Electoral results for the district of Grenfell

Grenfell, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1880 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1880   Robert Vaughn None
1882
1885
1887   Protectionist
1889   George Greene Free Trade
1891   Robert Vaughn Labor
1894   George Greene Free Trade
1894 re-count   Michael Loughnane Labor
1895   George Greene Free Trade
1898   William Holman Labor
1901

Election results

Elections in the 1900s

1901

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1901 New South Wales state election § Grenfell.[edit]
1901 New South Wales state election: Grenfell [4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Holman 1,299 51.7 −3.9
Liberal Reform Arthur Grimm 1,213 48.3
Total formal votes 2,512 100.0 +0.4
Informal votes 0 0.0 −0.4
Turnout 2,512 68.9 11.3
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1890s

1898

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1898 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[edit]
1898 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell [5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour William Holman 1,115 55.6
National Federal Andrew Kelly 892 44.4
Total formal votes 2,007 99.6
Informal votes 8 0.4
Turnout 2,015 57.5
Labour gain from Ind. Free Trade  

1895

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1895 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[edit]
1895 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell [6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Free Trade George Greene 664 48.8
Labour William Holman 551 40.5
Protectionist Robert Vaughn 146 10.7
Total formal votes 1,361 99.4
Informal votes 8 0.6
Turnout 1,369 68.0
Ind. Free Trade gain from Labour  

1894 re-count

This section is an excerpt from 1894 Grenfell colonial election re-count § Result.[edit]
1894 Grenfell election re-count
Thursday 25 October [7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Michael Loughnane 525 36.3 +0.3
Free Trade George Greene 516 35.7 −0.4
Protectionist Robert Vaughn 330 22.8 +0.2
Independent John Williams 75 5.2 −0.1
Total formal votes 1,446 97.0 −0.7
Informal votes 45[a] 3.0 +0.7
Turnout 1,491 71.0 '"`UNIQ−−ref−0000001C−QINU`"' 
Labour gain from Free Trade  
The Elections and Qualifications Committee conducted a re-count of the 1894 Grenfell election and declared that George Greene (Free Trade) had not been elected the member for Grenfell. No by-election was conducted, instead the committee declared that Michael Loughnane (Labour) had been elected.[7]

1894

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1894 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[edit]
1894 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade George Greene 526 36.1
Labour Michael Loughnane 524 36.0
Protectionist Robert Vaughn 329 22.6
Independent John Williams 77 5.3
Total formal votes 1,456 97.7
Informal votes 35 2.4
Turnout 1,491 71.0
Free Trade gain from Labour  

The sitting member, Robert Vaughn had been elected as a Labour member at the 1891 election but stood as a Protectionist candidate for this election.

The result was overturned by the Elections and Qualifications Committee which conducted a re-count in October 1894.[8]

1891

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1891 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[edit]
1891 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell
Saturday 27 June [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Robert Vaughn (elected) 593 47.1
Free Trade George Greene (defeated) 379 30.1
Free Trade Thomas Bembrick 227 18.0
Protectionist James Gibson 59 4.7
Total formal votes 1,258 98.5
Informal votes 19 1.5
Turnout 1,277 62.2
Labour gain from Free Trade  

Elections in the 1880s

1889

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1889 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[edit]
1889 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell
Monday 4 February [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade George Greene (elected) 475 52.3
Protectionist Robert Vaughn 433 47.7
Total formal votes 908 98.8
Informal votes 11 1.2
Turnout 919 52.0
  Free Trade gain from Protectionist  

1887

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1887 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[edit]
1887 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell
Wednesday 16 February [11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Protectionist Robert Vaughn (re-elected) 431 53.3
Free Trade A L Park 378 46.7
Total formal votes 809 98.2
Informal votes 15 1.8
Turnout 824 51.6

1885

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1885 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[edit]
1885 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell
Thursday 22 October [12]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Vaughn (re-elected) 387 59.3
E Whelan 266 40.7
Total formal votes 653 99.4
Informal votes 4 0.6
Turnout 714 49.0

1882

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1882 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[edit]
1882 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell
Friday 8 December [13]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Vaughn (re-elected) 404 58.1
E Whelan 291 41.9
Total formal votes 695 97.9
Informal votes 15 2.1
Turnout 706 45.6

1880

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1880 New South Wales colonial election § Grenfell.[edit]
1880 New South Wales colonial election: Grenfell
Monday 29 November [14]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Vaughn (elected) 421 49.2
George Greene 294 34.4
J Donkin 141 16.5
Total formal votes 856 98.5
Informal votes 13 1.5
Turnout 869 53.8
  (new seat)
Grenfell partly replaced the abolished district of The Lachlan.

Notes

  1. ^ Calculated on the assumption that the total number of votes did not change.
  2. ^ Change is compared to the previously declared count for the election.

References

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  2. ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  3. ^ "Former Members". Members of Parliament. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  4. ^ Green, Antony. "1901 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  5. ^ Green, Antony. "1898 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Antony. "1895 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b "The Grenfell election: return of Mr Loughnane". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 October 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via Trove.
  8. ^ a b Green, Antony. "1894 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
  9. ^ Green, Antony. "1891 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  10. ^ Green, Antony. "1889 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  11. ^ Green, Antony. "1887 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  12. ^ Green, Antony. "1885 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  13. ^ Green, Antony. "1882 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  14. ^ Green, Antony. "1880 Grenfell". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 23 April 2020.