Electoral results for the district of Ashburnham

Ashburnham, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1950.[1][2][3]

First incarnation (1894–1920)
Election	Member		Party
1894		Albert Gardiner	Independent Labor
1895		Joseph Reymond	Protectionist
1898
1901			Progressive
1904		Eden George	Liberal Reform
1907		John Lynch	Labor
1910
1913		Arthur Grimm	Farmers and Settlers
1917			Nationalist
Second incarnation (1927–1950)
Election	Member		Party
1927		Edmund Best	Nationalist
1930		William Keast	Labor
1932		Hilton Elliott	Country
1935
1938
1941		Edgar Dring	Labor
1944
1947

Election results

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edgar Dring	6,472	47.5	-10.9
	Liberal	Holman Cockram	3,671	26.9	+26.9
	Country	Hilton Elliott	3,481	25.6	-16.0
Total formal votes			13,624	98.6	+0.6
Informal votes			194	1.4
Turnout			13,818	95.9	+4.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Edgar Dring	6,921	50.8	-7.6
	Liberal	Holman Cockram	6,703	49.2	+49.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.6

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edgar Dring	7,418	58.4	+3.8
	Country	Charles McCarron	5,278	41.6	-3.8
Total formal votes			12,696	98.0	-0.4
Informal votes			264	2.0	+0.4
Turnout			12,960	91.4	-2.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.8

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Edgar Dring	7,367	54.6
	Country	Hilton Elliott	6,136	45.4
Total formal votes			13,503	98.4
Informal votes			220	1.6
Turnout			13,723	94.2
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Hilton Elliott	6,409	48.4	-4.5
	Labor	Edgar Dring	5,779	43.6	-3.5
	Independent	William Gibbons	1,065	8.0	+8.0
Total formal votes			13,253	98.7	-0.2
Informal votes			175	1.3	+0.2
Turnout			13,428	96.8	0.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Hilton Elliott	6,963	52.5	-0.4
	Labor	Edgar Dring	6,290	47.5	+0.4
	Country hold		Swing	-0.4

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Hilton Elliott	6,986	52.9	+19.5
	Labor (NSW)	William Keast	6,228	47.1	+5.4
Total formal votes			13,214	98.9	+0.4
Informal votes			150	1.1	-0.4
Turnout			13,364	96.8	-0.3
	Country hold		Swing	-4.1

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	William Keast	5,211	41.7	-7.6
	Country	Hilton Elliott	4,175	33.4	+33.4
	United Australia	Eric Pryor	2,474	19.8	-18.4
	Independent UAP	Edmund Best	631	5.1	+5.1
Total formal votes			12,491	98.5	0.0
Informal votes			189	1.5	0.0
Turnout			12,680	97.1	+2.0
Two-party-preferred result
	Country	Hilton Elliott	7,124	57.0	+57.0
	Labor (NSW)	William Keast	5,367	43.0	-7.4
	Country gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	N/A

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Keast	5,941	49.3
	Nationalist	Edmund Best	4,611	38.2
	Independent Country	David Kelly	1,512	12.5
Total formal votes			12,064	98.5
Informal votes			179	1.5
Turnout			12,243	95.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Keast	6,084	50.4
	Nationalist	Edmund Best	5,980	49.6
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Edmund Best	7,063	58.8
	Labor	William Keast	4,954	41.2
Total formal votes			12,017	98.4
Informal votes			200	1.6
Turnout			12,217	82.8
	Nationalist win		(new seat)

1920 - 1927

District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Arthur Grimm	4,169	54.9	+4.6
	Labor	John Lynch	3,423	45.1	-4.6
Total formal votes			7,592	99.0	+1.5
Informal votes			78	1.0	-1.5
Turnout			7,670	72.6	-4.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+4.6

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Farmers and Settlers	Arthur Grimm [lower-alpha 1]	3,999	50.3
	Labor	John Lynch	3,954	49.7
Total formal votes			7,953	97.5
Informal votes			205	2.5
Turnout			8,158	77.5
	Farmers and Settlers gain from Labor

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lynch	3,349	53.45
	Liberal Reform	Reginald Weaver	2,917	46.55
Total formal votes			6,266	98.15
Informal votes			118	1.85
Turnout			6,384	75.77
	Labour hold

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lynch	2,972	53.7	+22.3
	Liberal Reform	Eden George	2,560	46.3	+10.9
Total formal votes			5,532	96.0
Informal votes			231	4.0
Turnout			5,763	74.0
	Labour gain from Liberal Reform		Swing	+5.7

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Eden George	1,832	35.4
	Independent	Joseph Reymond	1,721	33.2
	Labour	Patrick Clara	1,626	31.4
Total formal votes			5,179	99.4
Informal votes			29	0.6
Turnout			5,208	68.7
	Liberal Reform gain from Progressive

Ashburnham was one of two seats contested by 3 sitting members.[lower-alpha 2] The district lost parts to Belubula and absorbed parts of the abolished seats of Condoublin and Molong. Joseph Reymond had held the seat since the 1898 election as a member of the Progressive Party, however was standing as an independent. The member for Condoublin was Patrick Clara (Labour) and Eden George (Liberal Reform) was the member for the abolished seat of Sydney-Belmore. The member for Molong was Andrew Ross (Independent Liberal) who unsuccessfully contested Orange.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Ashburnham [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Progressive	Joseph Reymond	1,081	56.0	-2.2
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Bavister	605	31.4	-10.4
	Independent	Frank Calder	243	12.6
Total formal votes			1,929	99.4	+0.3
Informal votes			12	0.6	-0.3
Turnout			1,941	68.3	+0.6
	Progressive hold

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Ashburnham [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Federal	Joseph Reymond	1,092	58.2
	Free Trade	Albert Gardiner	783	41.8
Total formal votes			1,875	99.1
Informal votes			18	1.0
Turnout			1,893	67.6
	National Federal hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Ashburnham [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Protectionist	Joseph Reymond	672	44.0
	Free Trade	Albert Gardiner	534	35.0
	Labour	George Hutchinson	322	21.1
Total formal votes			1,528	99.7
Informal votes			5	0.3
Turnout			1,533	70.1
	Protectionist gain from Free Trade

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Ashburnham [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labour	Albert Gardiner	577	31.9
	Protectionist	Alfred Stokes	530	29.3
	Ind. Free Trade	George Hutchinson	386	21.3
	Labour	John Hanney	195	10.8
	Ind. Free Trade	Thomas Spencer	121	6.7
Total formal votes			1,809	97.9
Informal votes			39	2.1
Turnout			1,848	83.3
	Independent Labour win		(new seat)

Notes

1. Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
2. The two seats contested by 3 sitting members were Ashburnham and The Lachlan.

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 July 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 18 December 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1947 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1944 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1941 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
7. Green, Antony. "1938 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
8. Green, Antony. "1935 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
9. Green, Antony. "1932 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
10. Green, Antony. "1930 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
11. Green, Antony. "1927 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
12. Green, Antony. "1917 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
13. Green, Antony. "1913 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
14. Green, Antony. "1910 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
15. Green, Antony. "1907 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
16. Green, Antony. "1904 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
17. Green, Antony. "1901 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
18. Green, Antony. "1898 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
19. Green, Antony. "1895 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
20. Green, Antony. "1894 Ashburnham". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.