Electoral results for the district of Shoalhaven

Shoalhaven, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1859 and abolished in 1904.[1][2][3]

Member Party Period
1859   John Garrett None
1860
1862 by   John Robertson None
1864   Thomas Garrett None
1869
1871 by   James Warden None
1872
1874
1877   John Roseby None
1880
1882   Frederick Humphery None
1885
1887   William Fraser Martin Free Trade
1889   Philip Morton Free Trade
1891
1895   Ind. Free Trade
1898   David Davis Ind. Protectionist
1901   Mark Morton Liberal Reform

Election results

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Elections in the 1900s

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1901

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1901 New South Wales state election: The Shoalhaven[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform Mark Morton 927 55.5
Progressive David Davis 742 44.5 −11.5
Total formal votes 1,669 99.2 −0.1
Informal votes 14 0.8 +0.1
Turnout 1,683 83.7 +22.0
Liberal Reform gain from Ind. Progressive  

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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1898 New South Wales colonial election: The Shoalhaven[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Federalist David Davis 882 55.9
National Federal Philip Morton 695 44.1
Total formal votes 1,577 99.6
Informal votes 7 0.4
Turnout 1,584 70.9
Independent Federalist gain from Ind. Free Trade  
Philip Morton had been elected as an Independent Free Trader but changed to National Federal.

1895

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1895 New South Wales colonial election: The Shoalhaven[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Free Trade Philip Morton 755 56.6
Protectionist Thomas Kennedy 571 42.8
Ind. Protectionist W Reid 7 0.5
Total formal votes 1,333 97.8
Informal votes 30 2.2
Turnout 1,363 70.5
Member changed to Ind. Free Trade from Free Trade  

1894

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1894 New South Wales colonial election: The Shoalhaven[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Philip Morton 690 42.0
Ind. Free Trade William Kennedy 495 30.1
Protectionist John McLean 339 20.6
Ind. Protectionist George Sinclair 121 7.4
Total formal votes 1,645 98.9
Informal votes 18 1.1
Turnout 1,663 83.7
Free Trade hold  

1891

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1891 New South Wales colonial election: Shoalhaven
Friday 19 June [8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Philip Morton (re-elected) 1,268 60.3
Labour John Maclean 836 39.7
Total formal votes 2,104 98.2
Informal votes 39 1.8
Turnout 2,143 76.3
Free Trade hold  

Elections in the 1880s

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1889

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1889 New South Wales colonial election: Shoalhaven
Wednesday 13 February [9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Philip Morton (elected) 1,233 68.4
Protectionist William Lovegrove 569 31.6
Total formal votes 1,802 98.4
Informal votes 30 1.6
Turnout 1,832 73.3
Free Trade hold  

1887

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1887 New South Wales colonial election: Shoalhaven
Monday 14 February [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade William Martin (elected) 853 51.7
Protectionist William Lovegrove 798 48.3
Total formal votes 1,651 99.1
Informal votes 15 0.9
Turnout 1,666 76.9

1885

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1885 New South Wales colonial election: Shoalhaven
Monday 19 October [11]
Candidate Votes %
Frederick Humphery (re-elected) 850 54.6
William Martin 706 45.4
Total formal votes 1,556 98.6
Informal votes 22 1.4
Turnout 1,578 78.0

1882

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1882 New South Wales colonial election: Shoalhaven
Thursday 7 December [12]
Candidate Votes %
Frederick Humphery (elected) 790 52.4
John Roseby (defeated) 719 47.7
Total formal votes 1,509 98.6
Informal votes 21 1.4
Turnout 1,530 78.8

1880

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1880 New South Wales colonial election: Shoalhaven
Tuesday 23 November [13]
Candidate Votes %
John Roseby (re-elected) 859 52.8
Frederick Humphery 767 47.2
Total formal votes 1,626 98.3
Informal votes 28 1.7
Turnout 1,654 85.4

Elections in the 1870s

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1877

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1877 New South Wales colonial election: Shoalhaven
Wednesday 31 October [14]
Candidate Votes %
John Roseby (elected) 591 50.5
Thomas Richards 579 49.5
Total formal votes 1,170 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 1,193 76.6

1874

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1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Shoalhaven
Friday 18 December 1874 [15]
Candidate Votes %
James Warden (re-elected) unopposed

1872

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1872 New South Wales colonial election: Shoalhaven
Tuesday 5 March [16]
Candidate Votes %
James Warden (re-elected) 622 54.7
John Roseby 515 45.3
Total formal votes 1,137 97.8
Informal votes 26 2.2
Turnout 1,163 76.1

1871 by-election

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1871 Shoalhaven by-election
Monday 21 August [17]
Candidate Votes %
James Warden (elected) Unopposed
Thomas Garrett resigned.[17]

Elections in the 1860s

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1869

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1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Shoalhaven
Tuesday 14 December 1869 [18]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Garrett (re-elected) 633 54.4
Samuel Goold 530 45.6
Total formal votes 1,163 99.2
Informal votes 9 0.8
Turnout 1,190 83.0

1864

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1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Shoalhaven
Wednesday 21 December 1864 [19]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Garrett (re-elected) 472 52.6
Richard Kemp 350 39.0
R Seccombe 76 8.5
Total formal votes 898 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 923 70.4

1862 by-election

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1862 Shoalhaven by-election[20]
Candidate Votes %
John Robertson (elected) Unopposed
John Garrett resigned to become a police magistrate.[20]

1860

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1860 New South Wales colonial election: Shoalhaven
Monday 17 December [21]
Candidate Votes %
John Garrett (re-elected) 384 55.6
Richard Kemp 307 44.4
Total formal votes 691 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 712 69.7

Elections in the 1850s

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1859

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1859 New South Wales colonial election: Shoalhaven
Tuesday 21 June [22]
Candidate Votes %
John Garrett (elected) 281 41.6
Charles Blakeney 222 32.8
Alexander Campbell 156 23.1
George Alley 17 2.5
Total formal votes 676 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 676 73.8

References

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