Electoral results for the district of Blayney

Blayney, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1904 and abolished in 1913.^[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1904		Paddy Crick	Progressive
1907 by		John Withington	Liberal Reform
1907		George Beeby	Labor
1910
1913 by			Independent

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1913 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1913 Blayney state by-election § Result.[edit]

1913 Blayney by-election

Friday 3 January ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	John Withington	1,800	44.2	−0.8
	Independent	George Beeby	1,156	28.4
	Labour	Valentine Johnston	1,120	27.5	−28.5
Total formal votes			4,077	100.0	+1.2
Informal votes			0	0.0	−1.2
Turnout			4,077	56.6 [a]	−14.9

A second ballot was necessary because no candidate had won an absolute majority.

1913 Blayney by-election - Second Round
Thursday 23 January ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	George Beeby	2,244	51.6
	Liberal Reform	John Withington	2,108	48.4	+3.4
Total formal votes			4,356	99.0	+0.2
Informal votes			43	1.0	−0.2
Turnout			4,399	61.0 [a]	−10.5
	Member changed to Independent from Labour		Swing	N/A

George Beeby (Labour) resigned from the ministry, parliament and party in protest at the power of the extra-parliamentary Labor Party executive.^[4]

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Blayney.[edit]

1910 New South Wales state election: Blayney ^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Beeby	7,799	55.0
	Liberal Reform	William Kelk	2,292	45.0
Total formal votes			5,091	98.8
Informal votes			61	1.2
Turnout			5,152	71.5
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Blayney.[edit]

1907 New South Wales state election: Blayney ^[6]

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.^[7]

1907 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1907 Blayney state by-election § Results.[edit]

1907 Blayney by-election
Saturday 12 January ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	John Withington	1,733	50.3
	Labor	George Beeby	1,710	49.7
Total formal votes			3,443	100.0	+0.7
Informal votes			0	0.0	−0.7
Turnout			3,443	50.6	−15.5
	Liberal Reform gain from Progressive

Paddy Crick (Progressive) was expelled from the Parliament for corruption.^[8]

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Blayney.[edit]

1904 New South Wales state election: Blayney ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Paddy Crick	2,406	52.2
	Liberal Reform	Charles Garland	2,207	47.8
Total formal votes			4,613	99.3
Informal votes			35	0.8
Turnout			4,648	66.1
	Progressive win		(new seat)

Blayney was a new seat consisting of parts of Hartley, The Macquarie and the abolished seat of West Macquarie. Paddy Crick was the member for West Macquarie. The member for Hartley was John Hurley (Independent) who successfully contested that seat while his brother William (Progressive) was the member for The Macquarie who was appointed to the Legislative Council.

Notes

1. estimate based on an electoral roll of 7,207 at the 1910 election.^[5]

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
3. "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
4. Green, Antony. "1913 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
5. Green, Antony. "1910 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
6. Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
7. Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
8. Green, Antony. "1907 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
9. Green, Antony. "1904 Blayney". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2019.