Electoral results for the district of Petersham

Petersham, 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 1930 to 1941.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1894   Llewellyn Jones Ind. Free Trade
1895   Free Trade
1898   John Cohen Protectionist
1901   Liberal Reform
1904
1907
1910
1913
1917   Nationalist
1919 by   Sydney Shillington Nationalist
 
Election Member Party
1930   Joe Lamaro Labor
1932   Eric Solomon United Australia
1935
1938

Election results

Elections in the 1930s

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Petersham [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Eric Solomon 9,033 50.5 +1.4
Labor Bill Sheahan 8,861 49.5 +4.4
Total formal votes 17,894 98.3 +0.2
Informal votes 307 1.7 -0.2
Turnout 18,201 97.1 +1.2
United Australia hold Swing -1.3

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Petersham [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Eric Solomon 8,701 49.1 -0.3
Labor (NSW) Bill Sheahan 7,995 45.1 +1.8
Federal Labor Patrick Colbourne 749 4.2 -2.9
Independent Jervis Blackman 286 1.6 +1.6
Total formal votes 17,731 98.1 -0.5
Informal votes 341 1.9 +0.5
Turnout 18,072 95.9 -0.2
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Eric Solomon 9,178 51.8 -1.7
Labor (NSW) Patrick Colbourne 8,553 48.2 +1.7
United Australia hold Swing -1.7

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Petersham [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Eric Solomon 8,499 49.4 +11.7
Labor (NSW) Joe Lamaro 7,453 43.3 -18.1
Federal Labor Patrick Colbourne 1,221 7.1 +7.1
Independent Edgar Vale 30 0.2 +0.2
Total formal votes 17,203 98.6 +0.6
Informal votes 250 1.4 -0.6
Turnout 17,453 96.1 +2.6
Two-party-preferred result
United Australia Eric Solomon 9,213 53.5
Labor (NSW) Joe Lamaro 7,990 46.5
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) Swing N/A

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Petersham [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Joe Lamaro 10,365 61.4
Nationalist Henry Morton 6,367 37.7
Communist Annie Ford 138 0.8
Total formal votes 16,870 98.0
Informal votes 335 2.0
Turnout 17,205 93.5
Labor win (new seat)
Joe Lamaro (Labor) was the sitting member for the abolished district of Enmore which was largely replaced by Petersham.

District re-created

1920 - 1930

District abolished District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1919 by-election

1919 Petersham by-election
Saturday 22 March 1919 [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Sydney Shillington 2,633 51.0 -10.6
Labor Barney Olde 2,377 46.1 +14.8
Independent Donald Croal 150 2.9
Total formal votes 5,160 99.3 0.0
Informal votes 35 0.7 0.0
Turnout 5,195 45.6 [a] -18.0
Nationalist hold Swing N/A
The by-election was caused by resignation of John Cohen (Nationalist) who had accepted an appointment as a Judge of the District Court.[8]

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Petersham [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist John Cohen 4,441 61.7 -38.3
Labor James Bourke 2,253 31.3 +31.3
Independent John Lucas 507 7.0 +7.0
Total formal votes 7,201 99.3
Informal votes 49 0.7
Turnout 7,250 63.6
Nationalist hold Swing -38.3

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Petersham [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Cohen unopposed
Liberal Reform hold  

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Petersham [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Cohen 4,911 63.1
Labour Adamson Dawson 2,866 36.9
Total formal votes 7,777 99.0
Informal votes 82 1.0
Turnout 7,859 71.7
Liberal Reform hold  

Elections in the 1900s

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Petersham [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Cohen 4,398 79.2
Labour John Kohen 1,082 19.5
Independent William Pickup 73 1.3
Total formal votes 5,553 98.4
Informal votes 90 1.6
Turnout 5,643 62.6
Liberal Reform hold  

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Petersham [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Cohen 2,940 60.6
Independent Liberal Henry Davis 1,897 39.1
Progressive Adam Pringle 13 0.3
Total formal votes 4,850 99.2
Informal votes 41 0.8
Turnout 4,891 56.8
Liberal Reform hold  
Petersham lost part of the district to Annandale, Ashfield and Canterbury and was expanded to include part of Marrickville. The member for Petersham was John Cohen (Liberal Reform). The member for Marrickville was Richard McCoy (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that seat.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Petersham [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Cohen 1,436 58.6 +21.7
Independent Liberal Joseph Cockbaine 950 38.8
Independent William Richardson 64 2.6
Total formal votes 2,450 99.3 -0.6
Informal votes 18 0.7 +0.6
Turnout 2,468 65.6 -2.8
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Progressive  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Petersham [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal John Cohen 674 37.0
Free Trade Llewellyn Jones 626 34.3
Ind. Free Trade Percy Hordern 524 28.7
Total formal votes 1,824 99.8
Informal votes 3 0.2
Turnout 1,827 68.4
National Federal gain from Free Trade  

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Petersham [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Llewellyn Jones 643 49.5
Labour Percy Hordern 371 28.5
Ind. Free Trade Cornelius Danahey 279 21.5
Ind. Protectionist George Wallace 7 0.5
Total formal votes 1,300 99.2
Informal votes 11 0.8
Turnout 1,311 61.5
Free Trade hold  

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Petersham [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Free Trade Llewellyn Jones 627 34.4
Free Trade Benjamin Short 386 21.2
Labour William Webster 342 18.8
Ind. Free Trade Cornelius Danahey 258 14.2
Protectionist William Robson 174 9.6
Independent John Gelding 16 0.9
Ind. Free Trade George Withers 11 0.6
Ind. Free Trade John Bell 7 0.4
Total formal votes 1,821 99.7
Informal votes 6 0.3
Turnout 1,827 83.9
Ind. Free Trade win (new seat)

Notes

  1. ^ Estimate based on a roll of 11,404 at the 1917 election.[9]

References

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  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
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  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1932 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. ^ Green, Antony. "1930 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1919 Petersham by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  9. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1917 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1913 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1910 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  12. ^ Green, Antony. "1907 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "1904 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  14. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 March 2020.
  15. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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  17. ^ Green, Antony. "1894 Petersham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
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