Electoral results for the district of West Maitland
Election results for West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
West Maitland, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1859 | Elias Weekes | None | |
1860 | |||
1864 | Benjamin Lee | None | |
1869 | |||
1872 | |||
1874 by | Lewis Levy | None | |
1874 | Henry Cohen | None | |
1877 | |||
1880 | James Fulford | None | |
1882 | Henry Cohen | None | |
1885 | Richard Thompson | None | |
1887 | Free Trade | ||
1891 | John Gillies | Free Trade | |
1894 | Ind. Free Trade | ||
1895 | Free Trade | ||
1898 | |||
1901 | Independent |
Election results
Elections in the 1900s
1901
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § West Maitland.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | John Gillies | 903 | 78.8 | +14.0 | |
Independent | Richard Proctor | 243 | 21.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,146 | 99.7 | +0.4 | ||
Informal votes | 4 | 0.4 | −0.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,150 | 45.5 | −25.1 | ||
Member changed to Independent from Liberal Reform |
Elections in the 1890s
1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | John Gillies | 1,141 | 64.8 | ||
National Federal | Walter Edmunds | 620 | 35.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,761 | 99.3 | |||
Informal votes | 13 | 0.7 | |||
Turnout | 1,774 | 70.6 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1895
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | John Gillies | 890 | 80.5 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Richard Proctor | 215 | 19.5 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,105 | 99.1 | |||
Informal votes | 10 | 0.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,115 | 47.3 | |||
Member changed to Free Trade from Ind. Free Trade |
1894
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Ind. Free Trade | John Gillies | 1,247 | 63.9 | ||
Free Trade | Robert Scobie | 618 | 31.6 | ||
Independent Labour | Richard Proctor | 81 | 4.2 | ||
Ind. Protectionist | Arthur Payne | 7 | 0.4 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,953 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 32 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 1,985 | 83.2 | |||
Member changed to Ind. Free Trade from Free Trade |
1891
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | John Gillies (elected) | 670 | 52.7 | ||
Free Trade | Richard Thompson (defeated) | 459 | 36.1 | ||
Protectionist | Hugh Lusk | 143 | 11.2 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,272 | 97.5 | |||
Informal votes | 33 | 2.5 | |||
Turnout | 1,305 | 80.2 | |||
Free Trade hold |
Elections in the 1880s
1889
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Richard Thompson (elected) | 754 | 69.2 | ||
Protectionist | Thomas Hungerford | 335 | 30.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 1,089 | 98.1 | |||
Informal votes | 21 | 1.9 | |||
Turnout | 1,110 | 59.6 | |||
Free Trade hold |
1887
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Free Trade | Richard Thompson (re-elected) | unopposed |
1885
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Richard Thompson (elected) | 632 | 54.5 | |
Walter Edmunds | 527 | 45.5 | |
Total formal votes | 1,159 | 97.0 | |
Informal votes | 36 | 3.0 | |
Turnout | 1,195 | 72.6 |
1882
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Henry Cohen (elected) | 564 | 59.8 | |
Richard Thompson | 380 | 40.3 | |
Total formal votes | 944 | 99.1 | |
Informal votes | 9 | 0.9 | |
Turnout | 953 | 78.5 |
1880
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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James Fulford (elected) | 612 | 58.6 | |
Henry Cohen (defeated) | 432 | 41.4 | |
Total formal votes | 1,044 | 98.1 | |
Informal votes | 20 | 1.9 | |
Turnout | 1,064 | 87.0 |
Elections in the 1870s
1877
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Henry Cohen (re-elected) | 397 | 55.6 | |
James Pritchard | 304 | 42.6 | |
Thomas Hungerford | 7 | 1.0 | |
Thomas Jones | 6 | 0.8 | |
Total formal votes | 714 | 98.2 | |
Informal votes | 13 | 1.8 | |
Turnout | 727 | 67.2 |
1874
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Henry Cohen (elected) | 343 | 49.2 | |
Joseph Eckford | 196 | 28.1 | |
Archibald Hamilton | 152 | 21.8 | |
William Farthing | 5 | 0.7 | |
William Brooks | 1 | 0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 697 | 98.0 | |
Informal votes | 14 | 2.0 | |
Turnout | 711 | 67.9 |
1874 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1874 West Maitland colonial by-election § Result.[edit]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Lewis Levy (elected) | 647 | 80.1 | |
Archibald Hamilton | 129 | 19.9 | |
Total formal votes | 647 | 97.9 | |
Informal votes | 14 | 2.1 | |
Turnout | 661 | 63.1 |
1872
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Benjamin Lee (re-elected) | 504 | 58.3 | |
Joseph Eckford | 267 | 30.9 | |
Archibald Hamilton | 93 | 10.8 | |
Total formal votes | 864 | 98.2 | |
Informal votes | 16 | 1.8 | |
Turnout | 880 | 77.0 |
Elections in the 1860s
1869
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Benjamin Lee (re-elected) | 488 | 58.6 | |
Andrew Liddell | 345 | 41.4 | |
Total formal votes | 833 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 833 | 75.2 |
1864
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Benjamin Lee (elected) | 444 | 50.9 | |
Peter Green | 328 | 37.6 | |
Andrew Liddell | 100 | 11.5 | |
George Rochester | 1 | 0.1 | |
Total formal votes | 873 | 97.9 | |
Informal votes | 19 | 2.1 | |
Turnout | 891 | 71.5 |
1860
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Elias Weekes (re-elected) | 473 | 90.1 | |
William Cheater | 52 | 9.9 | |
Total formal votes | 525 | 100.0 | |
Informal votes | 0 | 0.0 | |
Turnout | 525 | 37.3 |
Elections in the 1850s
1859
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § West Maitland.[edit]
Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Elias Weekes (re-elected) | unopposed |
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