Electoral results for the district of Cook's River
Election results for Cook's River, New South Wales, Australia
Cook's River, an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales was created in 1941 and abolished in 1973.[1][2][3][4]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1941 | Joseph Cahill | Labor | |
1944 | |||
1947 | |||
1950 | |||
1953 | |||
1956 | |||
1959 | |||
1959 by | Tom Cahill | Labor | |
1962 | |||
1965 | |||
1968 | |||
1971 |
Election results
Elections in the 1970s
1971
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1971 New South Wales state election (Legislative Assembly) § Cook's River.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Cahill | 17,427 | 66.1 | +1.0 | |
Liberal | Kenneth McKimm | 8,920 | 33.9 | -1.0 | |
Total formal votes | 26,347 | 96.3 | |||
Informal votes | 1,010 | 3.7 | |||
Turnout | 27,357 | 92.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.0 |
Elections in the 1960s
1968
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1968 New South Wales state election § Cook's River.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Cahill | 17,821 | 69.2 | -0.7 | |
Liberal | James Harris | 7,962 | 30.9 | +0.7 | |
Total formal votes | 25,783 | 96.6 | |||
Informal votes | 895 | 3.4 | |||
Turnout | 26,678 | 93.3 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | -0.7 |
1965
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1965 New South Wales state election § Cook's River.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Thomas Cahill | 15,675 | 69.8 | −4.6 | |
Liberal | Louis Mamo | 6,774 | 30.2 | +4.6 | |
Total formal votes | 22,449 | 97.5 | −0.9 | ||
Informal votes | 564 | 2.5 | +0.9 | ||
Turnout | 23,013 | 94.7 | −0.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing | −4.6 |
1962
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1962 New South Wales state election § Cook's River.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Cahill | 17,447 | 74.4 | +3.5 | |
Liberal | Sidney Pitkethly | 5,999 | 25.6 | +1.3 | |
Total formal votes | 23,446 | 98.4 | |||
Informal votes | 389 | 1.6 | |||
Turnout | 23,835 | 95.2 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | −0.1 |
Elections in the 1950s
1959 by-election
This section is an excerpt from 1959 Cook's River state by-election § Results.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Tom Cahill | 14,283 | 72.55 | +1.61 | |
Liberal | John Bampton | 4,488 | 22.80 | -1.45 | |
Communist | Walter Buckley | 916 | 4.65 | +4.65 | |
Total formal votes | 19,687 | ||||
Informal votes | 364 | 1.82 | |||
Turnout | 20,051 | 84.48 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | +1.61 |
1959
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1959 New South Wales state election § Cook's River.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Joseph Cahill | 16,111 | 70.9 | ||
Liberal | Athol McCoy | 5,507 | 24.2 | ||
Independent | Charles Higbid | 1,094 | 4.8 | ||
Total formal votes | 22,712 | 98.3 | |||
Informal votes | 392 | 1.7 | |||
Turnout | 23,104 | 95.3 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joseph Cahill | 16,931 | 74.5 | ||
Liberal | Athol McCoy | 5,781 | 25.5 | ||
Labor hold | Swing |
1956
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1956 New South Wales state election § Cook's River.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Joseph Cahill | 13,591 | 65.2 | −34.8 | |
Independent | William Kendrick | 4,135 | 19.8 | +19.8 | |
Liberal | James Skehan | 2,302 | 11.0 | +11.0 | |
Communist | Edward Rowe | 830 | 4.0 | +4.0 | |
Total formal votes | 20,858 | 97.6 | |||
Informal votes | 516 | 2.4 | |||
Turnout | 21,374 | 94.6 | |||
Two-candidate-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joseph Cahill | 14,751 | 70.7 | −29.3 | |
Independent | William Kendrick | 6,107 | 29.3 | +29.3 | |
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1953
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1953 New South Wales state election § Cook's River.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Joseph Cahill | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1950
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1950 New South Wales state election § Cook's River.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Joseph Cahill | 15,878 | 74.6 | ||
Liberal | Donald Clark | 4,774 | 22.4 | ||
Independent | Henry McPhillips | 624 | 2.9 | ||
Total formal votes | 21,276 | 97.9 | |||
Informal votes | 454 | 2.1 | |||
Turnout | 21,730 | 95.1 | |||
Two-party-preferred result | |||||
Labor | Joseph Cahill | 75.0 [a] | |||
Liberal | Donald Clark | 25.0 | |||
Labor hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
1947
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1947 New South Wales state election § Cook's River.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Joseph Cahill | 13,972 | 65.6 | -34.4 | |
Lang Labor | John Hamilton | 7,337 | 34.4 | +34.4 | |
Total formal votes | 21,309 | 96.8 | |||
Informal votes | 708 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 22,017 | 95.4 | |||
Labor hold | Swing | N/A |
1944
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1944 New South Wales state election § Cook's River.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Joseph Cahill | unopposed | |||
Labor hold |
1941
This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1941 New South Wales state election § Cook's River.[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labor | Joseph Cahill | 13,616 | 73.9 | ||
Independent Labor | John Simpson | 4,804 | 26.1 | ||
Total formal votes | 18,420 | 95.5 | |||
Informal votes | 877 | 4.5 | |||
Turnout | 19,297 | 94.0 | |||
Labor notional hold | Swing |
Notes
- ^ Two party preferred vote was estimated.
References
- ^ Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Cook's River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- ^ "Part 5B alphabetical list of all electorates and Members since 1856" (PDF). NSW Parliamentary Record. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
- ^ "Mr John Joseph Cahill (1891 - 1959)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
- ^ "Mr Thomas James Cahill (1924-1983)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1971 Cooks River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1968 Cooks River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1965 Cooks River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1962 Cooks River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ a b Green, Antony. "1959 results Cook's River by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1959 Cooks River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1956 Cooks River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1953 Cooks River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1950 Cooks River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1947 Cooks River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1944 Cooks River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ Green, Antony. "1941 Cooks River". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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