Electoral results for the district of Queanbeyan

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Queanbeyan, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1913.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1859   William Forster None
1860   William Redman None
1864   Leopold De Salis None
1869   William Forster None
1872   Leopold William De Salis None
1874   John Wright None
1877   James Thompson None
1880
1881 by   Thomas Rutledge None
1882   George De Salis None
1885   Edward O'Sullivan None
1887   Protectionist
1889
1891
1894
1895
1898   National Federal
1901   Progressive
1904   Alan Millard Liberal Reform
1906 by   Granville Ryrie Liberal Reform
1907
1910 by   John Cusack Labour
1910

Election results[edit]

Elections in the 1910s[edit]

1910[edit]

1910 New South Wales state election: Queanbeyan[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cusack 2,522 51.0 +6.9
Liberal Reform Joseph Roberts 2,424 49.0 -6.7
Total formal votes 4,946 97.6 +0.2
Informal votes 120 2.4 -0.2
Turnout 5,066 75.3 -3.6
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  

1910 by-election[edit]

1910 Queanbeyan by-election
Wednesday 13 April [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Cusack 2,090 51.9 +7.7
Liberal Reform Herbert Beegling 1,939 48.1 -7.5
Total formal votes 4,029 98.5 +1.6
Informal votes 63 1.5 -1.6
Turnout 4,092 64.9 [a] -2.0
Labour gain from Liberal Reform Swing +7.7
Granville Ryrie (Liberal Reform) resigned to unsuccessfully contest the 1910 federal election for Werriwa.

Elections in the 1900s[edit]

1907[edit]

1907 New South Wales state election: Queanbeyan[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Granville Ryrie 2,447 55.7
Labour George Clark 1,941 44.1
Independent Edward Lockwood 9 0.2
Total formal votes 4,397 97.4
Informal votes 119 2.6
Turnout 4,516 71.7
Liberal Reform hold  

1906 by-election[edit]

1906 Queanbeyan by-election
Saturday 7 April [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Granville Ryrie 2,028 51.0
Labour Henry Hungerford 1,948 49.0
Total formal votes 3,976 99.2
Informal votes 31 0.8
Turnout 4,007 61.3 [b]
Liberal Reform hold  
Alan Millard (Liberal Reform) was expelled because he was convicted of a felony.[7]

1904[edit]

1904 New South Wales state election: Queanbeyan[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Alan Millard 2,328 52.0
Progressive Patrick Blackall 2,150 48.0
Total formal votes 4,478 99.4
Informal votes 29 0.6
Turnout 4,507 69.0
Liberal Reform gain from Progressive  
Queanbeyan lost part of the district to Monaro and was expanded to include parts of Yass and the abolished seat of Braidwood. The member for Queanbeyan was Edward O'Sullivan (Progressive) who successfully contested Belmore while the member for Yass was William Affleck (Liberal Reform) who unsuccessfully contested that seat. The member for Braidwood was Albert Chapman (Progressive) who did not contest the election.

1901[edit]

1901 New South Wales state election: Queanbeyan[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Edward O'Sullivan 866 69.0 +15.0
Liberal Reform Charles Turner 376 29.9 -13.8
Independent Liberal Patrick McNamara 14 1.1
Total formal votes 1,256 98.4 -0.6
Informal votes 21 1.6 +0.6
Turnout 1,277 65.1 -4.8
Progressive hold  

Elections in the 1890s[edit]

1898[edit]

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
National Federal Edward O'Sullivan 694 54.0
Free Trade Alfred Allen 562 43.7
Independent Percy Hodgkinson 20 1.6
Independent John Harper 10 0.8
Total formal votes 1,286 98.9
Informal votes 14 1.1
Turnout 1,300 69.9
National Federal hold  

1895[edit]

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Edward O'Sullivan 701 59.3
Free Trade Walter Palmer 481 40.7
Total formal votes 1,182 98.9
Informal votes 13 1.1
Turnout 1,195 67.7
Protectionist hold  

1894[edit]

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Edward O'Sullivan 718 50.7
Free Trade Alfred Conroy 443 31.3
Independent Labour James McInerney 254 18.0
Total formal votes 1,415 99.1
Informal votes 13 0.9
Turnout 1,428 79.7
Protectionist hold  

1891[edit]

1891 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan
Wednesday 24 June [13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Edward O'Sullivan (re-elected) 654 61.6
Free Trade Alfred Conroy 407 38.4
Total formal votes 1,061 98.2
Informal votes 20 1.9
Turnout 1,081 66.1
Protectionist hold  

Elections in the 1880s[edit]

1889[edit]

1889 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan
Saturday 2 February [14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Edward O'Sullivan (elected) 698 65.3
Free Trade Andrew Cunningham 371 34.7
Total formal votes 1,069 98.4
Informal votes 17 1.6
Turnout 1,086 63.6
Protectionist hold  

1887[edit]

1887 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan
Saturday 19 February [15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Edward O'Sullivan (re-elected) 707 56.8
Free Trade George Tompsitt 537 43.2
Total formal votes 1,244 98.4
Informal votes 20 1.6
Turnout 1,264 48.5

1885[edit]

1885 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan
Friday 23 October [16]
Candidate Votes %
Edward O'Sullivan (elected) 304 32.5
Percy Hodgkinson 209 22.3
William Affleck 193 20.6
John Wright 164 17.5
William O'Neill 66 7.1
Total formal votes 936 98.0
Informal votes 19 2.0
Turnout 955 49.3

1882[edit]

1882 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan
Monday 4 December [17]
Candidate Votes %
George De Salis (elected) 353 43.6
Percy Hodgkinson 244 30.2
John Wright 212 26.2
Total formal votes 809 98.3
Informal votes 14 1.7
Turnout 823 49.0

1881 by-election[edit]

1881 Queanbeyan by-election
Thursday 27 January [18]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Rutledge (elected) 502 50.7
Percy Hodgkinson 413 41.7
John Gale 76 7.7
Total formal votes 991 97.3
Informal votes 27 2.7
Turnout 1,018 59.5
James Thompson resigned.[18]

1880[edit]

1880 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan
Monday 22 November [19]
Candidate Votes %
James Thompson (re-elected) 518 57.6
Percy Hodgkinson 381 42.4
Total formal votes 899 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 929 54.3

Elections in the 1870s[edit]

1877[edit]

1877 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan
Monday 29 October [20]
Candidate Votes %
James Thompson (elected) 446 49.8
Thomas Rutledge 337 37.7
William O'Neill 112 12.5
Total formal votes 895 98.4
Informal votes 15 1.7
Turnout 910 67.4

1874[edit]

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan
Wednesday 23 December 1874 [21]
Candidate Votes %
John Wright (elected) 455 53.3
William Forster 354 41.5
William O'Neill 44 5.2
Total formal votes 853 98.2
Informal votes 16 1.8
Turnout 869 69.6

1872[edit]

1872 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan
Wednesday 6 March [22]
Candidate Votes %
Leopold William De Salis (elected) 305 37.6
Charles Walsh 289 35.6
William O'Neill 217 26.8
Total formal votes 811 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 811 71.1

Elections in the 1860s[edit]

1869[edit]

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan
Thursday 23 December 1869 [23]
Candidate Votes %
William Forster (elected) 334 50.7
Charles Campbell 325 49.3
Total formal votes 659 98.5
Informal votes 10 1.5
Turnout 669 63.5

1864[edit]

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan
Saturday 17 December 1864 [24]
Candidate Votes %
Leopold De Salis (elected) 297 52.3
Charles Campbell 173 30.5
Abraham Levy 98 17.3
Total formal votes 568 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 571 54.7

1860[edit]

1860 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan
Wednesday 12 December [25]
Candidate Votes %
William Redman (elected) 282 61.8
William Forster (defeated) 174 38.2
Total formal votes 456 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 456 57.7

Elections in the 1850s[edit]

1859[edit]

1859 New South Wales colonial election: Queanbeyan
Tuesday 21 June [26]
Candidate Votes %
William Forster (re-elected) unopposed

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 6,302 at the 1907 election.[6]
  2. ^ estimate based on an electoral roll of 6,537 at the 1904 election.[8]

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