Electoral district of Wammerawa

Wammerawa was an electoral district for the Legislative Assembly in the Australian State of New South Wales, created in 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation and named after an alternative name for the Macquarie River. It mainly replaced Mudgee, Castlereagh and Liverpool Plains and elected three members simultaneously. In 1927, it was split into Mudgee, Castlereagh and Liverpool Plains.[1]

Members for Wammerawa
Member Party Period Member Party Period Member Party Period
  Joseph Clark [2] Labor 1920–1922   Bill Dunn [3] Labor 1920–1927   William Ashford [4] Nationalist 1920–1922
  Harold Thorby [5] Progressive 1922–1927   Independent 1922–1922
  Joseph Clark [2] Labor 1922–1927

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1925
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § Wammerawa[edit]
1925 New South Wales state election: Wammerawa [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 6,717
Labor Bill Dunn (elected 1) 8,680 32.3 +6.2
Labor Joseph Clark (elected 2) 5,078 18.9 +0.6
Labor John Ritchie 1,352 5.0 +5.0
Progressive Harold Thorby (elected 3) 4,664 17.4 +6.5
Progressive Alfred Yeo 788 2.9 +2.9
Progressive Samuel Armstrong 721 2.7 +2.7
Nationalist Harold Blackett 3,367 12.5 +12.5
Nationalist John Macdonald 1,566 5.8 +0.8
Nationalist Henry Buttsworth 650 2.4 +2.4
Total formal votes 26,866 97.0 +0.7
Informal votes 823 3.0 -0.7
Turnout 27,689 72.9 +1.6
Party total votes
Labor 15,110 56.2 +8.7
Progressive 6,173 23.0 -6.2
Nationalist 5,583 20.8 +8.6

1922
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election § Wammerawa[edit]
1922 New South Wales state election: Wammerawa [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 6,571
Labor Bill Dunn (elected 1) 6,854 26.1 -13.6
Labor Joseph Clark 4,810 18.3 +8.8
Labor William Webster 821 3.1 -1.1
Progressive Harold Thorby (elected 2) 2,855 10.9 +0.4
Progressive Gordon Wilkins 2,522 9.6 +9.6
Progressive George Oram 930 3.5 +3.5
Progressive James Berryman 726 2.8 +2.8
Progressive Edward Scully 366 1.4 +1.4
Progressive Edward Kater 266 1.0 +1.0
Nationalist Percy Shortland 1,386 5.3 +5.3
Nationalist John Macdonald 1,314 5.0 +5.0
Nationalist John Wark 516 2.0 +2.0
Independent William Ashford (elected 3) 2,891 11.0 +11.0
Independent Arthur Heany 23 0.1 +0.1
Total formal votes 26,280 96.3 +4.2
Informal votes 1,001 3.7 -4.2
Turnout 27,281 71.3 +8.0
Party total votes
Labor 11,664 44.4 -9.0
Progressive 7,665 29.2 +8.3
Nationalist 3,216 12.2 -12.0
Independent William Ashford 2,891 11.0 +11.0
Independent Arthur Heany 23 0.1 +0.1

1920
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election § Wammerawa[edit]
1920 New South Wales state election: Wammerawa [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Quota 5,610
Labor Bill Dunn (elected 1) 8,912 39.7
Labor Joseph Clark (elected 3) 2,138 9.5
Labor William Webster 931 4.2
Nationalist William Ashford (elected 2) 5,166 23.0
Nationalist Sidney Skuthorpe 269 1.2
Progressive Harold Thorby 2,355 10.5
Progressive Neil McLennan 1,206 5.4
Progressive William Harris 1,137 5.1
Independent Sydney Webb 178 0.8
Independent William Kelk 109 0.5
Independent Edwin Utley 37 0.2
Total formal votes 22,438 92.1
Informal votes 1,920 7.9
Turnout 24,358 63.3
Party total votes
Labor 11,981 53.4
Nationalist 5,435 24.2
Progressive 4,698 20.9
Independent Sydney Webb 178 0.8
Independent William Kelk 109 0.5
Independent Edwin Utley 37 0.2

References
  1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  2. "Mr Joseph Alfred Clark (1872–1951)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  3. "Mr (Captain) William Fraser Dunn (1877-1951)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  4. "The Hon. William George Ashford (1874-1925)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
  5. "Mr Harold Victor Campbell Thorby (1888–1973)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  6. Green, Antony. "1925 Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  7. Green, Antony. "1922 Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  8. Green, Antony. "1920 Wammerawa". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.


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