Electoral district of Burrangong

Burrangong was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales from 1904 to 1920. It was named after an old name for the Young area and replaced Young. In 1920, with the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed along with Yass into Cootamundra.[1]

Members for Burrangong

Member		Party	Period
	George Burgess	Labor	1904–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1917
	Peter Loughlin	Labor	1917–1920

Election results

Elections in the 1910s

1917

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1917 New South Wales state election § Burrangong[edit]

1917 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Peter Loughlin	3,925	51.1	+0.8
	Nationalist	George Burgess	3,760	48.9	+48.9
Total formal votes			7,685	99.0	+1.4
Informal votes			80	1.0	-1.4
Turnout			7,765	66.3	-1.2
	Labor hold		Swing	+0.8

The sitting member George Burgess was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split split over conscription.[3]

1913

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1913 New South Wales state election § Burrangong[edit]

1913 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	George Burgess	3,803	50.3
	Farmers and Settlers	Arthur Trethowan [lower-alpha 1]	3,761	49.7
Total formal votes			7,564	97.6
Informal votes			187	2.4
Turnout			7,751	67.5
	Labor hold

1910

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1910 New South Wales state election § Burrangong[edit]

1910 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Burgess	3,655	54.08
	Liberal Reform	James Carroll	3,103	45.92
Total formal votes			6,758	98.17
Informal votes			126	1.83
Turnout			6,884	70.27
	Labour hold

Elections in the 1900s

1907

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1907 New South Wales state election § Burrangong[edit]

1907 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Burgess	3,086	52.7
	Liberal Reform	Hector McWilliam	2,771	47.3
Total formal votes			5,857	97.9
Informal votes			124	2.1
Turnout			5,981	72.8
	Labour hold

1904

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1904 New South Wales state election § Burrangong[edit]

1904 New South Wales state election: Burrangong [7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Burgess	2,892	54.4
	Liberal Reform	Arthur Grimm	2,427	45.6
Total formal votes			5,319	98.8
Informal votes			65	1.2
Turnout			5,384	69.6
	Labour hold

Burrangong was a new seat consisting of parts of the abolished seats of Boorowa, Grenfell and Young, each of which were held by the Labour Party. The member for Young was George Burgess. The member for Boorowa was Niels Nielsen who successfully contested Yass and the member for Grenfell was William Holman who successfully contested Cootamundra.

Notes

1. Also endorsed by Liberal Reform.

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
2. Green, Antony. "1917 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
3. "PLL expulsions". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Trove.
4. Green, Antony. "1913 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
5. Green, Antony. "1910 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
6. Green, Antony. "1907 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
7. Green, Antony. "1904 Burrangong". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 5 December 2019.