Electoral district of Enmore

Enmore was an electoral district of the Legislative Assembly in the Australian state of New South Wales, created in 1913. With the introduction of proportional representation, it was absorbed into the multi-member electorate of Botany. It was recreated in 1927, but was abolished in 1930 and partly replaced by Petersham.[1]

Members for Enmore

First incarnation (1913–1920)
Member		Party	Term
	David Hall	Labor	1913–1916
		Nationalist	1916–1920
Second incarnation (1927–1930)
Member		Party	Term
	Joe Lamaro	Labor	1927–1930

Election results

Elections in the 1920s

1927

This section is an excerpt from Results of the 1927 New South Wales state election § Enmore[edit]

1927 New South Wales state election: Enmore [2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	Joe Lamaro	7,000	57.4
	Nationalist	Henry Morton	5,198	42.6
Total formal votes			12,198	99.0
Informal votes			127	1.0
Turnout			12,325	83.3
	Labor win		(new seat)

Elections in the 1910s

1917

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

1917 New South Wales state election: Enmore [3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Nationalist	David Hall	4,091	51.4	+1.6
	Labor	Thomas Burke	3,787	47.6	-1.2
	Independent	Andrew Macauley	45	0.6	+0.6
	Ind. Socialist Labor	Dominic Healy	30	0.4	+0.4
Total formal votes			7,953	99.0	+0.3
Informal votes			80	1.0	-0.3
Turnout			8,033	63.2	-7.2
	Member changed to Nationalist from Labor

The sitting member David Hall was expelled from Labor in the November 1916 Labor split split over conscription.[4]

1913

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

1913 New South Wales state election: Enmore [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal Reform	Gustav Borhsmann	4,458	49.8
	Labor	David Hall	4,368	48.8
	Independent	Wallace McKeon	129	1.4
Total formal votes			8,955	98.7
Informal votes			117	1.3
Turnout			9,072	70.4

1913 New South Wales state election: Enmore: Second Round [5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labor	David Hall	5,235	53.9
	Liberal Reform	Gustav Bohrsmann	4,481	46.1
Total formal votes			9,716	99.4
Informal votes			57	0.6
Turnout			9,773	75.8
	Labor hold

References

1. Green, Antony. "Elections for the District of Enmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
2. Green, Antony. "1927 Enmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
3. Green, Antony. "1917 Enmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
4. "PLL expulsions". The Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 1916. p. 7. Retrieved 7 May 2020 – via Trove.
5. Green, Antony. "1913 Enmore". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales. Retrieved 3 May 2020.