Electoral results for the district of St George

St George, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1904.^[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1894		Joseph Carruthers	Free Trade
1895
1898
1901			Liberal Reform
1904
1907
1908 by		William Taylor	Liberal Reform
1910
1913		William Bagnall	Labor
1917			Nationalist	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1920					George Cann	Labor		Mark Gosling	Labor		Thomas Ley	Progressive		Guy Arkins	Nationalist
1922												Nationalist
1925		Joseph Cahill	Labor
1925 Appt											William Bagnall	Nationalist
1927

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § St George.[edit]

1927 New South Wales state election: St George ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Cahill	8,137	55.9
	Nationalist	James Morrish	6,430	44.1
Total formal votes			14,567	99.1
Informal votes			138	0.9
Turnout			14,705	86.9
	Labor win		(new seat)

1925 appointment

Thomas Ley resigned to successfully contest the federal seat of Barton at the 1925 election.^[5] Between 1920 and 1927 the Legislative Assembly was elected using a form of proportional representation with multi-member seats and a single transferable vote (modified Hare-Clark). The Parliamentary Elections (Casual Vacancies) Act,^[6] provided that casual vacancies were filled by the next unsuccessful candidate on the incumbent member's party list. William Bagnall had the most votes of the unsuccessful Nationalist candidates at the 1925 election and took his seat on 30 September 1925.^[7]

1925

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1925 New South Wales state election § St George.[edit]

1925 New South Wales state election: St George ^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			10,607
	Nationalist	Thomas Ley (elected 1)	16,171	25.4	+6.4
	Nationalist	Guy Arkins (elected 3)	4,393	6.9	−9.5
	Nationalist	William Bagnall (defeated)	3,979	6.2	−2.9
	Nationalist	Cecil Monro	3,528	5.5	+5.5
	Nationalist	Francis Farrar	1,227	1.9	−0.7
	Nationalist	Reginald Reid	608	1.0	+1.0
	Nationalist	Thomas Casserly	497	0.8	+0.8
	Labor	Mark Gosling (elected 2)	11,731	18.4	+2.5
	Labor	Joseph Cahill (elected 5)	6,203	9.8	+9.8
	Labor	George Cann (elected 4)	6,166	9.7	−3.2
	Labor	George Burns	4,790	7.5	+7.5
	Labor	Ernest Sheiles	1,472	2.3	+2.3
	Protestant Labor	Walter Anderson	1,068	1.7	+1.7
	Protestant Labor	Arthur Jones	612	1.0	+1.0
	Protestant Labor	Roy Hindwood	439	0.7	+0.7
	Protestant Labor	William Goulden	313	0.5	+0.5
	Protestant Labor	James Dunlop	195	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	Alfred Dicker	182	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	John Cooper	39	0.1	−0.1
	Independent	Ernest Lambourne	26	0.04	+0.04
Total formal votes			63,639	96.2	−0.2
Informal votes			2,487	3.8	+0.2
Turnout			66,126	73.3	−0.2
Party total votes
	Nationalist		30,403	47.8	−5.6
	Labor		30,362	47.7	+5.6
	Protestant Labor		2,627	4.1	+4.1
	Independent	Alfred Dicker	182	0.3	+0.3
	Independent	John Cooper	39	0.1	−0.1
	Independent	Ernest Lambourne	26	0.04	+0.04

1922

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1922 New South Wales state election § St George.[edit]

1922 New South Wales state election: St George ^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			8,832
	Nationalist	Thomas Ley (elected 1)	10,071	19.0	+19.0
	Nationalist	Guy Arkins (elected 2)	8,717	16.4	+6.9
	Nationalist	William Bagnall (elected 4)	4,829	9.1	−6.2
	Nationalist	John Ewen	2,636	5.0	+5.0
	Nationalist	Francis Farrar	1,371	2.6	+2.6
	Nationalist	John Willson	694	1.3	+1.3
	Labor	Mark Gosling (elected 3)	8,423	15.9	+10.5
	Labor	George Cann (elected 5)	6,818	12.9	−8.1
	Labor	Sam Toombs	4,852	9.2	−0.9
	Labor	Patrick Donovan	1,586	3.0	+0.5
	Labor	Arthur Jones	610	1.2	+1.2
	Progressive	Reginald McDonald	1,999	3.8	+3.8
	Progressive	John Cordell	126	0.2	+0.2
	Progressive	John Wilson	80	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	John Cooper	98	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Henry Short	62	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	John Gager	17	0.03	+0.03
Total formal votes			52,989	96.4	+6.0
Informal votes			1,963	3.6	−6.0
Turnout			54,952	73.5	+15.9
Party total votes
	Nationalist		28,318	53.4	+21.1
	Labor		22,289	42.1	+0.4
	Progressive		2,205	4.2	−13.5
	Independent	John Cooper	98	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Henry Short	62	0.1	+0.1
	Independent	John Gager	17	0.03	+0.03

1920

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1920 New South Wales state election § St George.[edit]

1920 New South Wales state election: St George ^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			5,569
	Labor	George Cann (elected 1)	7,026	21.0
	Labor	Sam Toombs	3,384	10.1
	Labor	Mark Gosling (elected 5)	1,800	5.4
	Labor	William Gibbs	877	2.6
	Labor	Patrick Donovan	842	2.5
	Nationalist	William Bagnall (elected 3)	5,103	15.3
	Nationalist	Guy Arkins (elected 4)	3,191	9.5
	Nationalist	Frederick Reed	2,497	7.5
	Progressive	Thomas Ley (elected 2)	4,440	13.3
	Progressive	Charles Rosenthal	1,485	4.4
	Democratic	William O'Driscoll	2,227	6.7
	Soldiers & Citizens	Charles Church	177	0.5
	Soldiers & Citizens	Charles Rider	69	0.2
	Independent	Joseph Andrew	222	0.7
	Independent	Sydney Cook	70	0.2
Total formal votes			33,410	90.4
Informal votes			3,545	9.6
Turnout			36,955	57.6
Party total votes
	Labor		13,929	41.7
	Nationalist		10,791	32.3
	Progressive		5,925	17.7
	Democratic		2,227	6.7
	Soldiers & Citizens		246	0.7
	Independent	Joseph Andrew	222	0.7
	Independent	Sydney Cook	70	0.2

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § St George.[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: St George ^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	William Bagnall	7,414	64.9	+15.3
	Labor	Arthur Dengate	4,010	35.1	−10.0
Total formal votes			11,424	99.2	+0.3
Informal votes			91	0.8	−0.3
Turnout			11,515	70.3	−4.5
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor

The sitting member William Bagnall was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split over conscription.^[12]

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § St George.[edit]

1913 New South Wales state election: St George ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Wood	4,797	49.6
	Labor	William Bagnall	4,366	45.1
	National Progressive	Henry Broe	509	5.3
Total formal votes			9,672	98.9
Informal votes			110	1.1
Turnout			9,782	74.8

1913 New South Wales state election: St George - Second Round
Saturday 13 December ^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Bagnall	5,231	51.0
	Liberal Reform	William Wood	5,025	49.0
Total formal votes			10,256	99.5
Informal votes			46	0.5
Turnout			10,302	78.8
	Labor gain from Liberal Reform

1910

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

1910 New South Wales state election: St George ^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Taylor	6,198	58.5
	Labour	William Bagnall	4,396	41.5
Total formal votes			10,594	98.9
Informal votes			118	1.1
Turnout			10,712	76.7
	Liberal Reform hold

Elections in the 1900s

1908 by-election

This section is an excerpt from 1908 St George state by-election § Results.[edit]

1908 St George by-election
Wednesday 20 May ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	William Taylor	4,077	62.9	−15.1
	Labour	George Holt	2,391	36.9	+14.9
	Independent	Charles Counsell	10	0.2
Total formal votes			6,478	98.3	+1.4
Informal votes			111	1.7	−1.4
Turnout			6,589	62.4 [a]	−4.6
	Liberal Reform hold		Swing	−15.1

Joseph Carruthers (Liberal Reform) resigned.^[15]

1907

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

1907 New South Wales state election: St George ^[16]

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

1904

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

1904 New South Wales state election: St George ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Sir Joseph Carruthers	3,068	71.8
	Labour	William Paine	1,207	28.2
Total formal votes			4,275	99.3
Informal votes			30	0.7
Turnout			4,305	51.6
	Liberal Reform hold

St George lost part of the district to Canterbury.

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § St George.[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: St George ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Joseph Carruthers	1,519	69.2	−2.6
	Labour	William Flinn	676	30.8
Total formal votes			2,195	100.0	+0.8
Informal votes			0	0.0	−0.8
Turnout			2,195	53.2	−11.6
	Liberal Reform hold

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § St George.[edit]

1898 New South Wales colonial election: St George ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Joseph Carruthers	1,522	71.8
	National Federal	George Waddell	594	28.0
	Independent	Francis Brown	4	0.2
Total formal votes			2,120	99.3
Informal votes			16	0.8
Turnout			2,136	64.8
	Free Trade hold

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § St George.[edit]

1895 New South Wales colonial election: St George ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Joseph Carruthers	1,380	82.7
	Independent	William Taylor	289	17.3
Total formal votes			1,669	99.2
Informal votes			13	0.8
Turnout			1,682	63.2
	Free Trade hold

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § St George.[edit]

1894 New South Wales colonial election: St George ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Joseph Carruthers	1,523	71.6
	Labour	Denis Acton	604	28.4
Total formal votes			2,127	98.4
Informal votes			34	1.6
Turnout			2,161	80.5
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

Notes

1. estimate based on an electoral roll of 10,564 at the 1907 election.^[16]

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