Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election

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New South Wales state election, 10 September 1907 [1]
Legislative Assembly
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Enrolled voters 745,900
Votes cast 458,408 Turnout 66.72 +7.41
Informal votes 13,543 Informal 2.87 +1.88
Summary of votes by party
Party Primary votes  % Swing Seats Change
  Liberal Reform 210,456 45.91 +1.33 45 0
  Labour 152,704 33.31 +10.01 32 +7
  Independent 46,551 10.15 +3.69 4 +2
  Independent Liberal 26,192 5.71 +0.37 4 +2
  Former Progressive 21,759 4.75 −14.23 5 −11
  Socialist 746 0.16 +0.10 0 0
Total 458,408     90  

The 1907 New South Wales state election involved 90 electoral districts returning one member each. The election was conducted on the basis of a simple majority or first-past-the-post voting system.[1]

In this election, 7 members did not stand for re-election,[a] in 11 electorates the winning candidate received less than 50% of the votes,[b] while 5 were uncontested.[c]

There were 23 seats that elected a member from a different party, while a further 5 seats where the member retained the seat but changed from the Progressive Party to the Liberal Reform Party, continuing the demise of the Progressive Party, from a high of 42 seats at the 1901 election.[2] Four months before the election the party had negotiated a coalition agreement with the Liberal Reform Party however this was rejected by a vote of parliamentary members.[3] The party leader Thomas Waddell (Belubula) resigned and joined the Liberal Reform Party,[4] and was followed by John McFarlane (The Clarence), Brinsley Hall (The Hawkesbury), John Gillies (Maitland) and John Perry (b 1845) (The Richmond). Of the remaining 10 former Progressive Party members, a further 5 lost their seats. For a comprehensive list, see 1907 New South Wales state election § Changing seats.

Albury

1907 New South Wales state election: Albury [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Former Progressive Gordon McLaurin 2,452 61.5
Labour Henry Davies 1,533 38.5
Total formal votes 3,985 96.4
Informal votes 150 3.6
Turnout 4,135 60.9
Former Progressive hold  

Alexandria

1907 New South Wales state election: Alexandria [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Dacey 3,523 55.0
Liberal Reform Albert Bruntnell 2,742 42.8
Independent Joseph Edward Warner 119 1.9
Independent Patrick Joseph Craddock 10 0.2
Independent Alexander Bryson 8 0.1
Total formal votes 6,290 97.7
Informal votes 147 2.3
Turnout 6,437 71.7
Labour hold  

Allowrie

1907 New South Wales state election: Allowrie [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Mark Morton Unopposed
Liberal Reform hold  

Annandale

1907 New South Wales state election: Annandale [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Mahony 3,567 54.9
Independent Isaiah Cohen 2,933 45.1
Total formal votes 6,500 97.0
Informal votes 200 3.0
Turnout 6,700 69.2
Liberal Reform hold  

Armidale

1907 New South Wales state election: Armidale [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Edmund Lonsdale 2,964 52.0
Labour Michael MacMahon 2,741 48.1
Total formal votes 5,705 97.3
Informal votes 158 2.7
Turnout 5,863 68.4
Liberal Reform hold  

Ashburnham

1907 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Lynch 2,972 53.7 +22.3
Liberal Reform Eden George 2,560 46.3 +10.9
Total formal votes 5,532 96.0
Informal votes 231 4.0
Turnout 5,763 74.0
Labour gain from Liberal Reform Swing+5.7

Ashfield

1907 New South Wales state election: Ashfield [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Robson 4,267 67.6
Independent James Eve 2,047 32.4
Total formal votes 6,314 97.9
Informal votes 136 2.1
Turnout 6,450 66.7
Liberal Reform hold  

Balmain

1907 New South Wales state election: Balmain [12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Storey 3,100 50.3 +2.8
Liberal Reform Walter Anderson 3,058 49.7 −2.8
Total formal votes 6,158 98.8
Informal votes 72 1.2
Turnout 6,230 76.3
Labour gain from Liberal Reform Swing+2.8

Bathurst

1907 New South Wales state election: Bathurst [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Miller 2,613 52.4 +6.5
Former Progressive William Young 2,372 47.6 −6.5
Total formal votes 4,985 96.3
Informal votes 193 3.7
Turnout 5,178 73.4
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive Swing+6.5

Bega

1907 New South Wales state election: Bega [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Wood 3,024 55.5
Labour George Holt 2,423 44.5
Total formal votes 5,447 98.7
Informal votes 74 1.3
Turnout 5,521 74.8
Liberal Reform hold  

Belmore

1907 New South Wales state election: Belmore [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Former Progressive Edward O'Sullivan 3,441 69.7
Liberal Reform Richard Teece 1,494 30.3
Total formal votes 4,935 98.3
Informal votes 87 1.7
Turnout 5,022 62.3
Former Progressive hold  

Belubula

1907 New South Wales state election: Belubula [16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Waddell 2,789 54.6 −2.6
Labour George Ross 2,321 45.4
Total formal votes 5,110 95.8
Informal votes 222 4.2
Turnout 5,332 67.9
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Progressive Swing−2.6

Bingara

1907 New South Wales state election: Bingara [17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Samuel Moore 3,143 61.9
Labour Samuel Heaton 1,936 38.1
Total formal votes 5,079 96.9
Informal votes 161 3.1
Turnout 5,240 59.8
Liberal Reform hold  

Blayney

1907 New South Wales state election: Blayney [18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Beeby 2,580 50.5
Liberal Reform John Withington (defeated) 2,530 49.5
Total formal votes 5,110 97.4
Informal votes 135 2.6
Turnout 5,245 71.7
Labour gain from Progressive  

Paddy Crick, Progressive Party, had won the seat at the 1904 election, however he was expelled from the Parliament in 1906. John Withington won the seat for the Liberal Reform Party at the 1907 by-election.[19]

Botany

1907 New South Wales state election: Botany [20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Fred Page 3,420 53.2 +14.3
Liberal Reform Isaac Spackman 2,958 46.0 +5.9
Independent William Cox 55 0.9
Total formal votes 6,433 96.8
Informal votes 212 3.2
Turnout 6,645 72.2
Labour gain from Liberal Reform Swing+4.2

Broken Hill

1907 New South Wales state election: Broken Hill [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cann Unopposed
Labour hold  

Burrangong

1907 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Burgess 3,086 52.7
Liberal Reform Hector McWilliam 2,771 47.3
Total formal votes 5,857 97.9
Informal votes 124 2.1
Turnout 5,981 72.8
Labour hold  

Burwood

1907 New South Wales state election: Burwood [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Thomas Henley 3,948 55.2
Labour Thomas Tytherleigh 1,503 21.0
Independent William Archer 1,103 15.4
Independent Stapleton Rodd 600 8.4
Total formal votes 7,154 97.3
Informal votes 197 2.7
Turnout 7,351 74.4
Liberal Reform hold  

Camden

1907 New South Wales state election: Camden [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Fred Downes 2,671 57.9
Independent John Moore 1,867 40.5
Independent Frederick Webster 74 1.6
Total formal votes 4,612 97.0
Informal votes 142 3.0
Turnout 4,754 63.7
Liberal Reform hold  

Camperdown

1907 New South Wales state election: Camperdown [25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Stuart-Robertson 3,377 51.7
Liberal Reform William Clegg 2,860 43.8 +15.5
Former Progressive James Smith (defeated) 294 4.5
Total formal votes 6,531 98.2
Informal votes 123 1.9
Turnout 6,654 73.1
Labour gain from Progressive  

Canterbury

1907 New South Wales state election: Canterbury [26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Varney Parkes 3,531 43.0
Liberal Reform Thomas Mackenzie 2,419 29.5 −27.4
Labour Edgar Cutler 2,257 27.5 +2.8
Total formal votes 8,207 97.1
Informal votes 246 2.9
Turnout 8,453 73.7
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Reform  

The Castlereagh

1907 New South Wales state election: The Castlereagh [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Treflé 2,854 56.6
Independent Liberal Donald Fletcher 2,186 43.4
Total formal votes 5,040 96.5
Informal votes 181 3.5
Turnout 5,221 65.4
Labour hold  

The Clarence

1907 New South Wales state election: The Clarence [28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John McFarlane 2,305 73.0
Independent Thomas Willan 852 27.0
Total formal votes 3,157 96.4
Informal votes 117 3.6
Turnout 3,274 46.0
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Progressive  

The Clyde

1907 New South Wales state election: The Clyde [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Millard 1,902 53.6
Independent John Keenan 834 23.5
Labour William Alley 815 23.0
Total formal votes 3,551 96.2
Informal votes 141 3.8
Turnout 3,692 69.6
Liberal Reform hold  

Cobar

1907 New South Wales state election: Cobar [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Donald Macdonell Unopposed
Labour hold  

Cootamundra

1907 New South Wales state election: Cootamundra [31]
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  

Corowa

1907 New South Wales state election: Corowa [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Richard Ball 2,568 56.0
Labour John Grant 2,015 44.0
Total formal votes 4,583 97.5
Informal votes 120 2.6
Turnout 4,703 61.2
Liberal Reform hold  

The Darling

1907 New South Wales state election: The Darling [33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Meehan 2,370 67.0
Liberal Reform William Davis 1,170 33.1
Total formal votes 4,583 97.5
Informal votes 120 2.6
Turnout 4,703 61.2
Labour hold  

Darling Harbour

1907 New South Wales state election: Darling Harbour [34][35]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Norton 1,666 35.8
Labour William Daley 1,146 24.7
International Socialist Harry Holland 746 16.1
Liberal Reform George Whatmore 650 14.0
Independent Evan Jones 435 9.4
Independent Sydney Green 6 0.1
Total formal votes 4,649 96.7
Informal votes 161 3.3
Turnout 4,810 66.9
Independent gain from Labour [d]  

Darlinghurst

1907 New South Wales state election: Darlinghurst [36]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Daniel Levy 2,640 57.7
Labour Donald McKinnon 1,263 27.6
Independent David Middleton 661 14.4
Total formal votes 4,579 97.5
Informal votes 116 2.5
Turnout 4,695 56.9
Liberal Reform hold  

Deniliquin

1907 New South Wales state election: Deniliquin [37]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Peters 1,958 48.1
Liberal Reform Hugh McKinney 1,536 37.7
Independent James Wallace 333 8.2
Independent George Perrin 246 6.0
Total formal votes 4,073 97.6
Informal votes 99 2.4
Turnout 4,172 62.5
Labour gain from Independent  

Durham

1907 New South Wales state election: Durham [38]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal William Brown 2,221 50.6
Former Progressive Walter Bennett (defeated) 2,166 49.4
Total formal votes 4,387 97.6
Informal votes 108 2.4
Turnout 4,495 68.5
Independent Liberal gain from Progressive [e]  

The Glebe

1907 New South Wales state election: The Glebe [40]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform James Hogue 3,240 53.9
Independent John Haynes 2,774 46.1
Total formal votes 6,014 97.0
Informal votes 187 3.0
Turnout 6,201 66.5
Liberal Reform hold  

Gloucester

1907 New South Wales state election: Gloucester [41]
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 [f]  

Gordon

1907 New South Wales state election: Gordon [43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Charles Wade 5,156 73.6
Labour Sydney Hutton 1,854 26.5
Total formal votes 7,010 97.2
Informal votes 203 2.8
Turnout 7,213 74.1
Liberal Reform hold  

Gough

1907 New South Wales state election: Gough [44]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Follett Thomas 2,982 55.6
Labour Francis Bryant 2,166 40.4
Independent William Vincent 217 4.0
Total formal votes 5,365 96.4
Informal votes 203 3.7
Turnout 5,568 67.2
Liberal Reform hold  

Goulburn

1907 New South Wales state election: Goulburn [45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Augustus James 2,237 42.5
Labour Richard Holloway 1,553 29.5
Independent Thomas Rose 1,267 24.1
Independent James Gegg 208 4.0
Total formal votes 5,265 98.4
Informal votes 84 1.6
Turnout 5,349 67.9
Liberal Reform hold  

Granville

1907 New South Wales state election: Granville [46]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Nobbs 3,600 72.5
Labour Walter Duncan 1,363 27.5
Total formal votes 4,963 96.5
Informal votes 179 3.5
Turnout 5,142 58.5
Liberal Reform hold  

The Gwydir

1907 New South Wales state election: The Gwydir [47]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour George Jones 2,302 60.6
Independent Liberal Thomas Hogan 1,495 39.4
Total formal votes 3,797 95.7
Informal votes 169 4.3
Turnout 3,966 54.8
Labour hold  

Hartley

1907 New South Wales state election: Hartley [48]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Dooley 2,967 50.2
Liberal Reform John Hurley 2,947 49.8
Total formal votes 5,914 96.1
Informal votes 241 3.9
Turnout 6,155 59.9
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  

Hastings and Macleay

1907 New South Wales state election: Hastings and Macleay [49]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Robert Davidson 2,334 49.4
Independent Edward Noonan 2,002 42.4
Independent William Newton 387 8.2
Total formal votes 4,723 96.8
Informal votes 156 3.2
Turnout 4,879 66.6
Liberal Reform hold  

The Hawkesbury

1907 New South Wales state election: The Hawkesbury [50]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Brinsley Hall 3,571 65.6
Independent Thomas Smith 1,673 30.7
Labour Arthur Mackenzie 200 3.7
Total formal votes 5,444 97.0
Informal votes 169 3.0
Turnout 5,613 68.0
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Progressive  

Kahibah

1907 New South Wales state election: Kahibah [51]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Alfred Edden Unopposed
Labour hold  

King

1907 New South Wales state election: King [52]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Ernest Broughton 2,461 51.4
Labour John West 2,331 48.6
Total formal votes 4,792 97.6
Informal votes 120 2.4
Turnout 4,912 62.5
Liberal Reform hold  

The Lachlan

1907 New South Wales state election: The Lachlan [53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Andrew Kelly 2,726 53.1
Liberal Reform James Carroll 2,409 46.9
Total formal votes 5,135 97.1
Informal votes 153 2.9
Turnout 5,288 67.4
Labour hold  

Lane Cove

1907 New South Wales state election: Lane Cove [54]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform David Fell 4,380 72.4
Labour Robert Boxall 1,673 27.6
Total formal votes 6,053 96.6
Informal votes 212 3.4
Turnout 6,265 60.6
Liberal Reform hold  

Leichhardt

1907 New South Wales state election: Leichhardt [55]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Campbell Carmichael 3,554 44.2
Liberal Reform Robert Booth 3,069 38.1
Independent Liberal John Hawthorne 1,425 17.7
Total formal votes 8,048 97.9
Informal votes 176 2.1
Turnout 8,224 79.6
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  

Liverpool Plains

1907 New South Wales state election: Liverpool Plains [56]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Henry Horne 2,519 51.5
Liberal Reform John Perry (b 1849) 2,373 48.5
Total formal votes 4,892 96.9
Informal votes 155 3.1
Turnout 5,047 66.1
Labour gain from Independent Liberal  

SItting member John Perry (b 1849) had been elected as an Independent Liberal candidate at the 1904 election,[57] and joined Liberal Reform in 1907.

The Macquarie

1907 New South Wales state election: The Macquarie [58]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Charles Barton 3,344 50.5
Labour Thomas Thrower 3,279 49.5
Total formal votes 6,623 98.0
Informal votes 136 2.0
Turnout 6,759 73.2
Liberal Reform gain from Labour  

Maitland

1907 New South Wales state election: Maitland [59]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Gillies 3,563 82.7
Labour Samuel Rees 746 17.3
Total formal votes 4,309 95.0
Informal votes 229 5.1
Turnout 4,538 59.1
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Progressive  

Marrickville

1907 New South Wales state election: Marrickville [60]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Richard McCoy 3,966 64.6
Labour Walter Thompson 2,178 35.5
Total formal votes 6,144 98.0
Informal votes 128 2.0
Turnout 6,272 66.7
Liberal Reform hold  

Middle Harbour

1907 New South Wales state election: Middle Harbour [61]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Richard Arthur 5,120 57.2
Independent Liberal William Fell 3,674 41.0
Independent Thomas Loxton 92 1.0
Independent John Hayes 70 0.8
Total formal votes 8,956 98.0
Informal votes 183 2.0
Turnout 9,139 75.9
Liberal Reform hold  

Monaro

1907 New South Wales state election: Monaro [62]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Gus Miller 1,847 67.5
Liberal Reform Edward Harris 888 32.5
Total formal votes 2,735 94.5
Informal votes 159 5.5
Turnout 2,894 48.5
Labour hold  

Mudgee

1907 New South Wales state election: Mudgee [63]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Robert Jones 3,045 53.7
Labour James Morrish 2,417 42.6
Independent William Wall 211 3.7
Total formal votes 5,673 97.3
Informal votes 156 2.7
Turnout 5,829 73.2
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive  

The Murray

1907 New South Wales state election: The Murray [64]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Scobie 2,041 63.6
Liberal Reform Frank Byrne 1,168 36.4
Total formal votes 3,209 96.8
Informal votes 105 3.2
Turnout 3,314 48.6
Labour hold  

The Murrumbidgee

1907 New South Wales state election: The Murrumbidgee [65]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Patrick McGarry 3,931 55.6
Liberal Reform Thomas Fitzpatrick 3,140 44.4
Total formal votes 7,071 98.0
Informal votes 141 2.0
Turnout 7,212 70.0
Labour hold  

The Namoi

1907 New South Wales state election: The Namoi [66]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal Albert Collins [g] 2,531 53.9
Labour William Walton 2,165 46.1
Total formal votes 4,696 96.9
Informal votes 149 3.1
Turnout 4,845 65.9
Independent Liberal hold  

Newcastle

1907 New South Wales state election: Newcastle [68]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Owen Gilbert 2,950 57.4
Labour Laurence Vial 2,186 42.6
Total formal votes 5,136 96.9
Informal votes 167 3.2
Turnout 5,303 71.9
Liberal Reform hold  

Newtown

1907 New South Wales state election: Newtown [69]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Hollis 3,224 50.4
Liberal Reform Harold Morgan 3,150 49.3
Independent Patrick Quinn 20 0.3
Total formal votes 6,394 97.6
Informal votes 156 2.4
Turnout 6,550 71.4
Labour hold  

Northumberland

1907 New South Wales state election: Northumberland [70]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Matthew Charlton 3,749 69.2
Liberal Reform John Sutton 1,668 30.8
Total formal votes 5,417 96.5
Informal votes 197 3.5
Turnout 5,614 45.8
Labour hold  

Orange

1907 New South Wales state election: Orange [71]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Fitzpatrick 3,030 52.2
Labour Albert Gardiner 2,775 47.8
Total formal votes 5,805 98.2
Informal votes 108 1.8
Turnout 5,913 76.9
Liberal Reform gain from Labour  

Paddington

1907 New South Wales state election: Paddington [72]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Charles Oakes 2,978 56.4
Labour John Osborne 2,290 43.3
Independent Sidney Baird 17 0.3
Total formal votes 5,285 98.0
Informal votes 110 2.0
Turnout 5,395 57.6
Liberal Reform hold  

Parramatta

1907 New South Wales state election: Parramatta [73]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Tom Moxham 2,920 51.8
Independent Edward Terry 1,509 26.4
Labour Arthur Rae 1,242 21.8
Total formal votes 5,711 95.3
Informal votes 285 4.7
Turnout 5,996 74.5
Liberal Reform hold  

Petersham

1907 New South Wales state election: Petersham [74]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Cohen 4,398 79.2
Labour John Kohen 1,082 19.5
Independent William Pickup 73 1.3
Total formal votes 5,553 98.4
Informal votes 90 1.6
Turnout 5,643 62.6
Liberal Reform hold  

Phillip

1907 New South Wales state election: Phillip [75]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Richard Meagher 2,578 42.6
Liberal Reform John Garland 1,735 28.7
Labour Phillip Sullivan 1,735 28.7
Total formal votes 6,048 97.3
Informal votes 170 2.7
Turnout 6,218 72.5
Independent gain from Labour  

Pyrmont

1907 New South Wales state election: Pyrmont [76]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John McNeill 2,734 65.3
Liberal Reform Percy Stevens 1,454 34.7
Total formal votes 4,188 95.5
Informal votes 198 4.5
Turnout 4,386 62.0
Labour hold  

Queanbeyan

1907 New South Wales state election: Queanbeyan [77]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Granville Ryrie 2,447 55.7
Labour George Clark 1,941 44.1
Independent Edward Lockwood 9 0.2
Total formal votes 4,397 97.4
Informal votes 119 2.6
Turnout 4,516 71.7
Liberal Reform hold  

Raleigh

1907 New South Wales state election: Raleigh [78]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Former Progressive George Briner 2,772 64.3
Independent Liberal John McLaughlin 1,172 27.2
Labour William McCristal 370 8.6
Total formal votes 4,314 94.7
Informal votes 244 5.4
Turnout 4,558 55.9
Former Progressive hold  

Randwick

1907 New South Wales state election: Randwick [79]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform David Storey 3,499 76.0
Labour John Browne 1,104 24.0
Total formal votes 4,603 96.5
Informal votes 168 3.5
Turnout 4,771 51.4
Liberal Reform hold  

Redfern

1907 New South Wales state election: Redfern [80]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James McGowen 3,222 53.4
Liberal Reform George Howe 2,811 46.6
Total formal votes 6,033 97.6
Informal votes 149 2.4
Turnout 6,182 71.5
Labour hold  

The Richmond

1907 New South Wales state election: The Richmond [81]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Perry (b 1845) 3,007 60.3 +22.3
Independent Thomas Temperley 1,984 39.8
Total formal votes 4,991 96.8
Informal votes 163 3.2
Turnout 5,154 69.3
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Progressive Swing+22.3

Rous

1907 New South Wales state election: Rous [82]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform George Hindmarsh 3,454 52.3
Independent John Sheridan 2,020 30.6
Independent Richard Balmer 1,128 17.1
Total formal votes 6,602 96.0
Informal votes 277 4.0
Turnout 6,879 68.5
Liberal Reform hold  

Rozelle

1907 New South Wales state election: Rozelle [83]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Mercer 3,471 53.2 +4.1
Liberal Reform Sydney Law 3,056 46.8 −4.1
Total formal votes 6,527 97.9
Informal votes 143 2.1
Turnout 6,670 74.4
Labour gain from Liberal Reform Swing+4.1

St George

1907 New South Wales state election: St George [84]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Sir Joseph Carruthers 5,345 78.0
Labour George Black 1,507 22.0
Total formal votes 6,852 96.9
Informal votes 220 3.1
Turnout 7,072 66.9
Liberal Reform hold  

St Leonards

1907 New South Wales state election: St Leonards [85]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Edward Clark 2,366 37.0 −0.5
Liberal Reform John Carter 1,972 30.8 −18.9
Independent Liberal Herbert McIntosh 909 14.2
Labour Herbert Milner 600 9.4 −0.9
Independent Liberal Thomas Creswell (defeated) 549 8.6
Total formal votes 6,396 97.6
Informal votes 156 2.4
Turnout 6,552 71.9
Independent gain from Liberal Reform Swing+9.2

This was the third and final contest for St Leonards between Edward Clark and Thomas Creswell. Clark, as the selected Liberal Reform candidate defeated Cresswell at the 1901 election.[86] Creswell then defeated Clark to be selected as the Liberal Reform candidate in 1904,[87] before comfortably beating him at the election.[88] Cresswell however lost Liberal preselection for the seat in 1907 to John Carter,[89] with Clark defeating both Cresswell and Carter to regain the seat.[85]

Sherbrooke

1907 New South Wales state election: Sherbrooke [90]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Hunt 3,733 73.4
Labour Benjamin Prior 476 9.4
Independent Robert Lalor 440 8.7
Independent Eugene Rudder 417 8.2
Independent Donald Campbell 23 0.5
Total formal votes 5,089 98.0
Informal votes 102 2.0
Turnout 5,191 64.1
Liberal Reform hold  

Singleton

1907 New South Wales state election: Singleton [91]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform James Fallick 2,243 58.1
Labour William Johnson 1,619 41.9
Total formal votes 3,862 97.9
Informal votes 85 2.2
Turnout 3,947 64.6
Liberal Reform hold  

Sturt

1907 New South Wales state election: Sturt [92]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Arthur Griffith Unopposed
Labour hold  

Surry Hills

1907 New South Wales state election: Surry Hills [93]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Sir James Graham 2,227 37.3
Labour John Birt 2,104 35.3
Independent Paddy Crick 1,442 24.2
Independent George Perry 194 3.3
Total formal votes 5,967 96.3
Informal votes 230 3.7
Turnout 6,197 68.4
Liberal Reform gain from Independent  

John Norton (Independent) had won the seat at the 1904 election, however he challenged William Holman to face a by-election and was soundly defeated at the Surry Hills by-election in July 1906, finishing fourth behind Albert Bruntnell (Liberal Reform). At the 1907 general election Bruntnell chose to contest Alexandria but the seat was retained for Liberal Reform by Sir James Graham.

Tamworth

1907 New South Wales state election: Tamworth [94]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Former Progressive Robert Levien 2,783 60.0
Independent Samuel Walker 1,696 36.5
Labour Harold Farleigh [h] 162 3.5
Total formal votes 4,641 96.5
Informal votes 171 3.6
Turnout 4,812 63.7
Former Progressive hold  

Tenterfield

1907 New South Wales state election: Tenterfield [97]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Charles Lee 3,111 53.1
Independent Robert Pyers 2,753 47.0
Total formal votes 5,864 97.0
Informal votes 182 3.0
Turnout 6,046 66.6
Liberal Reform hold  

The Upper Hunter

1907 New South Wales state election: The Upper Hunter [98]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Fleming 2,301 49.8
Labour William Ashford 2,146 46.4
Independent Edward Eagar 117 2.5
Independent Wilfred Young 57 1.2
Total formal votes 4,621 97.4
Informal votes 123 2.6
Turnout 4,744 67.5
Liberal Reform hold  

Waratah

1907 New South Wales state election: Waratah [99]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Estell 3,214 84.6
Independent David Renfrew 585 15.4
Total formal votes 3,799 93.7
Informal votes 256 6.3
Turnout 4,055 54.5
Labour hold  

Waverley

1907 New South Wales state election: Waverley [100]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Liberal James Macarthur-Onslow 3,769 48.4
Liberal Reform Thomas Jessep 3,189 40.9
Labour Edward Whittington 458 5.9
Independent Frank Lock 379 4.9
Total formal votes 7,795 98.5
Informal votes 119 1.5
Turnout 7,914 73.3
Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Reform  

Wickham

1907 New South Wales state election: Wickham [101]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Grahame 3,607 55.5
Former Progressive John Fegan 2,892 44.5
Total formal votes 6,499 96.9
Informal votes 206 3.1
Turnout 6,705 74.2
Labour gain from Progressive  

Wollondilly

1907 New South Wales state election: Wollondilly [102]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William McCourt 3,220 78.1
Independent Leonard Green 671 16.3
Labour Laurence Gilmartin 232 5.6
Total formal votes 4,123 96.4
Informal votes 153 3.6
Turnout 4,276 56.3
Liberal Reform hold  

Wollongong

1907 New South Wales state election: Wollongong [103]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Nicholson 3,333 56.6
Liberal Reform Alexander Campbell 2,556 43.4
Total formal votes 5,889 96.9
Informal votes 189 3.1
Turnout 6,078 68.5
Labour hold  

Woollahra

1907 New South Wales state election: Woollahra [104]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform William Latimer 3,072 70.2
Labour Robert Usher 1,306 29.8
Total formal votes 4,378 96.7
Informal votes 149 3.3
Turnout 4,527 55.3
Liberal Reform hold  

Wynyard

1907 New South Wales state election: Wynyard [105]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Former Progressive Robert Donaldson 2,881 57.8
Labour Patrick Sullivan 2,100 42.2
Total formal votes 4,981 98.0
Informal votes 101 2.0
Turnout 5,082 77.9
Former Progressive hold  

Yass

1907 New South Wales state election: Yass [106]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Niels Nielsen 2,705 52.4
Liberal Reform Bernard Grogan 2,453 47.6
Total formal votes 5,158 98.0
Informal votes 104 2.0
Turnout 5,262 71.0
Labour hold  

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