Electoral results for the district of Waverley

Waverley, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had three incarnations, 1894 to 1920, 1927 to 1959 and 1971 until 1991.[1][2][3]

Election	Member		Party
1894		Angus Cameron	Free Trade
1895
1896 by		Thomas Jessep	Free Trade
1898
1901			Liberal Reform
1904
1907		James Macarthur-Onslow	Independent Liberal
1910			Liberal Reform
1913		James Fingleton	Labor
1917		Charles Oakes	Nationalist
Second incarnation (1927–1959)
Member		Party	Term
1927		Carl Glasgow	Nationalist
1930		William Clementson	Labor
1932		John Waddell	United Australia
1935
1938
1939 by		Clarrie Martin	Industrial Labor / Labor
1941			Labor
1944
1947
1950
1953
1953 by		William Ferguson	Labor
1959
Third incarnation (1971–1991)
Member		Party	Term
1971		Syd Einfeld	Labor
1973
1976
1978
1981		Ernie Page	Labor
1984
1988

Election results

1988

1988 New South Wales state election: Waverley [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Page	12,360	46.2	-3.3
	Liberal	Sally Betts	12,063	45.1	+4.3
	Democrats	Heather Meers	2,315	8.7	+1.8
Total formal votes			26,738	96.9	+0.4
Informal votes			843	3.1	-0.4
Turnout			27,581	90.1
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Page	13,303	50.5	-3.9
	Liberal	Sally Betts	13,016	49.5	+3.9
	Labor hold		Swing	-3.9

1984

1984 New South Wales state election: Waverley [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Page	13,255	49.2	-12.7
	Liberal	Dick Davidson	11,279	41.8	+3.7
	Democrats	Heather Meers	1,722	6.4	+6.4
	Independent	Peter Kristofferson	483	1.8	+1.8
	Independent	Dorothy Sekers	225	0.8	+0.8
Total formal votes			26,964	96.4	+1.2
Informal votes			1,009	3.6	-1.2
Turnout			27,973	86.7	+0.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Ernie Page	14,266	53.7	-8.2
	Liberal	Dick Davidson	12,326	46.3	+8.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-8.2

1981

1981 New South Wales state election: Waverley [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Ernie Page	16,796	61.9	-3.7
	Liberal	Albert Ross	10,350	38.1	+10.7
Total formal votes			27,146	95.2
Informal votes			1,375	4.8
Turnout			28,521	85.8
	Labor hold		Swing	-6.9

1978

1978 New South Wales state election: Waverley [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Syd Einfeld	15,649	65.6	+8.6
	Liberal	Margaret Davis	6,543	27.4	-15.6
	Independent	Moshe Levy	647	2.7	+2.7
	Democrats	Michael Smythe	607	2.6	+2.6
	Independent	Christopher Allen	393	1.7	+1.7
Total formal votes			23,839	96.4	-1.0
Informal votes			891	3.6	+1.0
Turnout			24,730	86.2	-1.9
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Syd Einfeld	16,396	68.8	+11.8
	Liberal	Margaret Davis	7,443	31.2	-11.8
	Labor hold		Swing	+11.8

1976

1976 New South Wales state election: Waverley [8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Syd Einfeld	14,691	57.0	+5.9
	Liberal	Geoffrey Mort	11,075	43.0	+4.8
Total formal votes			25,766	97.4	-1.2
Informal votes			696	2.6	+1.2
Turnout			26,462	88.1	+1.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.6

1973

1973 New South Wales state election: Waverley [9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Syd Einfeld	12,065	51.1	-7.5
	Liberal	Hans Dreyer	9,031	38.2	-3.2
	Australia	Virginia Walker	1,586	6.7	+6.7
	Democratic Labor	Dominique Droulers	604	2.6	+2.6
	Independent	Martin Smith	341	1.4	+1.4
Total formal votes			23,627	95.7
Informal votes			1,055	4.3
Turnout			24,682	86.5
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	Syd Einfeld	13,322	56.4	-2.2
	Liberal	Hans Dreyer	10,305	43.6	+2.2
	Labor hold		Swing	-2.2

1971

1971 New South Wales state election: Waverley [10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Syd Einfeld	13,781	58.6	+5.5
	Liberal	James Markham	9,736	41.4	-5.5
Total formal votes			23,517	96.8
Informal votes			770	3.2
Turnout			24,287	89.6
	Labor hold		Swing	+5.5

1959 - 1971

District abolished

1956

1956 New South Wales state election: Waverley [11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Ferguson	11,373	58.6	−9.9
	Liberal	John Steinwede	7,145	36.8	+5.3
	Communist	Eddie Maher	900	4.6	+4.6
Total formal votes			19,418	97.9	0.0
Informal votes			425	2.1	0.0
Turnout			19,843	90.8	−0.3
Two-party-preferred result
	Labor	William Ferguson	12,183	62.7	−5.8
	Liberal	John Steinwede	7,235	37.3	+5.8
	Labor hold		Swing	−5.8

1953 by-election

1953 Waverley state by-election

1953

1953 New South Wales state election: Waverley [12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Martin	14,354	68.5
	Liberal	Ben Doig	6,604	31.5
Total formal votes			20,958	97.9
Informal votes			456	2.1
Turnout			21,414	91.1
	Labor hold		Swing

1950

1950 New South Wales state election: Waverley [13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Martin	11,415	60.9
	Liberal	Ross McKinnon	7,324	39.1
Total formal votes			18,739	98.9
Informal votes			215	1.1
Turnout			18,954	91.1
	Labor hold		Swing

1947

1947 New South Wales state election: Waverley [14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Martin	13,481	62.5	-37.5
	Liberal	Thomas Fairbairn	8,095	37.5	+37.5
Total formal votes			21,576	98.7
Informal votes			288	1.3
Turnout			21,864	92.3
	Labor hold		Swing	N/A

1944

1944 New South Wales state election: Waverley [15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Martin	unopposed
	Labor hold		Swing

1941

1941 New South Wales state election: Waverley [16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	Clarrie Martin	11,464	57.7
	United Australia	Arnold Lander	6,004	30.2
	State Labor	John Fisher	2,408	12.1
Total formal votes			19,876	98.2
Informal votes			357	1.8
Turnout			20,233	90.9
	Labor hold		Swing

• Preferences were not distributed.

1939 by-election

1939 Waverley state by-election

1938

1938 New South Wales state election: Waverley [17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Waddell	10,210	51.4	+1.2
	Labor	William Clementson	9,641	48.6	+2.7
Total formal votes			19,851	98.1	-0.2
Informal votes			380	1.9	+0.2
Turnout			20,231	94.9	-0.9
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

1935

1935 New South Wales state election: Waverley [18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Waddell	9,344	50.2	-2.1
	Labor (NSW)	William Clementson	8,545	45.9	+3.7
	Federal Labor	Alexander Hogan	732	3.9	-1.0
Total formal votes			18,621	98.3	-0.4
Informal votes			314	1.7	+0.4
Turnout			18,935	95.8	0.0
	United Australia hold		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1932

1932 New South Wales state election: Waverley [19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	United Australia	John Waddell	9,644	52.3	+15.0
	Labor (NSW)	William Clementson	7,789	42.2	-15.3
	Federal Labor	Albert Gardiner	904	4.9	+4.9
	Communist	Esmonde Higgins	102	0.6	+0.6
Total formal votes			18,439	98.7	+1.9
Informal votes			249	1.3	-1.9
Turnout			18,688	95.8	+2.5
	United Australia gain from Labor (NSW)		Swing	N/A

• Preferences were not distributed.

1930

1930 New South Wales state election: Waverley [20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	William Clementson	9,994	57.5
	Nationalist	Guy Arkins	6,487	37.3
	Australian	George Overhill	901	5.2
Total formal votes			17,382	96.8
Informal votes			578	3.2
Turnout			17,960	93.3
	Labor gain from Nationalist		Swing

1927

1927 New South Wales state election: Waverley [21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Carl Glasgow	7,501	55.4
	Labor	Archibald Moate	6,038	44.6
Total formal votes			13,539	99.3
Informal votes			92	0.7
Turnout			13,631	86.7
	Nationalist win		(new seat)

1920 - 1927

District abolished

1917

1917 New South Wales state election: Waverley [22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Nationalist	Charles Oakes	5,136	56.7	+13.8
	Labor	James Fingleton	3,919	43.3	+5.7
Total formal votes			9,055	99.2	+1.7
Informal votes			69	0.8	-1.7
Turnout			9,124	63.9	-6.0
	Nationalist gain from Labor		Swing	+7.0

1913

1913 New South Wales state election: Waverley [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Harold Jaques	3,743	42.9
	Labor	James Fingleton	3,280	37.6
	National Progressive	George Beeby	1,698	19.5
Total formal votes			8,721	97.5
Informal votes			220	2.5
Turnout			8,941	69.9

1913 New South Wales state election: Waverley - Second Round
Saturday 13 December [23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labor	James Fingleton	4,609	50.3
	Liberal Reform	Harold Jaques	4,547	49.7
Total formal votes			9,156	99.4
Informal votes			55	0.6
Turnout			9,211	72.0
	Labor gain from Liberal Reform

1910

1910 New South Wales state election: Waverley [24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	James Macarthur-Onslow	5,175	52.4
	Labour	Walter Duncan	3,706	37.5
	Independent Liberal	Robert Watkins	921	9.3
	Independent	Henry Douglass	74	0.8
Total formal votes			9,876	99.3
Informal votes			72	0.7
Turnout			9,948	73.2
	Member changed to Liberal Reform from Independent Liberal

1907

1907 New South Wales state election: Waverley [25]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Liberal	James Macarthur-Onslow	3,769	48.4
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Jessep	3,189	40.9
	Labour	Edward Whittington	458	5.9
	Independent	Frank Lock	379	4.9
Total formal votes			7,795	98.5
Informal votes			119	1.5
Turnout			7,914	73.3
	Independent Liberal gain from Liberal Reform

1904

1904 New South Wales state election: Waverley [26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Jessep	2,630	63.0
	Labour	Alfred Warton	1,080	25.9
	Independent Liberal	James Conroy	467	11.2
Total formal votes			4,177	99.2
Informal votes			35	0.8
Turnout			4,212	48.3
	Liberal Reform hold

Waverley lost part of the seat to Randwick and was expanded to include parts of Woollahra and Randwick. The member for Waverley was Thomas Jessep (Liberal Reform). The member for Randwick was David Storey (Liberal Reform) while the member for Woollahra was William Latimer and each retained their respective seats.

1901

1901 New South Wales state election: Waverley [27]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Reform	Thomas Jessep	1,035	48.9	-7.4
	Independent	James Macarthur-Onslow	886	41.8	-1.8
	Independent Liberal	Alfred Allen	171	8.1
	Independent	John Carroll	18	0.9	+0.3
	Independent	David Penfold	8	0.4
Total formal votes			2,118	99.1	-0.0
Informal votes			19	0.9	+0.1
Turnout			2,137	61.9	-1.1
	Liberal Reform hold

1898

1898 New South Wales colonial election: Waverley [28]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Thomas Jessep	998	56.3
	National Federal	James Onslow	773	43.6
	Independent Federalist	William Blunt	2	0.1
Total formal votes			1,773	99.2
Informal votes			15	0.8
Turnout			1,788	63.1
	Free Trade hold

1896 by-election

1896 Waverley colonial by-election

1895

1895 New South Wales colonial election: Waverley [29]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Angus Cameron	622	43.5
	Protectionist	Thomas Barlow	466	32.6
	Ind. Free Trade	Alfred Allen	298	20.8
	Ind. Protectionist	William Allen	45	3.1
Total formal votes			1,431	99.2
Informal votes			12	0.8
Turnout			1,443	64.4
	Free Trade hold

1894

1894 New South Wales colonial election: Waverley [30]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Free Trade	Angus Cameron	747	40.5
	Protectionist	Thomas Barlow	475	25.8
	Ind. Free Trade	Alfred Allen	369	20.0
	Labour	Thomas Kemp	245	13.3
	Ind. Protectionist	James Carroll	9	0.5
Total formal votes			1,845	99.3
Informal votes			13	0.7
Turnout			1,858	81.7
	Free Trade win		(new seat)

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