clark (elected 2) | 5,078 | 18.9 | +0.6 | |
| Labor | John Ritchie | 1,352 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
| Progressive | Harold Thorby (elected 3) | 4,664 | 17.4 | +6.5 | |
| Progressive | Alfred Yeo | 788 | 2.9 | +2.9 | |
| Progressive | Samuel Armstrong | 721 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
| Nationalist | Harold Blackett | 3,367 | 12.5 | +12.5 | |
| Nationalist | John Macdonald | 1,566 | 5.8 | +0.8 | |
| Nationalist | Henry Buttsworth | 650 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 26,866 | 97.0 | +0.7 | ||
| Informal votes | 823 | 3.0 | -0.7 | ||
| Turnout | 27,689 | 72.9 | +1.6 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labor | 15,110 | 56.2 | +8.7 | ||
| Progressive | 6,173 | 23.0 | -6.2 | ||
| Nationalist | 5,583 | 20.8 | +8.6 | ||
References
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ "Mr (Captain) William Fraser Dunn (1877-1951)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Mr Joseph Alfred Clark (1872–1951)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ "The Hon. William George Ashford (1874-1925)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Harold Victor Campbell Thorby (1888–1973)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1925 Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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