Electoral results for the district of Gough

Gough, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1904 and abolished in 1920.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1904		Follett Thomas	Liberal Reform
1907
1910
1913
1917			Nationalist

Election results

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Gough [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Follet Thomas	3,633	52.1	0.0
	Labor	Lou Cunningham	3,337	47.9	0.0
Total formal votes			6,970	98.5	+1.0
Informal votes			105	1.5	-1.0
Turnout			7,075	65.6	-12.9
	Nationalist hold		Swing	0.0

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Gough [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Farmers and Settlers	Follett Thomas [lower-alpha 1]	4,227	52.1
	Labor	Henry Colditz	3,878	47.9
Total formal votes			8,105	97.5
Informal votes			207	2.5
Turnout			8,312	78.5
	Member changed to Farmers and Settlers from Liberal Reform [lower-alpha 1]

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Gough [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Follett Thomas	3,485	50.76
	Labour	Henry Colditz	3,381	49.24
Total formal votes			6,866	98.48
Informal votes			106	1.52
Turnout			6,972	73.93
	Liberal Reform hold

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Gough [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Follett Thomas	2,982	55.6
	Labour	Francis Bryant	2,166	40.4
	Independent	William Vincent	217	4.0
Total formal votes			5,365	96.4
Informal votes			203	3.7
Turnout			5,568	67.2
	Liberal Reform hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Gough [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Follet Thomas	2,234	50.9
	Labour	Frank Foster	1,799	41.0
	Progressive	John MacDonald	228	5.2
	Independent	Thomas Jones	130	3.0
Total formal votes			4,391	98.3
Informal votes			74	1.7
Turnout			4,465	62.4
	Liberal Reform win		(new seat)

Gough was a new seat that comprised the abolished seat of Glenn Innes and part of Inverell. The member for Glen Innes was Follet Thomas (Labour). The member for Inverell was George Jones (Labour) who uccessfully contested The Gwydir.

Notes

1. Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
2. "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
3. "Mr Follett Johns Thomas (1863–1942)". Former Members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
4. Green, Antony. "1917 Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1913 Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
6. Green, Antony. "1910 Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
7. Green, Antony. "1907 Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
8. Green, Antony. "1904 Gough". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 10 December 2019.