Electoral results for the district of East Maitland

East Maitland, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party affiliation
1859   Joseph Chambers None
1859 by   James Dickson None
1860
June 1863 by   John Darvall None
August 1863 by
1864   Alexander Dodds None
1869
1872   Stephen Scholey None
1874
1877
1878 by   Henry Badgery None
1880   James Brunker None
1882
1885
1887   Free Trade
1889
1891
1894
1895
1898
1901   Liberal Reform

Election results

1901
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § East Maitland[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: East Maitland [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform James Brunker 990 67.6 +15.6
Independent Progressive William McIlroy 475 32.4
Total formal votes 1,465 99.7 +0.7
Informal votes 4 0.3 -0.7
Turnout 1,469 69.9 -0.2
Liberal Reform hold  

1898
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade James Brunker 705 52.0
National Federal Samuel Clift 650 48.0
Total formal votes 1,355 99.0
Informal votes 14 1.0
Turnout 1,369 70.1
Free Trade hold  

1895
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade James Brunker 854 60.5
Labour Peter Curran 319 22.6
Ind. Protectionist Samuel Clift 238 16.9
Total formal votes 1,411 99.1
Informal votes 13 0.9
Turnout 1,424 80.0
Free Trade hold  

1894
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade James Brunker 1,001 69.5
Labour Peter Curran 439 30.5
Total formal votes 1,440 99.0
Informal votes 14 1.0
Turnout 1,454 81.0
Free Trade hold  

1891
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland
Wednesday 17 June [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade James Brunker (re-elected) 632 77.9
Protectionist John Rigg 179 22.1
Total formal votes 811 98.5
Informal votes 12 1.5
Turnout 823 62.1
Free Trade hold  

1889
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland
Saturday 2 February [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade James Brunker (elected) unopposed
Free Trade hold  

1887
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland
Tuesday 8 February [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade James Brunker (re-elected) unopposed

1885
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland
Friday 16 October [11]
Candidate Votes %
James Brunker (re-elected) unopposed  

1882
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland
Wednesday 6 December [12]
Candidate Votes %
James Brunker (re-elected) unopposed

1880
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland
Wednesday 24 November [13]
Candidate Votes %
James Brunker (elected) unopposed
The sitting member Henry Badgery successfully contested Monaro.

1878 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1878 East Maitland colonial by-election § Result[edit]
1878 East Maitland by-election
Wednesday 5 June [14]
Candidate Votes %
Henry Badgery (elected) 302 46.7
Charles Heydon 175 27.1
Joseph Gorrick 169 26.2
Total formal votes 646 98.8
Informal votes 8 1.2
Turnout 654 81.6
Stephen Scholey died.[14]

1877
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1877 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1877 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland
Wednesday 31 October [15]
Candidate Votes %
Stephen Scholey (re-elected) 268 50.2
Alexander Dodds 266 49.8
Total formal votes 534 99.1
Informal votes 5 0.9
Turnout 539 70.2

1874-75
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1874–75 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland
Wednesday 16 December 1874 [16]
Candidate Votes %
Stephen Scholey (re-elected) 252 52.9
Alexander Dodds 221 46.4
Abel Cobcroft 3 0.6
William Miles 0 0.0
Total formal votes 476 94.6
Informal votes 27 5.4
Turnout 503 66.4

1872
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1872 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1872 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland
Saturday 24 February [17]
Candidate Votes %
Stephen Scholey (elected) 316 52.8
Alexander Dodds (defeated) 278 46.4
Archibald Hamilton 5 0.8
Total formal votes 599 98.0
Informal votes 12 2.0
Turnout 611 67.9

1869-70
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1869–70 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland
Thursday 16 December 1869 [18]
Candidate Votes %
Alexander Dodds (re-elected) 270 53.5
Stephen Scholey 235 46.5
Total formal votes 505 96.7
Informal votes 17 3.3
Turnout 522 66.8

1864-65
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1864–65 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland
Friday 16 December 1864 [19]
Candidate Votes %
Alexander Dodds (elected) unopposed

August 1863 by-election
This section is an excerpt from August 1863 East Maitland colonial by-election § Result[edit]
August 1863 East Maitland by-election
Tuesday 11 August [20]
Candidate Votes %
John Darvall (elected) 314 55.2
Henry Parkes 255 44.8
Total formal votes 569 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 569 74.1
John Darvall had been appointed Attorney General in the third Cowper ministry.[20]

June 1863 by-election
This section is an excerpt from June 1863 East Maitland colonial by-election § Result[edit]
June 1863 East Maitland by-election
Thursday, 18 June [21]
Candidate Votes %
John Darvall (elected) 194 50.7
Archibald Hamilton 189 49.4
Total formal votes 383 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 383 49.9
James Dickson died.[21]

1860
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1860 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1860 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland
Friday 14 December [22]
Candidate Votes %
James Dickson (re-elected) 254 84.1
James Cox 48 15.9
Total formal votes 302 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 302 35.8

1859 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1859 East Maitland colonial by-election § Result[edit]
1859 East Maitland by-election
Thursday 15 September [23]
Candidate Votes %
James Dickson (elected) 223 56.6
Peter Faucett 171 43.4
Total formal votes 394 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 394 70.7
The seat of Joseph Chambers was declared vacant because he had accepted appointment as a Crown Prosecutor at Quarter Sessions.[23]

1859
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1859 New South Wales colonial election § East Maitland[edit]
1859 New South Wales colonial election: East Maitland
Saturday 18 June [24]
Candidate Votes %
Joseph Chambers (elected) 210 61.6
James Dickson (defeated) 131 38.4
Total formal votes 341 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 341 61.2

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