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
Labor 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 [lower-alpha 1] -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 [lower-alpha 1] -10.5
Member changed to Independent from Labor SwingN/A
George Beeby (Labor) 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 % ±%
Labor 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
Labor 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 % ±%
Labor 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
Labor 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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 Green, Antony. "1913 Blayney by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  5. 1 2 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. 1 2 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.
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