Electoral results for the district of Alma
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Election results for Alma, New South Wales, Australia
Electoral district of Alma, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904.[1][2]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | Josiah Thomas | Labour | |
| 1895 | |||
| 1898 | |||
| 1901 | William Williams | Independent Labour | |
Election results
Elections in the 1900s
1901
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Alma.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent Labour | William Williams | 874 | 52.0 | ||
| Labour | Jabez Wright | 783 | 46.6 | −42.0 | |
| Independent | William Colliss | 25 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,682 | 100 | +2.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 0 | 0 | −2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 1,682 | 64.2 | +18.8 | ||
| Independent Labour gain from Labour | |||||
Elections in the 1890s
1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Alma.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Josiah Thomas | 1,002 | 88.6 | ||
| National Federal | William Harding | 126 | 11.1 | ||
| Independent | Charles Counsell | 3 | 0.3 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,131 | 97.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 33 | 2.8 | |||
| Turnout | 1,164 | 45.4 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
1895
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Alma.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Josiah Thomas | unopposed | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
1894
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Alma.[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Josiah Thomas | 1,442 | 79.0 | ||
| Protectionist | Thomas Coombe | 313 | 17.1 | ||
| Independent | Charles Pound | 71 | 3.9 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,826 | 98.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 22 | 1.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,848 | 89.8 | |||
| Labour win | (new seat) | ||||
References
- ↑ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ↑ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1901 Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ↑ "Mr Josiah Thomas (1863–1933)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ↑ "Alma and Sturt". Barrier Miner. 29 June 1901. p. 4. Retrieved 26 July 2020 – via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1898 Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1895 Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1894 Alma". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
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