Electoral results for the district of Cootamundra
Election results for Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cootamundra, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1904 and was abolished in 1941, returning one member until 1920, three members from 1920 to 1927 and one member from 1927 to 1941.[1][2][3] It was recreated in 2015.[4]
| Election | Member | Party | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | William Holman | Labor | |||||||
| 1906 by | |||||||||
| 1907 | |||||||||
| 1910 | |||||||||
| 1913 | |||||||||
| 1917 | Nationalist | Member | Party | Member | Party | ||||
| 1920 | Greg McGirr | Labor | Peter Loughlin | Labor | Hugh Main | Progressive | |||
| 1922 | James McGirr | Labor | |||||||
| 1925 | |
Ken Hoad | Labor | Labor / Independent | Country | ||||
| 1927 | |||||||||
| 1930 | |||||||||
| 1932 | Bill Ross | Country | |||||||
| 1935 | |||||||||
| 1938 | |||||||||
| Election | Member | Party | |||||||
| 2015 | Katrina Hodgkinson | National | |||||||
| 2017 by | Steph Cooke | National | |||||||
| 2019 | |||||||||
| 2023 | |||||||||
Election results
Elections in the 2020s
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Steph Cooke | 34,470 | 70.6 | +9.4 | |
| Labor | Chris Dahlitz | 6,566 | 13.4 | −2.3 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Jake Cullen | 4,209 | 8.6 | −7.0 | |
| Greens | Jeffrey Passlow | 1,198 | 2.5 | −0.4 | |
| Independent | Robert Young | 1,113 | 2.3 | +2.3 | |
| Independent | Brian Fisher | 674 | 1.4 | +1.4 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Chris O'Rourke | 618 | 1.3 | −0.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 48,848 | 97.7 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,143 | 2.3 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 49,991 | 89.2 | −2.9 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Steph Cooke | 36,446 | 82.1 | +5.5 | |
| Labor | Chris Dahlitz | 7,959 | 17.9 | −5.5 | |
| National hold | Swing | +5.5 | |||
Elections in the 2010s
2019
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Steph Cooke | 30,206 | 63.66 | −2.24 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Matthew Stadtmiller | 7,447 | 15.70 | +15.70 | |
| Labor | Mark Douglass | 7,302 | 15.39 | −10.59 | |
| Greens | Jeffrey Passlow | 1,380 | 2.91 | −0.57 | |
| Sustainable Australia | Joseph Costello | 660 | 1.39 | +1.39 | |
| Australia First | Jim Saleam | 453 | 0.95 | +0.95 | |
| Total formal votes | 47,448 | 97.30 | −0.01 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,319 | 2.70 | +0.01 | ||
| Turnout | 48,767 | 91.20 | −0.63 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Steph Cooke | 32,504 | 77.07 | +6.65 | |
| Labor | Mark Douglass | 9,673 | 22.93 | −6.65 | |
| National hold | Swing | +6.65 | |||
2017 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Steph Cooke | 21,093 | 46.2 | −19.6 | |
| Labor | Charlie Sheahan | 10,930 | 24.0 | −2.0 | |
| Shooters, Fishers, Farmers | Matthew Stadtmiller | 10,621 | 23.3 | +23.3 | |
| Christian Democrats | Philip Langfield | 1,273 | 2.8 | +0.5 | |
| Greens | Jeffrey Passlow | 1,238 | 2.7 | −0.8 | |
| Ind. Australia First | Jim Saleam | 453 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Total formal votes | 45,608 | 97.7 | +0.4 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,057 | 2.3 | −0.4 | ||
| Turnout | 46,665 | 87.2 | −4.7 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Steph Cooke | 24,114 | 60.5 | −10.0 | |
| Labor | Charlie Sheahan | 15,769 | 39.5 | +10.0 | |
| National hold | Swing | −10.0 | |||
Katrina Hodgkinson (National) resigned.
2015
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Katrina Hodgkinson | 31,080 | 65.9 | −8.8 | |
| Labor | Charlie Sheahan | 12,253 | 26.0 | +9.3 | |
| Greens | Rod Therkelsen | 1,642 | 3.5 | −1.9 | |
| No Land Tax | Elio Cacciotti | 1,118 | 2.4 | +2.4 | |
| Christian Democrats | Philip Langfield | 1,072 | 2.3 | −0.9 | |
| Total formal votes | 47,165 | 97.3 | +0.1 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,305 | 2.7 | −0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 48,470 | 91.8 | +1.3 | ||
| Two-party-preferred result | |||||
| National | Katrina Hodgkinson | 31,896 | 70.4 | −9.9 | |
| Labor | Charlie Sheahan | 13,400 | 29.6 | +9.9 | |
| National notional hold | Swing | −9.9 | |||
Cootamundra was a new seat combining most of the abolished district of Burrinjuck with the eastern part of the abolished district of Murrumbidgee.[13] Katrina Hodgkinson (National) was the member for Burrinjuck and the member for Murrumbidgee, Adrian Piccoli (National) successfully contested Murray.
District recreated
1941 - 2015
District abolished
Elections in the 1930s
1938
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Bill Ross | 6,698 | 51.2 | −1.5 | |
| Labor | Ken Hoad | 6,382 | 48.8 | +1.5 | |
| Total formal votes | 13,080 | 98.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 205 | 1.5 | 0.0 | ||
| Turnout | 13,285 | 96.5 | −1.3 | ||
| Country hold | Swing | −1.5 | |||
1935
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Bill Ross | 6,863 | 52.7 | +2.4 | |
| Labor (NSW) | Ken Hoad | 6,167 | 47.3 | +3.7 | |
| Total formal votes | 13,030 | 98.5 | −0.6 | ||
| Informal votes | 195 | 1.5 | +0.6 | ||
| Turnout | 13,225 | 97.8 | +0.5 | ||
| Country hold | Swing | N/A | |||
1932
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Bill Ross | 6,312 | 50.3 | +9.5 | |
| Labor (NSW) | Ken Hoad | 5,471 | 43.6 | −14.9 | |
| Federal Labor | Thomas Lavelle | 765 | 6.1 | +6.1 | |
| Total formal votes | 12,548 | 99.1 | +0.8 | ||
| Informal votes | 112 | 0.9 | −0.8 | ||
| Turnout | 12,660 | 97.3 | +0.4 | ||
| Country gain from Labor (NSW) | Swing | N/A | |||
- Preferences were not distributed.
1930
Elections in the 1920s
1927
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Ken Hoad | 6,293 | 50.3 | ||
| Country | Thomas Fitzpatrick | 6,207 | 49.7 | ||
| Total formal votes | 12,500 | 99.0 | |||
| Informal votes | 129 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 12,629 | 85.0 | |||
| Labor win | (new seat) | ||||
1925
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 7,114 | ||||
| Labor | Peter Loughlin (elected 1) | 8,033 | 28.2 | +5.6 | |
| Labor | Ken Hoad (elected 3) | 4,157 | 14.6 | +7.0 | |
| Labor | Joseph Carney | 2,935 | 10.3 | +10.3 | |
| Progressive | Hugh Main (elected 2) | 5,005 | 17.6 | −3.9 | |
| Progressive | Ernest Field | 1,435 | 5.0 | +5.0 | |
| Progressive | Benjamin Witenden | 424 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Progressive | Eric Treatt | 213 | 0.7 | +0.7 | |
| Nationalist | Angus Campbell | 3,789 | 13.3 | +1.0 | |
| Nationalist | Ernest Todhunter | 895 | 3.1 | +3.1 | |
| Nationalist | William Pinkstone | 603 | 2.1 | +2.1 | |
| Protestant Labour | George Davey | 966 | 3.4 | +3.4 | |
| Total formal votes | 28,455 | 96.9 | +0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 918 | 3.1 | −0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 29,373 | 71.2 | +0.6 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labor | 15,125 | 53.2 | +2.9 | ||
| Progressive | 7,077 | 24.9 | −9.3 | ||
| Nationalist | 5,287 | 18.6 | +3.7 | ||
| Protestant Labour | 966 | 3.4 | +3.4 | ||
1922
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | Peter Loughlin (elected 1) | 6,258 | 22.6 | −3.1 | |
| Labor | James McGirr (elected 3) | 5,577 | 20.1 | −7.2 | |
| Labor | Ken Hoad | 2,097 | 7.6 | +7.6 | |
| Progressive | Hugh Main (elected 2) | 5,966 | 21.5 | +7.5 | |
| Progressive | Frederick Tout | 2,455 | 8.9 | +8.9 | |
| Progressive | Thomas Hough | 1,056 | 3.8 | +3.8 | |
| Nationalist | Arthur Manning | 3,410 | 12.3 | +12.3 | |
| Nationalist | Alfred Wilcox | 448 | 1.6 | +1.6 | |
| Nationalist | George O'Brien | 268 | 1.0 | +1.0 | |
| Independent | William Lucas | 170 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
| Total formal votes | 27,705 | 96.4 | +1.3 | ||
| Informal votes | 1,027 | 3.6 | −1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 28,732 | 70.6 | +3.7 | ||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labor | 13,932 | 50.3 | −4.4 | ||
| Progressive | 9,477 | 34.2 | +6.3 | ||
| Nationalist | 4,126 | 14.9 | −2.5 | ||
| Independent | William Lucas | 170 | 0.6 | +0.6 | |
1920
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quota | 6,325 | ||||
| Labor | Greg McGirr (elected 1) | 6,895 | 27.3 | ||
| Labor | Peter Loughlin (elected 2) | 6,498 | 25.7 | ||
| Labor | Charles Trefle | 452 | 1.8 | ||
| Progressive | Hugh Main (elected 3) | 3,537 | 14.0 | ||
| Progressive | John Fitzpatrick | 1,831 | 7.2 | ||
| Progressive | Hugh Brown | 1,681 | 6.7 | ||
| Nationalist | William Holman (defeated) | 4,199 | 16.6 | ||
| Nationalist | Arthur D'Arcy | 204 | 0.8 | ||
| Total formal votes | 25,297 | 95.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 1,309 | 4.9 | |||
| Turnout | 26,606 | 66.9 | |||
| Party total votes | |||||
| Labor | 13,845 | 54.7 | |||
| Progressive | 7,049 | 27.9 | |||
| Nationalist | 4,403 | 17.4 | |||
Elections in the 1910s
1917
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationalist | William Holman | 4,411 | 55.1 | +55.1 | |
| Labor | Patrick Minahan | 3,590 | 44.9 | −9.8 | |
| Total formal votes | 8,001 | 99.4 | +0.2 | ||
| Informal votes | 51 | 0.6 | −0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 8,052 | 70.3 | −6.6 | ||
| Member changed to Nationalist from Labor | |||||
The sitting member William Holman was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.[23] Patrick Minahan was the sitting member for Belmore however he lost preselection for that seat.
1913
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labor | William Holman | 5,028 | 54.7 | ||
| Farmers and Settlers | Thomas Spring [a] | 4,157 | 45.3 | ||
| Total formal votes | 9,185 | 99.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 73 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 9,258 | 76.9 | |||
| Labor hold | |||||
1910
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Holman | 3,551 | 51.7 | ||
| Liberal Reform | Granville Ryrie | 3,316 | 48.3 | ||
| Total formal votes | 6,867 | 99.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 61 | 0.9 | |||
| Turnout | 6,928 | 71.9 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
Elections in the 1900s
1907
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Holman | 3,005 | 52.4 | ||
| Independent Liberal | Alfred Conroy | 2,730 | 47.6 | ||
| Total formal votes | 5,735 | 97.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 129 | 2.2 | |||
| Turnout | 5,864 | 72.3 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
1906 by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Holman (re-elected) | 2,296 | 57.8 | 0.0 | |
| Farmers and Settlers | John Fitzpatrick | 1,663 | 41.9 | ||
| Independent | John Norton | 13 | 0.3 | ||
| Total formal votes | 3,972 | 98.2 | −1.0 | ||
| Informal votes | 72 | 1.8 | +1.0 | ||
| Turnout | 4,044 | 58.5 [b] | −6.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
John Norton (Independent) challenged William Holman to resign and both would contest Holman's seat of Cootamundra.[27]
1904
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | William Holman | 2,559 | 57.8 | ||
| Progressive | John Barnes | 1,868 | 42.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 4,427 | 99.2 | |||
| Informal votes | 36 | 0.8 | |||
| Turnout | 4,463 | 64.5 | |||
| Labour win | (new seat) | ||||
Cootamundra was a new seat that consisted of part of The Murrumbidgee, and parts of the abolished seats of Gundagai, Wagga Wagga and Young. John Barnes was the member for Gundagai. The member for The Murrumbidgee was Thomas Fitzpatrick (Progressive) who unsuccessfully contested that seat. The member for Wagga Wagga James Gormly (Progressive) did not contest the election and was appointed to the Legislative Council. The member for Young was George Burgess (Labour) who successfully contested Burrangong. William Holman (Labour) was the member for the abolished seat of Grenfell.
Notes
- Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
- Estimate based on an electoral roll of 6,916 at the 1904 election.[28]