Electoral results for the district of Glebe

Glebe or The Glebe, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1859 to 1920 and from 1927 to 1941.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1859		John Campbell	None
1860		Thomas Smart	None
1864
1865 by
1869		Sir George Allen	None
1872
1873 by
1874
1877
1880
1882
1883 by		Michael Chapman	None	Member		Party
1885		John Meeks	None		William Wilkinson	None
1887		Michael Chapman	Free Trade			Free Trade
1889					Bruce Smith	Free Trade
1891		Thomas Houghton	Labour
1894		James Hogue	Free Trade
1895
1898
1898 by
1901			Liberal Reform
1904
1904 by
1907
1910		Tom Keegan	Labor
1913
1917
Election	Member		Party
1927		Tom Keegan	Labor
1930
1932
1935		Bill Carlton	Labor
1938

Election results

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Glebe [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Bill Carlton	7,023	46.0	-13.0
	Industrial Labor	Horace Foley	6,218	40.7	+40.7
	Independent	Bertie Lewis	2,021	13.2	+13.2
Total formal votes			15,262	96.8	-1.0
Informal votes			500	3.2	+1.0
Turnout			15,762	95.9	+0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
	Labor	Bill Carlton	7,899	51.8
	Industrial Labor	Horace Foley	7,363	48.2
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Glebe [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Bill Carlton	8,846	59.0	-2.6
	Independent	Henry Wood	3,676	24.5	+24.5
	Independent	Bertie Lewis	1,894	12.6	+12.6
	Communist	Tom Dowling	566	3.8	+1.4
Total formal votes			14,982	97.8	-0.3
Informal votes			338	2.2	+0.3
Turnout			15,320	95.6	+0.6
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Glebe [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor (NSW)	Tom Keegan	9,485	61.6	-17.0
	United Australia	William Nicol	4,421	28.7	+8.4
	Federal Labor	Northey Du Maurier	1,125	7.3	+7.3
	Communist	Stanley Moran	362	2.4	+1.3
Total formal votes			15,393	98.1	+0.3
Informal votes			301	1.9	-0.3
Turnout			15,694	95.0	+1.4
	Labor (NSW) hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Glebe [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Keegan	11,955	78.6
	Nationalist	Arthur Butterell	3,083	20.3
	Communist	Herbert Huggett	166	1.1
Total formal votes			15,204	97.8
Informal votes			345	2.2
Turnout			15,549	93.6
	Labor hold		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Glebe [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Keegan	7,777	65.8
	Nationalist	Hedley Rogers	4,042	34.2
Total formal votes			11,819	99.0
Informal votes			124	1.0
Turnout			11,943	81.2
	Labor win		(new seat)

District recreated

1920 - 1927

District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Glebe [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Keegan	4,106	57.6	+0.4
	Nationalist	Walter Clutton	2,947	41.3	-1.5
	Independent	David Middleton	78	1.1	+1.1
Total formal votes			7,131	98.8	+1.0
Informal votes			83	1.2	-1.0
Turnout			7,214	60.0	-13.4
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.4

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Glebe [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Tom Keegan	5,299	57.2
	Liberal Reform	Rudolph Bohrsmann	3,963	42.8
Total formal votes			9,262	97.8
Informal votes			211	2.2
Turnout			9,473	73.4
	Labor hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: The Glebe [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Keegan	4,251	50.81
	Liberal Reform	James Hogue	4,115	49.19
Total formal votes			8,366	98.63
Informal votes			113	1.33
Turnout			8,479	74.11
	Labour gain from Liberal Reform

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: The Glebe [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	James Hogue	3,240	53.9
	Independent	John Haynes	2,774	46.1
Total formal votes			6,014	97.0
Informal votes			187	3.0
Turnout			6,201	66.5
	Liberal Reform hold

1904 by-election

1904 Glebe by-election
Saturday 10 September [13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	James Hogue	1,684	95.0
	Independent	Vincent Taylor	88	5.0
Total formal votes			1,772	99.4
Informal votes			10	0.6
Turnout			1,782	20.6 [lower-alpha 1]
	Liberal Reform hold

James Hogue was appointed Chief Secretary in the Carruthers ministry.[13]

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: The Glebe [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	James Hogue	2,667	53.7
	Labour	John Grant	1,579	31.8
	Independent Liberal	Percy Lucas	474	9.5
	Progressive	Lewis Abrams	250	5.0
Total formal votes			4,970	99.0
Informal votes			52	1.0
Turnout			5,022	58.2
	Liberal Reform hold

The Glebe was expanded to include part of Annandale. The member for The Glebe was James Hogue (Liberal Reform). The member for Annandale was William Mahony (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that seat.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Glebe [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	James Hogue	936	42.0	-15.9
	Independent	William Tate	421	18.9
	Independent	Lewis Abrams	358	16.1
	Labour	Peter Strong	289	13.0
	Independent	Stanley Cole	223	10.0
Total formal votes			2,227	95.6	-3.7
Informal votes			102	4.4	+3.7
Turnout			2,329	63.8	+2.8
	Liberal Reform hold

1898 by-election

1898 Glebe by-election
Saturday 10 September [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	James Hogue (re-elected)	496	92.5
	Independent	James Jones	40	7.5
Total formal votes			536	99.4
Informal votes			3	0.6
Turnout			539	16.2
	Free Trade hold

James Hogue was appointed Public Instruction and Minister for Labour and Industry in the Reid ministry.[18]

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Glebe [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	James Hogue	1,021	57.9
	National Federal	Bruce Smith	742	42.1
Total formal votes			1,763	99.3
Informal votes			12	0.7
Turnout			1,775	61.0
	Free Trade hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Glebe [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	James Hogue	899	61.2
	Protectionist	Michael Conlon	570	38.8
Total formal votes			1,469	99.0
Informal votes			15	1.0
Turnout			1,484	59.9
	Free Trade hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Glebe [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	James Hogue	786	37.5
	Protectionist	Michael Conlon	438	20.9
	Independent Labour	Thomas Houghton	415	19.8
	Ind. Free Trade	Arthur Eager	248	11.8
	Labour	John Clune	124	5.9
	Ind. Free Trade	William Cary	84	4.0
Total formal votes			2,095	98.3
Informal votes			37	1.7
Turnout			2,132	85.3
	Free Trade win		(previously 2 members)

1891

1891 New South Wales colonial election: The Glebe
Wednesday 17 June [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Bruce Smith (re-elected 1)	1,479	23.7
	Labour	Thomas Houghton (elected 2)	1,472	23.6
	Protectionist	Michael Conlon	1,383	22.2
	Free Trade	Michael Chapman (defeated)	1,112	17.9
	Ind. Free Trade	John Meeks	581	9.3
	Ind. Free Trade	Fred Walsh	202	3.2
Total formal votes			6,229	98.9
Informal votes			68	1.1
Turnout			3,750	78.9
	Free Trade hold 1
	Labour gain 1 from Free Trade

1889

1889 New South Wales colonial election: The Glebe
Saturday 2 February [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Bruce Smith (elected 1)	1,654	30.7
	Free Trade	Michael Chapman (elected 2)	1,630	30.2
	Protectionist	Michael Conlon	1,103	20.5
	Protectionist	Percy Lucas	1,007	18.7
Total formal votes			5,394	99.0
Informal votes			57	1.1
Turnout			3,071	71.9
	Free Trade hold 2

1887

1887 New South Wales colonial election: The Glebe
Saturday 5 February [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	William Wilkinson (re-elected 1)	1,332	36.0
	Free Trade	Michael Chapman (elected 2)	1,261	34.0
	Free Trade	John Meeks (defeated)	503	13.6
	Free Trade	William Bailey	384	10.4
	Protectionist	Stephen Byrne	225	6.1
Total formal votes			3,705	97.8
Informal votes			84	2.2
Turnout			2,448	67.0

1885

1885 New South Wales colonial election: The Glebe
Friday 16 October [25]

Candidate		Votes	%
William Wilkinson (elected 1)		1,102	33.4
John Meeks (elected 2)		1,069	32.4
Michael Chapman (defeated)		815	24.7
William Bailey		312	9.5
Total formal votes		3,298	98.7
Informal votes		45	1.4
Turnout		1,956	60.1
		(1 new seat)

1883 by-election

1883 Glebe by-election
Wednesday 29 August [26]

Candidate		Votes	%
Michael Chapman (elected)		827	55.1
Henry Daly		350	23.3
William Pritchard		323	21.5
Total formal votes		1,500	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,500	54.5

George Allen resigned to go on an extended trip to England.[26]

1882

1882 New South Wales colonial election: The Glebe
Friday 1 December [27]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Allen (re-elected)		645	61.5
Michael Fitzpatrick		404	38.5
Total formal votes		1,049	97.2
Informal votes		30	2.8
Turnout		1,079	45.7

1880

1880 New South Wales colonial election: The Glebe
Thursday 18 November [28]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Allen (re-elected)		812	72.4
James Graham		309	27.6
Total formal votes		1,121	97.1
Informal votes		34	2.9
Turnout		1,155	58.7

1877

1877 New South Wales colonial election: The Glebe
Monday 29 October [29]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Allen (re-elected)		1,179	64.8
Charles Mossman		641	35.2
Total formal votes		1,820	97.9
Informal votes		39	2.1
Turnout		1,859	55.2

1874

1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: The Glebe
Friday 11 December 1874 [30]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Allen (re-elected)		1,239	60.0
John Booth (defeated)		813	39.4
Charles Mossman		14	0.7
Total formal votes		2,066	96.1
Informal votes		83	3.9
Turnout		2,149	68.1

1873 by-election

1873 Glebe by-election
Wednesday 17 December [31]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Allen (re-elected)		909	57.7
John Young		666	42.3
Total formal votes		1,575	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,575	52.1

George Allen was appointed Minister of Justice and Public Instruction in the first Parkes ministry.[31]

1872

1872 New South Wales colonial election: The Glebe
Monday 19 February [32]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Allen (re-elected)		890	53.6
Charles Mossman		742	44.7
David Buchanan		30	1.8
Total formal votes		1,662	96.5
Informal votes		60	3.5
Turnout		1,722	60.0

1869

1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: The Glebe
Monday 13 December 1869 [33]

Candidate		Votes	%
George Allen (elected)		unopposed

1865 by-election

1865 The Glebe by-election
Friday 17 February [34]

Candidate		Votes	%
Thomas Smart (re-elected)		592	61.3
Daniel Dalgleish		374	38.7
Total formal votes		966	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		966	48.3

Thomas Smart was appointed Colonial Treasurer in the fourth Cowper ministry.[34]

1864

1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: The Glebe
Tuesday 29 November 1864 [35]

Candidate		Votes	%
Thomas Smart (re-elected)		622	58.0
Daniel Dalgleish		451	42.0
Total formal votes		1,073	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		1,073	53.7

1860

1860 New South Wales colonial election: The Glebe
Friday 14 December [36]

Candidate		Votes	%
Thomas Smart (elected)		393	40.8
William Moffatt		382	39.6
Geoffrey Eagar		189	19.6
Total formal votes		964	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		964	44.6

1859

1859 New South Wales colonial election: The Glebe
Wednesday 15 June [37]

Candidate		Votes	%
John Campbell (re-elected)		475	52.8
Ewen Cameron		424	47.2
Total formal votes		899	100.0
Informal votes		0	0.0
Turnout		899	56.8

Notes

1. estimate based on an electoral roll of 8,632 at the August 1904 election.[15]

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