Electoral results for the district of Gloucester

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Gloucester an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations from 1880 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1988.[1][2][3]

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1880   Archibald Jacob None
1882   Robert White None
1885
1887   Jonathan Seaver Free Trade
1889
1891   John Hart Free Trade
1894   Richard Price Protectionist
1895
1898
1901   Independent
1904   James Young Liberal Reform
1907   Richard Price Independent
1910   Liberal Reform
1913   Farmers and Settlers
1917   Independent
1917 by
 
ElectionMemberParty
1927   Walter Bennett Nationalist
1930
1932   United Australia
1934 by   Charles Bennett United Australia
1935
1938
1941   Ray Fitzgerald Independent
1944
1947
1950   Country
1953
1956
1959
1962   Leon Punch Country
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978
1981 National Country
1984 National
1985 by   Wendy Machin National
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Election results

Elections in the 1980s

1985 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1985 Gloucester state by-election § Result.[edit]
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1985 Gloucester by-election
Saturday 1 February [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Wendy Machin 21,461 68.32
Independent Rodney Hickman 7,096 22.59
Nuclear Disarmament Marie-Anne Hockings 2,589 8.24
Small Business and Enterprise Party Kusala Fitzroy-Mendis 161 0.51
Small Business and Enterprise Party Stanley Fitzroy-Mendis 104 0.33
Total formal votes 31,411 97.62
Informal votes 765 2.38
Turnout 32,176 81.02
National hold Swing 
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National MP Leon Punch resigned.[4]

1984

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1984 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1984 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Leon Punch 21,678 61.9 +1.7
Labor John Eastman 13,360 38.1 −1.7
Total formal votes 35,038 97.8 −0.4
Informal votes 777 2.2 +0.4
Turnout 35,815 94.2 +0.5
National hold Swing+1.7
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1981

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1981 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1981 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Leon Punch 19,261 60.2
Labor John Eastman 12,721 39.8
Total formal votes 31,982 98.2
Informal votes 578 1.8
Turnout 32,560 93.7
National Country hold Swing−5.4
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Elections in the 1970s

1978

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1978 New South Wales Legislative Assembly election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1978 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Country Leon Punch 14,265 55.4 −6.2
Labor Ronald Aiken 9,551 37.1 +7.8
Independent Bruce MacKenzie 1,942 7.5 +7.5
Total formal votes 25,758 98.5 −0.6
Informal votes 404 1.5 +0.6
Turnout 26,162 93.9 +0.1
Two-party-preferred result
National Country Leon Punch 15,236 59.2 −10.0
Labor Ronald Aiken 10,522 40.8 +10.0
National Country hold Swing−10.0
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1976

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1976 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Gloucester.[edit]
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1976 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leon Punch 14,160 61.6 −3.6
Labor Johannes Winkelman 6,723 29.3 +7.0
Independent Herbert Collins 2,085 9.1 −3.4
Total formal votes 22,968 99.1 +0.5
Informal votes 219 0.9 −0.5
Turnout 23,187 93.8 +1.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leon Punch 15,886 69.2 −6.0
Labor Johannes Winkelman 7,082 30.8 +6.0
Country hold Swing−6.0
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1973

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1973 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Gloucester.[edit]
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1973 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leon Punch 12,708 65.2 +3.1
Labor Terence Wallis 4,355 22.3 −5.3
Democratic Labor Herbert Collins 2,435 12.5 +12.5
Total formal votes 19,498 98.6
Informal votes 273 1.4
Turnout 19,771 92.7
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leon Punch 14,656 75.2 +10.4
Labor Terence Wallis 4,842 24.8 −10.4
Country hold Swing+10.4
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1971

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Gloucester.[edit]
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1971 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leon Punch 12,720 62.1 +2.3
Labor Terence Wallis 5,664 27.6 +4.5
Independent James Bogan 2,112 10.3 +10.3
Total formal votes 20,496 98.9
Informal votes 217 1.1
Turnout 20,713 93.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leon Punch 13,987 68.2 −4.5
Labor Terence Wallis 6,509 31.8 +4.5
Country hold Swing−4.5
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Elections in the 1960s

1968

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1968 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leon Punch 11,152 59.8 −13.4
Labor Philip Jackson 4,305 23.1 +23.1
Independent Bob Scott 1,325 7.1 −19.7
Independent Charles Buckingham 973 5.2 +5.2
Independent John Tully 891 4.8 +4.8
Total formal votes 18,646 98.0
Informal votes 375 2.0
Turnout 19,021 95.1
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leon Punch 13,066 70.1 −3.1
Labor Philip Jackson 5,580 29.9 +29.9
Country hold Swing−3.1
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1965

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1965 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leon Punch 14,337 73.2 +29.4
Independent Bob Scott 5,249 26.8 +26.8
Total formal votes 19,586 98.5 −0.4
Informal votes 306 1.5 +0.4
Turnout 19,892 95.7 −0.1
Country hold SwingN/A
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1962

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1962 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Leon Punch 8,590 43.8 −13.4
Labor Loris Kable 5,801 29.6 +29.6
Country Alan Borthwick 4,576 23.3 +23.3
Democratic Labor Aubrey Barr 640 3.3 +3.3
Total formal votes 19,607 98.9
Informal votes 214 1.1
Turnout 19,821 95.8
Two-party-preferred result
Country Leon Punch 12,567 64.1 +6.9
Labor Loris Kable 7,040 35.9 +35.9
Country hold SwingN/A
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Elections in the 1950s

1959

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1959 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ray Fitzgerald 9,490 57.2
Independent Alan Borthwick 7,109 42.8
Total formal votes 16,599 98.1
Informal votes 325 1.9
Turnout 16,924 94.5
Country hold Swing
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1956

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1956 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ray Fitzgerald 10,307 65.4 +2.4
Labor Thomas Breen 5,440 34.6 −2.4
Total formal votes 15,747 98.7 +0.5
Informal votes 206 1.3 −0.5
Turnout 15,953 92.0 −2.8
Country hold Swing+2.4
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1953

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1953 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Country Ray Fitzgerald 9,696 63.0
Labor Percy Randle 5,694 37.0
Total formal votes 15,390 98.2
Informal votes 276 1.8
Turnout 15,666 94.8
Country hold Swing
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1950

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1950 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Edward Robb 4,792 30.2
Country Ray Fitzgerald 4,711 29.7
Liberal Roderick Richardson 3,601 22.7
Country Bruce Cowan 2,577 16.2
Independent William McCristal 180 1.1
Total formal votes 15,861 97.8
Informal votes 360 2.2
Turnout 16,221 90.3
Two-party-preferred result
Country Ray Fitzgerald 10,488 66.1
Labor Edward Robb 5,373 33.9
Member changed to Country from Independent SwingN/A
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Elections in the 1940s

1947

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1947 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ray Fitzgerald 5,650 41.4 +0.4
Country Donald Mackay 4,194 30.7 +9.7
Liberal Alan Borthwick 3,066 22.5 −15.4
Independent James Bogan 366 2.7 +2.7
Independent Edwin Dark 366 2.7 +2.7
Total formal votes 13,642 97.2 −1.0
Informal votes 396 2.8 +1.0
Turnout 14,038 94.8 +2.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ray Fitzgerald 6,885 50.5 +0.3
Country Donald Mackay 6,757 49.5 +49.5
Independent hold Swing+0.3
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1944

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1944 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Ray Fitzgerald 5,194 41.0 +16.5
Democratic Harold Young 4,805 37.9 +4.8
Country Charles Bennett 2,665 21.0 +21.0
Total formal votes 12,664 98.2 −0.9
Informal votes 124 0.9 +0.9
Turnout 12,894 92.6 −2.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ray Fitzgerald 6,362 50.2 −1.3
Democratic Harold Young 6,302 49.8 +1.3
Independent hold Swing−1.3
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1941

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1941 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Charles Bennett 4,494 33.1
Labor William Morgan 3,735 27.5
Independent Ray Fitzgerald 3,321 24.5
Independent Robert Bruce 2,031 14.9
Total formal votes 13,581 99.1
Informal votes 124 0.9
Turnout 13,705 94.9
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Ray Fitzgerald 6,999 51.5
United Australia Charles Bennett 6,582 48.5
Independent gain from United Australia Swing
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Elections in the 1930s

1938

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1938 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1938 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Charles Bennett 7,732 54.3 −45.7
Independent Ray Fitzgerald 5,010 35.2 +35.2
Independent Henry Rooke 1,492 10.5 +10.5
Total formal votes 14,234 98.4
Informal votes 238 1.6
Turnout 14,472 96.2
United Australia hold SwingN/A
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  • Preferences were not distributed.

1935

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1935 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1935 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Charles Bennett unopposed
United Australia hold  
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1934 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1934 Gloucester state by-election § Result.[edit]
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1934 Gloucester by-election
Saturday 25 August [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Charles Bennett 6,868 53.2 +2.6
Country George Waller 3,531 27.4 +27.4
Country William Hawdon 2,506 19.4 −10.6
Total formal votes 12,905 97.2 −1.1
Informal votes 374 2.8 +1.1
Turnout 13,279 89.9 −6.3
United Australia hold SwingN/A
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  • Preferences were not distributed.

1932

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1932 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1932 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
United Australia Walter Bennett 6,620 50.6 −20.1
Independent Country William Hawdon 3,930 30.0 +30.0
Labor (NSW) William Campbell 1,959 15.0 −14.3
Independent William Flannery 569 4.4 +4.4
Total formal votes 13,078 98.3 −0.3
Informal votes 229 1.7 +0.3
Turnout 13,307 96.2 +1.8
United Australia hold SwingN/A
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  • Preferences were not distributed.

1930

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1930 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1930 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Walter Bennett 8,731 70.7
Labor Willie Harris 3,622 29.3
Total formal votes 12,353 98.6
Informal votes 178 1.4
Turnout 12,531 94.4
Nationalist hold Swing
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Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1927 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Walter Bennett 6,146 52.2
Ind. Nationalist William Brown 2,687 22.8
Labor Henry Hall 1,650 14.0
Independent William Flannery 1,293 11.0
Total formal votes 11,776 98.6
Informal votes 167 1.4
Turnout 11,943 81.3
Nationalist win (new seat)
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District re-established

1920 - 1927

District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

1917 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1917 Gloucester state by-election § Result.[edit]
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1917 Gloucester by-election
Saturday 10 November [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Price (re-elected) 3,740 59.6 +3.6
Nationalist Lewis Martin 2,999 40.4 −3.6
Total formal votes 6,275 100.0 +0.3
Informal votes 0 0.0 −0.3
Turnout 6,275 62.7 [a] −5.6
Independent hold Swing+3.6
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Richard Price (Independent) was expelled from Parliament for abusing parliamentary privilege by making baseless allegations against William Ashford, the Secretary for Lands.[27]

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1917 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nationalist Lewis Martin 2,671 40.8 +40.8
Independent Richard Price 2,390 36.5 −17.2
Labor Albert Jones 1,487 22.7 +2.1
Total formal votes 6,548 99.2 +1.2
Informal votes 54 0.8 −1.2
Turnout 6,602 65.9 −5.2
Second round result
Independent Richard Price 3,815 56.0
Nationalist Lewis Martin 2,999 44.0
Total formal votes 6,814 99.7 +0.5
Informal votes 22 0.3 −0.5
Turnout 6,836 68.3 +2.4
Member changed to Independent from Farmers and Settlers / Nationalist  
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Richard Price had been elected as a Farmers and Settlers member in the 1913 election. He joined the Nationalist Party however he was not endorsed by the party for the 1917 election and ran as an independent.

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1913 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Farmers and Settlers Richard Price [b] 3,750 53.7
Labor Albert Jones 1,441 20.6
Country Party Association David Cowan 1,372 19.7
Independent Robert Malcolm 420 6.0
Total formal votes 6,983 98.0
Informal votes 140 2.0
Turnout 7,123 71.1
Member changed to Farmers and Settlers from Liberal Reform [b]  
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1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1910 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Richard Price 4,608 65.3 +12.6
Labour Con Hogan 1,943 27.5
Independent James Gregg 506 7.2
Total formal votes 7,057 97.0 −0.1
Informal votes 222 3.0 +0.1
Turnout 7,279 65.9 −7.1
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Independent  
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Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1907 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Price 2,854 52.7
Liberal Reform James Young 2,407 44.4
Independent Henry Gardem 160 3.0
Total formal votes 5,421 97.1
Informal votes 160 2.9
Turnout 5,581 73.0
Independent gain from Liberal Reform [c]  
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1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1904 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform James Young 2,635 57.4
Progressive John Thomson 1,955 42.6
Total formal votes 4,590 99.7
Informal votes 12 0.3
Turnout 4,602 70.1
Liberal Reform gain from Independent  
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Gloucester lost part of the district to Durham and absorbed part of Manning. The member for Gloucester was Richard Price (Independent) who nominated to contest Durham however he withdrew from the contest. John Thomson (Progressive) was the member for Manning.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1901 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Price 981 79.4 +15.5
Liberal Reform Alfred Lee 255 20.6 −15.5
Total formal votes 1,236 99.8 +0.2
Informal votes 3 0.2 −0.2
Turnout 1,239 48.3 −12.4
Member changed to Independent from Progressive  
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Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1898 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester [37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Richard Price 859 63.9
Free Trade Frederick Hooke 486 36.1
Total formal votes 1,345 99.6
Informal votes 6 0.4
Turnout 1,351 60.7
National Federal hold  
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1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1895 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester [38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Richard Price 904 86.5
Independent Labour William Ellingworth 141 13.5
Total formal votes 1,045 99.5
Informal votes 5 0.5
Turnout 1,050 48.2
Protectionist hold  
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1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1894 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester [39]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Richard Price 1,084 59.8
Free Trade John Hart 591 32.6
Ind. Protectionist Donald McKinnon 109 6.0
Independent Labour William Ellingworth 29 1.6
Total formal votes 1,813 98.9
Informal votes 20 1.1
Turnout 1,833 84.7
Protectionist gain from Free Trade  
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1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1891 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester
Saturday 27 June [40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Hart (elected) 613 52.5
Protectionist Richard Price 555 47.5
Total formal votes 1,168 99.5
Informal votes 6 0.5
Turnout 1,174 70.6
Free Trade hold  
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The sitting member, Jonathan Seaver (Free Trade), unsuccessfully contested St Leonards because of his opposition to the leadership of Sir Henry Parkes.[40]

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1889 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester
Saturday 16 February [41]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Jonathan Seaver (elected) 369 36.0
Protectionist Richard Price 360 35.2
Free Trade John Hart 295 28.8
Total formal votes 1,024 98.8
Informal votes 12 1.2
Turnout 1,036 58.5
Free Trade hold  
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1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1887 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester
Wednesday 23 February [42]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Jonathan Seaver (elected) 434 45.4
Free Trade John Hart 267 27.9
Free Trade John McLaughlin 207 21.7
Protectionist George Perry 48 5.0
Total formal votes 956 98.6
Informal votes 14 1.4
Turnout 970 59.2
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John McLaughlin had been unsuccessful in contesting Paddington on 9 February.

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1885 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester
Saturday 24 October [43]
Candidate Votes %
Robert White (re-elected) unopposed  
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1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1882 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester
Thursday 21 December [44]
Candidate Votes %
Robert White (elected) 445 44.7
Henry Hudson 382 38.4
William Christie 107 10.8
William Johnston 61 6.1
Total formal votes 995 98.8
Informal votes 12 1.2
Turnout 1,007 70.6
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Sitting member Archibald Jacob unsuccessfully contested Morpeth.

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Gloucester.[edit]
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1880 New South Wales colonial election: Gloucester
Saturday 27 November [45]
Candidate Votes %
Archibald Jacob (re-elected) 471 50.2
Charles Readett 468 49.8
Total formal votes 939 97.6
Informal votes 23 2.4
Turnout 962 63.0
  (new seat)
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Archibald Jacob was the member for the abolished district of The Lower Hunter.

Notes

  1. [a]
    Estimate based on a roll of 10,015 at the 1917 election.[28]
  2. [b]
    Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
  3. [c]
    Richard Price had put his name forward as a Liberal candidate, however James Young was endorsed by the central executive.[32][33][34]

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