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]
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 |
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 |
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]
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 |
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 |