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Electoral results for the district of Hartley (New South Wales)

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Hartley, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales had two incarnations, from 1859 until 1920 and from 1927 until 1968.[1][2][3]

Election Member Party
1859   Henry Rotton None
1860
1864   John Lucas None
1869   James Neale None
1872   Thomas Brown None
1874
1876 by   John Hurley None
1877
1880   Robert Abbott None
1882   Walter Targett None
1885
1887   John Hurley Free Trade
1889
1890 by Member Party
1891   Joseph Cook Labour   George Donald Free Trade
1894   Independent Labour
1894 by   Free Trade
1895
1898
1901   John Hurley Independent
1904   Liberal Reform
1907   James Dooley Labor
1910
1913
1917
 
Election Member Party
1927   Hamilton Knight Labor
1930
1932   Labor (NSW)
1935
1938   Labor
1941
1944
1947
1947 by   Jim Chalmers Labor
1950
1953   Independent Labor
1956   Jim Robson Labor
1959
1962
1965   Harold Coates Independent

Election results

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Elections in the 1960s

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1965

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1965 New South Wales state election: Hartley[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Robson 8,228 47.4 −1.5
Independent Harold Coates 7,984 46.0 −1.5
Democratic Labor Laurence Breen 1,151 6.6 +6.6
Total formal votes 17,363 98.7 0.0
Informal votes 224 1.3 0.0
Turnout 17,587 95.8 −0.2
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Harold Coates 8,933 51.4 +2.1
Labor Jim Robson 8,430 48.6 −2.1
Independent gain from Labor Swing +2.1

1962

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1962 New South Wales state election: Hartley[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Robson 8,778 48.9 −39.0
Independent Harold Coates 8,530 47.5 +47.5
Communist Peter Carroll 658 3.7 −8.4
Total formal votes 17,966 98.7
Informal votes 227 1.3
Turnout 18,193 96.0
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Jim Robson 9,100 50.7 −37.2
Independent Harold Coates 8,866 49.3 +49.3
Labor hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1950s

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1959

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1959 New South Wales state election: Hartley[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Robson 13,963 87.9
Communist Peter Carroll 1,931 12.1
Total formal votes 15,894 92.0
Informal votes 1,378 8.0
Turnout 17,272 94.9
Labor hold Swing

1956

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1956 New South Wales state election: Hartley[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Robson 7,595 44.7 +13.0
Independent Labor William Black 7,539 44.3 −12.9
Communist John King 825 4.9 −6.2
Independent Neville Weekes 545 3.2 +3.2
Independent Leslie Cant 498 2.9 +2.9
Total formal votes 17,002 96.0 −0.5
Informal votes 709 4.0 +0.5
Turnout 17,711 95.4 +0.3
Two-candidate-preferred result
Labor Jim Robson 8,567 50.4 +14.0
Independent Labor William Black 8,435 49.6 −14.0
Labor gain from Independent Labor Swing +14.0
The sitting member for Hartley, Jim Chalmers (Independent Labor), unsuccessfully contested Nepean.

1953

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1953 New South Wales state election: Hartley[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labor Jim Chalmers 9,815 57.2
Labor James Punch 5,443 31.7
Communist John King 1,901 11.1
Total formal votes 17,159 96.5
Informal votes 625 3.5
Turnout 17,784 95.1
Two-candidate-preferred result
Independent Labor Jim Chalmers 10,765 62.7
Labor James Punch 6,394 37.3
Member changed to Independent Labor from Labor Swing N/A

1950

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1950 New South Wales state election: Hartley[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Chalmers 9,187 67.1
Liberal James Cripps 3,371 24.6
Communist John King 1,142 8.3
Total formal votes 13,700 98.7
Informal votes 173 1.3
Turnout 13,873 93.7
Two-party-preferred result
Labor Jim Chalmers 74.1 [a]
Liberal James Cripps 25.9
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

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1947 by-election

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1947 Hartley by-election
Saturday 13 December [10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Jim Chalmers 7,489 53.26
Liberal Harold Coates 5,071 36.07
Industrial Labor William Alexander 1,500 10.67
Total formal votes 14,060 98.38
Informal votes 231 1.62
Turnout 14,291 88.10
Labor hold Swing N/A
Hamilton Knight (Labor) resigned to accept an appointment as a Commissioner in the Commonwealth Industrial Commission.[10]

1947

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1947 New South Wales state election: Hartley[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hamilton Knight 12,551 84.7 -15.3
Communist John King 2,263 15.3 +15.3
Total formal votes 14,814 94.9
Informal votes 800 5.1
Turnout 15,614 94.7
Labor hold Swing N/A

1944

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1944 New South Wales state election: Hartley[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hamilton Knight unopposed
Labor hold  

1941

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1941 New South Wales state election: Hartley[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hamilton Knight 11,437 83.3
State Labor James Starling 2,298 16.7
Total formal votes 13,735 96.4
Informal votes 512 3.6
Turnout 14,247 94.6
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1930s

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1938

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1938 New South Wales state election: Hartley[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hamilton Knight unopposed
Labor hold  

1935

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1935 New South Wales state election: Hartley[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Hamilton Knight 8,772 88.2 +26.0
Communist Robert Cram 1,169 11.8 +9.4
Total formal votes 9,941 89.5 −9.2
Informal votes 1,168 10.5 +9.2
Turnout 11,109 98.0 +0.6
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A

1932

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1932 New South Wales state election: Hartley[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor (NSW) Hamilton Knight 7,080 62.2 -18.8
United Australia Horace Bracey 2,440 21.4 +5.7
Independent Labor James Dooley 1,585 13.9 +13.9
Communist Patrick Walsh 275 2.4 -0.9
Total formal votes 11,380 98.7 +0.3
Informal votes 144 1.3 −0.3
Turnout 11,524 97.4 +2.1
Labor (NSW) hold Swing N/A
  • Preferences were not distributed.
  • Horace Bracey was jointly endorsed by the UAP and Country party.

1930

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1930 New South Wales state election: Hartley[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hamilton Knight 9,797 81.0
Nationalist Alfred Samuels 1,904 15.7
Communist Alfred Airey 400 3.3
Total formal votes 12,101 98.4
Informal votes 201 1.6
Turnout 12,302 95.3
Labor hold Swing

Elections in the 1920s

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1927

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1927 New South Wales state election: Hartley[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor Hamilton Knight 7,582 57.5
Nationalist Crawford Vaughan 5,603 42.5
Total formal votes 13,185 99.2
Informal votes 112 0.8
Turnout 13,297 82.9
Labor win (new seat)

1920 - 1927

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District abolished

Elections in the 1910s

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1917

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1917 New South Wales state election: Hartley[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Dooley 4,970 52.0 -3.3
Nationalist James Ryan 4,582 48.0 +3.3
Total formal votes 9,552 98.7 +1.5
Informal votes 126 1.3 −1.5
Turnout 9,678 67.5 −3.9
Labor hold Swing -3.3

1913

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1913 New South Wales state election: Hartley[20]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labor James Dooley 4,643 55.3
Liberal Reform James Charlton 3,759 44.7
Total formal votes 8,402 97.2
Informal votes 241 2.8
Turnout 8,643 71.4
Labor hold  

1910

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1910 New South Wales state election: Hartley[21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Dooley 5,646 65.7
Liberal Reform Sydney Innes-Noad 2,993 34.6
Total formal votes 8,639 98.0
Informal votes 177 2.0
Turnout 8,816 67.9
Labour hold  

Elections in the 1900s

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1907

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1907 New South Wales state election: Hartley[22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Dooley 2,967 50.2
Liberal Reform John Hurley 2,947 49.8
Total formal votes 5,914 96.1
Informal votes 241 3.9
Turnout 6,155 59.9
Labour gain from Liberal Reform  

1904

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1904 New South Wales state election: Hartley[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Reform John Hurley 2,498 58.0
Labour Robert Pillans 1,812 42.0
Total formal votes 4,310 99.2
Informal votes 36 0.8
Turnout 0 0.0
Member changed to Liberal Reform from Independent  
Hartley lost part of the district to Blayney and Wollondilly and was expanded with parts of The Macquarie, Northumberland, and the abolished seat of Rylstone. The member for Hartley was John Hurley (independent) who stood as a Liberal Reform candidate. The member for The Macquarie was his brother William Hurley (Progressive), who was appointed to the Legislative Council. The member for Rylstone was John Fitzpatrick who unsuccessfully contested Northumberland. The member for Northumberland was John Norton (Independent) who successfully contested Surry Hills.

1901

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1901 New South Wales state election: Hartley[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent John Hurley 518 32.9
Labour Robert Pillans 502 31.9
Liberal Reform Harry Goyder 472 30.0 -40.4
Independent John Tabrett 41 2.6
Progressive Henry Brierley 40 2.5 -27.1
Total formal votes 1,573 99.6 +0.9
Informal votes 7 0.4 −0.9
Turnout 1,580 67.8 15.4
Independent gain from Liberal Reform  
The sitting member was Joseph Cook (Liberal Reform) who did not contest the election as he had been elected in March 1901 to the federal seat of Parramatta.

Elections in the 1890s

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1898

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1898 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Joseph Cook 788 70.4
National Federal John Tabrett 332 29.6
Total formal votes 1,120 98.7
Informal votes 15 1.3
Turnout 1,135 52.4
Free Trade hold  

1895

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1895 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Joseph Cook 822 65.5
Protectionist William Sandford 412 32.8
Independent James Dickie 22 1.8
Total formal votes 1,256 98.7
Informal votes 16 1.3
Turnout 1,272 63.9
Free Trade hold  

1894 by-election

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1894 Hartley by-election
Tuesday 14 August [27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade Joseph Cook (re-elected) 942 83.8
Labour James Thomson 182 16.2
Total formal votes 1,124 99.5
Informal votes 6 0.5
Turnout 1,130 55.6 [b]
Member changed to Free Trade from Independent Labour  
Joseph Cook was appointed Postmaster General in the Reid ministry (Free Trade).[27]

1894

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1894 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Labour Joseph Cook 723 47.0
Ind. Free Trade John Hurley 474 30.8
Protectionist William Richardson 194 12.6
Ind. Free Trade George Donald 130 8.5
Labour John Henry 17 1.1
Total formal votes 1,538 98.6
Informal votes 22 1.4
Turnout 1,560 76.8
Independent Labour win (previously 2 members)

1891

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1891 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Saturday 20 June [29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Joseph Cook (elected 1) 1,049 31.5
Free Trade George Donald (elected 2) 699 21.0
Free Trade John Hurley 614 18.5
Protectionist Evan Jones 485 14.6
Free Trade Charles Passmore 231 6.9
Free Trade John Tabrett 153 4.6
Independent Thomas Richardson 97 2.9
Total formal votes 3,328 99.3
Informal votes 22 0.7
Turnout 1,822 60.3
  Labour win 1 (1 new seat)
  Free Trade hold 1

Elections in the 1880s

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1890 by-election

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1890 Hartley by-election
Saturday 26 July [30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Hurley (re-elected) 903 59.8
Protectionist John Norton 608 40.2
Total formal votes 1,511 98.6
Informal votes 22 1.4
Turnout 1,533 54.2
Free Trade hold  
John Hurley (Free Trade) resigned due to bankruptcy.[30]

1889

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1889 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Saturday 9 February [31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Hurley (elected) 707 48.9
Protectionist J P T Caulfield 537 37.1
Protectionist Richard Inch 203 14.0
Total formal votes 1,447 98.0
Informal votes 29 2.0
Turnout 1,476 61.5
Free Trade hold  

1887

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1887 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Saturday 12 February [32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Free Trade John Hurley (elected) 619 44.8
Ind. Protectionist Richard Inch 333 24.1
Protectionist John Young 245 17.7
Protectionist Brisbane Doyle 184 13.3
Total formal votes 1,381 97.9
Informal votes 30 2.1
Turnout 1,411 64.1
The sitting member Walter Targett unsuccessfully contested The Hastings and Manning.

1885

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1885 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Friday 16 October [33]
Candidate Votes %
Walter Targett (re-elected) 591 52.5
Brisbane Doyle 535 47.5
Total formal votes 1,126 98.1
Informal votes 22 1.9
Turnout 1,148 57.3

1882

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1882 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Thursday 14 December [34]
Candidate Votes %
Walter Targett (elected) 298 28.4
Charles Passmore 293 28.0
John Shepherd 195 18.6
George Lloyd 174 16.6
John Hughes 88 8.4
Total formal votes 1,048 97.7
Informal votes 25 2.3
Turnout 1,087 54.0

1880

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1880 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Friday 26 November [35]
Candidate Votes %
Robert Abbott (elected) 396 44.0
John Hurley (defeated) 361 40.1
Walter Targett 143 15.9
Total formal votes 900 96.6
Informal votes 32 3.4
Turnout 932 55.6

Elections in the 1870s

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1877

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1877 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Thursday 1 November [36]
Candidate Votes %
John Hurley (re-elected) 695 57.8
Patrick Higgins 508 42.2
Total formal votes 1,203 97.8
Informal votes 27 2.2
Turnout 1,230 63.0

1876 by-election

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1876 Hartley by-election
Friday 21 April [37]
Candidate Votes %
John Hurley (elected) 339 52.1
James Neale 722 45.2
Total formal votes 651 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 651 37.4
The Committee of Elections and Qualifications found that Thomas Brown had an office of profit under the crown and declared that his seat was vacant.[37]

1874

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1874–75 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Monday 21 December 1874 [38]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Brown (re-elected) unopposed

1872

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1872 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Wednesday 6 March [39]
Candidate Votes %
Thomas Brown (elected) 434 47.8
Morris Asher 225 24.8
James Byrnes 187 20.6
John Garsed 47 5.2
E N Emmett 10 1.1
Joseph Johnson 4 0.4
John Ardill 1 0.1
Total formal votes 908 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 933 45.0

Elections in the 1860s

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1869

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1869–70 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Thursday 23 December 1869 [40]
Candidate Votes %
James Neale (elected) 628 77.2
Andrew Brown 179 22.0
John Garsed 7 0.9
Total formal votes 814 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 814 38.8

1864

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1864–65 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Thursday 8 December 1864 [41]
Candidate Votes %
John Lucas (elected) 231 55.5
Andrew Brown 185 44.5
Total formal votes 416 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 416 37.4

1860

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1860 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Friday 14 December [42]
Candidate Votes %
Henry Rotton (elected) 190 54.1
William Russell 161 45.9
Total formal votes 351 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 351 35.5

Elections in the 1850s

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1859

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1859 New South Wales colonial election: Hartley
Saturday 25 June [43]
Candidate Votes %
Henry Rotton (elected) 281 57.8
Ryan Brenan 205 42.2
Total formal votes 486 100.0
Informal votes 0 0.0
Turnout 486 59.5

Notes

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  1. ^ Two party preferred vote was estimated.
  2. ^ Estimate based on a roll of 2,031 at the 1894 election.[28]

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