Electoral results for the district of Botany

Botany, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1894 and abolished in 1950.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1894		William Stephen	Ind. Free Trade
1895		John Dacey	Labour
1898
1901
1904		Rowland Anderson	Liberal Reform
1907		Fred Page	Labour
1910
1913			Independent Labor
1917		Thomas Mutch	Labor	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party	Member		Party
1920					Simon Hickey	Labor		Frank Burke	Labor		William McKell	Labor		John Lee	Nationalist
1922					Bill Ratcliffe	Labor
1925
1927			Independent Labor
1930		Robert Heffron	Labor
1932
1935
1938			Industrial Labor
1941			Labor
1944
1947

Election results

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Botany [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Heffron	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Botany [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Heffron	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Botany [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Heffron	14,312	76.0
	Independent Labor	Addison Brittain	4,526	24.0
Total formal votes			18,838	94.3
Informal votes			1,129	5.7
Turnout			19,967	92.3
	Member changed to Labor from Industrial Labor

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Botany [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Industrial Labor	Bob Heffron	13,865	60.3
	Labor	Francis Kelly	9,118	39.7
Total formal votes			22,983	95.2
Informal votes			1,150	4.8
Turnout			24,133	96.8
	Member changed to Industrial Labor from Labor		Swing	N/A

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Botany [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Bob Heffron	unopposed
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Botany [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Bob Heffron	11,023	54.3	-9.2
	United Australia	Trevor Levy	6,084	30.0	+30.0
	Federal Labor	Frederick Kerr	3,013	14.8	+14.9
	Communist	Basil Williams	175	0.9	0.0
Total formal votes			20,295	98.2	+0.6
Informal votes			361	1.8	-0.6
Turnout			20,656	96.8	+1.6
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Botany [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bob Heffron	12,230	63.5
	Independent Labor	Thomas Mutch	6,862	35.6
	Communist	Frank Warner	167	0.9
Total formal votes			19,259	97.6
Informal votes			469	2.4
Turnout			19,728	95.2
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Botany [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Thomas Mutch	6,281	51.0
	Labor	Bob Heffron	5,661	46.0
	Nationalist	Benjamin Blackburn	374	3.0
Total formal votes			12,316	99.1
Informal votes			114	0.9
Turnout			12,430	88.7
	Independent Labor win		(new seat)

1925

1925 New South Wales state election: Botany [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			7,919
	Labor	Thomas Mutch (elected 1)	10,146	21.4	+6.4
	Labor	William McKell (elected 3)	8,523	17.9	+4.1
	Labor	Bill Ratcliffe (elected 4)	5,726	12.1	-0.9
	Labor	William Long	4,284	9.0	+9.0
	Labor	Frank Burke (elected 5)	4,017	8.5	-2.0
	Nationalist	John Lee (elected 2)	10,098	21.2	+0.3
	Nationalist	David Alexander	665	1.4	-1.6
	Nationalist	William Herford	108	0.2	+0.2
	Nationalist	James Sinclair	99	0.2	+0.2
	Nationalist	Stephen Turner	46	0.1	+0.1
	Independent Labor	Peter Gallagher	3,034	6.4	+6.4
	Protestant Labor	Walter Bateman	370	0.8	+0.8
	Communist	Henry Denford	147	0.3	+0.3
	Communist	Nellie Rickie	111	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Arthur Strange-Mure	76	0.2	+0.2
	Majority Labor	Carl Liebau	63	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			47,513	95.6	+0.6
Informal votes			2,210	4.4	-0.6
Turnout			49,723	69.2	+0.6
Party total votes
	Labor		32,696	68.8	+7.0
	Nationalist		11,016	23.2	-6.5
	Independent Labor		3,034	6.4	+6.4
	Protestant Labor		370	0.8	+0.8
	Communist		258	0.5	+0.5
	Independent	Arthur Strange-Mure	76	0.2	+0.2
	Majority Labor		63	0.1	+0.1

1922

1922 New South Wales state election: Botany [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Mutch (elected 4)	6,733	15.0	-5.3
	Labor	William McKell (elected 5)	6,176	13.8	-1.6
	Labor	Bill Ratcliffe (elected 3)	5,816	13.0	+8.3
	Labor	Frank Burke (elected 2)	4,722	10.5	-5.9
	Labor	Simon Hickey	4,239	9.5	-0.6
	Nationalist	John Lee (elected 1)	9,365	20.9	+5.1
	Nationalist	David Alexander	1,362	3.0	+3.0
	Nationalist	William Pritchard	1,269	2.8	+2.8
	Nationalist	William Wassall	756	1.7	+1.7
	Nationalist	Albert Dunning	532	1.2	+1.2
	Democratic	Daniel McGrath	3,041	6.8	+6.8
	Independent	Fred Page	523	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	George Overhill	117	0.3	+0.3
	Industrial Labor	William Wallace	71	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Patrick Mulheron	63	0.1	+0.1
Total formal votes			44,785	95.0	+10.5
Informal votes			2,377	5.0	-10.5
Turnout			47,162	68.6	+16.8
Party total votes
	Labor		27,686	61.8	-5.2
	Nationalist		13,284	29.7	+9.9
	Democratic		3,041	6.8	-0.8
	Independent	Fred Page	523	1.2	+1.2
	Independent	George Overhill	117	0.3	+0.3
	Industrial Labor		71	0.2	+0.2
	Independent	Patrick Mulheron	63	0.1	+0.1

1920

1920 New South Wales state election: Botany [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
Quota			4,749
	Labor	Thomas Mutch (elected 1)	5,781	20.3
	Labor	Frank Burke (elected 2)	4,685	16.4
	Labor	William McKell (elected 3)	4,379	15.4
	Labor	Simon Hickey (elected 5)	2,883	10.1
	Labor	Bill Ratcliffe	1,351	4.7
	Nationalist	John Lee (elected 4)	4,499	15.8
	Nationalist	James Morrish	1,132	4.0
	Democratic	Edward Connell	2,179	7.7
	Progressive	Philip Strange-Mure	319	1.1
	Progressive	Charles Coghlan	183	0.6
	Socialist Labor	Annie Toohey	173	0.6
	Socialist Labor	Timothy McCristal	123	0.4
	Socialist Labor	Henry Denford	53	0.2
	Socialist Labor	John Jamieson	44	0.2
	Independent	Stanley McGowen	339	1.2
	Soldiers & Citizens	Charles Banks	255	0.9
	Soldiers & Citizens	Christopher Evers	60	0.2
	Independent	Patrick Quinn	33	0.1
	Independent	George Crowley	19	0.1
Total formal votes			28,490	84.5
Informal votes			5,215	15.5
Turnout			33,705	51.8
Party total votes
	Labor		19,079	67.0
	Nationalist		5,631	19.8
	Democratic		2,179	7.7
	Progressive		502	1.8
	Socialist Labor		393	1.4
	Independent	Stanley McGowen	339	1.2
	Soldiers & Citizens		315	1.1
	Independent	Patrick Quinn	33	0.1
	Independent	George Crowley	19	0.1

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Botany [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Thomas Mutch	5,333	57.9	+18.1
	Independent Labor	Fred Page	3,882	42.1	-18.1
Total formal votes			9,215	99.1	+1.3
Informal votes			80	0.9	-1.3
Turnout			9,295	63.2	-1.0
	Labor gain from Independent Labor		Swing	+18.1

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Botany [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Labor	Fred Page	4,559	60.2
	Labor	David Johnstone	3,019	39.8
Total formal votes			7,578	97.8
Informal votes			170	2.2
Turnout			7,748	64.2
	Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Botany [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Page	4,547	64.00
	Liberal Reform	George Howe	2,558	36.00
Total formal votes			7,105	98.86
Informal votes			82	1.14
Turnout			7,187	68.59
	Labour hold

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Botany [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fred Page	3,420	53.2	+14.3
	Liberal Reform	Isaac Spackman	2,958	46.0	+5.9
	Independent	William Cox	55	0.9
Total formal votes			6,433	96.8
Informal votes			212	3.2
Turnout			6,645	72.2
	Labour gain from Liberal Reform		Swing	+4.2

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Botany [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Rowland Anderson	2,224	40.1
	Labour	George Clark	2,154	38.8
	Independent	Isaac Spackman	945	17.0
	Progressive	Patrick Craddock	224	4.0
Total formal votes			5,547	99.0
Informal votes			57	1.0
Turnout			5,604	67.1
	Liberal Reform gain from Labour

Botany lost part of the district to Randwick and absorbed part of Newtown-St Peters. The member for Botany was John Dacey who, lost Labour pre-selection and successfully contested Alexandria instead. The member for Newtown-St Peters was James Fallick (Independent Liberal) who successfully contested Singleton as an official Liberal Reform candidate.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Botany [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Dacey	1,236	54.6	+23.1
	Liberal Reform	William Stephen	1,027	45.4
Total formal votes			2,263	99.0	-
Informal votes			23	1.0	-
Turnout			2,286	73.3	+5.8
	Labour hold

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Botany [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Dacey	568	31.5
	Ind. Free Trade	William Stephen	521	28.9
	National Federal	Charles Swinbourne	465	25.8
	Independent Federalist	James Macfadyen	206	11.4
	Independent Federalist	William Wall	42	2.3
Total formal votes			1,802	99.0
Informal votes			19	1.0
Turnout			1,821	67.5
	Labour hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Botany [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Dacey	610	43.4
	Free Trade	William Stephen	607	43.1
	Ind. Free Trade	James Macfadyen	190	13.5
Total formal votes			1,407	99.0
Informal votes			14	1.0
Turnout			1,421	71.0
	Labour gain from Ind. Free Trade

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Botany [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Free Trade	William Stephen	632	37.9
	Labour	John Dacey	611	36.6
	Ind. Free Trade	James Macfadyen	295	17.7
	Protectionist	Francis Luland	130	7.8
Total formal votes			1,668	98.5
Informal votes			26	1.5
Turnout			1,694	83.4
	Ind. Free Trade win		(new seat)

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