Electoral results for the district of Waverley
Waverley, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had three incarnations, 1894 to 1920, 1927 to 1959 and 1971 until 1991.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1894 | Angus Cameron | Free Trade | |
1895 | |||
1896 by | Thomas Jessep | Free Trade | |
1898 | |||
1901 | Liberal Reform | ||
1904 | |||
1907 | James Macarthur-Onslow | Independent Liberal | |
1910 | Liberal Reform | ||
1913 | James Fingleton | Labor | |
1917 | Charles Oakes | Nationalist | |
Second incarnation (1927–1959) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
1927 | Carl Glasgow | Nationalist | |
1930 | William Clementson | Labor | |
1932 | John Waddell | United Australia | |
1935 | |||
1938 | |||
1939 by | Clarrie Martin | Industrial Labor / Labor | |
1941 | Labor | ||
1944 | |||
1947 | |||
1950 | |||
1953 | |||
1953 by | William Ferguson | Labor | |
1956 | |||
Third incarnation (1971–1991) | |||
Member | Party | Term | |
1971 | Syd Einfeld | Labor | |
1973 | |||
1976 | |||
1978 | |||
1981 | Ernie Page | Labor | |
1984 | |||
1988 |
Election results
Elections in the 1980s
1988
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernie Page | 12,360 | 46.2 | -3.3 | |
Liberal | Sally Betts | 12,063 | 45.1 | +4.3 | |
Democrats | Heather Meers | 2,315 | 8.7 | +1.8 | |
Total formal votes | 26,738 | 96.9 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 843 | 3.1 | -0.4 | ||
Turnout | 27,581 | 90.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ernie Page | 13,303 | 50.5 | -3.9 | |
Liberal | Sally Betts | 13,016 | 49.5 | +3.9 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -3.9 |
1984
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernie Page | 13,255 | 49.2 | -12.7 | |
Liberal | Dick Davidson | 11,279 | 41.8 | +3.7 | |
Democrats | Heather Meers | 1,722 | 6.4 | +6.4 | |
Independent | Peter Kristofferson | 483 | 1.8 | +1.8 | |
Independent | Dorothy Sekers | 225 | 0.8 | +0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 26,964 | 96.4 | +1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 1,009 | 3.6 | -1.2 | ||
Turnout | 27,973 | 86.7 | +0.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Ernie Page | 14,266 | 53.7 | -8.2 | |
Liberal | Dick Davidson | 12,326 | 46.3 | +8.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -8.2 |
1981
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Ernie Page | 16,796 | 61.9 | -3.7 | |
Liberal | Albert Ross | 10,350 | 38.1 | +10.7 | |
Total formal votes | 27,146 | 95.2 | |||
Informal votes | 1,375 | 4.8 | |||
Turnout | 28,521 | 85.8 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -6.9 |
Elections in the 1970s
1978
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Syd Einfeld | 15,649 | 65.6 | +8.6 | |
Liberal | Margaret Davis | 6,543 | 27.4 | -15.6 | |
Independent | Moshe Levy | 647 | 2.7 | +2.7 | |
Democrats | Michael Smythe | 607 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Independent | Christopher Allen | 393 | 1.7 | +1.7 | |
Total formal votes | 23,839 | 96.4 | -1.0 | ||
Informal votes | 891 | 3.6 | +1.0 | ||
Turnout | 24,730 | 86.2 | -1.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Syd Einfeld | 16,396 | 68.8 | +11.8 | |
Liberal | Margaret Davis | 7,443 | 31.2 | -11.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | +11.8 |
1976
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Syd Einfeld | 14,691 | 57.0 | +5.9 | |
Liberal | Geoffrey Mort | 11,075 | 43.0 | +4.8 | |
Total formal votes | 25,766 | 97.4 | -1.2 | ||
Informal votes | 696 | 2.6 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 26,462 | 88.1 | +1.6 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | +0.6 |
1973
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Syd Einfeld | 12,065 | 51.1 | -7.5 | |
Liberal | Hans Dreyer | 9,031 | 38.2 | -3.2 | |
Australia | Virginia Walker | 1,586 | 6.7 | +6.7 | |
Democratic Labor | Dominique Droulers | 604 | 2.6 | +2.6 | |
Independent | Martin Smith | 341 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
Total formal votes | 23,627 | 95.7 | |||
Informal votes | 1,055 | 4.3 | |||
Turnout | 24,682 | 86.5 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Syd Einfeld | 13,322 | 56.4 | -2.2 | |
Liberal | Hans Dreyer | 10,305 | 43.6 | +2.2 | |
Labor hold | Swing | -2.2 |
1971
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Syd Einfeld | 13,781 | 58.6 | +5.5 | |
Liberal | James Markham | 9,736 | 41.4 | -5.5 | |
Total formal votes | 23,517 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 770 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 24,287 | 89.6 | |||
Labor notional hold | Swing | +5.5 |
1959 - 1971
District abolished
Elections in the 1950s
1956
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Ferguson | 11,373 | 58.6 | −9.9 | |
Liberal | John Steinwede | 7,145 | 36.8 | +5.3 | |
Communist | Eddie Maher | 900 | 4.6 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 19,418 | 97.9 | 0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 425 | 2.1 | 0.0 | ||
Turnout | 19,843 | 90.8 | −0.3 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | William Ferguson | 12,183 | 62.7 | −5.8 | |
Liberal | John Steinwede | 7,235 | 37.3 | +5.8 | |
Labor hold | Swing | −5.8 |
1953 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Ferguson | 11,284 | 61.0 | -7.5 | |
Liberal | Ben Doig | 6,678 | 36.1 | +4.6 | |
Independent | Edward Maher | 539 | 2.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,501 | 98.2 | +0.3 | ||
Informal votes | 338 | 1.8 | -0.3 | ||
Turnout | 18,839 | 81.7 | -9.3 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
- Clarrie Martin (Labor) died.[12]
1953
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clarrie Martin | 14,354 | 68.5 | ||
Liberal | Ben Doig | 6,604 | 31.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 20,958 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 456 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 21,414 | 91.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
1950
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clarrie Martin | 11,415 | 60.9 | ||
Liberal | Ross McKinnon | 7,324 | 39.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,739 | 98.9 | |||
Informal votes | 215 | 1.1 | |||
Turnout | 18,954 | 91.1 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
1947
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clarrie Martin | 13,481 | 62.5 | -37.5 | |
Liberal | Thomas Fairbairn | 8,095 | 37.5 | +37.5 | |
Total formal votes | 21,576 | 98.7 | |||
Informal votes | 288 | 1.3 | |||
Turnout | 21,864 | 92.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1944
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clarrie Martin | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1941
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | Clarrie Martin | 11,464 | 57.7 | ||
United Australia | Arnold Lander | 6,004 | 30.2 | ||
State Labor | John Fisher | 2,408 | 12.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 19,876 | 98.2 | |||
Informal votes | 357 | 1.8 | |||
Turnout | 20,233 | 90.9 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
- Preferences were not distributed.
Elections in the 1930s
1939 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Industrial Labor | Clarrie Martin | 6,397 | 34.8 | ||
United Australia | Ella Waddell [a] | 6,539 | 34.6 | -16.8 | |
Labor | James Ormonde | 5,630 | 30.6 | -18.0 | |
Total formal votes | 18,386 | 98.0 | -0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 370 | 2.0 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 18,756 | 93.0 | -1.9 | ||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Industrial Labor | Clarrie Martin | 10,477 | 56.8 | ||
United Australia | Ella Waddell [a] | 7,939 | 43.2 | -8.2 | |
Industrial Labor gain from United Australia | Swing | N/A |
1938
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | John Waddell | 10,210 | 51.4 | +1.2 | |
Labor | William Clementson | 9,641 | 48.6 | +2.7 | |
Total formal votes | 19,851 | 98.1 | -0.2 | ||
Informal votes | 380 | 1.9 | +0.2 | ||
Turnout | 20,231 | 94.9 | -0.9 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
1935
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | John Waddell | 9,344 | 50.2 | -2.1 | |
Labor (NSW) | William Clementson | 8,545 | 45.9 | +3.7 | |
Federal Labor | Alexander Hogan | 732 | 3.9 | -1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 18,621 | 98.3 | -0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 314 | 1.7 | +0.4 | ||
Turnout | 18,935 | 95.8 | 0.0 | ||
United Australia hold | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1932
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
United Australia | John Waddell | 9,644 | 52.3 | +15.0 | |
Labor (NSW) | William Clementson | 7,789 | 42.2 | -15.3 | |
Federal Labor | Albert Gardiner | 904 | 4.9 | +4.9 | |
Communist | Esmonde Higgins | 102 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
Total formal votes | 18,439 | 98.7 | +1.9 | ||
Informal votes | 249 | 1.3 | -1.9 | ||
Turnout | 18,688 | 95.8 | +2.5 | ||
United Australia gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | N/A |
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | William Clementson | 9,994 | 57.5 | ||
Nationalist | Guy Arkins (defeated) | 6,487 | 37.3 | ||
Australian | George Overhill | 901 | 5.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 17,382 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 578 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 17,960 | 93.3 | |||
Labor gain from Nationalist | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
1927
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Carl Glasgow | 7,501 | 55.4 | ||
Labor | Archibald Moate | 6,038 | 44.6 | ||
Total formal votes | 13,539 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 92 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 13,631 | 86.7 | |||
Nationalist win | (new seat) |
1920 - 1927
District abolished
Elections in the 1910s
1917
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nationalist | Charles Oakes | 5,136 | 56.7 | +13.8 | |
Labor | James Fingleton | 3,919 | 43.3 | +5.7 | |
Total formal votes | 9,055 | 99.2 | +1.7 | ||
Informal votes | 69 | 0.8 | -1.7 | ||
Turnout | 9,124 | 63.9 | -6.0 | ||
Nationalist gain from Labor | Swing | +7.0 |
1913
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Harold Jaques | 3,743 | 42.9 | ||
Labor | James Fingleton | 3,280 | 37.6 | ||
National Progressive | George Beeby | 1,698 | 19.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 8,721 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 220 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 8,941 | 69.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labor | James Fingleton | 4,609 | 50.3 | ||
Liberal Reform | Harold Jaques | 4,547 | 49.7 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,156 | 99.4 | |||
Informal votes | 55 | 0.6 | |||
Turnout | 9,211 | 72.0 | |||
Labor gain from Liberal Reform |
1910
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | James Macarthur-Onslow | 5,175 | 52.4 | +4.0 | |
Labour | Walter Duncan | 3,706 | 37.5 | +31.6 | |
Independent Liberal | Robert Watkins | 921 | 9.3 | ||
Independent | Henry Douglass | 74 | 0.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 9,876 | 99.3 | +0.8 | ||
Informal votes | 72 | 0.7 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 9,948 | 73.2 | -0.1 | ||
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Independent Liberal |
Elections in the 1900s
1907
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Liberal | James Macarthur-Onslow | 3,769 | 48.4 | ||
Liberal Reform | Thomas Jessep | 3,189 | 40.9 | ||
Labour | Edward Whittington | 458 | 5.9 | ||
Independent | Frank Lock | 379 | 4.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 7,795 | 98.5 | |||
Informal votes | 119 | 1.5 | |||
Turnout | 7,914 | 73.3 | |||
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Reform |
1904
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Thomas Jessep | 2,630 | 63.0 | ||
Labour | Alfred Warton | 1,080 | 25.9 | ||
Independent Liberal | James Conroy | 467 | 11.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 4,177 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 35 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 4,212 | 48.3 | |||
Liberal Reform hold |
1901
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Reform | Thomas Jessep | 1,035 | 48.9 | -7.4 | |
Independent | James Macarthur-Onslow | 886 | 41.8 | -1.8 | |
Independent Liberal | Alfred Allen | 171 | 8.1 | ||
Independent | John Carroll | 18 | 0.9 | +0.3 | |
Independent | David Penfold | 8 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 2,118 | 99.1 | -0.0 | ||
Informal votes | 19 | 0.9 | +0.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,137 | 61.9 | -1.1 | ||
Liberal Reform hold |
Elections in the 1890s
1898
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Thomas Jessep | 998 | 56.3 | ||
National Federal | James Onslow | 773 | 43.6 | ||
Independent Federalist | William Blunt | 2 | 0.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,773 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 15 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,788 | 63.1 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1896 by-election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Thomas Jessep (elected) | 698 | 50.4 | +6.9 | |
Protectionist | Thomas Barlow | 528 | 38.1 | +5.5 | |
Independent | Sir Henry Parkes | 160 | 11.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,386 | 99.4 | +0.1 | ||
Informal votes | 9 | 0.7 | -0.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,395 | 62.2 [b] | -2.2 | ||
Free Trade hold |
1895
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Angus Cameron | 622 | 43.5 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Barlow | 466 | 32.6 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Alfred Allen | 298 | 20.8 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | William Allen | 45 | 3.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,431 | 99.2 | |||
Informal votes | 12 | 0.8 | |||
Turnout | 1,443 | 64.4 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1894
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Free Trade | Angus Cameron | 747 | 40.5 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Barlow | 475 | 25.8 | ||
Ind. Free Trade | Alfred Allen | 369 | 20.0 | ||
Labour | Thomas Kemp | 245 | 13.3 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | James Carroll | 9 | 0.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,845 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 13 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,858 | 81.7 | |||
Free Trade win | (new seat) |
Notes
- ^ a b Ella Waddell was the widow of former member John Waddell.
- ^ Estimate based on a roll of 2,242 at the 1895 election.[32]
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