Electoral results for the district of Allowrie

Allowrie, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, was created in 1904 and abolished in 1920. The only member for Allowrie was Mark Morton.[1]

Members

Member		Party	Term
	Mark Morton [2]	Liberal Reform	1904–1917
	Mark Morton [2]	Nationalist	1917–1920

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Allowrie [3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	Mark Morton	4,562	61.9	0.0
	Labor	William Gibbs	2,802	38.1	0.0
Total formal votes			7,364	99.2	+1.2
Informal votes			57	0.8	-1.2
Turnout			7,421	68.6	-7.1
	Nationalist hold		Swing	0.0

Sitting MP Mark Morton was returned with a slightly increased majority. The Liberal Reform Party merged into the Nationalist Party prior to the election.[3]

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Allowrie [4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Mark Morton	4,981	61.9
	Labor	Charles Craig	3,069	38.1
Total formal votes			8,050	98.0
Informal votes			161	2.0
Turnout			8,211	75.7
	Liberal Reform hold

Sitting Liberal Reform MP Mark Morton was returned with a reduced majority defeating Labor's Charles Craig for a second time.[4]

Elections in the 1900s

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Allowrie [5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Mark Morton	3,298	64.38
	Labour	Charles Craig	1,825	35.62
Total formal votes			5,123	97.43
Informal votes			135	2.57
Turnout			5,258	74.99
	Liberal Reform hold

Sitting Liberal Reform MP Mark Morton was returned with an increased majority on his 1904 electoral win.[5]

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Allowrie [6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Reform	Mark Morton	uncontested
	Liberal Reform hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Allowrie [7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal Reform	Mark Morton	3,594	60.0
	Progressive	Alexander Campbell	2,395	40.0
Total formal votes			5,989	99.5
Informal votes			29	0.5
Turnout			6,018	73.2
	Liberal Reform win		(new seat)

Allowrie was a new seat comprising the abolished seat of Kiama as well as parts of The Shoalhaven and Illawarra.[8] Mark Morton was the member for The Shoalhaven while Alexander Campbell was the member for Kiama. The member for Illawarra was Edward Allen (Liberal Reform) who unsuccessfully contested Wollongong.

References

Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
"Mr Mark Fairlies Morton (1865–1938)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
Green, Antony. "1917 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
Green, Antony. "1913 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
Green, Antony. "1910 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
Green, Antony. "1907 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
Green, Antony. "1904 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
"The New State Electorate: Allowrie substituted for "Illawarra"". The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal. 23 April 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 8 December 2019 – via Trove.

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[Green_Allowrie-1] Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 September 2019.

[Mark_Morton_NSW_Parl-2] "Mr Mark Fairlies Morton (1865–1938)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

[Results_of_the_1917_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1917_Allowrie-3] Green, Antony. "1917 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.

[Results_of_the_1913_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_1913_Allowrie-4] Green, Antony. "1913 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.

[Results_of_the_1910_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Allowrie_1910-5] Green, Antony. "1910 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 15 August 2019.

[Results_of_the_1907_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Allowrie_1907-6] Green, Antony. "1907 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

[Results_of_the_1904_New_South_Wales_state_election_Green_Allowrie_1904-7] Green, Antony. "1904 Allowrie". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 30 August 2019.

[8] "The New State Electorate: Allowrie substituted for "Illawarra"". The Kiama Reporter and Illawarra Journal. 23 April 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 8 December 2019 – via Trove.