Electoral results for the district of Dubbo

Dubbo, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1895 to 1904, the second from 1930 to the present.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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First incarnation (1894–1904)
Election	Member		Party
1894		James Morgan	Protectionist
1895		Simeon Phillips	Free Trade
1898			Free Trade
1901			Liberal Reform

Second incarnation (1930–present)
Election	Member		Party
1930		Alfred McClelland	Labor
1932		George Wilson	Country
1935
1938
1941
1942 by		Clarrie Robertson	Labor
1944
1947
1950		Robert Medcalf	Country
1953		Clarrie Robertson	Labor
1956		Clarrie Robertson	Labor
1959		Les Ford	Liberal
1962		Les Ford
1965		John Mason
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978
1981		Gerry Peacocke	National
1984
1988
1991
1995
1999		Tony McGrane	Independent
2003		Tony McGrane
2004 by		Dawn Fardell
2007		Dawn Fardell
2011		Troy Grant	National
2015		Troy Grant
2019		Dugald Saunders
2023		Dugald Saunders

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Dugald Saunders	26,907	54.3	+16.9
	Labor	Josh Black	10,859	21.9	+7.1
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Kate Richardson	7,035	14.2	+0.5
	Legalise Cannabis	Mark Littlejohn	2,197	4.4	+4.4
	Greens	Robyn Thomas	1,761	3.6	−0.1
	Sustainable Australia	Anthony Nugent	785	1.6	+1.6
Total formal votes			49,544	96.9	+0.7
Informal votes			1,595	3.1	−0.7
Turnout			51,139	88.3	−1.2
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Dugald Saunders	29,479	68.6	+0.5
	Labor	Josh Black	13,515	31.4	−0.5
	National hold		Swing	+0.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Dugald Saunders	18,131	37.42	−23.04
	Independent	Mathew Dickerson	13,771	28.42	+28.42
	Labor	Stephen Lawrence	7,151	14.76	−8.72
	Shooters, Fishers, Farmers	Lara Quealy	6,636	13.70	+13.70
	Greens	Rod Pryor	1,771	3.65	−0.77
	Conservatives	April Salter	681	1.41	+1.41
	Flux	Joanne Cotterill	314	0.65	+0.65
Total formal votes			48,455	96.23	−0.50
Informal votes			1,900	3.77	+0.50
Turnout			50,355	89.98	−0.91
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Dugald Saunders	23,070	68.16	−2.27
	Labor	Stephen Lawrence	10,778	31.84	+2.27
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Dugald Saunders	19,920	52.02	−18.40
	Independent	Mathew Dickerson	18,370	47.98	+47.98
	National hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Troy Grant	28,165	60.5	+0.3
	Labor	Stephen Lawrence	10,939	23.5	+14.0
	Greens	Matt Parmeter	2,062	4.4	+0.8
	Independent	Colin Hamilton	1,960	4.2	+4.2
	No Land Tax	Ben Shepherd	1,306	2.8	+2.8
	Christian Democrats	Peter Scherer	1,181	2.5	+2.5
	Independent	Rod Pryor	973	2.1	+2.1
Total formal votes			46,586	96.7	−0.5
Informal votes			1,578	3.3	+0.5
Turnout			48,164	90.9	+3.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Troy Grant	29,932	70.4	−10.9
	Labor	Stephen Lawrence	12,571	29.6	+10.9
	National hold		Swing	−10.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Troy Grant	27,191	60.0	+17.4
	Independent	Dawn Fardell	14,129	31.2	−10.5
	Labor	Andrew Brooks	2,893	6.4	−4.8
	Greens	Matt Parmeter	1,119	2.5	+0.0
Total formal votes			45,332	98.1	+0.3
Informal votes			898	1.9	−0.3
Turnout			46,230	94.4	+0.2
Notional two-party-preferred count
	National	Troy Grant	31,271	83.9	+8.9
	Labor	Andrew Brooks	5,983	16.1	−8.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	National	Troy Grant	27,714	63.7	+14.5
	Independent	Dawn Fardell	15,827	36.4	−14.5
	National gain from Independent		Swing	+14.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Greg Matthews	18,702	42.6	−1.2
	Independent	Dawn Fardell	18,296	41.7	+8.0
	Labor	Adrian Hough	4,889	11.1	−4.6
	Greens	Jan McDonald	1,074	2.4	−0.3
	Christian Democrats	Michael Sichel	952	2.2	+2.1
Total formal votes			43,913	97.8	−0.5
Informal votes			988	2.2	+0.5
Turnout			44,901	94.2
Notional two-party-preferred count
	National	Greg Matthews	22,936	75.0	+4.4
	Labor	Adrian Hough	7,648	25.0	−4.4
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dawn Fardell	20,584	50.9	+0.6
	National	Greg Matthews	19,877	49.1	−0.6
	Independent hold		Swing	+0.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dawn Fardell	19,511	50.56	+50.56
	National	Jen Cowley	16,365	42.41	+4.19
	Greens	Terrance Loughlin	1,390	3.60	+0.92
	Independent	Makere Rangihaeata	1,326	3.44	+3.44
Total formal votes			38,592	98.50	+0.18
Informal votes			589	1.50	−0.18
Turnout			39,181	88.92	−5.20
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Dawn Fardell	20,794	55.24
	National	Jen Cowley	16,847	44.76
	Independent hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Tony McGrane	16,696	41.3	+18.6
	National	Mark Horton	15,460	38.2	+6.4
	Labor	Leo Dawson	6,092	15.1	−5.2
	Greens	Steve Maier	1,082	2.7	+1.4
	One Nation	Ian Hutchins	651	1.6	−16.5
	AAFI	Ronald Atkins	466	1.2	+1.2
Total formal votes			40,447	98.3	+0.2
Informal votes			690	1.7	−0.2
Turnout			41,137	94.1
Notional two-party-preferred count
	National	Mark Horton	19,886	68.7	+8.2
	Labor	Leo Dawson	9,063	31.3	−8.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tony McGrane	20,099	55.0	+5.0
	National	Mark Horton	16,413	45.0	−5.0
	Independent hold		Swing	+5.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Richard Mutton	12,597	31.8	−33.4
	Independent	Tony McGrane	8,977	22.7	+22.7
	Labor	Warren Mundine	8,016	20.3	−8.2
	One Nation	John Neville	7,166	18.1	+18.1
	Independent	Peter Keough	1,711	4.3	+4.3
	Democrats	Chris Dunkerley	593	1.5	+0.4
	Greens	Cara Phillips	513	1.3	+1.3
Total formal votes			39,573	98.1	+3.0
Informal votes			756	1.9	−3.0
Turnout			40,329	94.5
Notional two-party-preferred count
	National	Richard Mutton	17,734	60.5	−8.9
	Labor	Warren Mundine	11,566	39.5	+8.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Independent	Tony McGrane	15,358	50.02	+50.0
	National	Richard Mutton	15,344	49.98	−19.4
	Independent gain from National		Swing	+50.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Gerry Peacocke	21,980	63.9	+3.3
	Labor	Bob Green	10,355	30.1	+1.1
	Call to Australia	Bruce Johnstone	2,081	6.0	+1.8
Total formal votes			34,416	94.8	+2.1
Informal votes			1,889	5.2	−2.1
Turnout			36,305	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Gerry Peacocke	23,135	68.0	+1.1
	Labor	Bob Green	10,903	32.0	−1.1
	National hold		Swing	+1.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Gerry Peacocke	19,155	60.5	−10.4
	Labor	Owen Evans	9,160	28.9	+0.9
	Democrats	Ken Graham	1,977	6.2	+5.2
	Call to Australia	Ian Bones	1,353	4.3	+4.3
Total formal votes			31,645	92.7	−5.1
Informal votes			2,501	7.3	+5.1
Turnout			34,146	93.9
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Gerry Peacocke	20,494	66.9	−4.7
	Labor	Owen Evans	10,154	33.1	+4.7
	National hold		Swing	−4.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Gerry Peacocke	21,335	71.3	+6.7
	Labor	Graham Mantova	8,567	28.7	−6.7
Total formal votes			29,902	97.8	−0.7
Informal votes			660	2.2	+0.7
Turnout			30,562	95.3
	National hold		Swing	+6.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Gerry Peacocke	20,324	64.9	+28.4
	Labor	Gordon Lerve	10,973	35.1	−2.4
Total formal votes			31,297	98.5	+0.3
Informal votes			480	1.5	−0.3
Turnout			31,777	92.7	+0.3
	National hold		Swing	+5.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Peter Morgan	11,256	37.5	−9.1
	National Country	Gerry Peacocke	10,972	36.5	+36.5
	Liberal	Eric Woods	7,831	26.0	−27.4
Total formal votes			30,059	98.2
Informal votes			542	1.8
Turnout			30,601	92.4
Two-party-preferred result
	National Country	Gerry Peacocke	17,494	59.2	+59.2
	Labor	Peter Morgan	12,042	40.8	−5.8
	National Country gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Mason	13,741	53.4	+13.0
	Labor	Roger Grealy	11,998	46.6	+15.2
Total formal votes			25,739	98.2	−1.1
Informal votes			470	1.8	+1.1
Turnout			26,209	94.2	−0.4
	Liberal hold		Swing	−10.0

1932 New South Wales state election: Dubbo ^[42]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Wilson	6,300	48.7	+2.9
	Labor (NSW)	Alfred McClelland	4,675	36.2	−14.8
	United Australia	John Macdonald	1,342	10.4	+10.4
	Federal Labor	Harry O'Shea	608	4.7	+4.7
Total formal votes			12,925	98.6	+0.3
Informal votes			179	1.4	−0.3
Turnout			13,104	94.7	0.0
After distribution of preferences
	Country	George Wilson	6,465	50.0
	Labor (NSW)	Alfred McClelland	4,875	37.7
	United Australia	John Macdonald	1,585	12.3
	Country gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	N/A

1930 New South Wales state election: Dubbo ^[43]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Alfred McClelland	6,615	51.0
	Country	Harold Thorby (defeated)	5,943	45.8
	Australian	Rodolph Purkis	412	3.2
Total formal votes			12,970	98.3
Informal votes			220	1.7
Turnout			13,190	94.7
	Labor win		(new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Mason	9,942	40.4	−20.4
	Labor	Damian Hession	7,728	31.4	−2.6
	Independent	Gerry Peacocke	6,939	28.2	+28.2
Total formal votes			24,609	99.3	+0.5
Informal votes			166	0.7	−0.5
Turnout			24,775	94.6	+0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Mason	15,612	63.4	−1.6
	Labor	Damian Hession	8,997	36.6	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	−1.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Mason	13,695	60.8	+9.0
	Labor	Emily Renshaw	7,649	34.0	−6.2
	Democratic Labor	Michael Stephens	1,173	5.2	−2.8
Total formal votes			22,517	98.8
Informal votes			283	1.2
Turnout			22,800	94.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Mason	14,633	65.0	+6.8
	Labor	Emily Renshaw	7,884	35.0	−6.8
	Liberal hold		Swing	+6.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Mason	10,598	51.8	−13.4
	Labor	Norman Cox	8,229	40.2	+5.3
	Democratic Labor	Terence Catley	1,639	8.0	+8.0
Total formal votes			20,466	98.7
Informal votes			279	1.3
Turnout			20,745	94.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Mason	11,909	58.2	−7.0
	Labor	Norman Cox	8,557	41.8	+7.0
	Liberal hold		Swing	−7.0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Mason	13,107	65.1	+30.9
	Labor	Robert Scarff	7,010	34.9	−0.1
Total formal votes			20,117	98.8
Informal votes			246	1.2
Turnout			20,363	95.5
	Liberal hold		Swing	+2.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Kenneth Mason	6,904	35.0	−3.9
	Liberal	John Mason	6,749	34.2	−21.7
	Country	Roderick Mack	6,096	30.9	+30.9
Total formal votes			19,749	99.0	−0.1
Informal votes			204	1.0	+0.1
Turnout			19,953	95.6	+1.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	John Mason	12,371	62.6	+4.6
	Labor	Kenneth Mason	7,378	37.4	−4.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+4.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Les Ford	10,693	55.9	+26.9
	Labor	Martin Berry	7,445	38.9	−0.7
	Independent	Clarrie Robertson	981	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			19,119	99.1
Informal votes			175	0.9
Turnout			19,294	94.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Ford	11,085	58.0	+0.9
	Labor	Martin Berry	8,034	42.0	−0.9
	Liberal hold		Swing	+0.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	7,216	39.6
	Liberal	Les Ford	5,280	29.0
	Country	Roderick Mack	5,105	28.0
	Democratic Labor	Brian Adams	610	3.4
Total formal votes			18,211	98.7
Informal votes			241	1.3
Turnout			18,452	95.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Liberal	Les Ford	10,398	57.1
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson (defeated)	7,813	42.9
	Liberal gain from Labor		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	8,241	46.8	−5.2
	Country	Keith Sullivan	4,887	27.8	−20.2
	Liberal	Neville Magin	4,472	25.4	+25.4
Total formal votes			17,600	98.9	+0.7
Informal votes			200	1.1	−0.7
Turnout			17,800	93.2	−1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	9,018	51.2	−0.8
	Country	Keith Sullivan	8,582	48.8	+0.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.8

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	8,831	52.0
	Country	Robert Medcalf	8,140	48.0
Total formal votes			16,971	98.2
Informal votes			302	1.8
Turnout			17,273	94.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	8,342	46.8
	Country	Robert Medcalf	5,996	33.6
	Liberal	Joseph Roach	3,279	18.4
	Independent	Madge Roberts	225	1.3
Total formal votes			17,842	98.7
Informal votes			226	1.3
Turnout			18,068	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Robert Medcalf	9,177	51.4
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	8,665	48.6
	Country gain from Labor		Swing

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	7,215	53.0	−4.5
	Country	Thelma Harvey	4,210	30.9	+1.4
	Liberal	Clarence Cook	2,186	16.1	+16.1
Total formal votes			13,611	99.1	+0.8
Informal votes			122	0.9	−0.8
Turnout			13,733	94.9	+4.8
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	7,268	57.5	+19.7
	Country	Leslie Clark	3,732	29.5	−18.6
	Country	Ernest Hoy	1,649	13.0	+13.0
Total formal votes			12,649	98.3	−0.3
Informal votes			221	1.7	+0.3
Turnout			12,870	90.1	−2.9
	Labor gain from Country		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labor	Clarrie Robertson	6,206	53.62
	Independent	Harold Thorby	2,801	24.20
	Country	Alfred Yeo	2,567	22.18
Total formal votes			11,574	98.96
Informal votes			122	1.04
Turnout			11,696	77.53
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Country	George Wilson	6,517	48.1
	Labor	Clarence Robertson	5,123	37.8
	Independent Labor	Frank Wilkins	1,897	14.0
Total formal votes			13,537	98.6
Informal votes			197	1.4
Turnout			13,734	93.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	George Wilson	6,898	51.0
	Labor	Clarence Robertson	6,639	49.0
	Country hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Wilson	7,656	55.1	+0.1
	Labor	Leo Taylor	6,242	44.9	−0.1
Total formal votes			13,898	97.9	−0.5
Informal votes			292	2.1	+0.5
Turnout			14,190	95.4	−1.2
	Country hold		Swing	+0.1

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	George Wilson	7,568	55.0	+6.3
	Labor (NSW)	Alfred McClelland	6,184	45.0	+8.8
Total formal votes			13,752	98.4	−0.2
Informal votes			220	1.6	+0.2
Turnout			13,972	96.6	+1.9
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Simeon Phillips	1,094	58.0	+1.3
	Progressive	Edwin Utley	492	26.1	−17.2
	Labour	Linus Bungate	301	16.0
Total formal votes			1,887	99.5	+0.4
Informal votes			9	0.5	−0.4
Turnout			1,896	61.6	−4.5
	Liberal Reform hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Free Trade	Simeon Phillips	925	56.7
	National Federal	James Morgan	707	43.3
Total formal votes			1,632	99.9
Informal votes			2	0.1
Turnout			1,634	66.1
	Free Trade hold

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Protectionist	James Morgan	645	40.6
	Free Trade	Simeon Phillips	604	38.0
	Labour	William Wilkinson	341	21.5
Total formal votes			1,590	98.9
Informal votes			18	1.1
Turnout			1,608	78.5
	Protectionist win		(new seat)