Electoral results for the district of Castlereagh

Castlereagh, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1904 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1991.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1904		Hugh Macdonald	Labour
1906 by		John Treflé	Labour
1907
1910
1913
1915 by		Guy Arkins	Labor
1917			Nationalist
Election	Member		Party
1927		Harold Thorby	Country
1930		Joseph Clark	Labor
1932		Alfred Yeo	Country
1935
1938
1941		Jack Renshaw	Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956
1959
1962
1965
1968
1971
1973
1976
1978
1980 by		Jim Curran	Labor
1981		Roger Wotton	National
1984
1988

Election results

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Roger Wotton	19,482	67.0	+11.1
	Labor	Michael Williams	7,425	25.6	-13.1
	Democrats	Peter Lyons	2,151	7.4	+5.7
Total formal votes			29,058	97.8	-1.1
Informal votes			662	2.2	+1.1
Turnout			29,720	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Roger Wotton	20,515	71.9	+13.3
	Labor	Michael Williams	8,008	28.1	-13.3
	National hold		Swing	+13.3

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National	Roger Wotton	17,931	56.0	+2.6
	Labor	Jim Curran	13,158	41.1	-5.5
	Democrats	Anne Graham	900	2.8	+2.8
Total formal votes			31,989	99.0	+0.5
Informal votes			325	1.0	-0.5
Turnout			32,314	93.3	+1.1
Two-party-preferred result
	National	Roger Wotton		57.3	+3.9
	Labor	Jim Curran		42.7	-3.9
	National hold		Swing	+3.9

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	National Country	Roger Wotton	16,636	53.4
	Labor	Jim Curran	14,529	46.6
Total formal votes			31,165	98.5
Informal votes			461	1.5
Turnout			31,626	92.2
	National Country gain from Labor		Swing	-0.9

1980 by-election

1980 Castlereagh by-election
Saturday 23 February [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jim Curran	9,327	51.9	-5.0
	Country	John Hickmott	8,651	48.1	+5.0
Total formal votes			17,978	99.3	+0.8
Informal votes			134	0.7	-0.8
Turnout			18,112	83.0	-9.3
	Labor hold		Swing	-5.0

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	11,173	56.2	+5.0
	National Country	John Hickmott	7,688	38.7	+1.7
	Liberal	John Browne	1,020	5.1	-6.7
Total formal votes			19,881	98.5	-0.6
Informal votes			294	1.5	+0.6
Turnout			20,175	92.3	-1.4
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	11,320	56.9	+4.6
	National Country	John Hickmott	8,561	43.1	-4.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+4.6

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	10,151	51.2	+0.9
	Country	Albert Green	7,346	37.0	+1.1
	Liberal	John Browne	2,349	11.8	-2.0
Total formal votes			19,846	99.1	+0.6
Informal votes			172	0.9	-0.6
Turnout			20,018	93.7	+1.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	10,386	52.3	+1.0
	Country	Albert Green	9,460	47.7	-1.0
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.0

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,446	50.3	-6.1
	Country	Albert Green	6,748	35.9	+14.4
	Liberal	Lionel Gray	2,586	13.8	-2.8
Total formal votes			18,780	98.5
Informal votes			280	1.5
Turnout			19,060	92.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,640	51.3	-7.4
	Country	Albert Green	9,140	48.7	+7.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-7.4

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,359	56.4	+3.2
	Country	Albert Green	3,575	21.5	-3.0
	Liberal	Bruce Fry	2,756	16.6	-5.7
	Democratic Labor	John Gough	904	5.5	+5.5
Total formal votes			16,594	98.5
Informal votes			245	1.5
Turnout			16,839	87.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,733	58.7	+3.9
	Country	Albert Green	6,861	41.3	-3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	+3.9

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,491	53.2	-0.8
	Country	Doug Moppett	4,359	24.5	+3.3
	Liberal	Allan Connell	3,979	22.3	+1.7
Total formal votes			17,829	98.4
Informal votes			283	1.6
Turnout			18,112	93.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,770	54.8	-2.4
	Country	Doug Moppett	8,059	45.2	+2.4
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.4

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,766	54.0	+1.0
	Country	Doug Moppett	3,823	21.2	+4.0
	Liberal	William Waterford	3,728	20.6	−7.3
	Independent	Angus Campbell	756	4.2	+4.2
Total formal votes			18,073	98.9	0.0
Informal votes			204	1.1	0.0
Turnout			18,277	94.3	+0.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	10,335	57.2	+2.6
	Country	Doug Moppett	7,738	42.8	−2.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.6

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,353	53.0	+0.2
	Liberal	William Waterford	4,933	27.9	+27.9
	Country	Calverley Brown	3,031	17.2	−30.0
	Democratic Labor	Violet Amor	334	1.9	+1.9
Total formal votes			17,651	98.9
Informal votes			202	1.1
Turnout			17,853	93.7
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,632	54.6	+1.8
	Liberal	William Waterford	8,019	45.4	+45.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+1.8

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,344	52.8
	Country	Calverley Brown	8,346	47.2
Total formal votes			17,690	99.0
Informal votes			172	1.0
Turnout			17,862	91.9
	Labor hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	9,388	58.7	−4.1
	Country	Norman Brown	6,599	41.3	+4.1
Total formal votes			15,987	99.2	+0.5
Informal votes			134	0.8	−0.5
Turnout			16,121	84.8	−6.0
	Labor hold		Swing	−4.1

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	10,147	62.8
	Country	Keith Sullivan	6,023	37.2
Total formal votes			16,170	98.7
Informal votes			220	1.3
Turnout			16,390	90.8
	Labor hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	7,479	53.0
	Country	Noel Knight	4,589	32.5
	Liberal	John Campbell	1,904	13.5
	Country	Edward Langbien	133	0.9
Total formal votes			14,105	99.3
Informal votes			93	0.7
Turnout			14,198	84.6
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Renshaw		54.0 [lower-alpha 1]
	Country	Noel Knight		46.0
	Labor hold		Swing

Castlereagh was expanded to include part of Cobar, including the towns of Bourke and Nyngan.

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	6,961	54.9	-6.4
	Country	Richard Powell	5,724	45.1	+6.4
Total formal votes			12,685	99.2	+1.3
Informal votes			102	0.8	-1.3
Turnout			12,787	93.8	+7.0
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.4

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	7,254	61.3	+12.1
	Country	Alfred Yeo	4,574	38.7	-0.9
Total formal votes			11,828	97.9	-0.7
Informal votes			253	2.1	+0.7
Turnout			12,081	86.8	-4.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+2.2

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	6,563	49.2
	Country	Harold Campbell	5,278	39.6
	Independent Labor	John Smithers	1,497	11.2
Total formal votes			13,338	98.6
Informal votes			185	1.4
Turnout			13,523	91.2
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Jack Renshaw	7,899	59.2
	Country	Harold Campbell	5,439	40.8
	Labor gain from Country		Swing

The sitting member for Castlereagh, Alfred Yeo (Country), was concerned that the redistribution had made it a Labor seat and he unsuccessfully contested Liverpool Plains.[21]

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alfred Yeo	6,821	51.4	-0.2
	Labor	Les Murphy	6,454	48.6	+0.2
Total formal votes			13,275	98.1	-0.3
Informal votes			260	1.9	+0.3
Turnout			13,535	94.1	-0.9
	Country hold		Swing	-0.2

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alfred Yeo	6,944	51.6	+1.0
	Labor (NSW)	Joseph Clark	6,517	48.4	+7.1
Total formal votes			13,461	98.4	-0.3
Informal votes			218	1.6	+0.3
Turnout			13,679	95.0	-1.2
	Country hold		Swing	N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Alfred Yeo	6,635	50.6	+8.6
	Labor (NSW)	Joseph Clark	5,420	41.3	-14.5
	Federal Labor	Wilfred Turnbull	1,061	8.1	+8.1
Total formal votes			13,116	98.7	+0.9
Informal votes			172	1.3	-0.9
Turnout			13,288	96.2	+2.2
	Country gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Joseph Clark	6,901	55.8
	Country	Robert Stanley	5,194	42.0
	Independent Country	Frederick Sargant	264	2.1
Total formal votes			12,359	97.8
Informal votes			278	2.2
Turnout			12,637	94.0
	Labor hold		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Country	Harold Thorby	6,984	52.4
	Labor	Joseph Clark	6,353	47.6
Total formal votes			13,337	99.1
Informal votes			123	0.9
Turnout			13,460	84.8
	Country win		(new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Guy Arkins	3,336	53.5	+53.5
	Labor	Joseph Clark	2,902	46.5	-5.9
Total formal votes			6,238	98.8	+1.8
Informal votes			78	1.2	-1.8
Turnout			6,316	61.8	-9.2
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor

The sitting member Guy Arkins was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split split over conscription.[28]

1915 by-election

1915 Castlereagh by-election
Saturday 20 February [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Guy Arkins	3,214	57.6	+5.2
	Farmers and Settlers	Harold Blackett	2,369	42.4	-5.2
Total formal votes			5,583	100.0	+3.0
Informal votes			0	0.0	-3.0
Turnout			5,583	52.8 [lower-alpha 2]	-18.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.2

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Castlereagh [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	John Treflé	3,815	52.4
	Farmers and Settlers	Harold Blackett [lower-alpha 3]	3,466	47.6
Total formal votes			7,281	97.0
Informal votes			228	3.0
Turnout			7,509	71.0
	Labor hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: The Castlereagh [31]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Treflé	3,410	58.35
	Liberal Reform	William Donnelly	2,434	41.65
Total formal votes			5,844	97.97
Informal votes			121	2.03
Turnout			5,565	61.72
	Labour hold

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: The Castlereagh [32]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Treflé	2,854	56.6
	Independent Liberal	Donald Fletcher	2,186	43.4
Total formal votes			5,040	96.5
Informal votes			181	3.5
Turnout			5,221	65.4
	Labour hold

1906 by-election

1906 The Castlereagh by-election
Saturday 24 November [33]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Treflé	1,960	54.4
	Liberal Reform	Patrick Barry	1,632	45.3
	Independent	Donald Fletcher	12	0.3
Total formal votes			3,604	98.5	-0.1
Informal votes			54	1.5	+0.1
Turnout			3,658	50.5 [lower-alpha 4]	-1.6
	Labour hold

Hugh Macdonald (Labour) died.[33]

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: The Castlereagh [35]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Macdonald	1,867	50.2
	Liberal Reform	William A'Beckett	1,853	49.8
Total formal votes			3,720	98.6
Informal votes			53	1.4
Turnout			3,773	52.1
	Labour win		(new seat)

The Castlereagh was a new seat consisting of the abolished seat of Coonamble and part of the abolished seat of Dubbo. The member for Coonamble was Hugh Macdonald (Labour). The member for Dubbo was Simeon Phillips (Liberal Reform) who stayed with the majority of the seat and unsuccessfully contested The Macquarie.

Notes

1. Two party preferred vote was estimated.
2. based on an electoral roll of 10,579 at the 1913 election
3. Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.
4. based on an electoral roll of 7,248 at the 1904 election.[34]

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