Electoral results for the district of Newcastle West
Election results for Newcastle West, New South Wales, Australia
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Newcastle West, 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][3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1894 | James Ellis | Free Trade | |
| 1895 | James Thomson | Labour | |
| 1898 | |||
| 1901 | Owen Gilbert | Liberal Reform | |
Election results
Elections in the 1900s
1901
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Reform | Owen Gilbert | 802 | 57.9 | ||
| Progressive | Emmanuel Flynn | 316 | 22.8 | −23.6 | |
| Labour | Thomas Green | 267 | 19.3 | −34.3 | |
| Total formal votes | 1,385 | 99.4 | −0.5 | ||
| Informal votes | 9 | 0.7 | +0.5 | ||
| Turnout | 1,394 | 70.8 | +7.5 | ||
| Liberal Reform gain from Labour | |||||
The sitting member was James Thomson (Labour) who did not contest the election.
Elections in the 1890s
1898
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Thomson | 580 | 53.6 | ||
| National Federal | James Ellis | 502 | 46.4 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,082 | 99.8 | |||
| Informal votes | 2 | 0.2 | |||
| Turnout | 1,084 | 63.3 | |||
| Labour hold | |||||
1895
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Thomson | 329 | 29.6 | ||
| Free Trade | James Blanksby | 317 | 28.5 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | James Ellis | 249 | 22.4 | ||
| Protectionist | David Scott | 193 | 17.3 | ||
| Ind. Protectionist | Alfred Asher | 25 | 2.3 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,113 | 99.4 | |||
| Informal votes | 7 | 0.6 | |||
| Turnout | 1,120 | 75.2 | |||
| Labour gain from Free Trade | |||||
1894
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free Trade | James Ellis | 428 | 31.5 | ||
| Labour | James Thompson | 327 | 24.0 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | James Blanksby | 268 | 19.7 | ||
| Protectionist | William Grahame | 226 | 16.6 | ||
| Ind. Free Trade | George Webb | 112 | 8.2 | ||
| Total formal votes | 1,361 | 99.1 | |||
| Informal votes | 13 | 1.0 | |||
| Turnout | 1,374 | 89.7 | |||
| Free Trade win | (new seat) | ||||
