Electoral results for the district of Alma

This is a list of electoral results for the Electoral district of Alma in New South Wales state elections from the district's creation in 1894 until its abolition in 1904.

Members

MemberPartyTerm
  Josiah Thomas Labor 1894—1901
  William Williams Independent Labor 1901—1904

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

New South Wales state election, 1901: Alma
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Labor William Williams 874 52.0 +52.0
Labor Jabez Wright 783 46.6 -42.0
Independent William Colliss 25 1.5 +1.5
Total formal votes 1,682 100
Informal votes 0 0
Turnout 1,682 64.2
Independent Labor gain from Labor Swing +52.0

Sitting Labor MP Josiah Thomas had been elected a Member of the House of Representatives for Barrier at the first Commonwealth election in March. Williams nominated as an Independent Labor candidate after friction between local branches and the Barrier District Assembly.[1]

Elections in the 1890s

New South Wales colonial election, 1898: Alma
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Josiah Thomas 1,002 88.6 -11.4
National Federal William Harding 126 11.1 +11.1
Independent Charles Counsell 3 0.3 +0.3
Total formal votes 1,131 97.2
Informal votes 33 2.8
Turnout 1,164 45.4
Labor hold Swing -11.4
New South Wales colonial election, 1895: Alma
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Josiah Thomas 100.0 +21.0
Other 0.0 -21.0
Labor hold Swing +21.0•

•Sitting Labor MP Josiah Thomas was elected unopposed.[2]

New South Wales colonial election, 1894: Alma
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labor Josiah Thomas 1,442 79.0
Protectionist Thomas Coombe 313 17.1
Independent Charles John Pound 71 3.9
Total formal votes 1,826 98.8
Informal votes 22 1.2
Turnout 1,848 89.8
Labor win (new seat)

Labor MP Josiah Thomas won the inaugural election for the seat.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Alma, 1901". Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  2. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Alma, 1895". Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
  3. ↑ Green, Antony (5 July 2007). "Election results for Alma, 1894". Parliament of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2011.
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