Electoral results for the district of Randwick

Randwick, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, has had two incarnations, the first from 1894 to 1920, the second from 1927 to 1971.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1894		David Storey	Free Trade
1895
1898
1901			Liberal Reform
1904
1907
1910			Independent Liberal
1913			Liberal Reform
1917			Nationalist
Election	Member		Party
1927		Jack Flanagan	Labor
1930		Arthur Moverly	United Australia
1932		William Gollan	Labor
1935
1938
1941
1944
1947
1950
1953
1956
1959
1962		Lionel Bowen	Labor
1965
1968
1970 by		Laurie Brereton	Labor

Election results

1970 by-election

1970 Randwick by-election
Saturday 14 February [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Laurie Brereton	13,201	61.5	+8.9
	Liberal	John McLaughlin	8,252	38.5	-5.1
Total formal votes			21,453	97.3	+0.5
Informal votes			581	2.6	+0.5
Turnout			20,034	79.5	-13.3
	Labor hold		Swing	+8.1

1968

1968 New South Wales state election: Randwick [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	12,652	52.6	-2.8
	Liberal	John McLaughlin	10,471	43.6	-1.1
	Democratic Labor	Cornelius Woodbury	911	3.8	+3.8
Total formal votes			24,034	96.8
Informal votes			784	3.2
Turnout			24,818	92.8
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	12,834	53.4	-1.9
	Liberal	John McLaughlin	11,200	46.6	+1.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-1.9

1965

1965 New South Wales state election: Randwick [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	11,953	55.4	+0.2
	Liberal	Sidney Pitkethly	9,644	44.6	+5.2
Total formal votes			21,597	98.1	−0.5
Informal votes			422	1.9	+0.5
Turnout			22,019	92.0	−1.1
	Labor hold		Swing	−1.0

1962

1962 New South Wales state election: Randwick [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	12,300	55.2	−1.4
	Liberal	Adrian Molloy	8,780	39.4	−1.7
	Democratic Labor	Charles De Monchaux	1,215	5.4	+3.0
Total formal votes			22,295	98.6
Informal votes			326	1.4
Turnout			22,621	93.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Lionel Bowen	12,543	56.3	−0.7
	Liberal	Adrian Molloy	9,752	43.7	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	−0.7

1959

1959 New South Wales state election: Randwick [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Gollan	11,938	56.6
	Liberal	Graham Price	8,667	41.1
	Democratic Labor	Cecil Russell	503	2.4
Total formal votes			21,108	98.4
Informal votes			340	1.6
Turnout			21,448	93.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Gollan	12,039	57.0
	Liberal	Graham Price	9,069	43.0
	Labor hold		Swing

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Randwick [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Gollan	10,281	52.6	−11.1
	Liberal	Charles De Monchaux	8,777	44.9	+8.6
	Communist	Kenneth O'Hara	498	2.5	+2.5
Total formal votes			19,556	98.3	+0.3
Informal votes			411	2.0	−0.3
Turnout			19,903	93.2	−0.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Gollan	10,729	54.9	−8.8
	Liberal	Charles De Monchaux	8,827	45.1	+8.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−8.8

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Randwick [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Gollan	13,003	63.7
	Liberal	George Goodwin	7,399	36.3
Total formal votes			20,402	98.0
Informal votes			411	2.0
Turnout			20,813	93.3
	Labor hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Randwick [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Gollan	10,847	52.9
	Liberal	Gerald Davis	9,650	47.1
Total formal votes			20,497	98.2
Informal votes			372	1.8
Turnout			20,869	92.6
	Labor hold		Swing

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Randwick [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Gollan	13,014	57.2	-1.8
	Liberal	Thomas Murphy	9,757	42.8	+14.4
Total formal votes			22,771	98.1	+1.9
Informal votes			440	1.9	-1.9
Turnout			23,211	93.8	+0.7
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Randwick [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Gollan	12,592	59.0	+8.0
	Democratic	Bertram Butcher	6,060	28.4	-12.9
	Liberal Democratic	Arnold Baker	2,693	12.6	+12.6
Total formal votes			21,345	96.2	-2.2
Informal votes			846	3.8	+2.2
Turnout			22,191	93.1	+0.6
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Randwick [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Gollan	10,537	51.0
	United Australia	Arthur Moverly	8,547	41.3
	State Labor	Sam Lewis	1,591	7.7
Total formal votes			20,675	98.4
Informal votes			331	1.6
Turnout			21,006	92.5
	Labor gain from United Australia		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Randwick [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Arthur Moverly	11,100	56.0	+3.1
	Labor	Bob O'Halloran	8,719	44.0	+1.0
Total formal votes			19,819	98.3	-0.1
Informal votes			332	1.7	+0.1
Turnout			20,151	95.8	-0.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Randwick [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Arthur Moverly	9,892	52.9	+0.5
	Labor (NSW)	Jack Flanagan	8,029	43.0	+1.1
	Federal Labor	John Taylor	772	4.1	-1.6
Total formal votes			18,693	98.4	-0.6
Informal votes			296	1.6	+0.6
Turnout			18,989	96.7	+0.7
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Randwick [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	Arthur Moverly	9,622	52.4	+16.9
	Labor (NSW)	Jack Flanagan	7,696	41.9	-16.0
	Federal Labor	Francis Pollard	1,042	5.7	+5.7
Total formal votes			18,360	99.0	+0.4
Informal votes			183	1.0	-0.4
Turnout			18,543	96.0	+4.4
	United Australia gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Randwick [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Jack Flanagan	10,243	57.9
	Nationalist	Ernest Tresidder	6,283	35.5
	Australian	Harold Smith	1,169	6.6
Total formal votes			17,695	98.6
Informal votes			252	1.4
Turnout			17,947	91.6
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Randwick [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Ernest Tresider	7,957	54.1
	Labor	Jack Flanagan	6,739	45.9
Total formal votes			14,696	98.7
Informal votes			191	1.3
Turnout			14,887	82.3
	Nationalist win		(new seat)

District re-created

1920 - 1927

District abolished District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Randwick [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	David Storey	7,340	60.1	+1.8
	Labor	Bob O'Halloran	4,879	39.9	+1.6
Total formal votes			12,219	99.0	+2.1
Informal votes			127	1.0	-2.1
Turnout			12,346	59.8	+2.8
	Nationalist hold		Swing	+1.8

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Randwick [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	David Storey	4,689	58.3
	Labor	William Brown	3,078	38.3
	Independent	William Melville	278	3.5
Total formal votes			8,045	96.9
Informal votes			255	3.1
Turnout			8,300	57.0
	Liberal Reform hold

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Randwick [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	David Storey	4,998	59.42
	Labour	William Brown	3,413	40.58
Total formal votes			8,411	98.11
Informal votes			162	1.89
Turnout			8,573	67.38
	Member changed to Independent Liberal from Liberal Reform

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Randwick [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	David Storey	3,499	76.0
	Labour	John Browne	1,104	24.0
Total formal votes			4,603	96.5
Informal votes			168	3.5
Turnout			4,771	51.4
	Liberal Reform hold

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Randwick [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	David Storey	2,235	75.7
	Independent	James O'Donnell	488	16.5
	Progressive	Thomas Armfield	134	4.5
	Independent	Samuel Kennedy	87	3.0
Total formal votes			2,954	99.3
Informal votes			22	0.7
Turnout			2,976	39.6
	Liberal Reform hold

Randwick lost parts of the district to Paddington, Surry Hills and Waverley and was expanded to include parts of Botany and Waverley. The member for Randwick was David Storey (Liberal Reform). The member for Botany was John Dacey (Labour) who successfully contested Alexandria. The member for Waverley was Thomas Jessep (Liberal Reform) who successfully contested that seat.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Randwick [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	David Storey	1,367	72.4	+21.4
	Progressive	James O'Donnell	508	26.9	-22.1
	Independent	Thomas Armfield	13	0.7
Total formal votes			1,888	98.3	-1.4
Informal votes			33	1.7	+1.4
Turnout			1,921	53.3	-7.6
	Liberal Reform hold

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Randwick [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	David Storey	865	51.0
	National Federal	George Raffan	831	49.0
Total formal votes			1,696	99.7
Informal votes			5	0.3
Turnout			1,701	60.9
	Free Trade hold

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Randwick [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	David Storey	796	59.2
	Independent	Alexander Wilson	430	32.0
	Protectionist	Thomas Tuck	119	8.9
Total formal votes			1,345	99.4
Informal votes			8	0.6
Turnout			1,353	57.6
	Free Trade hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Randwick [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	David Storey	825	40.9
	Protectionist	Edmund Barton	486	24.1
	Labour	George Stevenson	333	16.5
	Ind. Protectionist	Michael Kinnane	302	15.0
	Ind. Free Trade	Richard Colonna-Close	71	3.5
Total formal votes			2,017	99.2
Informal votes			16	0.8
Turnout			2,033	84.2
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

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